sokogear
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| Speakers or Turntable upgrade Rega's best value is in its tonearms. The P8 comes with the RB880, which is fantastic. I had a P5 and upgraded the arm from the RB700 to the RB880 and was blown away. So much so that I then upgraded the table to the P8, which didn't have nearly th... | |
| Time For a CD Player Upgrade Didn't hear anyone mention vibration control. Not sure what your CD player is sitting on, but vibrations affect CD players (along with turntables) the most out of anything and I bet (regardless of your surface and flooring) you would benefit great... | |
| YouTube Indicates What the Future is For Audiophiles - Interesting Demographics. @squared80 is a troll. | |
| YouTube Indicates What the Future is For Audiophiles - Interesting Demographics. @bipod72 - if you're not a fan of SD, you're not a fan. Some people think they are too slick or "Yacht Rock"y - everyone is entitled to their opinion. But you cannot deny their incredible musicianship and recording quality. They are in a class by ... | |
| YouTube Indicates What the Future is For Audiophiles - Interesting Demographics. @bipod72 - I'm sorry but Steely Dan has NO bad songs. Of the very small number groups I listen to where I think EVERY album is worthy or being in my library (just about all groups have bad albums) of rotating albums they are the only group with no... | |
| Truly Stunning Vinyl Album Aja and Kind of Blue UHQRs go neck and neck for my best sounding records. Doesn't hurt that they are my 2 favorite albums also. Too many others to mention, because I don't listen to any just for the sound quality. If I don't like a record, I don'... | |
| The Rapid Rise (& Fall) of the CD My point is that it is impossible to find the time to listen to 31000 records. | |
| The Rapid Rise (& Fall) of the CD @facten - why amused? Streaming for exploring is fine (not personally for me), but you have to like something and listen to what you like at least once a year. 3500 records = about 2600 hours of listening. That's more than a full time job if you d... | |
| The Rapid Rise (& Fall) of the CD @fleschler - I didn't even think of the term archivist. If you are creating a reference library for others to access, it makes sense, especially since it sounds like you have the space for it and can find a title in a minute or so. As far as liste... | |
| The Rapid Rise (& Fall) of the CD @fleschler - obviously you are a hoarder or maybe more kindly, an overcollector. What is the point of having a record that you can't possibly listen to more than once in your lifetime? I listen maybe 15-20 hours a week which equates to about 1000... | |
| VPI Industries---Love the Company as Much as their Turntables I met Mat at his offices and he was incredibly down to earth, nice and reasonable. Sold me a new van den Hul cartridge (they are the US distributor) instead of getting my old one serviced since he said the pandemic had made it very difficult to to... | |
| MoFi v/s UHQR @bdp24 - over in the US I think Soundsmith is more popular with the higher end audio market than Grade which makes some very inexpensive cartridges. 5mv output sounds like it would blow up my phono stage! | |
| MoFi v/s UHQR @lalitk - that's exactly what I said - they (Elusive Disc) charge tax if you live in a state that charges it. That changed fairly recently - you used to be able to buy records from them in sales tax states without paying it. Then the Amazon rule k... | |
| MoFi v/s UHQR @lalitk I thought elusive disc charges sales tax if the state you live in collects it (that's what they told me). For the cost of shipping alone, you will get a lower pressing number direct from AS and the peace of mind and quicker availability i... | |
| MoFi v/s UHQR @larsman - that's why I said forget that generalization too. @bdp24 - sorry for not mentioning moving iron - don't know much about them other than they are mainly sold by Soundsmith and are a small niche, so of course any model can be compared to ... |