richardbrand
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| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital @cundare2 I have many "RCA Living Stereo, London ffrr, Mercury Living Presence, any of the early Telarcs" on record and CD / SACD, but sadly not the "Great Organ of Methuen Memorial Music Hall." A lot of my Telarc records are digitally mastered... | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital @ketchup Thanks for the advice. Fortunately for my wallet, I don't have much more life to live. In reality, I am at the stage where I "just like to learn about and play with TTs, carts., and phonostages (which is a totally valid reason to have ... | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital @lewm The UHQR version I have found in Sydney does indeed have the speed corrected. Other details: Mastered by Bernie Grundman from the Original 3-Track Master Tapes Pressed at Quality Record Pressings using Clarity Vinyl® | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital @cundare2 Thanks for the clarification on the ESL! As it happens I was looking for a pair of substitute speakers while repairing my Quad 2905 ones. First thought was KEF LS50 but I saw a video (cannot remember whether it was TAS or Stereophile... | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital @herman When I re-started down the vinyl path, I took a few records I know very well to my favourite dealer to play on a deck I had previously heard, when it was used as the source for a speaker demonstration evening. That experience has not pu... | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital @cundare2 Thanks for your thoughtful and explicit reply! I hit on Kind of Blue as a likely candidate after doing a bit of research. But when I first played it, I had the same reaction as most people have when they are confronted with their first c... | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital @herman In my reply to you I clarified that "Ultimately, I want to be able to judge whether it is worth spending any more on my vinyl hardware, or stick with digital". Unfortunately my original title for this thread had to be truncated, and did n... | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital @wanders Thanks! I am glad to report that I can hear the difference between DSD64 and CD. I bought a Reavon universal player and could immediately tell, using the SACD I mention above, that its analogue output fell way short of my previous Marantz... | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital @herman How do I know if I have "vinyl hardware properly set up and optimized" without something worthwhile to play on it? Yes, there are a lot of variables but I want to eliminate poor recordings (your variable 1,000,001) as a source. Maybe my ... | |
| The Shure V15 V with a Jico SAS/B stylus VS The Soundsmith Hyperion MR and Lyra Atlas SL @lewm Yes, the Quad 57 (your nomenclature) is indeed curved in the vertical dimension, which effectively focusses the sound on a horizontal line behind the speaker. Most other speakers claiming 'line source' have a virtual line which is vertical!... | |
| The Shure V15 V with a Jico SAS/B stylus VS The Soundsmith Hyperion MR and Lyra Atlas SL Ah, so much to take in. Yes, my Velodyne has stereo high pass digital filters which is how I relieve my Krell / Quad ESL-63 / ESL-2905 of having to play low bass. It is also old enough to have a pulp/paper cone but if the servo mechanism is good... | |
| Does anyone on AG truly care anymore about objectivity & sincerity of Magazine reviews? As a kid, the two magazines always available in the house were Gramophone and Autocar. Gramophone concentrates on reviewing classical recordings, with some equipment reviews. When new recordings are compared with the finest prior recordings, you... | |
| Does anyone on AG truly care anymore about objectivity & sincerity of Magazine reviews? @moonwatcher "The United States could disappear from the face of the Earth and the temperature of the Earth wouldn't change by any scientifically significant amount". Now that would be some experiment! | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital @kennyc Thanks for the link to TAS' list. I am glad the recording I always use for speaker assessment is on it, albeit using its highbrow title! Decca’s 1969 recording of Benjamin Britten conducting his “Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra”. a... | |
| The Shure V15 V with a Jico SAS/B stylus VS The Soundsmith Hyperion MR and Lyra Atlas SL @mijostyn My Velodyne 18" subwoofer is digitally controlled, with digital crossover and servo control of the cone for under 0.5% harmonic distortion. It has 8-band parametric equalisation and 1250-Watts RMS power. If I am not careful, it rattles... |