whart
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| Law of Accelerating Returns I guess I'm stuck because: 1.no reproduction system consistently sounds like real music; yes, sometimes a convincing illusion on the right material, but listen to enough different source material and you can hear the 'machinery at work'- the illus... | |
| Law of Accelerating Returns I get the notion that incremental improvement in one aspect of the system can improve the overall sound of the system (and reveal other weaknesses, shortcomings or colorations). But once a system reaches a certain level, getting those incremental ... | |
| Terry Reid That's the lore. He was touring with Cream at the time and couldn't; if memory serves, he's the one who said to Page there's a guy named Robert Plant you should probably check out. And Plant knew Bonham. I met Terry Reid a couple years ago- he wa... | |
| Hard-To-find Vinyl- Lucky finds Slaw: no, not necessary, although your WLP may have been pressed at Monarch. Monarch was a west coast pressing plant with a very good reputation for punchy sounding pressings (obviously, much has to do with the mastering). If yours has a timing st... | |
| Silent Running Audio vs Harmonic Resolution System The only thing I'd add to all of this (and I think Larry alluded to it earlier), is that, in my estimation, there is no one 'all purpose' solution for all components in a system. The more effective a device is at isolating or decoupling, the more ... | |
| Silent Running Audio vs Harmonic Resolution System Saint- The HRS platform is fine, but as I indicated, it really has less to do with isolation than just providing a platform for my big Kuzma table, which has no plinth and needs something to mount it on. The Grand Prix stuff was great in its day, ... | |
| Hard-To-find Vinyl- Lucky finds Slaw- on the Desparado, is it a WLP or simply an early 'white label' asylum- the first pressings of that record, pressed at Monarch, with the black inner sleeve, sound phenomenal (and still have that early Eagles country/western thing going, befor... | |
| Silent Running Audio vs Harmonic Resolution System Saint- I think Myles Astor used the SRA; you might write to him- on the HRS, there must be some folks who use their big rack in their systems, based on a search you could write to them. You are thinking about this stuff for your Lamm gear and digi... | |
| Led Zepplin Mothership vs. hi-res vs. newest 10-4, affirmative, OK, thanks :) | |
| Hard-To-find Vinyl- Lucky finds I've been focusing on pop and psych, early or odd pressings, mainly for sonics, not collectibility, but some of these are fairly hard to find:UK Vertigo Swirls - some of the more obscure ones:Dr. Strangely Strange- Heavy Petting;Gracious!May Blitz... | |
| "New" Beatles Mono Catalog Release on 180gr Vinyl Slaw: dunno if you are hip to the Horzu Die Beatles I mentioned, but it is a dry mix of Please, Please Me pressed in Germany in the mid-70's and urban lore has it that it was a mistake to send that tape. In any event, it has very little reverb and... | |
| Led Zepplin Mothership vs. hi-res vs. newest Ozzy- with due respect, do you mean 'that you've heard'? Or are you limiting your conclusion that these are 'the best' strictly to digital format (both master and playback)? My conclusions are limited entirely to vinyl, so I'm not trying to cross ... | |
| "New" Beatles Mono Catalog Release on 180gr Vinyl I bought this new box as well. A neighbor has the early UKs, so we will try to do our own comparo once the box arrives. I never 'collected' The Beatles and an old UK Blue Box has served me well. But, I have been buying a few other copies around th... | |
| Audio Research Ref-1 vs sp10 mkII preamp Yep, I had one as well, back in the day, and kept it a long, long time. Very musical. I had ARC do various updates and upgrades to it over the years.Biggest issue was microphonics (and as I recall), making sure the phono section tubes were quiet a... | |
| Record cleaning fluids I'm looking forward to using the Monks. I'll be happy to check out the fluid you like too, Syntax. I have no vested interest in this, other than to get these records in the best sounding and playing condition I can- |