drmuso
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| Developing A List Of Tonearm Candidates For A SOTA Turntable I don't know which model of SOTA you have. I have a vintage SOTA Star Sapphire on which I had a linear-tracking Eminent Technology ET-2 installed, and am still using that to this day. It is rather fussy to set VTF with it, but if you don't mess ... | |
| What was the most expensive record that you ever bought ? I don't remember the most expensive I bought; probably some of the MFSL from the early 2000s. But the most expensive I sold was one of those--a sealed, limited edition (fairly low number) copy of Pink Floyd's Meddle for $1100. | |
| Who wants to discover a Rolls-Royce analog piano LP record ?!... Marcelle Meyer - Debussy Is this in realistic stereo--in other words, not excessively panned across the stereo soundfield, but presenting the piano the way one hears a live grand piano? Where is it available? | |
| Attention: Debussy-loving audiophiles https://open.qobuz.com/album/xstvhd9qt0xja | |
| Do you belong more to souce first or to speakers first school of thought ? A lot of thoughtful responses here. With the possible exception of the tube amp diehards, most of us probably need to consider the speaker first, especially to fit the listening room. Too big a speaker won't work in ... | |
| Digital LP’s I have a BMG record club LP of Pat Metheny's Still Life (Talking) from 1987 and the CD version. The digital record, mastered by the great Bob Ludwig, has sounded better in some respects when I've compared it to the CD. It's been a while since I ... | |
| Do you past equipment appear in your dreams? @aewarren Good one! I remember my dreams quite well, and I don't recall ever dreaming about audio equipment, which I find to be interesting given the importance it has had in my life. Given the current theories about the functions of dreams (I... | |
| All Hail the meek --yet mighty – NODE 2i @moonwatcher Yes, you can use the USB as an output to a DAC--that's what I do, but this only became available starting with the Node 130, so the 2i or earlier models won't do that, if I understand correctly. I'm using a Denafrips Ares II DAC, a... | |
| Tracks that bring out the best of YOUR digital system Well, I'm surprised at how few members listed classical music. I contend that if you don't use at least some well-recorded classical music for demo purposes, it's hard to pick accurate components. Here are some that sound especially good to me: ... | |
| Full loom of the same cable brand vs mixing and matching. I use a mix. I have many components (e.g., 3 Nak cassette decks--that's 6 pairs of cables right there) bought over several decades, and I chose cables for each that sounded best among several I tried. I leaned toward Cardas, but didn't think it... | |
| REAL MUSIC VS. SHOW MUSIC PERFORMANCE AT AUDIO SHOWS. PRESENTATION V. PERFORMANCE? WHY? I don't see why it has to be an either-or, considering there is a wide range of music available in high-resolution formats. I think better-sounding recordings ought to be used to show what gear is truly capable of; with a bad recording, it's hard... | |
| Music first or sound first? Music first. I definitely prefer to listen to good music that suits my mood than a demo disc that has great sound but not-so-great music. Fortunately, I own some discs that have both, but the combination is unfortunately rare. The good recordin... | |
| Are You A Disciplined Audiophile? I have enough of a scientific background to know that you need to change just one variable at a time to avoid confusing results, so I adhere to that sort of scientific discipline. From my experience, I would say that generally I have heard improv... | |
| Streamer only @soix I have a Node 130 and use the USB output to my DAC; two other posts mention the same thing. You repeatedly have said the Node lacks the USB output, which only applied to older versions of the Node. @pal I recently added a Teddy Pardo l... | |
| Found a Milty Zerostat alternative @lewm @ghdprentice I found the box in which my most recent Zerostat 3 came. Here are the instructions: Hold Zerostat about 300mm (12 inches) away from the object. Squeeze the trigger slowly; a powerful stream of positive ions projects over a ... |