richardbrand
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| The Shure V15 V with a Jico SAS/B stylus VS The Soundsmith Hyperion MR and Lyra Atlas SL @mijostyn "What is a pseudo line source?" A true line source speaker does not exist, any more than a true point source speaker can actually exist. If they could, the energy they emit would have to be crammed into an infinitely small volume, a si... | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital OK - I did highlight one style of jazz that I know I like, the jazz in the film Babylon. It is available on a 2-LP set, and represents a modern take on 1920s jazz with dazzling trumpet solos. Does that help? | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital @miklavigne Cartridges / phono-stages should honour the RIAA equalisation curve. Most cartridges have a distinct lift in the treble, which also means the leading edges of transients are accentuated. Of course, when mastering a record from a dig... | |
| The Shure V15 V with a Jico SAS/B stylus VS The Soundsmith Hyperion MR and Lyra Atlas SL @mijostyn I do know and understand that stuff, pretty much like the back of my hand. Absolutely right, subwoofers should be put to work on long wavelengths, which often will be longer than the listening room. They will excite room resonances a... | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital ... my partner, who is far more into popular genres than I am, says it was not a jazz band, just the brass section of his backing band. Pop she says! By the way, the sound was literally painful, especially in the chest. I suppose it had to be -... | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital @grislybutter Last big live concert I went to was Paul McCartney and he did have a jazz band with him (more accurately, halfway along the side of the stadium). It is noteworthy that his songs have to be memorable, not because they are classics,... | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital @lewm I could absolutely guarantee to find you some Vaughan Williams you would like, just because he wrote such an immense variety! You's have to listen more than once, though. The open-air plinths are usually based on slate or some such. Slat... | |
| The Shure V15 V with a Jico SAS/B stylus VS The Soundsmith Hyperion MR and Lyra Atlas SL @mijostyn "I cannot imagine owning a speaker that could be so easily blown. In my hands it would not last 5 minutes. There is no excuse for a speaker to be so fragile. The materials exist today that can be used to make a totally bullet proof ESL... | |
| The Shure V15 V with a Jico SAS/B stylus VS The Soundsmith Hyperion MR and Lyra Atlas SL @lewm No, not if it emulates a point source! But it is a problem for pseudo line sources. I am not stupid enough to believe that any claimed line source really is one! | |
| The Shure V15 V with a Jico SAS/B stylus VS The Soundsmith Hyperion MR and Lyra Atlas SL @mijostyn "Do you realize that you have just noted that every great speaker designer is absurd, that the laws of acoustics are flawed. Don't listen to me. Get The Loudspeaker Handbook by John Eargle. It is written in terms most lay people can un... | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital @coltrane1 No worries, I never for a moment took it as an insult! As the great, and recently late, British actress Maggie Smith said, "I have never insulted anyone, I simply describe them accurately". | |
| Physical degradation of CD's Don’t forget that the easiest surface to damage is the label side. The pits are just under it! And most CDs are stamped, not laser burned! Hard to see how the tiny currents in a DAC will help it burn-in. Speakers, cartridges and amplifiers possib... | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital @coltrane1 "But saying you don’t like jazz, is akin to stating you don’t understand jazz" If that is directed at me, then I resemble the remark! I like some jazz, I don't like some. I know so little about jazz, I cannot name the sub-genres. ... | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital @lewm That's why I should open a new thread! There seem to be two broad approaches to 301 plinth design. One is an open-air skeleton to let the noise out, the other is to fill the voids as much as possible. I am experimenting with the second ap... | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital @herman Ok, time to confess. I am restoring / upgrading my dad's Garrard 301 grease bearing model. So far I have upgraded the main bearing, pulley, idler and its bearings, new springs, etc. It is in an SME plinth which is mainly hollow and has... |