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| Anyone else think that Kid A sounds alot like Mingus? Radiohead and Mingus are unique, Kid A is A all the way and inspired by many styles as kroutrock, jazz, and leftfield electro. It took 15 months to record, pretty long time for a pop/rock band. | |
| Phono Cable, is it necessary? If you connect directly to tonearm, light for not transmitting any feedback and flexible and light if your turntable has a suspension. If connecting to rca on your turntable’s plinth most good interconnects would do. Keep distances reasonably shor... | |
| Is R.E.M. underrated by new music nerds? Not my favourites of that period, but they were an alternative. I have the feeling though that most stopped after Murmur, especially Stipe’s passion and Buck’s ideas and exquisite guitar playing. Still, Lifes Rich Pageant (the beginning of an end... | |
| How to interpret Japanese cartridge compliance measurements. If not otherwise stated, Japanese measurements are a bit different, they give dynamic compliance at 100hz, to convert this to 10hz which is the European and USA standard multiply with 1,5-2, a bit complicated as this would be a rough estimate. Eur... | |
| Do I need 10 gauge power cord if I have 10 gauge from panel? @jumia 10-12awg depending on length should be more than appropriate for the job. | |
| A public service announcement You have a turntable? Good one | |
| What characteristics do you listen for when purchasing amps/preamps ? Are they consistent with different kind of speakers? Flow, dynamics, extension, listenability, presentation. | |
| Is my stylus miss-tracking? When right channel mistracks increase anti skating, when left reduce. Assuming of course cartridge alignment is correct. Have you tried with increased tracking force? Is your turntable level? I have to disagree with above post using a blank lp, ... | |
| Reel to Reel Machine for 15 ips playback +1 for B-77 mk2 easy to maintain, plenty of spares, easy to adjust but not the most reliable, you can also check the semi pro PR-99. New heads 8000hrs lifespan. Otherwise Sony TC-766-2, Technics RS-1500, more reliable, more adjustable, more expen... | |
| Ozzy is done Seems that Sabotage still today is a bit underated, a prog metal masterpiece and best of its genre with Ozzy singing at a higher note on that one. Their freedom from scam managers. Awesome on Reunion (1998). | |
| Ozzy is done Unexpectedly long run, one of a kind. Still his time with Sabbath travels fast in time even heavy in nature. | |
| Bad experience with an electrician What is a bad electrician? A shock absorber. | |
| What is the current retail cost of your reference system? Current system +50k (pricing of older items as they were back then), like speakers, tuner, preamp, phono, power amp, SACD, cables 10k, power strip - wall outlets and racks +7k. We have to accept that audio gear is not for money investment, there ... | |
| The Forgotten TDL, IMF, Music Reference, Ariston, Logic, Heybrook, AR, Glanz, Empire, Counterpoint, Robertson, Zeta, Helius, Mantra, Air Tangent, Cotter, Crystal, Genesis, Aragon, ...long list. | |
| Unusual SME configuration Device for additional bearing loading? Dynamic VTF? Never seen that before. Can you adjust the spring? If yes what happens if you do? Did you check with previous owner? |