oldschool1948
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| Help me find a pre-amp @OP. I am also looking for a new preamp. My power amp is a BHK250. I have a PS Audio BHK preamp and I just finished home auditioning an LTA microZOTL preamp. I prefer the microZOTL - it has a more delicate, but full smooth, sound. I can hear mo... | |
| The Sound Quality Of Commercially Pre-Recorded Reel-To-Reel Albums I’ve had a Teac X-10R since 1981. During the 80’s and very early 90’s, I recorded about thirty 10.5” reels of old school soul/R&B and contemporary jazz albums. Each tape is dbx encoded. I don’t know how, but my dbx tapes sound better than t... | |
| Audio Mirror WAVE tube based line-stage is one of StereoTimes 2023 Most wanted Components For $13K, you'd think it would also have a Tape Loop. | |
| Ripping CDs +1 @soix Excellent suggestion About 5 or 6 years years ago, ripped my CD collection to an Innous Zenith MK2 music streamer and boxed my CDs up, and haven't looked back. | |
| Why do people like reel to reel players? In the 80’s, I recorded thirty 10.5” reels of Maxell 35-180 and Ampex Grand Master tapes. At the time I had a Rodex professional mixer, two Technics SL-1600MK2 turntables, and two Technics CD players. Everything I recorded was dbx encoded. dbx eli... | |
| 2024 Audio System Wish List I’ve been going back and forth with GIK on room treatment and plan to get started in January or February. I have a small listening room (~12x16) so I’m doing near field listening. I really like the sound of my system as is, so I’m going to start... | |
| The dangerous world of Reel-to-Reel Tape @atmasphere I considered trying to bake the tapes, but at that time in my life, I had neither the time or inclination to do so. I do have a head demagnetizer. It came with a Teac reel-to-reel maintenance kit, which has just about everything one n... | |
| The dangerous world of Reel-to-Reel Tape When my Ampex tapes went bad, I found out they were very prone to SSS (Sticky Shed Syndrome) SSS Syndrome. List Of Known SSS Tapes. | |
| The dangerous world of Reel-to-Reel Tape @kraftwerkturbo It depends. I purchased a case (10 reels) of Maxell 35-180 UD tape in 1981. A few years later, I purchased two cases (20 reels) of "Ampex GM-3600 Grand Master Professional Recording Tape." From the mid 90’s to the mid 2000's, ... | |
| The dangerous world of Reel-to-Reel Tape @thom_oz I hope you mean that the dbx box preserved the dynamics of those recordings you were capturing. Me, I wouldn't want the original dynamics altered in any way when taping (it audibly "pumps" if you push dynamic restoration more than 5-8%... | |
| The dangerous world of Reel-to-Reel Tape For some folks it offers a different sound signature than either digital or vinyl. For others, it is an experience unto itself- perhaps a unique sound, or perhaps a trip down memory lane that can never be recreated any other way. @knittersspo... | |
| The dangerous world of Reel-to-Reel Tape I purchased my Teac X-10R R2R in 1981 while stationed in Germany. During the 80’s and early 90’s I recorded 30 reels of my favorite vinyl albums. I encoded all of my reels using a dbx 244 Type II noise reduction unit. The 224 not only removed a... | |
| Streamer Comparison and Suggestions I’ve used an Innous Zenith MKII for about 5 years and have no plans to upgrade. When I first started using Roon, I was upscaling and using DSP, which sometimes caused playback problems. After a while, I relized that I didn’t need upscaling or DSP ... | |
| Bose 901 Series V Questions +1 @yogiboy Awesome writeup and spot on. Back in the early 80’s, I ran my 901 equilizer and dbx 3bx range expander through the signal processing loops in my SoundCrafsman SP4001 equalizer/pre amp. Those were the days. I had the original 901’s... | |
| Rediscovery I have about 500 CDs. I ripped them to my Innous Zenith streamer and sold my CD player. I find it very convenient to play a ripped CD from my streamer instead of feeding them into a CD player. I stream from Qobuz and Tidal, but vinyl and my R2R... |