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| Excellent article in Stereophile No idea, but it was long ago. Back when I subscribed, which I quit around 1994 or so. The story, as I recall, it was not Stereophile it was just published there. It was NOT a test like you're thinking, asking a bunch of audiophiles which system th... | |
| Listening time and habits If you truly are in a situation where you have to negotiate listening time with your neighbors then I honestly don't know which to recommend- The Art of the Deal, or the Glock. It really is a tough call. Or troll. Considering the psychological sta... | |
| Anti-Skate OP: when I play a record the cantilever would angle slightly toward the record’s center. OP (same one!): Lo and behold, the cantilever no longer shifts right.So which was it? Was it shifted toward the records center- ie to the left- or was it ... | |
| Excellent article in Stereophile This article is very old, and only one of many saying pretty much the same thing, that us humans are a whole lot more sensitive to some distortions than others.Now there’s a reason I said "some distortions" and not odd-order harmonics, which is th... | |
| Rogue Cronus SOP. First swap a known good signal into the input. If its a phono stage input then its expecting a very low signal level, so be careful not to overdrive it. Use a source with variable output, turn it way down, connect it, then turn it up. Any sou... | |
| Best Analog for $10K Well the Herron for sure. World-class performance, real-world price, so highly sought after you can sell and get 90% of your money back easily, any time, on the off chance you decide to bail on analog. Hey, it happens.Interconnect, simply buy the ... | |
| Warm up time for amps As others have noted there is no getting around the fact it just takes time. One thing you might try is running a demagnetizing track. The XLO test CD has two, and there are others. Basically its a tone that sweeps and/or slowly fades to zero. Fir... | |
| Correct Way to Invert Phase Some recordings sound better one way. Some sound better the other. If you notice a big enough difference then you could try switching for every recording and write down which way sounds best, then switch every recording. Or plan your listening by ... | |
| Top vintage receivers vs. modern high-end equipment That's when I started! No receiver then or now compares with the same period integrated. Get an integrated, add a vintage tuner, can't be beat on looks OR performance. But if you're dead set on a receiver, or integrated/tuner for that matter, what... | |
| Phono Preamp Herron VTPH 2A, hands down. One and DONE! Virtually anything you get with the nearly $7k remaining will leave you with one stellar front end. | |
| New SR Orange fuse ... Never had Black, only Blue. Seems a lot for a fuse except the Blue does about as much as a really good $500-1k power cord, so on that basis is good value. Will have to look at upgrading one of my Blues to Orange.Ted does it again. What're the odds... | |
| Need Device to Keep electronics off when power comes back The device you seek is called a fuse. Simply select a value just low enough to blow when everything comes on at once. Then buy a pack for $5. Problem solved. | |
| Things that make you go, "Hmmmmm...." Old cd players don’t appreciate in value because the technology is rapidly evolving. That old trope passes for "well said"? You mean like the way turntable technology rapidly evolved to direct drive and tangential tracking? Oh. Wait. What's tha... | |
| Things that make you go, "Hmmmmm...." The Emotiva sounds like another legit, if decidedly mid-fi, example. Oh well, did not specify high end. That would all but guarantee none be found. Mark Levinson, of course. Even the remote is built like a Swiss bank vault. Never heard one I cared... | |
| Things that make you go, "Hmmmmm...." @millercabon what exactly are you on about? The Rega Saturn sells new for $3000 and can buy pristine used ones for like $1000. It’s not even that old. Well that’s the thing about writing. No matter how crystal clear, always someone seeing mud. Let... |