o_holter
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| Whats on your turntable tonight? For soft listening, try- Jobim: Wave (audiophile speakers corner LP)- Lynne: Just a little lovinAlso, looking forward to Amadou and Mariam: Welcome to Mali, on LP, which I've preordered. | |
| Best recording First test, Studer Revox A77 versus Korg MR1: 0-1.The Revox recordings sounded boxed-in and faulty in many ways. The faults with the Korg were on another, smaller level. Note that, I didn't have new tapes. I found that older tapes performed worst.... | |
| Small hi-res player? Have anyone compared Apogee Duet FireWire 96/24 PCM output to the DSD output from the Korg Mr1, recording from vinyl? | |
| Headphone amp advice Sharky, GK 1-J foto: I have it, but haven't uploaded pics to my virtual system yet. It is an unassuming black box, weight ca 200 grams, size 12 cm deep x 9 wide x 5 high. It has two output jacks and a volume knob in front (can used balaned h-phone... | |
| Small hi-res player? Decoding DSD seems to be easy, according to technical papers I've browsed. I have paid for the music (vinyl recordings) I am playing. I bet most audiophiles would fall of their chair if they heard the quality of it, played back on my Jade OTL head... | |
| Headphone amp advice The Jade is a great value for the money. Still burning it in. Good OTL sound. The GK, also, has a positive effect, though not as much. | |
| Small hi-res player? Thanks Jimmy,Yes, we are talking about ipod-like players supporting high resolution. I wonder why this development is so "delayed". It might help if audiophiles lobby producers to get going. I am in friendly contact with the Cowon importer to get ... | |
| Small hi-res player? We won't get hi-res players unless we use pressure. A-goners use Cowon, Archos, Sony, others. We need to make our voice known, to get better audio resolution. I've mailed Cowon, please do the same. | |
| Headphone amp advice I will report back. So far, I've invested in an AKG K450 (small-above ear phone) which needs burn-in (300-500 hours) before reporting. Sounds a bit hard and closed in, still, after ca 50 hours, but I have hopes. I am waiting for the Jade and GK1-J... | |
| Best recording Ok, I have now carried my Studer A77 Revox down from my loft, despite my prolapsis and the thing weighing a ton - and will get back with listening results. Note my Studer only plays 3,75 and 7,5 ips. It was modded by Lauvland of Doxa to good effec... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? I am recording Lps to digital, and the whole of the Spooky Tooth catalogue is on the turntable tonight. This is, politically, a somewhat embarassingly incorrect band that nevertheless had something to say, and especially, good music - even some of... | |
| Headphone amp advice Nsgarch, following your advice i've read a lot on headfi and other valuable sources, and have ended up investing in an Audiotailor Jade tube amp and GK1-J portible mosfet amp. Will try to follow up with some reporting when the system has been brok... | |
| Small hi-res player? Correction: "The Korg lacks digital out" is not quite right. It uses USB, so files can be transferred to the PC. The Audiogate software can export between MP3, PCM, and the DSD format. | |
| Headphone amp advice Thanks, Nsgarch, I agree with your general view, it is more like, how many systems to care for, and in my case, some portability would mean more use. But OK, I am considering a Darkvoice 336SE, which the seller suggested instead of the Little Dot ... | |
| Small hi-res player? This is becoming a one-man-band effort, but let me fill in with some new experience.The Korg MR-1 does its job very well. Perhaps 80 percent right, 20 wrong, compared to what I've heard before. The wrong has to do with a certain hardness or harshn... |