o_holter
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| Questions about recording vimyl to computer? I bought a Tascam DA-3000 some years ago and have not looked back. Best digital sound I've heard (with DSD128). | |
| Atma-sphere Updates +1 firberger. Atma-sphere has been extraordinarily helpful. I enjoy my MA1 amps. Upgrades have been reasonable. Ralph’s advice is very unbiased, in my judgement, even if we don’t always agree. | |
| Total cost of ownership - how to reduce it wolf_garcia - this is much like my experience, with a Les Paul GA40 amp and Fender Telecaster. Very robust indeed. Tubes - we agree. Back to topic, for vinyl playing: get a clear strong light above the player, e g a LED light. Since this is anno... | |
| Total cost of ownership - how to reduce it Sleepwalker65 - thanks for a good summary that agrees with my experience. There are no absolute rules, but paying for "flagship" level may help later, yes. Or what you call OI investment. Whatever the level, it can help to be involved with the com... | |
| Total cost of ownership - how to reduce it I hope the lack of recent debate in this thread is due to everyone keeping their systems in shape and their costs acceptable. Just a comment to wolf_garcia: it is tubes with me too. I also am amazed by how some NOS tubes esp driver tubes can be ca... | |
| Comparing systems through phone recordings Nearfield listening is another variable. My friend’s system is tuned to nearfield listening. We’ve exchanged recordings, but he says its difficult to compare, since our speaker systems are so differently designed, his for nearfield, mine for all-r... | |
| Why are my woofers pumping? Hi rdk777This agrees with my own experience, especially regarding the VPI HW19 player I used before. Every little thing I could do to it, regarding the platform, feet, etc, made a change. Air (bike tires), a large bright star sand box, ceramic fee... | |
| Good carts with SME V I’ve not been able to compare tonearms. What I can say it that the Lyra Atlas cart, replaced in 2018 after problems with my 2013 version, sounds very good with my SME V arm, and displays no obvious problems with frequencies, arm/cart resonance, or... | |
| Comparing systems through phone recordings I wrote a post, with a thank you to Millercarbon, Geofffkait and others, for comments - just what I look for in Audiogon debate, making me revise my intitial ideas - but it seems it didn't appear here. Anyway, short version, I will certainly look ... | |
| Comparing systems through phone recordings On the plus side: its free and easy to do, and even if it does not come close to the direct listening experience (and cannot be used for strict A/B comparison), it can give a rough idea of the sonic signature of each system. On the minus side - al... | |
| Comparing systems through phone recordings thanks jond - i agree. | |
| Comparing systems through phone recordings Thanks millercarbon. We're thinking in the same direction. Sound comparison is possible even if diifficult. And a way of learning more.The method used over here is just to record a standard digital track. To hear the basics of the amp - speaker - ... | |
| What creates the effortlessness in sound reproduction? "Effortless" for me is context-dependent, including the old trick of turning off the lights and listening with candle light only. Turning down the volume a bit, so I am dragged into the music rather than having it pushed at me. If I'm stressed, mu... | |
| You are invited on a "trip down memory lane". I should have kept my Dynaco A25 speakers...just the right size, nice cabinet, I could have experimented with drivers and x-over. Oh well. 1970s nostalgia maybe. | |
| Why are my woofers pumping? Maybe. I did a new round of tests. The new Atlas not only sails happily along the trail without any silent woofer pumping (or mistracking), it also reproduces my stress tests cuts beautifully, including Pink Floyd Echoes and tracks from Rickie Lee... |