whart
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| Solving the "complex music problem"? To me, it is a combination of things. I call it congestion. Where it loses its direct, immediate quality of conveying the sound of an instrument and begins to sound like a recording playing at you. Some people opt for more analytical systems to de... | |
| Symptoms of UN-CLEAN power I don’t think I’ve posted to this thread yet. Stop me if you’ve heard this. I’d start at the meter. Your power company can pull it for you. Are the contacts corroded? What kind of wire runs from that? What is your feed from the street "transforme... | |
| Room Layout and Acoustic Improvements on a Limited Budget You need to control reflective surfaces. I wouldn’t start writing checks for treatment until you have dealt with the fundamentals of your room, what position the speakers should be in given the equipment and room, where you are creating problems t... | |
| Best turntable under $4000 @audioguy85 - that looks like the Thorens from the early '70s. Those were nice tables. | |
| Best turntable under $4000 I have owned a Technics SP 10 since 1973 and it still worked but the power switch was bad. I had Bill Thalmann go over it, do the Krebs mod, a reasonably priced plinth and eventually installed a Kuzma 4 Pt. 9" arm on it. I can't remember what the ... | |
| Room treatment ideas for annoying external noises At a certain point, it isn’t room treatment, it is soundproofing. I can measure the ambient noise in my room during the day and it is around 33 db, C weighted, on an uncalibrated SPL meter. (I have several and they are all within the same range).... | |
| Minusk platform Yep, it works best when it is at or close to the top of the load limit. Mine is 250 lbs and I'm pretty close. | |
| Minusk platform I have a Kuzma XL, all machined brass on the big Minus K bench top and use the stand supplied by Minus K. But I use an HRS isolation platform on top of the Minus K, beneath the turntable. I've never heard any ringing and believe me, my 104 db sen... | |
| Farichild 260 Do an internet search. The prices vary- there was a very nice original which needed to be restored but looked clean asking around 3700+ a year ago. It sold, not sure at what price. Everything is more expensive than a year ago. I don’t know the ma... | |
| Is there anything better than live recordings? Yeah, it depends. There is sometimes an energy between the band and the audience that just doesn't exist in the studio. But as others have noted not all recordings are created equal. | |
| Best container to move prized records between homes? Thanks! I bought a pallet of boxes double walled from Bags Unlimited to have about 5,000 records moved across the country. I packed them myself, made sure that the riders on my insurance were up to date value (a blanket for the records) and the movers han... | |
| Why aren't all modern vinyl releases 45s? Often, artists have little say in how their recordings are licensed. Audiophile releases are a tiny chunk of the market and 45s are more expensive to cut, press and manufacture, along with additional expenses in packaging and shipping. Steve Hoff... | |
| Gauging interest in a 2008 Continuum Caliburn I am not personally interested but have a few thoughts- you'll obviously need to get more info, like whether the Minus K was retrofitted- I use the big bench top externally on the Kuzma XL with Airline; how is demo/testing of operating condition g... | |
| Perhaps a guilty pleasure.... Musical taste is very personal. There is no hierarchy of "right"- you'll see people deeply into classical that can argue endlessly over the best recorded performance of something that is a staple of classical repertoire. Subjective. Ditto, pop/ro... | |
| SET Distortion at higher volumes? How much power is the amp? I run Lamm ML2- 18 watts each, but speakers are nominally 104db at 1 meter. Never have a problem, I don’t listen at jet take off levels but call it 80db with some higher peaks, C weighted. Could also be other things- mis... |