yeti42
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| Vinylistas and Tubers - One and the same? Vinyl ever since I started listening to music, very late to CD. After hearing an early player I upgraded my turntable instead but eventually there was just too much music I couldn’t get, by which time the players were at least listenable. I now ha... | |
| Decca London Gold cartridge nightmare Because it’s a spherical stylus? Most of the records this gets used on have seen nothing else.I’ve had the Townshend for 25 years and haven’t spilt silicone on any records yet. | |
| We spend too much time talking about tweeters It was very noticeable when one tweeter wasn’t working but when listening to a working one without the other drive units connected it doesn’t sound like its doing much to my 60 year old ears. | |
| Decca London Gold cartridge nightmare I bought a London Maroon wired for mono as I had a spare deck. Mounted in a Naim Aro, effective mass 11g it worked very well with original mono records but on anything cut on a stereo lathe it tended to exit the groove in no uncertain manner. Now ... | |
| The Most Philosophical Song You Ever Heard The Bruces’ Philosophers song from Monty Python.”Immanuel Kant was a real pissant Who was very rarely stable Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar Who could think you under the table David Hume could out-consume Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel And Wittg... | |
| Turntable versus tonearm versus cartridge: which is MOST important? If funds are limited spending a big chunk on a consumable like a cartridge is downright foolish. | |
| The "Snake Oil" Trope I’ve given up on snake oil and am now using weasel grease. | |
| Bass sensation like a loud car system in home? Let me give you a clue.When you’re in your car with it’s sub bass system thumping away, all your neighbours do hate you, both those next to you at the lights and in the dwellings all around, especially at two in the morning. | |
| Help! New TT skipping badly.... Maybe something as simple as a butchers block will absorb enough vibration to make a difference, that’s not much money unless you go for a fancy one aimed at audiophiles. My current deck is basically ply wood on rigid cones with an arm, motor and ... | |
| Ayre-cx-7eMP vs. Naim CD5SI Player Chord Chrysalis was an old favourite with Naim gear if you weren’t using Naim cables, it was actually the same cable but when production stopped Naim bought up all the remaining stock, they still use it for their base level interconnects, which ca... | |
| Diminishing returns? With that Denon it looks like the compromise is already made so might as well run with it, and you can hear whats coming up behind you in the films etc. I run TV sound via optical through a two channel system set up for music, there’s no problem w... | |
| Zappa Recommendations ? If you don’t like yellow snow how about a yellow shark? | |
| HiFi News Test Record Azimuth I have the HiFi News test record, the bias tracks are a waste of time but I use the resonance tracks and I’ve tried the azimuth track, mono button depressed, but it’s very hard with a pure tone to gauge its relative volume to that you heard even a... | |
| WHAT SONG TOUCHES YOUR HEART THE MOST? "I shouted out who killed the Kennedys, when afterall, it was you and me" You divil you.For me it’s “Who knows where the time goes” Sandy Denny | |
| Phono cartridge torque wrench I’ve bought a little driver with a range of 0-50Ncm. I think the Rega one is preset for 40Ncm, which seems rather high to me, my usual setting by feels is more in the range of 5-10Ncm. I’ve not tried it on the cartridge bolts yet, I can’t access t... |