zaikesman
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| Beating the RVG Horse I haven't found that all of the RVG CDs I've bought have sounded tipped-up, but tipped-up or not they're certainly smoother texturally than most of the older Blue Note CDs. But to the point of your post, you can't know, between the response change... | |
| audio advice Isn't that what these forums do? | |
| Where did tracking error go? I don't agree that absence of skating forces is a bigger deal than incorrect azimuth. Variously adjusting anti-skate on my table produces relatively little change in sound quality. Even though the counterforce can't be 100% correct across the reco... | |
| Disconnecting speaker while power amp on - any dan Another reason to avoid this is that you may accidentally bridge the binding posts (with your wrench, or by rotation of a spade lug) while the power is on and the speaker is still hooked up, which can sometimes zap a driver or crossover element. | |
| Where did tracking error go? Tracking error in pivoted arms as opposed to linear arms didn't go anywhere of course, it's just that, as with direct-drive vs. belt-drive, there are reasons why one method has generally prevailed in the home audio market, and those reasons have t... | |
| Vinyl records grading scale I dislike adding the "EX" grade in between VG+ and NM, or the use of "++" or "-" anywhere. Too much BS wiggle room. Folks should just stick with NM, VG+ (or EX, take your pick but not both), VG and G. Everything else is just the symptom of creepin... | |
| Changing power conditioner stock power cord David12: True enough about that cord affecting the whole system. It's equally true of the cords on the power and pre amplifiers as well. | |
| The Best Amp for the Price of Dirt Is the Behringer a linear class-A/B amp or a switching amp? Their website doesn't seem to say. | |
| Do we believe in Machina Dynamics? Not that I've tried it Audioblazer, but that Shakti Hallograph thingy strikes me as classic snake oil too -- something I say based solely on having seen it pictured and read the ad copy, which looks and sounds like unmitigated BS along the lines o... | |
| Can you imagine a world without vinyl? Ah, the acolyte and the apostle. Ok, he has my thanks for you. As for me, I never quit vinyl, so I'll skip the enlightenment. ;^) | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Thanks Oregon, I have the vinyl. (Plus the first two LPs, of which I still think the debut is their best thing ever.) | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Oregon: Coincidentally enough (once again), my own girlfriend, before we began going out, happened to be a guest (of the opening band, Cracker) at the only Dead concert she's been to, at the University in Eugene, about '94 I think. Not sure I coul... | |
| Can you imagine a world without vinyl? Don't take Johnnantais personally Jsadurni, it's him against the world and none of the rest of us digital-having heathen can express our affection for vinyl sufficiently enough to escape getting crushed 'neath his crusade of correction.Yawn. Let's... | |
| Changing power conditioner stock power cord Audphile1: Yes, only the EP15A model is the regenerator. The others are balanced isolation transformers, some with filters, intended mainly to be used in conjunction with the 15A. | |
| Does an integrated DAC/Headphone amp exist? I'm wondering if anyone makes a small control-amp/DAC combo for use not just with headphones, but also powering small speakers? |