yoyoyaya
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| Perhaps the most annoying myth in audio of 2025? Talking about Loudness! The OP is confusing the use of volume in a/b demonstrations (where listeners will often prefer a subtly louder replay of a track) with listening levels in general. I have never seen in print or heard an assertion that a majority of people prefer ... | |
| Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade @daveyf Even if Linn have the cnc machinery, it probably isn't worth their while tying up a machine making those plinths given the volumes involved. More generally, very few audiophile hi fi manufacturers are vertically integrated - i.e make every... | |
| Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade @daveyf - btw, that price I quoted includes 20 percent EU sales tax! | |
| Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade In Europe, a Clearaudio Innovation is under €11,000. That gets you two panzerholz/alu chassis, plus ceramic magnetic bearing, stainless/POM platter etc. | |
| I should start with speakers. This I know. I’d like to establish a new system. @OP. If you don't already have the other system components, you should not start with speakers. You should start with the entire system. The speaker-amplifier interface is especially important because your room size, listening position, preferred ... | |
| LOOKING TO IMPROVE THE ACOUSTICS OF MY LISTENING ROOM @OP Please post a photo of your room in your virtual system. It's impossible to offer any advice without seeing your room. | |
| A great singer you may have never heard, or even heard of. Willy DeVille should we well known in Hi Fi circles because Assassin of Love was one of Ken Kessler's reference tracks for years. I use it for demonstrations at hi fi shows myself. | |
| Vinyl Lovers-- Cartridges!!!! Do you have a daily driver? @OP - as per another post above. Get a VdH cartridge - 2000 hours no problem and affordable retipping/rebuilding - in Europe at least - regarding retipping. | |
| Help getting back to enjoying music and movies in one system @OP. For audio, the amp is your weak point. Upgrade your amp rather than your speakers. The LS 50s respond very well to better amplification. | |
| USA Distributor List Re comments above about the drive unit. The Purifi drive unit is a fairly recent development - and the crinkly surround is a major part of the design. Thrax aso use it and I expect you will see it becoming a lot more common. | |
| soft dome versus hard dome tweeters Both metal and soft dome tweeters have improved over the years. But loudspeaker design, possibly more than any other aspect of hi fi, is about system performance. As an example, the Focal inverted dome titanium tweeter sounds radically different i... | |
| Does anyone listen to the radio anymore? My Meridian tuner just died, but I am still listening to on my Tivoli radio which, stupid volume taper aside, still sounds great. I listen to the radio with my wife while having dinner - same show Monday to Friday. About five years ago, I stopped ... | |
| Class A bias, speaker sensitivity, watts...? @OP Re Boomerbillone's post. It is a little misleading to tie references to distortion to the output devices. Class A operation avoids crossover distortion. However, amplifier distortion is influenced by a whole host of factors so you can still ha... | |
| Linn LP12 turntable @ghdprentice, for absolute clarity, I was referring to Sony in terms of the sensors (also used b Leica) rather than Sony's cameras. But I stand by saying that the Zeiss Otus's will stand up against any 35mm lens and give top MF lenses a good run f... | |
| Linn LP12 turntable @ghd prentice.Have you tried a Zeiss Otus on a Nikon with the Sony 45mp Sensor?. There are more roads to Rome than Leica. |