yoyoyaya
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| Focal Sopra, Kanta, Aria @onehorsepony - I think if you don't like the sound of the D2's, you probably won't like the D4's any more. I would not describe the 802 D2s as bright - I owned a pair for a few years. However, they do have a slightly "processed" sound and, if any... | |
| Cartridge Force - Is a Little 'Over-Force' Okay? It's probably easier just to make some small spacers to hold the lid up slightly when not playing records. The deck might well sound better with the lid open when you are actually listening to music. I would not track a cartridge at close to 25% ... | |
| Cable curmudgeon The poster listened to two sets of not very good cables and didn't find much difference. That's hardly surprising. The experience of being a musician is not necessarily very beneficial in judging differences in sound reproduction - though it has ... | |
| Best progressive rock album side Side one of the eponymously titled UK album that begins with In the Dead of Night and ends with Thirty Years. | |
| Nordost Valhalla 2 Speaker Cables @nyev: I'm glad you like your Valhalla cables so much. Nordost cables are a polarising product - some people love them and others hate them. As always, cables are very system dependent. In my experience, while the cables are not "bright" (my ital... | |
| Service question: Who can service an Esoteric UX-1 CD/SACD player modified by APL NWO 3.0? I think this is a case of caveat emptor. The UX-1 is an old player and anyone buying a player of that age is taking a big gamble as regards the continued functioning of the machine, and the laser in particular. The fact that the player was modifie... | |
| Question about speaker angle If toe in is required, it pays to take the time to ensure that the toe on both speakers is identical. | |
| Most Realistic Recordings Two more jazz recordings: Milcho Leviev Quartet's Blues for the Fisherman, and The Chevalier Brothers' Live and Jumping | |
| Turntable noobie...what advice do you have? ddonicht It's worth bearing in mind that the majority of recordings for at least the past decade have been recorded digitally via Protools or similar DAW. Personally, I don't see much point in buying expensive vinyl copies of digital source mat... | |
| Most Realistic Recordings Being in the physical presence of a musician is a fundamentally different sensory experience to listening to a recording. Piano is very challenging to record and reproduce realistically - at a minimum it needs a wide bandwidth, full range system w... | |
| Lose weight or buy better fitting pants I have a pair of Wilson Maxx's in a 12x14 foot room and they sound great. Design wise, they have extremely well controlled bass. I've had smaller speakers in the room that were not as well balanced. It's taken a bit of work, including some room tr... | |
| Pigskin or jico leather mat Clearaudio make a very nice leather mat for their turntables and which should be more generally useable. | |
| Why is used audio equipment so undesirable? Virtually manufactured goods depreciate, though some may go through a depreciation valley of death and emerge the other side as appreciating classics. Quality audio gear is actually relatively good in terms of value retention and resale. Compare... | |
| Just got started on Qobuz. Can anyone recommend an album or song? Lento by Youn Sun Nah In fact, pretty much anything on the ACT label as their recordings are generally extremely well engineered. | |
| Fed rate increase = lower hifi prices? A key purpose of Central Banks raising interest rates is to tame inflation. But macroeconomic measures are akin to turning an oil tanker - they take time to have an effect. Rate rises also tend to have the effect of strengthening the currency, mak... |