artee wrote:
> Like the curate's egg - good in parts. They were the diametric opposite
> of the Shure V15 III in terms of trackability, and I don't think that
> the turntable/arm suited it much at all. Having said that, the midrange
> was sublime. Tracking fell aprt on either side of the midrange
My NAD phono preamp has both, so it was just a case of switching from
one to the other to see which one sounded best.
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Golden Earring wrote:
> Hi artee!
>
> DID you like it??
>
> Dave :cool:
Like the curate's egg - good in parts. They were the diametric opposite
of the Shure V15 III in terms of trackability, and I don't think that
the turntable/arm suited it much at all. Having said that, the midrange
was sub
artee wrote:
> I used to like the Shure V15 Mk III a lot - terrific tracking and a
> (relatively) neutral sound. I used it in a Philips GA212. A good friend
> at the time had the Linn Sondek & (I think) Liinn arm and Linn
> cartridge. He was often pissed off because he paid roughly twice as much
Mnyb wrote:
> I think thats the actual ritual about spining those discs, Im little
> sadened that i sold all my vinyls 20 years ago :-/
>
> It sometimes think about. create a retro hifi system of some kind, just
> for pure nostalgia .
Hi Mnyb!
I am already pursuing this very course: I have t
Golden Earring wrote:
>
> As I think I've mentioned (somewhere!) before, I had one of these
> beasties, with an SME 3009 Mk2 (?) arm & a Shure V15 Mk III cartridge
> before I got the LP12/Ittok combo...
>
I used to like the Shure V15 Mk III a lot - terrific tracking and a
(relatively) neutral
Hi Bill & Clive!
As I think I've mentioned (somewhere!) before, I had one of these
beasties, with an SME 3009 Mk2 (?) arm & a Shure V15 Mk III cartridge
before I got the LP12/Ittok combo: this originally had a cheap &
cheerful MM cartridge fitted (I can't even remember what it was now,
other than
One big problem with the Transcriptors turntable was its lack of support
for the LP.
When it was designed LPs were a decent thickness, but after the oil
crises of the early 70s they got a lot thinner and couldn't support
their own weight without flexing.
All in all, an interesting piece of art, bu
Great stories, Dave!
I still have my Transcriptors deck with the SME arm and Shure cartridge
(all vintage mid-1970s), but the turntable needs a new belt and the
damping fluid has gone away, so I haven't used it in quite a while. On
top of the dustcover I keep the Museum of Modern Art book that
Golden Earring wrote:
> Hi Clive!
>
> Just for nostalgia's sake (I -am- 63 now, so please indulge me... ),
> I've decided to create a 3-way system: analogue, CD & only 10 years
> out-of-date Transporter-based digital music streamer.
>
> Dave :cool:
I realise that it's a bit self-indulgent to
cliveb wrote:
> Even fresh out of the bag brand-new LPs can have mold release agent that
> is worth removing. And apart from the Keith Monks (which is thousands to
> buy), vacuum cleaners can be had for a few hundred. They are the only
> *really* effective way to clean LPs.
Agreed.
I put my new
cliveb wrote:
> I've never heard a Koetsu, for the very practical reason that I didn't
> want to in case it made me need to afford to buy one. But IIRC, Koetsu
> cartridges share a lot of design features with the Supex ones, and I do
> remember them being a little more refined and less "in your f
Apesbrain wrote:
> Just chiming in to say that I use a Benz ACE (0.8 mV; first gen model)
> and like it very much. I've owned many cartridges including an
> Audio-Technica AT-14Sa. If I needed a new cartridge, I'm sure I could
> live happily with one of the current A-T line such as the VM-740ML
Mnyb wrote:
>
> When we have transducers , pickups microphones and speakers , some of
> them are better by objective results but there is also an element of
> taste involved
Amen to that :-)
'Cambridge Audio 851D-S'
(https://www.cambridgeaudio.com/products/851/851d) -> 'Focal MP1200'
(http:/
Yes the best MM transducers ( I owned som Grados to ) is probably the
best trackers. Like,the Ortofon OM40 .
And not to mention the matching with ones tone arm ? Any results is
possible ?
And fine tuning the impedance of the phono preamp , Ive had an
electrocompagniet mc pre with whole bunch o
Golden Earring wrote:
> You reckon that low output MC cartridges *generally* sound better than
> high output ones: would you carry that generalisation so far as to
> include my original 1980s Koetsu Rosewood Signature, or would you need
> to hear it first to make up your mind? Of course, it's -no
Just chiming in to say that I use a Benz ACE (0.8 mV; first gen model)
and like it very much. I've owned many cartridges including an
Audio-Technica AT-14Sa. If I needed a new cartridge, I'm sure I could
live happily with one of the current A-T line such as the VM-740ML. My
memory is of a nice
Golden Earring wrote:
> ... Does no-one offer a professional record cleaning service with a
> fixed price per disc anymore?
