mlsstl
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| Todays new vinyl LP's better than LP's 40 yrs ago? Audiofeil wrote: That is the flaw in your argument.There was more consistency and higher quality years ago.You seem fond of telling me about my own experience. Interesting!I've been transferring my well cared for LPs to digital for my music server... | |
| Todays new vinyl LP's better than LP's 40 yrs ago? Audiofeil wrote: Disagree.... But take a random sample of 100 albums from the 50's, 60's, and 70's and compare them to 100 new releases and you'll find far more problems sound quality, warpage, etc. than you'll see/hear in the old stuff.I agree wi... | |
| Todays new vinyl LP's better than LP's 40 yrs ago? I find new vinyl just as erratic as old vinyl. Some are great, a lot are mediocre, and some are poor. If you read about the process of making LPs, there are so many steps involved (and each one is an opportunity for something to go wrong) it is ki... | |
| Exactly how does CD ripping work? Be careful opening that link at work. There were some funky ads on the page. Strange - when I open the link I only get 3 very small ads. One is for blank CDs, one for a cassette to CD copy program, and one for a Usenet trial. I didn't see anything... | |
| Exactly how does CD ripping work? See the CDR FAQ at http://cdrfaq.org/This covers a lot of territory so should answer your question. | |
| Is Speaker Termination Required? Whenever you add a termination connector to a cable, you add another connection that requires electrons to jump from one material to another. That increases the likelihood of resistance due to a change of metal types, physical separation and corro... | |
| what are the "must have" CD's It's a bit hard to suggest things without knowing something about the music you enjoy.There's a raft of female singer/songwriters with excellent recordings - Janis Ian, Melody Gardot, Rickie Lee Jones and so on. If you like a well recorded R&B... | |
| Do the Isolation Transformers protect system An isolation transformer by itself only isolates the connected equipment from ground. If the voltage increases (or decreases) on the supply side of the transformer, the output side of the coil also goes up or down. So, if a 120 volt AC supply surg... | |
| What oil for VPI HW19 turntable? Why do you figure a need for an oil change? One changes oil in a car because of the very high temperatures that break down the oil. Dirt from road use and combustion byproducts can contaminate the oil, and slow leaks and the combustion process can... | |
| Converting LP's to digital files I believe there are a number of tutorials on the internet. You might also check the forums at Audio Asylum or a similar audio web sites as the issues have been covered extensively. I've converted over 2,000 LPs and open reels to digital over the p... | |
| Dynamic Headroom In addition to Al's comments, the other problem with "peak" power is there is no standard definition of how to measure it. One amp may be measured at the power level that can be sustained for 1 second while another amp may measured for 20 millisec... | |
| Best speakers for about $2000 a pair I'm also curious about the "quality issues" comment. I had a pair of Maggie 1.6QRs which I thought were great. The only reason I still don't have them is I moved and the new room wasn't suitable for them. They aren't as fancy a finish as some of t... | |
| Magnepan MG-12's I'm not a Magnepan expert (though I did own a pair of 1.6s for several years) so I may be corrected. However, Magnepan changes models very slowly. They just recently announced a replacement for the 1.6QR after many years (the 1.7 is just now out.)... | |
| Amp transformer buzz/hum from DC on AC line? DC does not make a humming noise in a transformer. First, I assume you are talking about a mechanical hum from the transformer itself and not a ground loop type hum heard through the speakers. Those two issues are considerably different. The sin o... | |
| paranoid listener, bad recordings Listening at the volume (75-80 dB) you originally indicated it would be almost impossible for a speaker to suffer damage. The distortion would have to be so high (i.e, equivalent to square waves with a lot of high frequency content) that the recor... |