orpheus10
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| CD vs. Vinyl I was born listening to scratchy 78's. Records slowed down to 45 and after that 33 1/3; now they got a 45 craze going. Their noiser than CD's at any speed.I'm not sure whether or not "analogers" are smoking something or what; their claiming that t... | |
| Dave Brubeck at Newport I recently discovered an LP, "Desmond Blue"; it was Paul Desmond's most famous. The title song was also "Leo Cheers" theme song; he was a disc jockey, "The man in the red vest". I heard that tune "Desmond Blue" almost every night. Although that wa... | |
| Imaging and Detail. For me, once I got a Holographic soundstage; everything else fell into place. | |
| ARC Tube preamp suggestions A CJ PV-12 is a preamp made for jazz. NOS tubes makes it even better. | |
| use headphone amp as pre amp? I am currently using a Headroom headphone amp as a preamp with Parasound amp; it works fine. | |
| Words From the Wise It is possible to be economically deprived and still be in the "High end". First, you have to buy the low end of the "High end", next you improve it by swapping out capacitors. Always make your own interconnects; Vampire wire and Belden have very ... | |
| Dave Brubeck at Newport The last time I saw Mr. Brubeck was at a free outdoor concert. (He has an aura of greatness about him) It was on a beautiful fall afternoon in a park like setting with sculptures. There were creative modern dancers moving to the music as he played... | |
| CD vs. Vinyl Imagine two ladders, one has 10 rungs, the other has 15. The vinyl ladder has 15 rungs if you got the $$$$ to get to the top. | |
| Best CD with a muted horn? Miles Davis, "Round Midnight", is the best. | |
| Converting LP to digital. Advice please... DAK 2800 PC is the cheapest way. For "Audiophile quality" transfers, it is necessary to rebuild it utilizeng premium capacitors. I used Nichicon capacitors with good results. | |
| What Is This Hobby? A hobby is building model airplanes; this is an obsession. | |
| Reel to Reel decks Mikelavigne, while I am not familiar with your other decks, the RS 1500 is a professional deck that can be worked on. It looks industrial on the inside; new electronics are easy to install. New pinch rollers are a good idea, if still available.Enj... | |
| Reel to Reel decks Mikelavigne, apparently, we are seriously trying to communicate as opposed to proving a point. Let us go to photography. If you magnify an excellent photo, it will be bigger. My playback on the 2 track is "bigger" than the original, also the elect... | |
| Recommend Well-Recorded Hard Bop Jazz on CD? Foster_9, is that the soundtrack from a movie by the same name? I don't have that, but I will look for it, thanks. | |
| Reel to Reel decks Mikelavigne, when I described my recording ritual, "headphones and recording in silence"; you understood that as my reason for "playback better than source phenomenon". (my fault) I will now describe and give my reasons for this phenomenon. This o... |