mglik
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| Magico compared to Tannoy Hi cantorgale,Are you a cantor? Starting my career also as an opera singer, I considered becoming a cantor.Glad you got the Rockports. At least at shows, Rockports were always the best big speakers. Super real sounding. | |
| What Makes your System Special? Surely everything in a system matters. And it is difficult to name one component as the most significant.But the one piece that my entire system was built around is my Woodsong Garrard 301. I looked for many years for a special used rebuilt 301. W... | |
| Magico compared to Tannoy Don’t think one could choose two speaker lines that are more diametrically opposed. Developed over decades significantly in BBC studios, Tannoy embody the British, BBC natural voice. Magico is a more modern, detailed sound. Having owned the top Ta... | |
| Non-violent, non-misogynistic hip hop for MC I must say that I have a certain amount of pride for opening up this Rap can of worms. The first thread, “Why Rap?” that was removed as were the two that followed, was intended to open up on inquiry into what Rap is interesting from a musical pers... | |
| Speaker cables under 1k used Speaker cables equal to or better than the best-Silversmith Fidelium.$1200 for an 8’ pair. $1000 for 6’.Speaker cables are most important. | |
| Classical music listening... what is a better source High Rez or Vinyl? I used to have a cool Rega RP 1 with a $150 MM cartridge.And a built in phono stage in a Rega Brio integrated.Think your TT rig is much beyond this. For sure, the playback was modest, but the physicality of the needle vibrating in the record grove... | |
| TONE I am outspoken about the issue of “what sounds real”.Our sense of hearing is, perhaps, our most sensitive.I believe that anyone, if not deaf, can instantly hear if a HiFi system sounds real or not. That is, a tone deaf, 90 year old, etc. can easil... | |
| Millercarbon's Mega Moab Mod Meander What Porsche do you have? When younger, I owned 4. A ‘78 SC Targa, ‘94 Carrara Cab, and 2 ‘90 C4 964s. Think my favorite was the SC. Although the C4s were land cruisers. Like a fast cat.You have certainly made an incredible case for your Tectons.A... | |
| Music is sound, sound can be music “Relativism is a family of philosophical views which deny claims to objectivity within a particular domain and assert that facts in that domain are relative to the perspective of an observer or the context in which they are assessed.”My post about... | |
| Is there any value in ultrasonically cleaning a record multiple times? Ultrasonic machines are certainly very good at well cleaning a record. However, IMO, the best way to clean a record is by using the Keith Monks RCM. It uses a surfactant solution brushed into the record spinning on a TT-like platter and then compl... | |
| Music is sound, sound can be music I have been enjoying Mozart in the Jungle on Amazon Prime.A very entertaining series centered around symphonic music.It is somewhat cliche, but a lovely example of “sound as music”.While driving over a bridge, Rodrigo rolls down the window to hear... | |
| recommendation for a high end analog system As you see, for almost the price on the old used SME V you can get a 1200G.However, if you want to go all in with the SOTA, get the SME V and have SOTA rebuilt the TT. Mostly, you will then have a rig that may sound more grounded then the Technics... | |
| recommendation for a high end analog system +1 @dover postSend the TT to SOTA to refurbish with the Eclipse motor.Upgrade the tone arm. Ask SOTA for a recommendation.Then look for a new cartridge. Hana is nice and good price.You are looking at about $5-10k+.And a lot of work.ORSell it all a... | |
| What Rap available on vinyl sounds great on a good system? Thanks for all the suggestions.I am hoping for Rap that incorporates sophisticated musical elements like Kendrick Lemar. | |
| Is LP distortion the record or the cartridge? I actually only have about 1000 hours on my Shilabi. That is about 40 days of 4 hours a day. If the stylus is going bad, that is an awfully short time for a $3000 cartridge. @rauliruegas are you saying that a stylus is only good for about a year?. |