cocoabaroque
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| Why use a super accurate cartridge protractor Are we not taking it on faith that the great masters of cartridge alignment(!)--Lofgren, Baerwald, Stephenson, etc knew what they were doing even though they disagree amongst themselves? Are audiophiles ready to admit that Rega's (mis)alignment sc... | |
| Why use a super accurate cartridge protractor Lots of confusing and conflicting info with regards to alignment-- Lofgren, Stephenson, Baerwald, Rega-- all different alignments, all compromises. I've been trying find a definitive answer, but I think the geometry is not sufficient to address tr... | |
| Mystical Performances Dinu Lipatti: Besancon Recital-- recorded in 1950. Profound wisdom from one of the most sensitive and honest pianists of all time. Everything he plays is pure magic. He died shortly after from a long and painful illness. Nothing compares. | |
| Where is the next generation of direct drive? Cabbiendi-- overcoming motor cogging in DD is an issue as massive platters don't seem to be enough for most turntable designs. I believe belt drive motors with faster RPM set up their own rapid vibrations, which are either less detectable by human... | |
| When less is more...10 reasons to own Thorens Hififile, I used to have the M97he on my Thorens TD166, but switched to Grado-- a big improvement in my opinion. Even the entry Grados (Black, Green, Red) are quite good, the GOLD offering a smoother, more refined sound and better tracking than th... | |
| Oh how I wish Class D amps ... I've owned several variants of TA2024 including Trends 10.1, a few TA2020 amps from Muse, Topping, etc, and currently use a LM1875 from Brian Bell (chipamp_dot_com.)This last one is a pure gainclone, minimalistic, very few parts. The best 20wpc I'... | |
| Why do digital cables sound different? Maybe the differences in sound can be attributed to thick, heavy cables damping analog resonances on the transport or DAC. There may be mass-loading thing going on here. Also, its possible that in a high rez system and an undamped, sparsely furnis... | |
| Where is the next generation of direct drive? I just scored a cheap ADC DD unit-- I'll tweak it and see what I can do, post results if anyone is interested. Onkyo also made adequate DD decks, resembled their belt-drive units of the same era. At this price point, BD/DD performs about the same.... | |
| Where is the next generation of direct drive? Pryso--I agree with your response, I've owned many good belt drive tables, and *tried* many DD. Even the biggest and most expensive DD's of the 80s like Denon was severly limited in capability compared to a humble Thorens or even a good Philips! T... | |
| Isolation transformer - does it offer protection FYI, the discontinued PS audio ultimate outlet used a balanced (balun) isolation transformer plus filtering that works well to reduce noise-- it also claims to stop spikes, but I have no way to test. Keces also makes a high end iso sold through eb... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Mozart string quintets, Barchet quartet with Kessinger on viola Vox (records labled Yorkshire!) my later pressing is in simulated stereo, lousy mastering, but what a great performances! | |
| great bookshelf speakers vs 12-18 k floor speakers Very few "rules" in audio, but I've always believed small rooms require small speakers. Big floor-standers with large woofers and deep bass require larger rooms for the bass to sound right. Luckily, I've found many small bookshelf speakers sound g... | |
| When less is more...10 reasons to own Thorens I can see it now, a Chinese reality show based on "Space 1999", building sub-chassis suspended turntables in low-gravity on a moon base. Shipping rates to Earth would be expensive though. :-) | |
| Linn Ittok or Grace 707? I've been using a Grace 707 or 727 on my Thorens 160 series turntables for over 20 years. I recently mounted a Linn Basik and auditioned: Basik is more polite sounding, perhaps a bit too lifeless with a Grado Gold cartridge. To be fair, I listened... | |
| Cat-proofing your speakers... LOL-- Looks like some folks got this website confused with "petgon" -- my cat is comfortable, well fed and always in control-- certainly in a better condition than most humans. He enjoys the finest audio system I can provide, with plenty of classi... |