photon46
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| Any good pointers for room treatments with maggies Simon, I'll offer my observations as a 1.6qr. owner. I've added two kinds of treatment, both of which have improved sound quality. Without a doubt, the greatest inprovement came from installing four bass traps in the "plant shelf" areas on top of ... | |
| Do you protect your hearing? Yo, I tell you it's NEVER too early to start being concerned about this. I'm 52, and many of my friends, some twenty years younger, suffer hearing loss from noise exposure. Some of my friends that are woodworkers in their 30's have rather severe h... | |
| Dynavector or Grado ? TheAquaman, I don't think that the problems some others have mentioned about Grado are relevant with the JMW-9 arm & VPI table. I have a Grado Sonata in a Scout and the "Grado Wobble" has reared it's head on one lp out of probably 500 lps I've... | |
| Alternatives to sand and lead shot for stands I understand lead shot is also available steel plated as it is illegal to use pure lead shot in many places beacause of toxicity/environmental concerns. This would alleviate handling/disposal concerns. | |
| JMW-9/Cartridge Problem I am perplexed at your difficulty. I have the same cartridge & arm and have had no problem dialing in anything between 1.5-2.0 grams using the standard dropped counterweight that came with the turntable/arm from VPI. No additional weight was r... | |
| new vs. used vinyl, pops and clicks. All of the above posts are giving accurate advice. I have purchased hundreds of used lp's in the last two years, averaging probably $3.00 a copy. After cleaning them with a Nitty Gritty machine, very, very few have any annoying tics or pops that i... | |
| Cambridge Audio 640C... I want to upgrade One possibility is to use your 640c as a transport & upgrade your sound with an outboard dac. The 640c has very low jitter and makes an excellent inexpensive transport. I've used a 640c as a transport in conjunction with an Assemblage (Sonic F... | |
| Any opinions on PS Audio Power Plants Yes, Alephman, I experienced similar audiophilic euphoria after installing a P300. However, the one thing I don't like about is the fan noise! I buried mine behind my Billy Bag's rack and that quited it down a bit, but it still is noisier than I'd... | |
| Flattening warped lp's with Seal dry mount press Nsgarch, yeah I know the sandwich thing uses materials that may be difficult to obtain for some. My job developing and photographing Fine Art sculpture editions gives me easy access to many materials. Plus it encourages my propensity for overly el... | |
| Flattening warped lp's with Seal dry mount press Ok, round two in the saga, much better results this time. Thanks to all for the input and suggestions. Nsgarch, I thought your ideas about the possible problems with acrylic warranted removing it for this experiment. I also thought that if the lp ... | |
| Why Lots of Current Music Sounds Miserable... Onhwy61, you raise a point that I has amused me too: are we becoming our parents as we piss & moan about current music being crap? Mark Twain (I believe it was) said 90% of all art is crap. It was true in the early days of rock & it's true... | |
| Why Lots of Current Music Sounds Miserable... Hmm, let me play the devils' advocate here. Maybe we're being myopic, not seeing the bigger picture. We at Audiogon are concerned with sound quality issues whereas I think the general music consuming public is caring less and less about such thing... | |
| Indian Sitar Stuff Quadophile, I'm in total agreement with your enthusiasm for Shiv Kumar Sharma's Santoor playing. It's wonderful, sublime music. I've got half a dozen of his cd's and they are all winners. Musicslug is giving good advice. The long, slow, quiet buil... | |
| Indian Sitar Stuff Back again, a couple more things. Another Sitar artist worth checking out is Collin Walcott, who recorded for ECM back in the 80's. I found a couple of his lp's at my local music store and they are worthwhile listening. Sitar jazz if you will. Thi... | |
| Indian Sitar Stuff If you enjoy Indian classical sitar music, expand your musical horizon slightly to include an instrument called the Sarod. It's a good sized lute like instrument with a most interesting timbre. Some astounding virtuosos play the Sarod, Ali Akbar K... |