seandtaylor99
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| Fav Consecutive Albums by An Artist Paul Weller ....1) self titled2) Wildwood3) stanley roadDire straits...1) self titled2) communique3) making moviesagree with Radiohead, Led Zep.Queen ...1) Night at the opera2) day at the races3) news of the world (I'm not sure these were consecut... | |
| Creative and cheap DIY turntable/tonearm tweaks Jyprez, you're correct in your description of compliance, and all would be exactly as you describe if the record was not turning. As soon as the record starts turning it is not perfectly flat and the cartridge is deflected up and down by small amo... | |
| Creative and cheap DIY turntable/tonearm tweaks Putting sand in the arm to increase the arm's mass would require a change in cartridge, because the same cartridge cannot work well with a low mass arm and a high mass arm, as I understand it ... the arm's mass must be appropriate for the complian... | |
| What are the best DIY cables you've heard? The non-adhesive PTFE plumbing tape is what I used and because it sticks to itself it worked just fine, and I haven't had any problems with cables unravelling.And I didn't use any heat shrink tubing, or anything else around the PTFE tape.However I... | |
| What are the best DIY cables you've heard? I made some cables per twl's recipe last weekend and they do beat my RG217 cables, by a small, but significant margin.Since I already had RCA plugs lying around, and PTFE tubing it cost me $4 for the magnet wire. What a bargain.Thanks for the reci... | |
| CD getting as good as LPs - recommendations I enjoy the Decca Legends series of classical remasters, but then my system is significantly lower resolution than yours, so I can't say how they sound to you.Decca has always captured a good balance between spaciousness and imaging that I very mu... | |
| Harbeth P3es-2 + Rel strata or Harbeth P7es-s? I have heard ls3/5s with a sub (Actually the harbeth sub, not REL) and while it was good I'd probably get the compact 7. My reasoning is that the C7 is an all-round better speaker, and that at a later date you could add a sub if you get the desire... | |
| Home HiFi better than Live? Sean ... interesting your comment about not capturing the energy of the studio in a live performance. When I was recording with a band we found it very difficult to capture the energy and dynamics of the live performance in the studio. The more th... | |
| Home HiFi better than Live? I'm glad I managed to bring some agreement. I've thought for a long time that, unless the recording engineers are genuinely trying to recreate a live performance (as they usually are with jazz, classical, and some rock/pop albums) that the recorde... | |
| Home HiFi better than Live? I think live music and home hifi are two totally different experiences, enjoyable in their own way. The same way I believe that studio albums do not have to try to recreate a live concert, but can be their own medium.That said I do like my hifi an... | |
| What are the best DIY cables you've heard? I've got to try the above ... thanks Tom and Lugnut. I made some interconnects from some spare RG-217 MIL RF coax cable (it's silver plated OFC, large diameter, very low loss coax). On my humble ($5k) system they made more improvement in definitio... | |
| Name three of yours the most favourite drummers I'd add to previous excellent suggestions Pick Withers, the original drummer of Dire Straits. While he is technically excellent, he also knows when and how to blend into the background, and when to come to the foreground. Just love the drumming on... | |
| Second System: Add DAC to Marantz CD Changer? No DACs are immune to a bad transport, but I have heard that the Bel Canto DACs are better than most, due to the reclocking ... so yes, I'd give it a try. I have never myself heard a Bel Canto DAC, but they seem to be favorably reviewed. | |
| Second System: Add DAC to Marantz CD Changer? I own a Marantz CD67SE and IMHO it's a lousy transport, but a reasonable CD player.The root of the problem is that Marantz players have very high jitter on their digital signal (both internally and externally). This is apparently what gives them t... | |
| Greatest Guitar Band Add "Thin Lizzy" to previous good suggestions. Maybe not the best, but well up there. |