>
>
Absolutely. It's run out of the back of a buggywhip shop that I
frequent. I can send along the address if interested. They don't have
a phone (naturally).
Squeez
cliveb wrote:
> Been away in Australia for a few weeks so late to this thread. Thought
> I'd offer my take on it.
>
> Vinyl LP technology is outdated, seriously flawed and quite frankly a
> bit of a dog's dinner.
>
> And yet - it can sound bloody marvelous. Go figure. My personal opinion
> is t
cliveb wrote:
>
> Vinyl LP technology is outdated, seriously flawed and quite frankly a
> bit of a dog's dinner.
I agree with that. Although I never ditched my vinyl collection I never
listened to it.
Until I recently discovered that it can sound a bit better than I was
used to.
cliveb wrote:
arnyk wrote:
> No you won't want to hear my opinions if you are at all a normal
> audiophile.
What exactly is a "normal audiophile"?
How do you measure that?
arnyk wrote:
>
> The solution to this problem is ...
There is / was no problem.
I was just amazed by the sound quality produced by th
Daverz wrote:
> What name calling? I called your -post- obnoxious, because, if we are
> being frank now, it was obnoxious. You saw a post about analog
> equipment and your objectivist warrior mode kicked in (if it is in fact
> ever turned off).
LOL. You post all the above and have the chutzpah
arnyk wrote:
> OK so a frank analysis of what is obvioius to many can cause pain in
> hypersensitive places; I can handle that!
>
> The name-calling and deceptive redaction of the OP is noted, and really
> says all that I need to say.
>
What name calling? I called your -post- obnoxious, becau
I don't think it's an indictment of human hearing that people like LP so
much. More a reflection of the fact that the net result of all the
inevitable distortions seems to flatter the audio in the first place,
making it better fit the home audio playback environment at lower
listening levels and m
Been away in Australia for a few weeks so late to this thread. Thought
I'd offer my take on it.
Vinyl LP technology is outdated, seriously flawed and quite frankly a
bit of a dog's dinner.
And yet - it can sound bloody marvelous. Go figure. My personal opinion
is that it's because human hearing
Daverz wrote:
> You know that Pascal can hear you, right? Do you not realize how
> obnoxious this kind of cod psychoanalysis is? Especially as no claims
> were made beyond "I enjoyed some records on my friends equipment."
>
OK so a frank analysis of what is obvioius to many can cause pain in
arnyk wrote:
> No you won't want to hear my opinions if you are at all a normal
> audiophile.
>
> What I get from the OP is a pile of audiophile nervosa wrapped up in a
> post that follows the plot of jillions of other audiophile tall tales
> I've heard over the decades.
>
> (1) Friend spends
arnyk wrote:
> ...both of which are generally ignored by audiophiles because of their
> apparent connections with logic and reason.
Substitute "elected officials" for "audiophiles" and you have a perfect
description of how the US (and any other) government works.
Living Rm: Transporter-SimAud
Pascal Hibon wrote:
> Last week I was at a friends house and while I was there he played a
> few vinyl records. While we were chatting, I mentioned that would love
> to compare an MC cart to my current MM cart, which is a Shure M97xE. I
> like the Shure but my only complaint is that it lacks a b
Yes, it's true that replacement styli are often half the original cost
of the cartridge. However, I don't think I've ever gotten 50% off on
any trade-in deal, and you don't have to send the cartridge back for
re-tipping.
Hate to sound fickle, but I've already taken the 150 off. Fast, clean
midr
Mnyb wrote:
> Enjoy :) i actually never heard an AT cartridge , for some reason they
> never where that common among my friends and the dealers i visited back
> then.
Thanks Mnyb.
Even today, the AT's seem to be quite popular. During my vinyl days I
have mostly used Shure carts and one Ortofon.
Daverz wrote:
> I used an AT33PTG for years and loved it. Your post inspired me to
> install an AT150MLX MM cart I've had lying around for years (I didn't
> like it with my old phono pre). Without threaded holes it was a bitch
> to install, but it sounds great. Those who can't do MCs and want
Enjoy :) i actually never heard an AT cartridge , for some reason they
never where that common among my friends and the dealers i visited back
then.
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Merid
Pascal Hibon wrote:
> Well since I started this thread I thought I needed to post an update.
> During my quest for a new cart I finally ended up with a shortlist of
> carts. This shortlist was based upon several sources such as friends
> opinions, reviews, reading various sources on the internet,
Well since I started this thread I thought I needed to post an update.
