newton_john
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| Phono Stage - The great analog tragedy @pani Perhaps the phono stage was previously neglected because those other items that I mentioned gave a bigger bang for the buck. Now the full potential of the phono stage is worth exploiting because it has a more solid foundation to build on. | |
| Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade I’ll be delighted when somebody actually produces a cheaper high performing substitute for the Bedrok plinth rather than just talking about it on an online forum. Better still if they can also produce a cheaper more effective sub-chassis than the... | |
| Phono Stage - The great analog tragedy @pani You refer to the phono stage as being the most sensitive and impactful of components. I'd question this because the turntable hierarchy is as follows:- bearing > power supply > sub-chassis > tonearm > cartridge > phono amp | |
| Flatscreen between speakers @spenav The image we see in a mirror is virtual not real. Surely, hearing a central image in stereo is a trick of the mind. The ears detect two equal signals in phase coming from the loudspeakers, but we interpret them as a single sound coming ... | |
| Linn Bedrok LP12 Plinth Upgrade @pindac That’s great news. I look forward to being able to buy a Bedrok clone for a small fraction of Linn’s price. | |
| Article: "Do Blind Listening Tests Work? My Sessions with the Colorado Audio Society" @hilde45 you said In this hobby, there is a "better" and a "worse," though no single objective "better" or "worse." The nearest thing to a single objective better or worse is if we find the music easier to follow. There’s no mistaking when you h... | |
| Article: "Do Blind Listening Tests Work? My Sessions with the Colorado Audio Society" @ghdprentice i agree it’s good Linn amps are getting better. Unfortunately, they are also getting more expensive too. Maybe in time there’ll be a knock on effect for more affordable ones. | |
| The Sacred Ritual of Vinyl: A Return to Mindful Listening And my turntable is now back in its rightful position. Balance is restored. I can fully enjoy listening to vinyl again. Have I stumbled upon a whole new Feng Shui approach to hifi? https://pmamagazine.org/feng-shui-hi-fis-sound-revolution-harmon... | |
| How much do I need to spend to make vinyl sound better than digital? There's no getting away from the harsh reality that vinyl is expensive. To acquire a second hand turntable that matched my streaming set up, cost the equivalent of $11,000 last year. Then I spent $4,000 more on upgrading it. No doubt, there'll be ... | |
| Article: "Do Blind Listening Tests Work? My Sessions with the Colorado Audio Society" @sns It may well that some equipment designers use live acoustic music as their reference. However, recreating the sound of live acoustic music is not the primary function of equipment. That is to accurately reproduce the sound that was captured ... | |
| Article: "Do Blind Listening Tests Work? My Sessions with the Colorado Audio Society" @ghdprentice Two days ago, I witnessed a demonstration of the new version of the Linn Klimax Solo 500 power amplifiers against the original model using exactly the same ancillary components both a digital source and a top spec LP12. To the fi... | |
| Article: "Do Blind Listening Tests Work? My Sessions with the Colorado Audio Society" Bias is more general than that. It’s not just about the person involved and could be due to any number of factors. Here is a definition from the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme website. “Bias in research refers to a systematic error that ca... | |
| Article: "Do Blind Listening Tests Work? My Sessions with the Colorado Audio Society" When the self proclaimed experts maintained that an ethernet switch couldn’t possibly affect sound quality, I arranged a blind test to satisfy myself it can. It was something I only needed to do once to give me confidence in my own judgement. If ... | |
| The Sacred Ritual of Vinyl: A Return to Mindful Listening Call me neurotic if you wish, but I have found that a small change to the layout of my system has disrupted the ritual of listening to vinyl. Previously my turntable was located on a side wall to the right of the listening position. For sound pra... | |
| Critical listening and altered states @hilde45 Did you get that copy of Everyday Music Listening from the library? How are you getting on with it? I am finding it quite academic in writing style but interesting. I think it’s going to need repeated reading of some chapters to get the... |