sharpnine
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| Pro-ject and EAR 834p - On the wrong path? I think I responded on your Vinyl Asylum post also. Anyway, I think the 834P is great with my MMF-7 (I have a Benz Glider, which is in the same ballpark as the Blackbird I believe).I don't know how your Tube Box is, but I know when I upgraded from... | |
| Difference between 720p and 1080p projectors? The Optoma HD20 is $999, and is an amazingly good 1080p DLP projector for the price. Also very bright--I can use it in a room with quite a bit of light. The 1080p projectors tend to best the 720p in a variety of ways, not just resolution. But even... | |
| Speakers for live piano performance I do piano gigs with my roland rd-700, and get great sound with a pair of Mackie SRM-450's. These have loads of very clean power, and simulate, in a large room, the sound you can get on your headphones. Their weakness is probably the low bass--the... | |
| lps sound bad When I got back into vinyl a few years ago I did not have too big a collection left from my younger years--just the stuff that was favorites or I thought difficult to replace with CDs. However, on a good turntable I was unhappy with probably half ... | |
| correct zerostat technique I purchased my zerostat relatively recently, with a manual, and it clearly explains that you point it at the record (or whatever object you want to discharge) and squeeze the trigger. Then you point it away and release the trigger. It said the squ... | |
| scrubbing lp with discdoctor brush and vpi 16.5 Two things:1. You might want to get a second wand for the 16.5 and use it to suck up the first (non-water) fluids. This keeps the wand clean for the final rinse. Alternatively you can use some other method (a clean cotten pad or scott toilet tissu... | |
| good analog out of directv? I expect all directv boxes have digital out. That's the way you get surround sound (dolby digital) and the common way people connect them to their cheap home theater in a box units. If you run it into a 2-channel dac I expect you need to make sure... | |
| Music Hall 7 owners I am using a Benz Glider LO, paired with EAR 834P. I think it sounds great, a big improvement over the Eroica HO. Surface noise was reduced and the sound is more lively and better bass. I have since tried the Eroica on another arm/table and finall... | |
| Why HDCD did not become a dominant format? I prefer to purchase HDCD or hybrid SACD when available just for the red book CD playback, which generally is better than average on these discs. I assume the red book benefits from the quality of the mastering of these better formats. However reg... | |
| How did you get into vinyl? I know a lot of people in this forum have been into vinyl since it was the only format (since before CD) and I often see comments to the effect that they are still into it mainly because of a large collection of LPs, collected over many years. I'l... | |
| "Is that a record??? " I have gotten that too, when returning a record via UPS. People seem astounded and curious. I got some of that same treatment for a couple years when I started driving a new mini cooper (people kept telling me "I used to have one of those in the 6... | |
| MMF7 - Anniversary Ringmat - Tonearm Height I use my MMF7 with the Anniversary ringmat. I like it better than before, and don't have to bother with the clamp anymore. I mean, I was happy to use the clamp if it improves the sound, but the sound now is better and it is even easier. I noticed ... | |
| Best method and software to convert vinyl to cd I get good results by this method:1) Use a standalone "pro" CD recorder like the Tascam CD-RW750. I have had much better results with an outboard CD recorder rather than using a computer, although the computer-based would probably work OK with a g... |