mulveling
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| Would I be wasting my money to get a turntable? Digitizing itself isn’t going to kill the vinyl sound; I’ve had quite good results with Meridian 808i DAC / preamp units that digitize all analog inputs input and apply DAC / filtering on output - even with very high end vinyl gear. It can be supr... | |
| Why do records made from digital sources sound good? Whenever folks reference the colorations of analog / vinyl, there is usually a connotation of superiority to digital / solid state AND to the listeners who prefer their sound "clean, untained". I readily admit the colorations of viny playback gea... | |
| Rumbly feedback Yes, the separate arm pod is not a variable I’ve dealt with before. That itself might well be the culprit here. Hopefully so, becasue if not, good luck - the hum / rumble types of feedback were the most obnoxious of all gremlins I’ve dealt with. M... | |
| Tweaking Your Speaker Placement Man I HATED those IsoAcoustics - made it impossible to slightly adjust speakers lol. Herbie's Gliders are great for sliding speakers in a very controlled, precise fashion. However, I'm not one of those who believes things need to be precise down t... | |
| Rumbly feedback @mulveling I think the problem is more the last thing you mention, where the woofers are sort of flapping in a pattern and it’s audible. What do you mean by rack bracing? If you have your turntable atop a tower-style rack (like many of us), fre... | |
| Right channel phono stage tube goes noisy @earthtones I empathize with your predicament - it’s never fun to be in that "what tf is actually wrong" corner of this hobby. GOOD CALL by you & Andy on the Mastushita. I may have undersold how much I like & trust these tubes when I nee... | |
| Why do records made from digital sources sound good? I came to the conclusion that it simply comes down to: The mastering quality. A personal preference for the additive distortion components of various phono cartridges, step-up devices, and phono stages. There’s nothing magic about vinyl itse... | |
| Rumbly feedback I had amazing problems in my small-room vinyl rig (springy floor). Rumble-type feedback (audible bass frequencies) was specific to VPI tables with VPI tonerams. The 3D material arms were MUCH worse than the metal arms. This was the case for the gi... | |
| Package Has Disappeared in USPS System This shipping journey seems squirrley, and both the vendor and USPS are suspect at this point. As a seller I'd never be like "oh yeah, that's fine" at this point. If I were you I'd go ahead and name them right now - nothing ever gets better if we ... | |
| Location of compoments. How can a rack on the side not mess with first reflections ? Because you don’t plop it onto a 1st reflection point lol. Ideally it should be at around the same depth into the room as your seating position, or even further back. If you have a t... | |
| Location of compoments. @mulveling , do you go with long speaker wires or long interconnects? I've done both ways - most of the time I've used 5m XLR (preamp to amp) with normal ~ 6ft SC's, but recently reconfigured it to shorter XLR's with 16ft long SC's. And that wo... | |
| Tweeters with or without fluid? You don’t see "ferrofluid cooled tweeter" advertised much anymore, except in cheaper speakers. Being a big Tannoy fan - this topic is intresting to explore in the 2000s era Tannoy lineup, where they used ferrofluid tweeters in the "tulip" DC drive... | |
| Location of compoments. Agree with @ozzy62 - the details of what you're putting in the middle, and how (flush with baffles, or further back?) makes all the difference. I do gear to the side for one system, and in the middle (but pushed back) for another. Both do great, a... | |
| What were your favorite gear additions in 2024? Big rig didn’t change at all; it’s exactly where it needs to be and at this point I’m more likely to mess it up than anything. Small rig (office system) continued to be my "sanbox" for a 2nd year, and I went through a TON of stuff. It’s setlling ... | |
| Solid state amp that tube fan can be happy with? It will never sound exactly like tubes. SS can in fact sound sweet, and really really good, but will never be quite as full and warm as good tubes (and EL34 are pretty sweet). And when SS goes TOO warm (maybe in an ill-fated attempt to match tubes... |