markmendenhall
Responses from markmendenhall
| Looking for thoughts from Nottingham Analog table owners The most unfortunate part of this entire hobby is we are limited by the quality of every source recording, no matter what the medium. We can ramp up the $, the technology, the expertise, the materials, the designs, the manufacturing, but in the e... | |
| Looking for thoughts from Nottingham Analog table owners Have had the 1800 for a couple months. | |
| Looking for thoughts from Nottingham Analog table owners I’m beginning to believe that another reason that components I own and enjoy which others claim to sound dark, veiled, imprecise, or short on detail, and which I find sound opposite those descriptions, has to do with the extremely low noise floor ... | |
| Looking for thoughts from Nottingham Analog table owners The 2nd point I meant to make was that the Kiseki took at least 40 - 50 hours to shake the bulk of the zip out of it (my experience) - way too hot for my tastes to begin with; that's somewhere between 60 and 70 albums, then it begins to settle in.... | |
| Looking for thoughts from Nottingham Analog table owners Recently purchased a new Ace Spacedeck and 10" Ace Anna arm fitted with a Kiseki Purpleheart NS cartridge. Replaced a 15 year old original Spacedeck/Spacearm fitted with an Ortofon Cadenza Bronze cartridge which I donated to a good buddy in need ... | |
| Can't we all just get along? At the risk of sounding negative, to suggest that rude and incendiary comments on this site have anything to do with who is in the White House is ridiculous. Bad behavior has zero to do with politics. The shallow and imperious attitudes that ... | |
| Phono Stage Recommendation $3000 Used Cary Audio PH-302 mk ii4 ea 6SL7 tubes plus a 5AR4 rectifier tubevariable loadingMM input plus MC input dead quiet and very musical can be fitted with an outboard power supply | |
| Flat vinyl records... Please chip-in to insite! Put a fairly warped record in the Vinyl Flat for a few weeks and rather than putting it in the oven I set it over the heat vent in my floor. Max heat 72 F. from a forced air furnace. It came out perfectly flat, didn’t expect that at all. Appear... | |
| Focal Kanta No.2 speakers - any thoughts? Also in comparison with Sonus Faber Olympica 3s? fwiw, part of the reason my Olympica's need more power is because of the large room they are in; my living room is 24' wide (where the speakers sit) and 36' long, with 13' ceilings - certainly not idealI position them approx. 15" from the back wal... | |
| Focal Kanta No.2 speakers - any thoughts? Also in comparison with Sonus Faber Olympica 3s? fwiw, I own the Olympica iii's and powered them with a Pass X150.8 stereo amp with decent results. I upgraded to the Pass X250.8 and the speakers literally 'came alive'. I've read much of the negative commentary on this site about the Olympica I... | |
| LP's... Do they sound better now than 30 yrs ago? Thank you whart, so if a good scrubbing using a VPI 16.5 for example results in a an improvement in album playback from a zero (very dirty album but one in good condition otherwise) to a 6.5 or 7 on a scale of 1-10, where does the needle move towa... | |
| LP's... Do they sound better now than 30 yrs ago? Agree wholeheartedly that well recorded and well cared for vinyl can sound fantastic. Very fortunate where we live to have an excellent used record store with multiple genre inventories, almost all of which are typically in great condition. As a... | |
| Hegel vs Rogue Not specifically related to the OP's question/topic, but fwiw, just purchased a Hegel cdp4a CD player and find it eminently enjoyable. My first experience with the brand. Excellent build quality, very organic, almost analog sounding. Captivating... | |
| Why is modern pop music today so terrible? Hell, Van Morrison has 46 albums to his credit and I'm only familiar with at best half of them, why spend precious time wading through 'pop' music in an attempt to hear something that even approaches his genius? Yes, it may be there, somewhere, h... | |
| Why is modern pop music today so terrible? Great topic. I think a fascination with music is what started all of us on the quest for in home reproduction systems that bring maximum enjoyment of our personal musical favorites. Music is intensely personal. I think it was Jerry Garcia who sa... |