williewonka
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| vinyl versus digital redux @seventies - what I said was - I cannot tell the difference between the vinyl and the digital AS PLAYED & RECORDED on MY system Let's not forget the many nuances of musical reproduction...From a piece of vinyl.- the details of the master cutti... | |
| vinyl versus digital redux I’ve also made several digital 16/44 copies of vinyl albums. I keep it simple - each digital copy has two tracks Side A and Side B.I do no need to have a digital recording of each track On playback on my audio system I am unable to discern and dif... | |
| turntable recommendations Since you have complete an upgrade to your Rega, take a look at the various upgrades I have completed on my 1982 Rega Planar 2http://image99.net/blog/files/04fdba8476cfd21bdd7a5fdf38c8cdf5-28.htmlBut if you are not into DIY then consider these fea... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling QUICK UPDATE: I’ve just replaced the live conductor in my 11 ft Helix Geometry extension cable, with a 12 gauge solid copper wire from Neotech - the wire replaced was 12 gauge Duelund tinned copper with polycast insulationI purchased the wire from... | |
| Detecting differences among cables @joseph796 - Randy - First - my apologies for the "War and Peace" sized posting - I hope you find this useful :-) My audition list is ever changing, but I’ll share some of the artists and/or tracks that tend to stay in my list and which "metric" ... | |
| Detecting differences among cables @turnbowm - I agree with your observations - well designed amps with large power supplies tend to show the least improvement when auditioning power cables on them - for the most part :-)However, the more budget oriented source components (i.e. <... | |
| Detecting differences among cables @jmeyers - WRT:I tend to think that the "nay-sayers" probably fall into two categories. There are those people who simply don’t own systems good enough to enable the differentiation that is there An interesting thought, but in my experience over ... | |
| Phono preamp worth it with MM cartridges? A good phono stage is always a good idea for MM or MCIn the sub $2k range I would take look at Simaudio Moon 110LP or 310LP.I have the LP 5.3 RS (basically the same as the 310) and I’m pretty sure it’s my last phono stage.They are extremely quiet,... | |
| Vinyl collection, now what? @hleeid - based on the turntable you are looking at - you will probably listen to vinyl.But if you do still want to digitize albums take a look at this unit... https://www.behringer.com/product.html?modelCode=P0A31 https://mediadl.musictribe... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @b_mueller - Thanks for the feedback, especially pertaining to the use ferrites - good to know.I've seen other posts that promote them, but I have never used them on my audio system cables.Cheers - Steve | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @mawe - thanks - I was NOT taking into consideration the implications associated with the number of strands and the width of each strand, together with the dielectric constant of the insulation - I was merely looking at the relative conductivity o... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @tomic601 - A friend of mine made a 24 ft long Helix cableHe actually used a 24ft long piece of COAX - stripped the outer sleeve and the shielding. - wound transformer wire around the outside of the insulation for the helix coil- added RCA's - not... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling Can anyone throw some light on this conundrum please - it's bugging me :-)I decided to replace the Live conductor inside my power distribution box.- the neutral wires are the same 2 x 12 gauge Mil-Spec wire I use in the power cables- the wire bei... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling I've just heard back from my European contact and he endorses a stranded Silver plated wire from Jantzen Audio and provided the following linkshttps://www.hificollective.co.uk/catalog/006-0051-jantzen-speaker-cable-13awg.htmlhttps://www.audiophoni... | |
| Dedicated Vinyl system next upgrade? @paulgardner ...Nordost was my first exposure to Power cables that made an easily discernible improvement- I was in a demo room at a show with about 15 other audio guys - so it was less than "ideal" listening conditions.- - The Nordost guy played ... |