sokogear
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| Why do we stop listening to new music as we get older? The only time I hear new music is when I am in my wife's car (I drive it more than she does) and listen to Sirius, but only the stations I like: Classic Rock (3-4 channels), Real Jazz & Watercolors, Yacht Rock and Bridge, and a few artists wit... | |
| Did vinyl sales just hit the proverbial brick wall? @mahler123 -audiophile releases are generally $40 and up. They use better vinyl, are better pressed with less pressings per stamper and are typically remastered which takes extra skilled labor. Regular LPs go for $20-30, depending on the label. m... | |
| Did vinyl sales just hit the proverbial brick wall? @limomangus - new regular pressings are between $22 - $25 for the most part, not $30. Many, like Blue Note, represent tremendous value and sound great. Most of the people buying vinyl are not your age. Certainly many are, but there are plenty ... | |
| Power cord length I have always heard that all cords, especially interconnects and speaker cables should be as short as possible with the exception of power cords that benefit from being longer. I wouldn't go crazy beyond a few meters though. | |
| Do I buy an upscale TT? The TT should not have a sound. The arm, cartridge and phono stage are what is important, assuming a distortion free TT, which it sounds like idler drives are not (never had one) since they seem to have a "sound". They should be well matched in t... | |
| Did vinyl sales just hit the proverbial brick wall? Couple things... #1 - @ghdprentice - Budget systems go up to $50K? Are you kidding me? Maybe $5K or $10K is pushing it, so for MOST people vinyl can sound better for the buck if you know what you are doing. #2 - back in college (early 80's) when... | |
| Experience with Townshend Seismic Podiums on Concrete Floor (they're great) @wyoboy - part of the reason I went with the Symposium platforms is that they they raised the height of the speaker exactly the same as what came with the speakers (outriggers/spikes/discs), so the tweeter height was not affected. You never know ... | |
| Experience with Townshend Seismic Podiums on Concrete Floor (they're great) @hilde45 - I would be the Symposium platforms are better for distortion/noise drainage and the Townshend podiums are better for isolation. I needed more isolation for my turntable and drainage for my speakers, so that's why I use both companies. ... | |
| Experience with Townshend Seismic Podiums on Concrete Floor (they're great) I have tall, thinnish floor standers sitting on a wood floor suspended over a crawl space. They came with extending arms with spikes/discs and sat on top of the floor. I use Townshend's seismic platform under my turntable with superb results, but ... | |
| Best turntable under $4000 +1 Rega P8. Fantastic arm designed for the table. Just be sure to put on a wall shelf or some kind of suspension system (or both like I did) because it weighs only 10 pounds!. With a really good cartridge will put you over $4K by a little and by e... | |
| Is there anything better than live recordings? The songs are usually performed differently and sometimes with more energy. If they are well recorded, produced, mastered, pressed, etc., you are missing out if you don’t have some in your library. Al Jarrwau Look to the Rainbow, George Benson Wee... | |
| Under my tower speakers -- Isoacoustics Gaia, other options? Peter is a great guy, very helpful and tells you when his soluti9ns won’t help, and offers a money back guarantee (unless you get them custom sized). | |
| Under my tower speakers -- Isoacoustics Gaia, other options? Since vibration control is not really an issue with concrete floors, you may want to try a speaker platform like the Symposium Segues I use under my tower speakers to clean them up from internal vibrations inside the cabinet. They can be custom si... | |
| Want to add vinyl to my system. You don't match a phono stage to a turntable! You match it to a cartridge, which you match to an arm. I have a P8, which I love (make sure to isolate/suspend it properly), especially the RB 880 arm it comes with, a Sutherland LPS Insight phono st... | |
| Starting Point for Room Treatments? +1 for GIK acoustics. I appreciated their honesty when basically saying there wasn't much I can do because or the windows in the corner almost touching a few feet off the floor, and open spaces. Moving my speakers 3 feet from the wall were a gigan... |