salectric
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| Piano on vinyl - the best Jdaniel, I don't have problems with smearing or lack of focus (at least none that bother me), but I would agree that piano is difficult for LPs for another reason. Even a slightly off-center LP can have noticeable change in pitch, and this bothers... | |
| Piano on vinyl - the best I have been listening this morning to one of my all-time favorites----a box set of Satie piano works performed by Frank Glazer on Vox. Dave | |
| Schroder sq and the new talea It's not often that I laugh out loud at something in an audio forum, but Audiofeil's comment made me do just that. Until his suggestion that this thread might just be a bad dream, I had my own philosophical quandary. What's worse: having so much t... | |
| do record cleaning fluids soften the treble? Opus88, You are clearly a man of discriminating good taste.Dave | |
| Schroder sq and the new talea Would that be the same David Shreve who did the Rabco SL-8 mods back in the 1970's? As I recall, he was also one of the first to emphasize the importance of VTA. | |
| do record cleaning fluids soften the treble? Stanwal and Notec, just to be clear, I am not recommending that anybody play dirty records. If a record is dirty, it needs to be cleaned. Period. My comments are directed to records that are already clean (both visually and in listening) but haven... | |
| do record cleaning fluids soften the treble? Doug, Your logic appears reasonable but the results don't agree with what I hear with my own ears. Fortunately, everyone is free to make their own conclusions about record cleaning. What works for me is very simple---I only clean records that need... | |
| do record cleaning fluids soften the treble? Interesting comments above because my experience is different. Many of the fluids I have tried change the tonal balance by thinning the bass and accentuating the treble, making the overall sound brighter and thinner than the LP was to begin with. ... | |
| Amp for Martin logan CLS Originals Atmasphere's description of the various models is dead-on right. I was an original owner of the first version of CLS stats, and followed the so-called upgrade path step by step to the CLS-Z. The original CLS was a very easy load for tube amps. I u... | |
| Your favorites amplifiers for their visual look ? My favorites (visually) are:1. Emotive Audio Vita and Caeli 2. Cary 40M3. Classe CA300I own the last two but not, unfortunately, the Emotive amps. | |
| tonearm for benz micro L2? I tried the L2 in 3 arms. It worked fine in all of them, but it sounded best in the Triplanar VII, followed closely by the Moerch DP-6 (12" Red wand), and followed somewhat further behind by a VPI JMW-10.Dave | |
| Problem matching Benz LP S w/ SME V or IV.Vi arm ? I have been following this thread because I have a 1-year old LP and I am curious what types of improvements the S might provide. Audioquest4life, I appreciate your taking the time to share your preliminary reactions to the LP-S. From what you sai... | |
| Optimum tracking force Benz Micro L2, M2, H2 My L2 sounded best at 1.90 grams, measured on a digital scale. I tried several ticks above and below but the 1.9 worked best for me.Dave | |
| Sold my ET2....now what? I would go with a VPI arm, perhaps a used JMW-10 if the new ones are too expensive. For several years, I used the ET-2 (with the high pressure manifold, Wisa pump and storage tank) on a VPI 19-Mk.3. I could never get it to sound like music. Replac... | |
| Todays new vinyl LP's better than LP's 40 yrs ago? The original LPs almost always sound better. The only time to buy a reissue, in my opinion, is when the original can't be located or is too expensive.Dave |