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| Some of the Worst Offenders in Bad Audio Forum Behavior Are Not Regular Forum Members Perhaps you should write to Mr. Atkinson and express directly to him the concerns you are raising here. I quit reading magazines long ago so have no sense of the current editorial tone of Stereophile. If the staff is obnoxious on other fora, that ... | |
| Suggestions from all you wise ones @freediver - assuming your question was directed to me, re-read my paragraph that begins with ’You should go hear some systems...’. I didn’t suggest that this was a substitute for live music- in fact, as my next sentences made clear, I think a big... | |
| Suggestions from all you wise ones @golden210- So, you were last involved in 1974, and are only now just getting back into it due to your love of music and want to get your bearings?First, nothing happened between 1974 and now. :) Record manufacturing declined, the audiophile marke... | |
| Favorite Dylan? @bdp24 - I would love to hear the complete New York version of Blood on the Tracks done by Phil Ramone. Of the early Dylan, it's probably Blonde on Blonde.Rolling Thunder-I briefly had the Classic Records issue brought over and left for me to list... | |
| Kubala-Sosna Sensation I had a full loom of Emotion when that was the coin of the realm, and did upgrade one interconnect-- at the earliest stage- to Elation- it was profoundly better in my system, which is a horn based, SET system.Why not reach out to Kubala and see if... | |
| How to STOP PayPal from consistent breaking and breaching privacy. Just seems to me that if you use an electronic payment method, and I'd include credit cards in that, it is part of the package. As to being a sheep, I can find other things to worry about. | |
| How to STOP PayPal from consistent breaking and breaching privacy. CZ- what you described in your original post wasn’t necessarily a data breach or invasion of privacy, but instead, probably an algorithm that got trip-wired to prevent potential fraud. Small purchase, then larger one, although I don’t see a 22 dol... | |
| Thumbs up for ultrasonic record cleaning You may find this explanation of different purification processes helpful: [url]http://www.emdmillipore.com/US/en/water-purification/learning-centers/tutorial/purification-techniqu...[/url] The source is a manufacturer of equipment used in labs a... | |
| FM Antennas For Old School Tuner? I set up a vintage system recently with a tuner and did not want to install an outdoor antenna. I tried the one Magnum Dynalab indoor model- not the rod- with mixed success. I tracked down a guy who used to make an elaborate adjustable indoor arra... | |
| New Vinyl @bdp24 - I think, at least with the audiophile reissue houses that go to the trouble of sourcing from tape (and have the clout to get access to the tapes), they usually don't want to take risks given the upfront costs- that is why it is the same p... | |
| New Vinyl Sounds like you are looking for rock. Are you resistant to older pressings?brian davison-every which way- on mercury- shouldn’t cost you more than 30 dollars for a clean copy- very much like old Traffic- blues shouter with some exotic and jazz mot... | |
| If your system were a car! Although car analogies in hi-fi only go so far (and we've seen them in reviews and comments over the years, I've used them too), I never really thought about what car(s) my system(s) are comparable to. I was a "car guy" since I was a kid (though I... | |
| Acony records @mofimadness - I knew I recognized her voice from the "O Brother Where Art Thou" album. BTW, Amazon seems to be selling some new-ish vinyl at close to wholesale prices. Just bought a copy of that for 18 dollars w/ free shipping. | |
| Does It have to be loud? @gdhal - I agree that each recording seems to have a level, given room, system and recording, where everything comes together.I think that sometimes, "turning it up" is meant to get more immediacy, impact and get the system out of the way, and if ... | |
| Compressed Air The accelerant is essentially a refrigerant. You don’t want that on your records. I use canned air to blow water off one of my RCM surfaces (not the platter but the plinth), but for records, I use a manual "puffer" - it’s the large size Giottos Ro... |