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| In the middle of a pandemic, Stereophile reviews ~ $30K equipment Awesome that some bright entrepreneurs are exploiting the wealthy. It's covert redistribution and revolution in one. | |
| My record player sounds slightly high pitched Start saving for a better turntable. Aim for a Pioneer PLX1000 with Nagaoka MP110 and Schiit Mani phono amp. Below that, a Project Debut Carbon/Audio Technica AT95 would be a decent starter table. All those cheaper ones are junk. | |
| Does this translate? @daveyf In fairness, they only "review" equipment that has already passed the 'audition' to get into the magazine in the first place. | |
| Does this translate? I read that article in the mag and my first thought was that JVS was doing his best to convince himself that this was worth the price so he could give it the usual Stereophile recommendation. Nice knob, though. | |
| Are integrated amps technically better than separates? Monoblocks beside the speakers with real short speaker cables, separate power supplies that minimize modulation from the other channel’s power supply sag on demand, separate circuits that minimize interference from the other channel’s electronics ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Larry Coryell / Philip Catherine – Twin-House (Elektra 1977) | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? NAKED - Zone (LuckyMe 2016) | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Walt Michael And Tom McCreesh - Dance, Like a Wave of the Sea (Front Hall 1978)Bluegrass with some vocals. Fiddles, dulcimer, chicken clucks, the whole shebang. Awesome. Very good recording. Buy it. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Porcelain Raft - Strange Weekend (Secretly Canadian 2012)Recorded in a Brooklyn basement. Recommended. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Alan Stivell - Journée À La Maison (Un Dewezh 'Barzh 'Gêr) (Rounder 1981) [Eur release 1978] | |
| Religious music for less than devout Stunned by the reaction to the Monty Python song. Hopefully my belief that there is no god doesn’t also offend. Each to their own. | |
| Mundorf Silver Caps Audyn caps I designer I know found that Audyn caps can sound a little less detailed and slower than expected -and had to bypass them with Russian PIO caps to help them out. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @uberwaltz Well, one's named after a folk character in an old song and the other a dildo. I could never get into them at all. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Various – When The Wind Blows - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Virgin 1986)B side - Roger Waters. Masterpiece. For those who dig The Final Cut. | |
| My AT150MLX Cartridge has been misaligned for 4 years (but I still get some sibilance and harshness at loud peaksYou’re using a Rega 3? The arm has no VTA adjustment which is a challenge dialling in a cartridge with a fine profile. It sounds like it could go a tiny bit lower at the pillar end. You co... |