Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-16 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 11/15/2009 7:29:19 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, p...@web-options.com writes: anyhoo please enjoy your thread, maybe it just isn't mine to > follow but rather to respectfully ignore > > Cheers > Ecke > > === > I kill filed JCO years ago. Lots of us did. >

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread Anthony Farr
You've hit the nail on the head here, Ecke. I'd dare to add on more consideration. Uber expensive gear of any kind serves at least one great service. It liberates surplus funds from people with more than they know what to do with, and redistributes it to others more needy. In this case the manu

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread Ken Waller
: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, ,exposedinvideo On Nov 15, 2009, at 02:41 , J.C. O'Connell wrote: your staying from the point which is that with a $1000 phono setup you cant say you are always or nearly always "record limited" sonically.

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Nov 15, 2009, at 14:36 , J.C. O'Connell wrote: glad word Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com http://gallery.me.com/jomac http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread David Savage
2009/11/16 Rob Studdert : > Ignorance is bliss, but bliss can be expensive. MARK! And with that, I'm outta' here. DS -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread J.C. O'Connell
bject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, ,exposedinvideo On Nov 15, 2009, at 13:54 , J.C. O'Connell wrote: > look up the term STATE OF THE ART. sure hobbiest > can build some damn good gear but its not state > of the art stuff. try building

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread J.C. O'Connell
o.com/group/cdsound/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Joseph McAllister Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 5:06 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, ,exposedinvideo On

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Nov 15, 2009, at 14:08 , Rob Studdert wrote: Ignorance is bliss, but bliss can be expensive. Nice! Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com http://gallery.me.com/jomac http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mail

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Nov 15, 2009, at 13:54 , J.C. O'Connell wrote: look up the term STATE OF THE ART. sure hobbiest can build some damn good gear but its not state of the art stuff. try building a cartrdige as good as a $5000 cartridge for $5000 yourself, ditto for Turntables CD players, etc. Its just not possib

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread Rob Studdert
On 16/11/2009, J.C. O'Connell wrote: > look up the term STATE OF THE ART. sure hobbiest > can build some damn good gear but its not state > of the art stuff. try building a cartrdige as > good as a $5000 cartridge for $5000 yourself, > ditto for Turntables CD players, etc. Its just > not possible

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Nov 15, 2009, at 13:26 , J.C. O'Connell wrote: you seem to misunderstand, you cant get state of the art audio gear for low cost, even if you build it yourself. acutally its practically impossible to build state of the art audio gear yourself, there is too much overhead in R&D and its not econ

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread J.C. O'Connell
l.net] On Behalf Of Rob Studdert Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 4:32 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo On 16/11/2009, J.C. O'Connell wrote: > you seem to misunderstand, you cant get > state

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread Rob Studdert
On 16/11/2009, J.C. O'Connell wrote: > you seem to misunderstand, you cant get > state of the art audio gear for low cost, > even if you build it yourself. acutally > its practically impossible to build state > of the art audio gear yourself, there > is too much overhead in R&D and its > not econo

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2009-11-15 Thread Joseph McAllister
A loudspeaker by itself is not a good judge of what it's cone transmits into the air. On Nov 15, 2009, at 13:10 , J.C. O'Connell wrote: No it comes out matter of factly on things that ARE matter of fact, why present facts as opinions? That doesn't serve any purpose other than creating confus

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread J.C. O'Connell
[mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Rob Studdert Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 4:21 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo On 16/11/2009, Bob W wrote: > I think he's been mostly correct i

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread Rob Studdert
On 16/11/2009, Bob W wrote: > I think he's been mostly correct in this thread, but other people have > misconstrued what he's been saying. Unfortunately this just makes him hammer > away at the same message over and over, which is rather tiresome. I think we > should all adopt a general rule of m

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Nov 15, 2009, at 02:41 , J.C. O'Connell wrote: your staying from the point which is that with a $1000 phono setup you cant say you are always or nearly always "record limited" sonically. $1000 is not nearly enough budget to get the full sound quality of most records, so you are still play

