richardbrand
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| Is there a problem with Decca's new packaging for vinyl records? @mahler123 There are over 70 recordings of the 2nd Piano Concerto listed on Presto Classical, complete with reviews from many sources including the Gramophone. I take note of those labelled Recommended! My Hyperion SACD is no longer available, ... | |
| which turntable or how to convert to balanced phono setup? @lewm @cleeds I am enjoying the discussion, but according to @pindac earlier in this thread, you are both wrong !!!!! Additionally neither Stereo or Mono are coming from the Turntable, these are embedded into the Hard Medium being the Vinyl LP.... | |
| A principle guiding the wise audiophile life @mahgister Could you feed your thesis through AI to make it clear for peasants like me? Otherwise my only takeaway is to beware of plug compatibility issues on a beach at night! | |
| Is there a problem with Decca's new packaging for vinyl records? @mahler123 Your post prompted me to check out Deutsche Grammophon’s website. They now seem to concentrate on vinyl, often from their back catalogue. And they list new recordings from their Decca colleagues. So their owner, UMG, obviously sees... | |
| Is there a problem with Decca's new packaging for vinyl records? @mahler123 One of the great things about this forum for me is that I frequently learn new things! For example, I have just discovered that what I thought was a British independent label, Hyperion, was actually bought by the Universal Music Grou... | |
| Sound right before song begins on vinyl, what is it? I always thought this was mainly caused by the disc cutting process, where big modulations of the groove cause much smaller modulations of the adjacent, already cut, silent lead-in groove. There is a trade-off in groove separation - too big and l... | |
| What to upgrade from a Kef ls50 meta? Get secondhand KEF Reference 1s - might be the last speaker you buy! But then save up for a real amplifier. (I bought Reference 1s as spares while my Quad 2905 electrostatic speakers undergo panel repairs. In many ways the Reference 1s are even... | |
| Is there a problem with Decca's new packaging for vinyl records? @faustuss Thanks for your input. I am not sure what mass market records are? I decided to go down the aqueous cleaning route, particularly using a contact-free ultrasonic cleaner. See @antinn's book Precision Aqueous Cleaning of Vinyl Records... | |
| Is there a problem with Decca's new packaging for vinyl records? @mahler123 No, they are not sold together. I ordered the vinyl and the CD versions as separate line items in the same order. They were shipped in one package, along with other vinyl records from Hyperion. The vinyl was about 250% more expensi... | |
| Encouraging people to consider a traditional 2 channel stereo system. @zx10 Music recording and concerts are always 2 channel Really? Tell that to the record companies who have produced thousands of multi-track classical recordings on SACD over the last 25 years. Don't know where to find them? Try Presto at P... | |
| TOSLINK Optical vs Coaxial for CD transport to DAC @fastfreight Optical is used where HDMI does not work (no HDMI input on legacy processor or soundbar etc) Replace "does not work" with "is not available" and we 100% agree! Or where you want TV sound though your audio system and your HDMI i... | |
| TOSLINK Optical vs Coaxial for CD transport to DAC @fastfreight Optical is often chosen out of TV's where the only other option is usually HDMI and may not work I would have thought the opposite - optical is only used where HDMI is not available. According to Wikipedia, S/PDIF is bandwidth l... | |
| Phono Stage - The great analog tragedy @lewm Some agreed upon algorithm for pre-emphasis and de-emphasis was essential owing to the nature of magnetic phono cartridges Yes, before RIAA stepped in, a number of competing companies had their own formulations. I have an old Quad 34 p... | |
| Flatscreen between speakers @spenav Thanks for reporting back on the fruits of your labour! Must admit I like the look of the diffusing panels. I've now had a virtual look at your system and see you already have everything you need for 'immersive' sound, except possibly s... | |
| Flatscreen between speakers @spenav Ah, but you used the term to strongly imply two-channel and you also imply there is only one format and that it was designed by "the inventor" rather than evolved over time. My personal opinion is that stereophonic was designed to be s... |