vacountryboy
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| analyzing sound I classify test-quality LP tracks by instrument and sound factor. For example, Cassandra Wilson's, Blue Light 'Til Dawn track C1: Black Crow is one of my tests of soundstage, bass, vocal separation, and imaging. Whereas track C4: Redbone is a test... | |
| Qualio IQ owners, still happy? @arafiq what have you heard north of $20k that you feel beats the Qualios and why? | |
| Experience purchasing a used high-end cartridge I would like to first, and foremost, express my appreciation again for all of the valuable insights and experiences shared by the A’gon community. @willy-t and @drmuso your comments were incredibly on-target for me, since the cartridge I was cons... | |
| Experience purchasing a used high-end cartridge Thank you all for the well-considered advice. @neonknight I greatly appreciate your engaging narrative and wise advice. My takeaway from @wrm57 and many of the others is to assume a steep risk curve if seller reputation involves any ambiguity--as ... | |
| SUT help Thanks for weighing in @pindac and @lewm. What intrigued me about the video was the discussion about SUTs providing different flavors which could be interchanged either by swapping the transformers (in the one case) or changing the loading and imp... | |
| SUT help I have been following this thread with much interest as I too wonder if adding a SUT or other pre-phono stage device might improve the "realness" of the sound coming from my Whest 40RDT fed by a Benz Gullwing on a Basis 2000 table with a Rega RB90... | |
| Equalizer in a Hi Fi system I would like the opinion of those using EQs on whether an EQ can assist with hearing differences between left and right ears.. in my case the left is more deficient than the right that shows minimal age-related decline. I have seen elsewhere that ... | |
| Equalizer to compensate for hearing loss - Any success stories? @elliottbnewcombjr I can't thank you enough for this recommendation. Not only does it directly address my needs, but is amazingly inexpensive. I will order one today! | |
| Equalizer to compensate for hearing loss - Any success stories? I am very intrigued by these discussions as someone with hearing loss in one ear (left). This seems to cause the soundstage to shift right, especially for cymbals in jazz recordings that appear almost always panned right while the remaining music ... | |
| Your greatest high end audio purchase!!! +1 @rick_n room acoustic treatment -- Without a doubt my best purchase was the MEN 220 Room Correction system. My listening space could not be treated with acoustic panels as it already had wall-to-wall bookcases. The books provide a basic treatme... | |
| Turntable choice for mono records @lewm sorry that I wasn't being clear. I was referring to the situation of a mono recording (especially one cut pre-1968) that is played with a mono cartridge vs. the same mono recording played with a stereo cartridge with or without a mono switch... | |
| Turntable choice for mono records This discussion has been very educational. I greatly appreciate the friendly debate over the value of mono. I have also heard from audiophile friends that a mono setup brings out a deeper soundstage and sometimes better imaging which seems to run ... | |
| Turntable choice for mono records I want to thank everyone who posted for their very thoughtful and wise guidance! If my Basis turntable supported two arms without exorbitant expense I would have gone that route. @elliottbnewcombjr I am very envious of your setup. You have quite a... | |
| Ultrasonic cleaning I have a different regimen before play depending on whether the record was purchased new, used, or was previously in my collection. If used, I use my Record Doctor with a 4-step cycle of Audio Intelligent 15, AI-6, distilled water rinse, and then ... | |
| Who is excited about Capital Audiofest 2023? I attended both Friday and Saturday. My focus was on speakers below $20k. Reading the observations here makes me wonder if my aged ears have declined more than I thought. While I found most speaker systems on display to provide good hi-fi sound, ... |