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| Step Up Transformer Question Good point on asking Steve Leung, there @Dogberry. I also would not underestimate the N Clayton builds- I needed something not spendy for my vintage system based on old Quads and was using a VAS Franken-Denon cartridge Steve put together. Clayton ... | |
| Cost Incurred to Achieve a Vinyl LP Replay If the question is "how much it cost" (I used to get this all the time with cars) to play in the state of the art, you’ll get myriad answers. In the States, the VPI is very popular as a bang for buck table (I don’t follow the company so don’t know... | |
| Ultimate Turntable search...OMA K5 or ? I spoke to Jonathan (last?) when his table was still in development. He spoke of using a cutting lathe as a model and I know Mr. Krebs had considerable influence. How can you meaningfully compare these, and with what variables? I suspect at some... | |
| Power conditioners A few observations in addition to those above: most of the comments so far line up with my own experience-- try before you buy (or have the ability to return for a full refund). I experimented with "black box" conditioners in my previous house (wi... | |
| Rythmik or REL Subs to pair with Totem Element Metal V2? I’m going to echo @hilde45 for several reasons. I have zero experience with REL, but appreciate that they are well regarded. I use Avantgarde horns (Duos) and had several old Velodynes (an 18" and a 15") that were part of a large home theatre proj... | |
| Ultrasonic cleaning tuberculin- Admittedly, I’m biased simply because I’ve published Neil’s work (@antinn). But I think you don’t fully appreciate what Neil did. When you mention actual application with vacuum RCMs and Ultrasonic, I’ve written extensively on this, f... | |
| Was 1971 the high point of popular music? @tony1954- interesting album, Lifeboat. It has a lot of the "usual suspects" including Stevie W. (also a Blackwell "discovery" via Spencer Davis) and John Bundrick and early cuts were done by George Peckham (aka "Porky"). Chris was one of those ... | |
| Have we lost civility and respect on Audio forums? I post to share and read to learn. The acrimony and snark is noise and it is something I just scroll past. I'm not going to project the behavior on the comments of an Internet board to the decline of civility at large. There are some good, knowled... | |
| Where does music come from that streams? @tomcy6 -right on, but to expand on that, the record label may own the master but often doesn't not have rights in the musical composition. Those rights, a/k/a "publishing" side, also have to be cleared but there is a compulsory license for that i... | |
| Was 1971 the high point of popular music? I think @ellajeanelle has it right-- to me, it's got a lot to do with your point of entry, when you really engaged. I listen to a wide range of material that goes back earlier- particularly in heavy rock (apropos Alice Cooper, to me, their pinnacl... | |
| Where does music come from that streams? Is this a question about sourcing of the particular master or the way that streaming is licensed? Traditionally, the label (master side) did the deals and cleared the publishing rights (standard, compulsory rates on the publishing side). The Music... | |
| Black Pumas On Tour Now @oddiofyl- Hey, we know each other from SHF. As noted, my wife found good seats for 1/3 the price. And of course, there's the balcony. Don't want to leave the impression that all the tickets are so costly. | |
| Tubes, tone, and old age. I’ve been running tubes since about 1973. I used to retube my ARC SP 3-a-1 with period Telefunken 12ax7s which were about 10 bucks a tube. Finding true unused ones from the ’60s or ’70s is not impossible but they are expensive now. Everything I r... | |
| There is none out there...... How much would it cost to pull ethernet cable to an appropriate location? It has to be a trivial cost in the scheme of things. I'm lucky enough to be in Google Fiber territory, where we get crazy bandwidth on the cheap. A decent network doesn't co... | |
| Do people tire of audio forums? @acman3- thanks for that. I'm like a year behind in writing and publishing about released LPs. I really need to get back to that- it's enjoyable, research is fun, and of course, there's the listening. |