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| What Does It Take To Surpass A SME V? @albertporter -Albert, thanks for weighing in. I think this did address the OP’s question directly based on your experience. @mijostyn - I’m not taking "shots" at you and feel for you if you are suffering from an influenza. As you might recall, ... | |
| What Does It Take To Surpass A SME V? Fwiw, I visited the always lovely Albert Porter recently. If I recall, he was a fan of the SME V and is currently using a pair of the John Holmes version of the Kuzma 4 Pt. on his SP-10mkIII, installed on the Porter Panzerholz plinth of his design... | |
| What is the best way to clean Vinyl? Yes, indeed @clearthinker the engineer working on the Les Paul tracks was using a Simon Yorke and there is a photo of some of his set up in this article: | |
| What is the best way to clean Vinyl? @clearthinker - thanks for the kind words. It’s been a learning experience for me. I bought some of the harder to find Vertigo Swirls that didn’t clean up in the then relatively novel Audio Desk ultrasonic, and that took me back to manual cleaning... | |
| What is the best way to clean Vinyl? @lewm- in fairness, the very first response in this thread was the suggestion to read Neil Antin's work, which is available for free. Yes, it is voluminous but explains the chemistry and steps, the fairly minimal equipment needed and why the steps... | |
| Want to add vinyl to my system. Thanks for the nod, @1jafa. In my experience, depending on the record, a first pressing isn't always the best sounding, though is often the most desirable from a collector's standpoint. Leaving aside third party reissues, I've found later pressing... | |
| Favourite Guitarists Kossoff was brilliant in staying within the song- nothing flashy but tasty as hell. The first Free album is my favorite-- it was produced by Guy Stevens (who later went on to produce the Clash for whatever that is worth) for Chris Blackwell at Isl... | |
| What is the best way to clean Vinyl? "Best"? I’m not sure there is such a thing. Apart from budget, there’s the time and effort factor, the condition of the records (I buy older copies 10/1 over new) and your ability to evaluate results meaningfully. My "best" results come from a co... | |
| Want to add vinyl to my system. I’ll stay out of the gear recommendations part and make a few observations as a long time vinyl lover. If you are committed to the format, your records will eventually exceed the value of the phono front end, which includes turntable/arm/cartridg... | |
| Insulation between floors - how affective? I sound proofed the air compressor I use for my tonearm by using these sheets of melamine foam with mass loaded vinyl in between-- that stuff is not acoustic treatment it is sound proofing material. It is expensive though. The mass loaded vinyl is... | |
| The Best Room I've Ever Heard So, Joe, who is John and where is he located? I was at that O2 concert, but didn't think the LP was supposed to be good. Digital source? You'll need some muscle for such a unit. It's bigger than an air conditioning unit. And probably heavier. | |
| After fifty years… amazing. What high end audio can be. @ghdprentice - interesting point re ham radio. Yes, agreed, listening won't go away, music won't go away. How we listen- via the types of gear, I think may change- in some ways, it already has- the headphone listeners, the streaming (which I know ... | |
| After fifty years… amazing. What high end audio can be. Thanks for the responses- @cleeds - nice catch on the old data. | |
| After fifty years… amazing. What high end audio can be. Perhaps I'm just in a mood but I wonder if we are the last of a generation that grew up with hi-fi and made it an important part of our lives-- upgrading to the point where many of us have very fine systems, built after years in this pursuit. Ther... | |
| Classical music newbie needs your suggestions @frogman - glad you weighed in, I was kind of waiting for a post from you here. Happy Schwanzsa! |