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| Bill Evans The Village Vanguard Sessions There is a definite mastering difference between the original LP's and the SACD reissue. The SACD sounds much better, IMHO. Don't know about the others though.Enjoy,Bob | |
| Analog vs. CDP: A fair comparison? If you're into the sensual part of the hobby, then there's no doubt that a vinyl rig will suit your needs. Its far more tangible than a CD player or DAC. It's just the very mechanical nature of the whole thing. Once you're into it though you will ... | |
| Mapleshade Silclear Well I guess I started this whole thing. I've got to say I'm not surprised at the variety of impressions and outcome. Over the past 2 years since this started, I have cleaned and reapplied Silclear several times. Usually because of wire changes or... | |
| AudioQuest PT tonearm mass? Manufacturer Model: PT 6 Eff length: 229 O/H: 18 O/S: - Mounting distance: 211 Cartridge weight: - Arm mass: - VTA: Y MP: Linn HS: fix Null Points: 66.0 / 121.0 I can't find anything on the arm mass either, but I would assume it's probably a medi... | |
| Anti-cables vs CC89259 Thanks for the responses. That's what I kind of thought. The "raves" usually get posted easily and frequently. The less than stellar results sometimes don't get posted at all (i.e. if you don't have something nice to say ...).All in all, probably ... | |
| Shortlist of best cartridges with VPI Dynavector 20X-H (for high output)20X-L or Karet for low outputAlthough the Grado's sound nice too, if not quite as fast as the DV's (Sonata and up)Enjoy,Bob | |
| What do you think of the DIY Cat 5 speaker cables In my experience DIY CAT 5's caused a smearing of the sound. Probably due to the different twist ratios on the strand pairs. In any case, it effected the definition and leading edge transients badly.Enjoy,Bob | |
| IMAGE PROBLEMS VOCALS OFF CENTER Try treating the 1st reflection points, making sure you have a consistent speaker placement within the room (i.e. centered between the walls). That turned out to be my problem.Enjoy,Bob | |
| DIY speaker cable made from cat 5 type cable Everyone's talking about the cable, but for essentially the same cost you may be able to make something better than the CAT5 braid. Yes, it did sound better than stock 12 uage speaker wire, but it also had a bit of a smearing effect. This was not ... | |
| Building your own high end turntable stand? I just made a similar pair of sand box stands, following Mrmb's design concepts. Mine is only 3 boxes high, with 50lbs of sand in each. I used an Ikea birch table top cut into 3" pieces for the legs. And birch cutting boards for the plinth's. They... | |
| What is your favorite Chick Corea CD/Album? Wow, nobody mentioned "My Spanish Heart" yet. A double album with some very good sound and a wide variety of music to captivate. Perhaps that's why, he coveres a few differen styles while still keeping that Latin/Spanish feel to it.Enjoy,Bob | |
| High mass turntable owners -- What Stand? Dave,I recently built a sandbox type of rack for all my components. Picture this, if you can. 2 stands side by side. Each stand has 3 levels and is about 36" high. Each level is a 4" high sandbox containing about 50lbs of sand. These are made of M... | |
| best phono-stage for 1200$ max. You may want to consider the Hagerman also, for a lot less than $1200. In kit form (if you're handy) or prebuilt. Very good, as long as you don't also need a step-up transformer for a low output MC. Then you'll need to figure in that extra cost al... | |
| VPI HW19 Mk IV platter upgrade, speed variations? Just another idea that might have something to do with your speed stability issue. I had a problem a while back where my belt wasn't riding a straight line on the platter. It kept wobbling up and down as it spun.Long story short ... I had a talc b... | |
| Good cartridge for Audioquest PT6 arm ??? At the $300 point there's always the Grado Platinum (woody). However there's ths issue of hum with some turntables. What TT are you using the arm on?Enjoy,Bob |