nitewulf
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| Not likeing remasters - Are origingal 90's Vinyls worth it? The recent mtv unplugged releases are very good. 10000 Maniacs, Cranberries. All the Metallica 90’s pressings are great, but they are very expensive. The Fugees original, Suzanne Vega, Stadium Arcadian, Blood Sugar Sex Magic (Any RHCP albums, I th... | |
| The muddy waters of Analogue vs. digital today As far as I know, these below are current all analog for the most part. Verve mostly all analog (AAA) jazz (they’ll mention it on the release, if not mentioned I would assume high res digital source): https://store.ververecords.com/collections/lp... | |
| The muddy waters of Analogue vs. digital today @audphile1 , yep you got it, Saxophone Colossus is one of the best albums of all time, I have a mint original, lucky to get for $450, they can cost thousands. I’ve a mint Japanese first pressing, and a $15 cut from Steve Hoffman’s DCC master. The ... | |
| The muddy waters of Analogue vs. digital today @audio-b-dog As far as I know, Vinyl Me Please, Blue Note Tone Poet and BN Classic series - these are both current productions are all analog where master tapes are in good condition. And there’s provenance, they provide the info on the website. O... | |
| The muddy waters of Analogue vs. digital today @audphile1 , depends, I have most of those, along with Music Matters (The OG Tone Poet) and Classic records. The MM and TP stereo remasters are great, sometimes better than OGs, but they aren’t doing a lot of mono remasters and where available the... | |
| The muddy waters of Analogue vs. digital today @audio-b-dog , absolutely have compared. They were all remastered during the CD era, and do not sound as good. Also converted to stereo and other nonsense. Specially 90’s era blue note cds remastered by RVG himself do not sound as good, which I at... | |
| The muddy waters of Analogue vs. digital today @audio-b-dog , I get it, I have a 10K turntable, my analog front end is much more expensive than my digital. But what I’m saying is, largely the differences are due to production and engineering. I have a collection of Blue Note mono originals pro... | |
| The muddy waters of Analogue vs. digital today Mastering, it’s not resolution or signal to noise or whatever you think, differences are mainly in the mastering. Tracy Chapman is 16 44.1 original into vinyl for example, fantastic sounding. Or Cowboy Junkies Trinity Sessions for example. All dig... | |
| Most accurate IOS app for turntable speed check Very easy to do with any laser tachometer you can buy online. You need some reflexive tape. Should be more accurate than an iOS app. | |
| Are active speakers worth it now? The ATC dome midrange always intrigued me, but the ones I’m interested in are pricey. | |
| Tube Phono Stage Recommendations Eastern Electric Minimax phono amplifier if you can find one. I don’t think tube phono pres are made much better than that. it’s noise free, my system never had noise. People with megabuck systems have noise, speakers hiss etc. Not this amp, given... | |
| Galion vs Luxman vs Advance Paris vs (anything else) I’d go with Luxman. I use an L509X and it’s spectacular musically, from a build quality standpoint and usability standpoint. I can’t comment on the other brands, but Luxman has provenance. I never heard of the other brands. Doesn’t mean they are b... | |
| Turntable upgrade from Origin Live Aurora MK2 I got a good deal on an AMG Giro package with tonearm and cartridge, so I purchased that. The system is substantially better, the turntable itself is better as in it’s noiseless and easy to set the speed and forget it. The tonearm is a massive... | |
| Brooklyn Bridge won’t stream @mrkalisch , so you connected the audio out L/R from the Mytek to the streaming box inputs of the Onkyo, correct? And you used the mytek’s headphone out to check it’s working? Make sure you select the Mytek output setting properly to line out/au... | |
| DeHavilland Still in Business? @rblondeau any updates on this? Cara built an Ultraverve for me, around 2011, specifically high gain to mate with my then SS mac252 power amp. Great preamp, enjoyed for many years. What did you get? |