scar972
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| Anyone buys master tape dubs ? No. The Otari 5050 sound is more focused and modern when compared to Studer A810, Studer sounds bigger and more open but it’s personal preference IMO.What makes the Studer A810 desirable is it is the best tape handler of all the compact machines. ... | |
| Anyone buys master tape dubs ? Yes, master tape dubs are great and they are extremely addicting...will make you go broke quick!I’m all in for exchanging tapes. I have a couple of fully calibrated Studers ready to copy tapes. | |
| Pre-Recorded Reel To Reel Tape Recommendations @mgattmch congrats on your new Revox!Here are links to some of my favorite places I go to for pre-recorded master tape copies. The Opus 3 sampler tapes are highly recommended.https://store.acousticsounds.com/index.cfm?get=results&start=1%20&am... | |
| Reel to Reel information, user tips and tricks... @oldhvymec glad to hear that you're bringing your RtR back into service and adding a really sweet Decware tapehead preamp...it's a beauty! I hope it brings you excitement and renewed enthusiasm for the hobby.The idea of wiring the playback head st... | |
| Why no interest in reel to reel if you're looking for the ultimate sound? Here are links to some of my favorite places I go to for pre-recorded master tape copies. Analog Productions just announced upcoming Norah Jones and Oscar Peterson releases amongst other interesting titles.https://store.acousticsounds.com/index.cf... | |
| I underestimated the impact a new cartridge would have Glad you've found something that brings excitement and re-spark that audio flame. I'm also a Benz SM user and very much enjoy my SM, it is a great all around cart and one that I play very frequently. Get as many years out of it as you can until yo... | |
| An EXPERIMENT for those who have never heard differences in cables @buckhorn_cortezI hear very, very little, if any, difference in cables.You probably save yourself a lot not hearing much differences in cables. The differences are very small until the cable design veer far from the typical double helix design or ... | |
| An EXPERIMENT for those who have never heard differences in cables If you bundle that many individually insulated thin wires together, you're working with a litz design, there's a lot you can try with magnet wires. The most notable manufacturer that uses litz is Cardas, but their stranding is much finer and has t... | |
| Need an inexpensive phono stage If you can save up to around $500, the Jasmine LP2.5DU phono stage is one of audio's great bargain. It easily competes with a couple of $4000 phono stages I've had and compared favorably to a Mark Levinson phono stage in the Dagogo review. This th... | |
| Mint LP Best Protractor I have the Mint LP and GeoDisc. I set up all three of my turntables with the GeoDisc, one was getting more occasional inner groove distortion so I ordered the Mint LP and problem solved. | |
| Does anyone have experience with seller Kron on cartridges? Benz Micro is very much in business, they have a new North America distributor. https://benzmicro-northamerica.com/ Word is Albert Lukaschek now has the helpers he needs to churn out new cartridges. | |
| An EXPERIMENT for those who have never heard differences in cables @cleeds I certainly agree with your comment and will not spend an extra minute of my time debating with someone who has already made up his mind. Experiences and improvements await those who keep an open mind.OTOH, I must mention that many cables ... | |
| An EXPERIMENT for those who have never heard differences in cables @tobor007 The intent of the original post was to hopefully allow those that have never heard a difference to hear the difference in cables for the first time.If you're looking for an opportunity to upgrade your sound, try the larger gauge magnet w... | |
| An EXPERIMENT for those who have never heard differences in cables @djones I wasn't ready to let the cat out the bag but rodman99999 beat me to it. The larger 8-12 gauge magnet wire does have a sound of its own and sounds really good if it fits the listeners' preference.I also have a leftover spool of 16 conducto... | |
| An EXPERIMENT for those who have never heard differences in cables @tobor007 I never claimed that this works as good or better than expensive cables and that high-end cable sales will take a hit, this is an experiment for those who have never heard a difference in cables. As you can see by these posts, some do en... |