photon46
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| Do power cords make an audible difference? Geph0007, You have to always remember that audio gear is built to a price point. The fact that a component was voiced with a given power cord, tube, output connector, op amp, wiring, or whatever only seems relevant from the standpoint of a designe... | |
| Not JS but CPE Bach I don't know if you are familiar with Heinichen, but he's another composer of similar musical disposition worth getting to know. (Although he was more a contemporary of Bach Sr. than CPE Bach.) These recording caused something of a critical stir w... | |
| Not JS but CPE Bach This is a great recording of some of my favorite symphonies. http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Drilldown?name_id1=512&name_role1=1&comp_id=33804&genre=64&bcorder=195&label_id=1076 This is a reissue of an earlier release on th... | |
| Do power cords make an audible difference? Sidssp, You're either pulling our leg about the "mid-fi" system or you know some folks with rarefied tastes in audio. | |
| Has anyone compared the Nola Viper IIa's.. 6550c, as I recall, the Nola Vipers I heard were paired with Cary equipment. Both amp & preamp were tubed. It's been too long to remember the models, although I think the preamp was the slp98. As to "speakers I think are better." what's the po... | |
| Any experience with Audiomods Rega arms? After further research, I've found that Audiomods owners seem to limit their postings to the VinylEngine forum. I've ordered one and will report my opinions in the future. It's no wonder that forum comments are scarce, there just aren't too many o... | |
| VPI Scout question As a former Scout owner, I think Stanwal is offering sound counsel. The Scout & JMW arm are well matched. Personally, I don't think the arm is the weakest link in the Scout package. If you had a serious passion to upgrade your vinyl playback, ... | |
| Easy tonearm replacement for Empire 598? I was never very fussy about bearing oil. I just cleaned out the bearing with cotton sheeting wrapped around a q-tip and then lubed it with automotive differential oil. Never had any appreciable bearing wear after all those years of very regular use. | |
| Rolling Stones Fans- I Need advice I agree totally with Audiofeil on this one, the MFSL version is one of the worst sounding and over rated lp's I've ever been duped into buying. The worst aspect of it is the absurdly low level at which it was cut, resulting in needless problems wi... | |
| Easy tonearm replacement for Empire 598? I wouldn't worry about a 598 arm in good condition being destructive to your vinyl. I bought a 598 new many years ago and used it for probably at least 15 years. I've upgraded turntables twice since owning the 598 and I've never detected any audib... | |
| Apple and Privacy issues I've been aware of Apple's trend to embrace "predictive analytics" and have viewed it with some suspicion. I'm not paranoid or anything, but the endless desire on the part of marketers to delve into the mind of consumers just annoys me. I've switc... | |
| 8 gauge vs 10 gauge OF speaker cable I agree with all the above posts. In my experience with quite a few speaker cables, there is NO correlation between sound quality and fat wire gauge. Especially for a short run. In fact, thin cables like DNM Reson, Mappleshade, or AntiCable may ve... | |
| What do you NOT plug into the power conditioner... Vineman, I think you have to let your ears be your guide. My preamp & power amp have inductive power supplies and I've not found power conditioners to do anything positive at all. In fact, they sound worse plugged into a conditioner. My digita... | |
| VPI Classic Yep, agree with Tobes and Stringreen. When I had a VPI, their unipivot arm was stable with any cartridge I used. If the table is running smoothly, the cartridge suspension is the first thing I'd suspect as the culprit. | |
| Music Reference RM9 and Preamp Experiences I've got a Music Reference RM5III and I find the phono stage is considerably more transparent than the line stage. It's line stage has great balance and musicality, but it's not the last word in transparency in my system. The phono stage however, ... |