unreceivedogma
Responses from unreceivedogma
| When I listen to my system....... Again, the false dichotomy rears its head. Hi-end audio allows you to hear the music the way the artist intended you to hear it. That doesn’t mean that you don’t listen to great music that was not optimally recorded. You make do with what you ... | |
| Anyone notice different amounts of surface noise with different arms? - tonearms do not sound exactly the same - setup is critical. Deviations measured in .0001 (I’m pulling a number outa my tuchus, but you get the idea) will make a difference - it has been my experience that less expensive cartridges are livelier... | |
| new member, some questions, need help please My speakers were built in 1956. I have been listening to them for 47 years. For the first two and a half decades, I would come down with a case of FOMO fever about every 5 years or so and go running around listening to stuff I could afford, and ... | |
| Wanna take it to the next level? Buy MORE speakers! I can’t believe it’s not buttah. | |
| The Allure of Vintage Audio Gear Another false dichotomy. Some vintage is harsh. Some contemporary stuff conveys a warm sound. There is no need to sacrifice quality in a vintage system. I’m a vintage guy, but I sacrifice little to nothing in terms of detail. My system is not ... | |
| HiFi satisfaction and/ or Musical enjoyment As I stated on another thread. The point of high fidelity is to be able to hear what the artist intended. Therefore, the dichotomy between “listening to music” and “listening to audio” is false. The latter is at the service of the former. My “ba... | |
| When I listen to my system....... Hi fidelity matters because it lets you fully hear what the artist intended. Therefore, your proposition is false: there is no dichotomy, no contradiction, no one way better than the other. They are the same. | |
| Using a power strip in an old home that was build back in 1955 If your home isn’t grounded, I’d say grounding your audio is the least of your problems. I live in a building built in 1865. I installed all new electrical and plumbing. Ya just can’t mess with second rate electrical work. Safety and fire hazard. | |
| Klipsch La Scala or Altec 838 speakers Decades ago, I had an opportunity to choose beteeen Klipsch La Scala and Altec 604Cs. Speakers aren’t everything. It depends what you match them with. At the time, it was the Dyna Stereo 70 I had built myself when I was 14. I chose the Altec 604... | |
| Wanna take it to the next level? Buy MORE speakers! This conversation imho is a waste of time. Nevertheless…… Less is almost always better. A quality system - cartridge, arm, table, SUT, preamp, amp, 2 speakers - set up properly in a properly treated room can give you holographic sound. I recen... | |
| Truly Stunning Vinyl Album @larryi I had been collecting MoFi for years. At one point, I thought that I was noticing that the sound quality had become thinner, less airy and detailed. Finally, the controversy over the digital step erupted. And I said “ah hah!”. I now... | |
| Worth repairing a Velodyne ULD-12 from the 90's? I have the ULD-15, a MK I and a MK II. On the MK II, the foam fell apart. I bought a kit from these guys: https://www.springfieldspeakerrepair.com/collections/diy-foam-surround-repair-kits It was far easier to do the repair than I imagined i... | |
| Truly Stunning Vinyl Album Two LPs by J G Thirlwell aka Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel: “Nail” and “Hole”. “Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel” is a nom de guerre of J G Thirlwell, an Aussie musician who wrote, performed and produced 4 albums under that name by himself. A brilli... | |
| Quick question for the Cables Don't Make a Difference Crowd. @rodman99999 ”Where have you been for the past 3+ years?” Fighting three free speech cases against the government in court, perhaps? Now, I didn’t waste my time going through all of your links. Anything that starts out by citing the WSJ (which... | |
| Quick question for the Cables Don't Make a Difference Crowd. @rockysantoro If audiogon was the government, they would be banned from adopting your position. It’s called viewpoint based discrimination. It leads to dictatorship. They are not the government, so they are free to ban posts and do as they plea... |