seandtaylor99
Responses from seandtaylor99
| Sibilance -- that last little bit... "I have the ever so slightest bit of sibilance toward the end of some LP's."This sounds to me like plain old end-of-side distortion. If the cartridge is perfectly aligned then it may be inherent in the LPs. Which protractor do you use ?Have you pl... | |
| Dedicated CD Player Recommendation You could try adding a Benchmark DAC to the CD or DVD player. I must emphasise that I have never heard the unit personally, but some people I know have done and have recommended it above the Rega and Arcam players.At $1000 it might be worth seekin... | |
| Please recommend components for newbie with $1K A used Rega Mira integrated with a pair of used Epos ES11 or M12 would leave change for stands and cables. There was a Creek4140 on Agon, but I notice it's sold.The Naim Nait is a nice amp and early models are around $400, but it is more likely to... | |
| Your "DREAM" piece I'd probably upgrade my turntable (and cartridge and phono stage) as it's currently my weak link.Not really in dream territory, but a Notts Analog Spacedeck, with an RB600 and a Denon DL103R would probably fit the bill very nicely. | |
| new to turntables.....need help I googled the SL-D2 and it looks like it takes a standard cartridge, not a P-mount. If you fit the cartridge yourself you'll need a protractor. You can download a free one from enjoythemusic, but the turntablebasics mirrored protractor is very goo... | |
| Good Headphones...What should I Get?... Hmmm .. you remove room resonances for sure, but you also destroy the spatial information ... the music all ends up in your head.I use headphones when I must be quiet, but otherwise I always listen with speakers.For the $500+ that you'd spend on g... | |
| Prices of CD vs. record players In that case if I were shopping for a new turntable at a reasonable price I'd look for a Nottingham Horizon with an RB250 tonearm. The Nott addresses the key deficiency of the cheaper belt drives (Rega, Music Hall, Project) which to my ears is spe... | |
| Prices of CD vs. record players IF you don't already have a collection of LPs then in my opinion you should invest nothing. Spend the money on CDs and a better DAC.I have a Rega P3 with a Goldring 1042 and an audiolab phono stage. Together this would cost over $1500 new, yet I w... | |
| new to turntables.....need help A new cartridge is critical if the condition is unknown (which it probably is). You risk damaging records permanently if you play with a bad stylus. I'm afraid I'm not familiar with your deck but Audio technica makes some cartridges for both p-mou... | |
| advice on hiding cables How about duct tape ? A million roadies can't be wrong. It comes in loads of colors these days, so you'll probably find a pretty close match.( I think you should pass this suggestion along to your wife and try to keep a straight face while doing s... | |
| First Order Crossovers: Pros and Cons Is it audible ? I think the best answer is for everyone to demo for themselves and answer for themselves. | |
| Japanese Zep CD's-the sound remains the same I have no difficulty believing that manufacturing differences exist, nor that these differences affect the lifespan of CDs (though I've yet to have a single CD go bad on me in 20+ years). I also can see that they might affect sound quality in a po... | |
| Japanese Zep CD's-the sound remains the same With the wide availability of reclocking DACs that pretty much eliminate jitter problems I can't understand how the manufacturing process would affect the sound the CD. Unless the CD is so poorly manufactured that the error correction coding canno... | |
| Best Vintage Speakers? If you like midrange and imaging, and can forego high volumes and driving bass then it's hard to beat Spica Angelus. You can find them used for under $500 and I would wager that for chamber music they would be impossible to beat.They are quite tri... | |
| from 87db to 90 db ? An autoformer makes no difference to the sensitivity of the speaker, but it raises or lowers the input impedance, to better match to the driving amp.Many low power amps have limited current delivery capability, so they will be able to play subject... |