unreceivedogma
Responses from unreceivedogma
| Help me understand "the swarm" in the broader audiophile world ONE:Well, if 2 are better than 1, and 4 are better than 2, then are 8 better than 4; are 16 better than 8? 32, 64, 128, 256...? (Is that a straw man argument, or, lacking other evidence, simply taking the argument to its logical conclusion?)TWO:A ... | |
| Leave tube amps always on? I have a pair of Futterman OTL3s, modified from pentode to triode. If I’m listening and have to walk away for up to an hour or two, I leave them running. Otherwise, I turn them on, wait a half hour, and when I’m done, they go off. Reasons:- fire h... | |
| Woofer pumping possibly due to tube amp when playing vinyl I'm with Mr Miller. Clamp it down. I also have the cabinet bolted to a brick wall that my VPI HW MK IV is sitting on.I have a Velodyne 15" sub with it's pwn power supply, and use Altec 604Cs. No pumping unless I dial up the sub volume, which is no... | |
| A pragmatic view of cartridge expenses / many questions Yes. vdH. Been sending them there for decades. I get nervous with the thing in the mail but there haven’t been any mishaps yet. I hear there is a guy in NJ that is supposed to be good and that I could drive it to but I have no experience with him. | |
| A pragmatic view of cartridge expenses / many questions Cd318,I found the Shure V15 type III, IV, V and MR on eBay. ONE of them is supposed to be the one, the others, also-rans. Supposedly useless without the microridge stylus. ? | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Mammithguy54,I have heard from a few people that the remasters are good. I’ll let you know if my experience is any better than yours. I’m guessing you are the same age as I am. | |
| Analog or Digital and why? I’ve been listening to vinyl for 55 years. It’s what I have learned to listen to and what I have accustomed myself to. I have 6,000+ LPs, maybe 300 CDs. Digital sounds thin and sometimes gritty to me.I am able to hear - without knowing beforehand ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Btw, I just bought the 2-LP sets of the Jimmy Page remasters of Zoso and Houses of the Holy. I have all the Led Zeppelin LPs except for the last two. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? “Sex, Dope and Cheap Thrills“ - Big Brother and The Holding Company | |
| Does the first reflection point actually matter?? For what it is worth:The wife and I bought a distressed 3.5 story townhouse in the city of Newburgh NY for super cheap and did a top down restoration. Except for the top attic floor. It is there that I have my home office, studio and listening roo... | |
| Tubed Preamp recommendations? I’ve used a Beard P505 for 35 years. It got a complete rebuild about 5 years ago. All new Audio grade caps, etc | |
| A pragmatic view of cartridge expenses / many questions I neglected to add that I use the Onyx for serious listening, which is 95% of my listening, the Rosewood as backup when the Onyx is being refurbished, and the Benz for parties and certain monophonic and pop LPs from the 50s and 60s. | |
| A pragmatic view of cartridge expenses / many questions My personal experience for what it is worth. - I bought my first vinyl LP - Rolling Stones 12 x 5 - when I was 9. That is 57 years ago. - when I was 14, I built my own “serious” system: Dyna PAS and Dyna 70 kits, Lafayette speakers, Grarard table ... | |
| I think some cables are just a little too expensive. oldhvymec"Allow"? It wasn’t allowed in the 1950s. We had a 90% tax rate, ... and we had David Hafler. The Dyna Stereo-70 amplifier was launched in 1959, and more than 350,000 sold before production ceased, making the ST-70 the most popular tube po... | |
| What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby? The hobby itself. |