tomic601

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There Is Nothing Like the Real Thing - Our State of the Art
to the OP …. quite astute… keep chasing and wondering and being blessed with a dearth of acoustic music in reverberant space… Loved and appreciated your 2L comments in my own field recording experience / experiment… the first introduction of dist... 
HOW DID YOU END UP WITH YOUR DREAM SYSTEM?
….Gabor my sensei in many dimensions of my life often said two very important things ; Even the change ( read improvement ) agent NEEDS a change agent There are mountains beyond this celebratory peak we stand on now.. Unlike me, he is famous fo... 
HOW DID YOU END UP WITH YOUR DREAM SYSTEM?
All who wander are not lost, but if you don’t know where you are going…any…road will get you there.  @mksun Lovely system you have in a beautiful room - enjoy ! @noromance naked laser trimmed Vishay = happiness   
Single ended speaker cables or Shot gun config?
Both my TAD and Vandy are biwired and sound better for it. Be sure to separate the shotgun by > 2” … An internal biwire without the magic separation is one cause for the lack of appreciation…. imo Spring project for me will be modified Apogee ... 
Apogee Calipers worth anything
I picked up a pair of Caliper - Signature for song in Seattle a few months back… I have owned and sold Apogee back in the day… i’ve got a lovely pair of Centaur- Minor in our den…. a very formidable ribbon… seductive.. The Caliper went to a dear ... 
"Cleaning" Vinyl Makes It Worse Not Better!
back when i was bin diving i used the Walker enzyme with a wet vac brush Nitty Gritty before the Degritter w Turgitol…. Carry on Jim never a Monk, sometimes a Poet    
"Cleaning" Vinyl Makes It Worse Not Better!
Right on @antinn  Probably a friction stir welded tank my team built….ha. One million linear inches of weld without a defect… definitely NOT trial and error…  
SR Tuning Discs, Psychoacoustic Bias and Listening Fatigue
Audiophile know thyself… and it’s called ear brain… for a reason  
Recommendations for MM Phono ~ Tube or Solid State
the WBF search advice is good  
Any decent hifi shops around Columbus OH?
Sadly….Progressive is no more… proud alumnus   
The Shure V15 V with a Jico SAS/B stylus VS The Soundsmith Hyperion MR and Lyra Atlas SL
@mijostyn ya the physics of TRYING to fill holes is tough on amplifiers…   
The Shure V15 V with a Jico SAS/B stylus VS The Soundsmith Hyperion MR and Lyra Atlas SL
Yes of course music lovers are not always audiophiles…and same for converse. A nice jab that didn’t land with any tympanic solidity with me… Of course, i’ve heard at some length the larger Quad you mentioned… when they work… Displaced by Apogee Ca... 
Solid State Preamp to replace tube unit
@allenf1963 You are welcome. I strongly suggest either Brent Jesse  Brent Jesse Recording Supply or Andy Bowman at Vintage Tube Services. Both have fantastic knowledge, test equipment and in the case of Brent a 30 day warranty on nos tubes. He off... 
Solid State Preamp to replace tube unit
@allenf1963 both the MC225 and MC240 are legendary for long tube life. I have some of the original small signal telefunken that were shipped in my 1961 MC240.   
Holy Holostages!!
cue…crystal clear persuasion…..