sokogear
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| Feel free to talk me off the ledge There is always something better. There are bests for an individual list of requirements, including budget. When the requirements change, the best options change. I think the source is most important as the sound quality can only be as good as wh... | |
| Turntable upgrade recommendations: SME vs AMG vs Technics vs other @drbond - no matter how much you spend on any component, there is ALWAYS something better. Linear tracking arms have one main advantage - there is no anti skating force required since there is no centripetal force pushing the arm away from the ce... | |
| Advice needed on MC cartridges If you are OK with the unipivot and it sounds good to you, I wouldn't change it just because it is a unipivot, spend on a cartridge and phono stage. If I had no arm, I probably wouldn't buy one. | |
| Neil Young calls out Tidal So you don't trust your own doctor? Sad. Time to find a new one. Unless you are among the sorry group that have no doctor (setting said the under 30 crowd who may not have one, who are not as seriously affected by the virus, although the ones that... | |
| Turntable upgrade recommendations: SME vs AMG vs Technics vs other @drbond - If I were you, and spending that kind of dough, I would talk to Dr. Vinyl (he is based out of Maryland, but travels all over the place to set up expensive tables and is a dealer for a lot of small TT manufacutrers) who I spoke with a cou... | |
| Neil Young calls out Tidal @Ozzy62 So I guess you don't seek your doctor's advice? Everything else is noise, censored or not. This is more serious than what stereo equipment to buy. | |
| Advice needed on MC cartridges Unipivots are just a pain to handle-they jump all over the place whenever I’ve demoed one. I guess you can get used to it, but gimbal arms are a breeze. I’m a Rega owner for 15 years or so, and their arms IMHO give the best bang for the buck. No V... | |
| Neil Young calls out Tidal I only trust my doctor. He knows me best. Some people shouldn’t get the vaccine. I’d like to know if I am one if them. The most credible talking heads tell anyone questioning if the should get the vaccine to talk to their doctor. How can anyone p... | |
| Neil Young calls out Tidal If there was no misinformation, then why were those podcasts removed and Rogan allowed to stay? Rogan also gave advice himself, which he is not qualified to do. Doctors should be giving it to their patients. Everything else is noise. | |
| Advice needed on MC cartridges @skyscraper - for $1850 (you should be able to get a 15% discount) the MC One Special from VDH should provide a big improvement for you, and because it sounds like you are a value (not cost no object) conscious audiophile like me, the fact that VD... | |
| Survey on Cost of Loudspeakers Supported On Townshend Seismic Isolation Podiums I have tall thin speakers and also was nervous about the instability created with the Townshend bars/springs (I do use their platform under my turntable with excellent results). I put flat multilayer Symposium Segue Stealth platforms (custom sized... | |
| Advice needed on MC cartridges I have the van den Hul MC One Special which I put in quite a while ago replacing a $500 japanese MM cartridge. Huge improvement in detail and depth of sound but when I put in a phono stage instead of using the MM/MC adjustable phono stage in my pr... | |
| Neil Young calls out Tidal I am a big Neil fan as well, but the SQ had nothing to do with his request to have his music removed from Spotify. He wanted Joe Rogan's misinformation about vaccinations removed, and apparently it has been done, but Neil is gone from there anyway... | |
| Bought powerful/expensive Amp+Speakers but plan to use an old preamp , am I crazy? @bugsnest - I used to have some NAD gear (way back) and it is a great value. That doesn't mean it's great. A phono stage with an AB switch from MM to MC is not the same as having a multi option one. I have an excellent highly regarded integrated a... | |
| Bought powerful/expensive Amp+Speakers but plan to use an old preamp , am I crazy? If you are using a MC cartridge (you didn't mention what you have), a good quality external phono stage would be a big improvement. |