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| HiFi Kit Building- have you ever built any hifi gear? In my earlier post, I stated, " All audio devices in use are substantially modified audio devices that, under the hood, no longer represent what the original design brief set out to achieve. Then there are the custom-designed, commission-built de... | |
| Skyanalog 3D Reference - MC Cartridge For Anyone not too confident in the Brand name Skyanalog, possibly because the current brand's name has a history in the marketplace since 2019, hence their not being an exposed brand like a selection of competitors, there is a lot of experience g... | |
| Things you did not know about what is inside your speakers and the Huge markups From the Far East and China items designed for audio have been discovered across the years that have progressed in design and won much favour in a wide range of countries. Brands whose names roll easily off the tongue and are recognised as home c... | |
| Do Audiophiles Hear Real Differences, or Are They Justifying Expensive Purchases? If the audio market were limited to equipment designs solely for Classical Music replays, the audio experience would be quite different in today's world, if over-constrained designs prevailed. Hallelujah, to those designers who found other music... | |
| Things you did not know about what is inside your speakers and the Huge markups Shown in the Link is a Manufacturer approx' 50 Year Old as a Speaker producing company, they are showing in a video much of their production processes. The Math to get the basic idea for the build cost shouldn't be too difficult, I've got them co... | |
| Do clothes make the man? @abnerjack I have received a lot of guidance on purchasing Valves and what can be the outcome when a Valve is tested shortly after a purchase. I have had the information shared proven, as unwanted test measurements have been discovered on both cur... | |
| Do clothes make the man? The following is an extract from a post discovered: " I recommend seeing if you can find a set GE 12DW7 and calling it a day. NOS supplies do seem to be drying up recently so getting a few spares is not a bad idea. In my very limited 12DW7 tube ... | |
| Do clothes make the man? In non-Valve systems, the importance of searching for synergy between selected audio devices is not unusual as a subject being discussed within a forum. Less common, but regularly seen as a discussion is the reports made and the responses about sy... | |
| Ortofon MC X50 @tobes Commonly left unsaid in discussions seen on Ortofon Cartridges, is the Damper being used. Rubber compounds for a Damper are produced within an umbrella company associated with Ortofon. Ortofon-Microtech specialise in medical technologies w... | |
| Ortofon MC X50 The MR Stylus or ML Stylus is a popular selection for a stylus in the MC Market in general. To have a version of this option on an Ortofon at a certain price range for a Cart', has the potential to make the Ortofon models with a MR. A model to be ... | |
| Do clothes make the man? Tubes in a Valve Oriented Audio System are not a singular entity; they are, as a layman's description, mycelium-like in how there is a network functioning. The user of the Audio System pretty much has their finger on the pulse and is in full cont... | |
| Ortofon MC X50 The use of the Micro Ridge Stylus also has the difficult to avoid attachment of it to the 'X' range, which suggests these are the models that are designed to generate a large sales turnover. The MR is found across a range of models from competito... | |
| Question for the older folks- did you ditch vinyl when cd arrived? I'll be using recollections, as I can't recall the time with confidence; there will be a reliable accuracy for a report of the 80's era. What do I know about the launch of CD into the market? Well, there was widespread coverage, usual media chann... | |
| Ortofon MC X50 There are two friends referred to in this thread as follows: 1, A Friend who has a history of attending the High End Audio Show. Who also is familiarised with Ortofon Cart's produced from the 2000 era through to 2010-ish, i.e, PW Windfeld. The in... | |
| Is anyone still using a CD Player Wow Wow Wow! Today I investigated CDP's and CDP's across a few brands to learn the cost of a donor model or Laser Reader/Mechanism, which are TOTR from the late 80's - 90's. Intact CDP's are starting at near $500, heading north of $3.5K for other... |