ericba
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| Best bang for the buck Bought a used Heybrook TT2 table in 1985 with a Linn Basik tonearm. Upgraded. to an Alphason HRS-100 tonearm 10 years later for another 500$ (new) when analog was declining . Sold the table and tonearm separately last year for more than 1500$. Got... | |
| audiophile folklore - cables and claims from manufacturers Really don't care about all the debates. Bottom line does it sound better in my system or not? The proof is in the puding as they say ! | |
| Does the Devore Fidelity Orangutan 0/96 speaker play rich and full bodied at 50 Decibels Room configuration may play an important role to answer adequately. Having said that I listened to the 0/96 in a very large room and in a very small room and they were fantastic. In the large room they were paired with a Pass Int 25 and in the sm... | |
| Best concert you've attended 1. Elton John Red Piano at the Ceasar's Palace in Las Vegas. Wow! A flawless magical performance. 2. Pink Floyd A Momentary Lapse of Reason at the Montreal Forum. A classic! Three encore performances. They had turned on the lights and they came b... | |
| Break In Question? All my components required a break-in period from my cartridge to my speakers. The duration varied however. My cartridge took 50+ hours. My speakers took 300 hours to get top performance. Cables took on average 100 hours. That is part of the exper... | |
| Favorite Beatles Song Another vote for My Guitar Gently Weeps 🥲 | |
| Buying a Luxman L505z from Japan Transformers definitely have an impact on sound and performance. You don't get the original manufacturer warranty either. I am considering an Accuphase amp and did research on different options. Will definitely not go with the Japan version. Not w... | |
| Benz Micro Glider - Rebuild, Trade-in, or? Normal to change after 10 years, particularly that you got it second hand. Also wise to do so to protect your record collection. | |
| What is the best sounding vinyl? Another vote for Sheffield Lab and Ian Janis Breaking silence. If I may add Kraftwerk The Man Machine German OG 1978. A 'killer', like Michael 45 would say. Mofi are hit and miss for me. Analogue productions yield better results generally. | |
| Rega Planar 6 vs Technics SL-1200GR2 – Quality of Life Differences? Both good choices. Plug and play. Rega sound is a bit thin for my taste. More cart flexibility with the technics given Rega tonearm configuration. | |
| Audiophile Equipment We all need to start somewhere. Got my first TT at 18. A Thorens with an AKG cart for about 250$. Was really happy until I listened to a Linn LP12 that cost over 1000$ without the cart. Since I did not have enough money, I settled for a used Heyb... | |
| Almost not bearable. I find new recordings to be so so in general. Is it because it is too expensive to do a top production? Back in the days artists would spend weeks in studios. One of them was a world-renowed a few km to where i live. The Police, Rush, Bowie, Cat S... | |
| Discourse on Grading Vinyl...why sellers need to Play Grade!!! Bought a vintage UK OG of The Beatles. While it is visually almost perfect there is consistent background noise throughout likely because of a faulty cart used to play it. Visual grading has zero value to me. I am now extremely careful asking for ... | |
| Power amplifier advice? Agree with @knotscott . Speakers first. Actually, a lot of people, including myself adhere to the philosophie of picking speakers first and devoting a good portion of the budget on them. Then going from there. Choice of speakers is also the most ... | |
| Moon North Collection Versus Pass Labs X350 - Which would have that liquid sound? Interesting thread. I decided to combine the best of both worlds. I have the simaudio Moon 791 preamp and the Passlabs XA 25. The interconnect is a Cardas Clear Rev. 1. I do not claim that it is better than some of the systems described but the sy... |