nilthepill

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What decibel level do you listen at?
~ 88 dbs tops. If any higher I know it is higher and that rare case I adjust volume down accordingly. My volume is optimized (for my room)for all sources (two CD and three TTs)-For Most recordings I don't have to touch the volume dial and it is lo... 
What is Musicality?
Hellofidelity, very nice page and musical tune too. I really appreciated the fact that among all the greats you also have Ludacris's pic. Shows musically how open minded you are!Sorry for the off topic but may be the tune demonstrates that the mus... 
Looking for the Honda S2000 of turntables
Not taking any sides, but search for Agon virtual systems revealed (regardless of particular model numberTechnics TT - 164Rega TT - 257Although a data point: I have heard Technics SL1200 at a classy record store in Santa Cruz and the sound was sim... 
Best Rock Album in 2010
Mumford and Sons's Sigh no more- check it out should be a candidate 
The Cheap Stuff
I kid you not. The same song sounded worse from Amazon.com sound samples (screechish) then the Youtube (very analog like, especially vocals) on my Imac! 
what percentage of us really knows sound
To be fair, question may be broken in two parts.1. What percentage of us really knows sound?2. What percentage of our systems achives the(ideal) sound?Answer to one would be high percentage- many of us knows what live sound sounds likeAnswer to se... 
what percentage of us really knows sound
I think this is straight forward question and answer IYO is what OP is asking for. Note that the ref is live acoustic music. If you have other priorities- sound stage, details, etc. it is okay.Per Juancgenao, the percentage who really knows sound ... 
what percentage of us really knows sound
Boy, the OP is loaded. Gotta read all the responses before i post my thoughts. But Kudos to bring the very sensitive topic that I (and am sure many here) was thinking about but afraid to expose the truth that 'audio emperor has indeed no cloths (a... 
Continuum Caliburn - really the best TT on earth?
Thuchan, Thanks for the detailed description. "The Continuum Criterion is musically elegant, whilst remaining dynamic" says a lot about the quality of sound it is reproducing in your system. Sounds like your other TT set ups has met a really stiff... 
Continuum Caliburn - really the best TT on earth?
Thucahn, any final verdict can you provide on the Continuum set up now that lived with it for few months?Thanks! 
The pivoted arm experiment is over
I re read Thom's very insightful post. Very articulate and eloquent. A text book example of how to generalize and still make lot of sense(althogh you do site some relevant first hand experiences). 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
I am on Autechre albums archive spins. The Oversteps is so good as to force you to examine their earlier work and trying to grasp what is/was on these two genius's minds. You shall enjoyingly fail i assure you.Welcome back Slipknot1! 
The pivoted arm experiment is over
Lewm, agree. " the aphorism of "Garbage in, garbage out" was probably worng choice of word to illustrate what Frogman was trying to make a point for, Which to me was very clear we are not talkinng really garbage hear, but whenever source importanc... 
The pivoted arm experiment is over
"Drop in the bucket, yes. But, have we not shown time and time again that errors at the source turn out ot be the most harmfull? "Garbage in, garbage out", and all that?"Absolutely! Especially in Vinyl playback sources. Isn't that the truth that t... 
The pivoted arm experiment is over
Frogman 3/29/10: "What a curious bunch we audiophiles are! Once again, we see that an opportunity (the original linear/pivot arm thread) to express strong opinions, biases, and even to grand-stand a bit, draws a large number (269) of posts. Yet, t...