During my quest for a new cart I finally ended up with a shortlist of
carts. This shortlist was based upon several sources such as friends
opinions, reviews, reading various sources on the internet, etc. The
shortlist was compo
Hello,
At 22:00 18/03/2018, you wrote:
We have several treads on recording vinyl you do need a riaa stage or
preamp or similar , not just the analog in on your computer.
Yes, i forgot about that and have a creek obh8 going into my amplifier
Maybe a better sound card if inputs on laptops r
It occurs to me that the OP might find answers to his cartridge query
over at a forum like that at 'vinylengine'
(https://www.vinylengine.com/turntable_forum/index.php).
For my part, I enjoy playing vinyl - but out of convenience most of my
listening is done from digital, CDs or vinyl ripped to m
Mnyb wrote:
> I think thats the actual ritual about spining those discs, Im little
> sadened that i sold all my vinyls 20 years ago :-/
>
> It sometimes think about. create a retro hifi system of some kind, just
> for pure nostalgia .
I don't miss vinyl one bit, even though I still have my al
We have several treads on recording vinyl you do need a riaa stage or
preamp or similar , not just the analog in on your computer.
Maybe a better sound card if inputs on laptops reached new bottom levels
. But any decent soundcards fidelity far exceeds vinyl .
On topic it was some fun when I was
Hello,
At 04:55 18/03/2018, you wrote:
When I remeber my LP days it thought the low level MC cart sounded even
better , bu then you need a separate MC amp before the MM input or a
phone stage that handles MC directly , something that you select both
gain and I put impedance .
Cart also needs ma
Ah . . but you had one, and so did I, but very sensibly *I* didn't use
it. :confused:
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kidstypike wrote:
> You didn't mention this must have :( :)
>
> 24731
A "must have"?!?
When I used one of these devices on my turntable it seemed as if i was
listening through a dirty window. In addition the entire soundstage
collapsed and the tonal balance was all wrong. Not to mention that
ralphpnj wrote:
> Do you mean the ritual of having to put all those LPs away after you
> played them? Or having to clean the LPs before you play them? Of having
> to listen a track you don't enjoy because you are too lazy to get up and
> move the tonearm past the track? Or not being able to save
ralphpnj wrote:
> Do you mean the ritual of having to put all those LPs away after you
> played them? Or having to clean the LPs before you play them? Of having
> to listen a track you don't enjoy because you are too lazy to get up and
> move the tonearm past the track? Or not being able to save
Pascal Hibon wrote:
> Sure but that is not an equal competition. CD has the advantage; it is
> the better format. And when done right should sound better no matter
> what cart one uses.
> I'm just amazed how good that cart plays. It is very close to CD
> quality.
>
> Playing vinyl once and a w
Pascal Hibon wrote:
> Sure but that is not an equal competition. CD has the advantage; it is
> the better format. And when done right should sound better no matter
> what cart one uses.
> I'm just amazed how good that cart plays. It is very close to CD
> quality.
>
> Playing vinyl once and a w
ralphpnj wrote:
> Why not compare the sound of an LP played using the Benz to the sound of
> flac files (both standard resolution and high resolution - if available)
> of the same recording streamed via your Touch. The flac files should be
> sourced from either a CD rip or a digital download, in
Mnyb wrote:
> I think thats the actual ritual about spining those discs, Im little
> sadened that i sold all my vinyls 20 years ago :-/
>
> It sometimes think about. create a retro hifi system of some kind, just
> for pure nostalgia .
I never ditched my vinyl. I don't think I could. It is som
Why not compare the sound of an LP played using the Benz to the sound of
flac files (both standard resolution and high resolution - if available)
of the same recording streamed via your Touch. The flac files should be
sourced from either a CD rip or a digital download, in other words not
from a vi
Just have an old LP next to the deck, get it out the sleeve and drop the
needle on it. While having the deck wired to start playing the flac
files on your squeezebox in the background...
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I think thats the actual ritual about spining those discs, Im little
sadened that i sold all my vinyls 20 years ago :-/
It sometimes think about. create a retro hifi system of some kind, just
for pure nostalgia .
Main hifi:
Mnyb wrote:
> When I remeber my LP days it thought the low level MC cart sounded even
> better , bu then you need a separate MC amp before the MM input or a
> phone stage that handles MC directly , something that you select both
> gain and I put impedance .
>
Yes, I've read about that topic as
When I remeber my LP days it thought the low level MC cart sounded even
better , bu then you need a separate MC amp before the MM input or a
phone stage that handles MC directly , something that you select both
gain and I put impedance .
Cart also needs matching to the tonearm I mostly used Ortofo
Last week I was at a friends house and while I was there he played a
few vinyl records. While we were chatting, I mentioned that would love
to compare an MC cart to my current MM cart, which is a Shure M97xE. I
like the Shure but my only complaint is that it lacks a bit of
resolution in the high
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