shadorne
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| TurnTable Quest DP-62L was awesome. Denon and Pioneer made some very good TT back in those days. Hard to beat in value for money today. Look for a refurbished unit. Personally I like those heavy plinth DD designs over belt or light weight acrylic or plastic plint... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? You have answered your own question. I think you are indeed biased. Speaker Designs since the mid 70's and early 80's have been significantly better than earlier eras. I agree that things have not much improved since then (diminishing returns maybe?) | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? Modern tweeters are excellent but almost all share an Achilles heal - ferrofluid! The stuff dries up over several years or sooner if you drive the speakers hard. It is insidious in that the change often occurs slowly so you get used to the sound a... | |
| Why do I keep torturing myself with remasters? I have highest success rate with Japanese vinyl. I bought it in the 80's because regular vinyl sounded terrible and I am buying only Japanese again for that vintage sound (less compression than on remastered digital) and to catch rare stuff. Japan... | |
| Best speakers for Pink Floyd? Erik, check three posts earlier than yours to answer your question. | |
| Best speakers for Pink Floyd? DSOM 5.1 and WYWH 5.1 SACD were mixed and mastered on ATC speakers by James Guthrie. Same gear that David Gilmour has used for for more than two decadeshttp://www.pinkfloydz.com/other-exhibits/rocky-mountain-audio-fest/ | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? Agreed. Transducer design has not changed for decades. Mostly tweaks. Some older designs are extremely good even against the best available today. From my perspective, the biggest step change was when transistor based power amplifiers allowed grea... | |
| Help Picking a turntable I answer because I recently got a modest vinyl setup.My recommendation is to go with a late 70’s higher end Japanese mass produced DD turntable like Pioneer PL-550 (manual with heavy plinth and platter) or similar (Technics, Denin and others were ... | |
| Why do all audio forums on the internet seem "dead" ? I think the forums are useless - that is why.They are inhabited by those trumping their own latest high priced expenditures (to justify things in their own mind more than anything else). They are further fuelled into aimless merry-go-round equipme... | |
| Why do all audio forums on the internet seem "dead" ? The pro market is doing great!There are three reasons for the demise of audiophile 1. Snake oil2. Snake oil3. Snake oilThere are a few other reasons being that the quality in general of audio products peaked in the late 80's. Audiophiles went ever... | |
| Can you smell your speakers when youre rockin out? In the first few hours of use this might be ok - voicecoil adhesives are getting "baked"But later in life - you are burning up the ferrofluid and possibly damaged the kapton paper over the coil wires and may have caused arcing (that strong smell)T... | |
| Closed back headphone recommendation Correction I meant Sennheiser HD25 pro not Shure in the 2nd paragraph. | |
| Closed back headphone recommendation The Shure SE846 are the most impressive in ears that I have heard - the bass is realistic to the point you "feel" the kick drum (if you have good speakers or go to live music then you will know what I mean - a sort of compression of air at below a... | |
| Best speakers for Pink Floyd? If a drummer wants to sound like John Bonham in the "best" way then they buy Ludwig and preferably a vintage set from the same era and in the exact same sizes and model that Bonham used and use similar heads and tune them up the way Bonham did.The... | |
| Best speakers for Pink Floyd? Yes vicwest and all the re-releases and recent DVD's were done on ATC - some on David Gilmour's setup and some on James Guthrie's setup. Understandably everyone has a personal preference when it comes to speakers but given the rather specific que... |