yoyoyaya
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| help choosing a turn table @lewm and OP, regarding Rega's design philosophy - it's really only an issue of contention with the more expensive turntables, rather than at the pricepoint the OP is considering. The strong points of Rega's original design were - for the budget... | |
| Determining compatibility with amps @OP. Put simply, take the manufacturer's nominal impedance for the loudspeaker and, on a precautionary principle basis, assume that it is optimistic - because they frequently are. Check the specifications for efficiency as well and also assume tha... | |
| BEST little know Jazz Album that you ever heard? Ben Webster - Saturday Night at Montmartre | |
| SACD is VERY confusing @OP The point of the restriction was to stop people making bit perfect copies of recordings from SACD that could subsequently be pirated. We have to remember that SACD was around at the time that the controversy over illegal file sharing was at i... | |
| help choosing a turn table @OP, Rega or Technics are the safest choices. If you decide you don't stick with vinyl, they are pretty safe from a resale perspective. Both are good enough to listen to long term or to move up from if you decide you really like vinyl. However, if... | |
| True high-end Speakers need a midrange @erik_squires If true high end means full range, then I agree. Trying to get extended bottom end out of a two way is always a compromise relative to a properly designed three way. BTW, good comment about Stereophile and lack of measurement of d... | |
| Ethernet Switch Recommendations Please @OP - go back to the Ansuz - D3 now! | |
| Speaker Efficiency @OP - typical 300B amplfiers start to distort above the couple of watts of their rated output. 80dB is pretty loud so, at least on peaks, you will be hearing large amounts of harmonic distortion. As the distortion products are musically consonant... | |
| What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'? I would add "continuousness and coherence" in the sense that an unmusical system can make it sound like the music is being played by musicians who don't quite gel together and can't play "in the pocket". That's not an exclusive description, howev... | |
| Getting into the music @OP Conversely, as a musician and recordist, I have to turn off the engineering and production side of my brain rather than the audiophile side. I find it helpful to listen to the radio on an average sounding system - with less information, it's ... | |
| Have you asked yourself this question? @OP No. But I do keep upgrading my vinyl playback system to keep pace with my digital playback systems. However, if I didn't have a large legacy vinyl collection, then I would happily live with digital. | |
| Does a record player make that much of a difference?? @OP - is your turntable a TT16 or 15 as I cannot find any references to a Marantz TT16 - perhaps you could post a picture which would allow a more precise response to be given. Answering generically - yes, a better turntable and arm can make a bi... | |
| Does a particular musician’s songwriting and artistry speak to you above all others? JS Bach | |
| Which is better, a fussy speaker or a versatile one? I expect any loudspeaker to be set up according to the manufacturer's setup protocol. In respect of expensive speakers, I'd expect the dealer to do that. Beyond that, I'd choose the speaker that best works with the equipment and room it's going to... | |
| Big speakers, are they really the best way to get great sound? A properly designed large loudspeaker will not cause perspective distortion i.e. a string quartet will sound smaller than a full orchestra. However, if the frame of reference is habitual nearfield listening in a small room then there will be quit... |