millercarbon
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| Vinyl Buyers: The Premium Price Vinyl v. Cheap Vinyl Ratio I have learned from experience and almost never buy audiophile reissues of any kind any more. Not after hearing Hot Stampers! Come over some time vinylshadow and hear for yourself. Had a guy one time wanted to do the comparison. He likes Fleetwoo... | |
| How important is the pre-amp? Dare I ask if it is possible to get decent sound from a home theater preamp? Not even. The problem is HT means surround means processors means noise. Think of it this way. Some of the very best preamps out there are designed to power off the disp... | |
| How important is the pre-amp? Actually the problem we face is NO removal. | |
| Owning the speakers you dreamed of 20 years ago Surely you mean implode? Explode would imply something in there. | |
| Nova Power Cord Model (M101 silver) Review The way I read it facten he is saying the "prices" are good for "up to" 2m, not that they have to be 2m. I bet he can make you some for 1 to 1.5m. | |
| Basis Turntables: Worth it or Ripoff? My first turntable was the Basis 2001. Had it roughly a dozen years. When it came time to sell I was very pleased to find it sold for exactly what I originally paid for new. Enjoyed this table, and learned a lot with it too. If this really will... | |
| Owning the speakers you dreamed of 20 years ago Now that you mention it there is a distinct possibility I have forgotten more than I know! | |
| Fidelity vs. Musicality...........Is there a tug of War? I don’t know if it is a tug of war so much as a mosh pit of musicality, fidelity, pace, rhythm and timing. By Omega, I guess. Who even knows what this stuff means? | |
| RMAF is no more Common sense would be informing people and then letting them weigh the risks for themselves. | |
| Adding a Turntable Mat Seeking minor/inexpensive tweaks and if a different mat may or may not provide any perceptible improvement. lewm, that is a two part question. Part a) "seeking minor/inexpensive tweaks" and Part b) "if a different mat may or may not provide ... | |
| Vinyl Buyers: The Premium Price Vinyl v. Cheap Vinyl Ratio I'd love to have Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus but they hardly ever have it. https://better-records.com/search?q=mingus | |
| How important is the pre-amp? smandlej- I have the Townshend Allegri Reference (upgraded from the "standard" Allegri). This was well reviewed by Martin Colloms of Hi-Fi Critic and Raphael Todes of Allegri String Quartet fame, the latter uses the Bartok and found the Referen... | |
| Vinyl Buyers: The Premium Price Vinyl v. Cheap Vinyl Ratio If you are worried about shipping try https://better-records.com they have free shipping, and the prices will blow you away! | |
| Carpet Killed High Frequencies In My Music Listening Area Wall to wall carpet, beautiful balance. Highs clear as can be. https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/8367 Can only be due to the cable elevators. | |
| How important is the pre-amp? The ultimate preamp is a transformer. This is the only way to avoid potentiometers of one form or another. The problem with transformers has always been they are difficult to implement with suitably fine steps. Townshend has done this with their A... |