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2009-11-15 Thread J.C. O'Connell
dplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sessoms Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 4:05 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy"

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread Rob Studdert
On 16/11/2009, Mark Roberts wrote: > Rob Studdert wrote: > > >Do you ever actually read what anyone else writes John? Serious question. > > Rob, have you ever read JCO's participation in any other threads? > Serious question. > ;-) OK, I admit, I was a bit bored re-working on tedious old MS pub f

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread eckinator
That's the beauty of it, I just screw on a longer set of legs and use a helicopter and live view... MUAHAHAHAHA ]=) 2009/11/15 Joseph McAllister : > O'Yeah? Our three leggers can be set up on uneven ground in 1/100th of the > time your behemoth can be drug up the hill! > > :-) > > > > On Nov 1

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, ,

2009-11-15 Thread John Sessoms
From: "Bob W" I think he's been mostly correct in this thread, but other people have misconstrued what he's been saying. Unfortunately this just makes him hammer away at the same message over and over, which is rather tiresome. Perhaps because the *message* that's come through is "My way is th

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread Joseph McAllister
O'Yeah? Our three leggers can be set up on uneven ground in 1/100th of the time your behemoth can be drug up the hill! :-) On Nov 15, 2009, at 02:40 , eckinator wrote: damn... what a bunch of aimless wanton wankery... "your gear isn't good enough to entitle you to an opinion" I know this i

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread eckinator
2009/11/15 J.C. O'Connell : > And when you ignore, it just maintains ignorance. Yes and I fail to see the fault with that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignorance -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visi

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread J.C. O'Connell
ntax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, ,exposedinvideo > anyhoo please enjoy your thread, maybe it just isn't mine to > follow but rather to respectfully ignore > > Cheers > Ecke > > === >

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread J.C. O'Connell
ilto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of eactiv...@aol.com Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 10:09 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, ,exposedinvideo In a message dated 11/15/2009 3:38:18 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, eckina...@gmail

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread Bob W
> damn... what a bunch of aimless wanton wankery... Mark! (sounds like a closing quote to me...) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "eckinator" Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo damn... what a bunch of aimless wanton wankery... "your gear isn't good enough to entitle you to an opinion" I know this

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread Mark Roberts
Rob Studdert wrote: >Do you ever actually read what anyone else writes John? Serious question. Rob, have you ever read JCO's participation in any other threads? Serious question. ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE fro

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread Bob W
> anyhoo please enjoy your thread, maybe it just isn't mine to > follow but rather to respectfully ignore > > Cheers > Ecke > > === > I kill filed JCO years ago. Lots of us did. > I think he's been mostly correct in this thread, but other people have misconstrued what he's been

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 11/15/2009 3:38:18 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, eckina...@gmail.com writes: anyhoo please enjoy your thread, maybe it just isn't mine to follow but rather to respectfully ignore Cheers Ecke === I kill filed JCO years ago. Lots of us did. Marnie aka Doe

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread eckinator
2009/11/15 J.C. O'Connell : > ownership has nothing to do with this. I don't own a $100K turntable, > but that doesn't mean they don't exist or my or your turntables are just > as good as the $100K turntables. You can have opinions based on > experinences and auditions, ownerships isnt a requiremen

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread J.C. O'Connell
ahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Rob Studdert Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 5:57 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread Rob Studdert
On 15/11/2009, J.C. O'Connell wrote: > ownership has nothing to do with this. I don't own a $100K turntable, > but that doesn't mean they don't exist or my or your turntables are just > as good as the $100K turntables. You can have opinions based on > experinences and auditions, ownerships isnt a

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread J.C. O'Connell
f eckinator Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 5:40 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo damn... what a bunch of aimless wanton wankery... "your gear isn't good enough to entitle you to an opinion&quo

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread J.C. O'Connell
dert Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 12:33 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo On 15/11/2009, Tom C wrote: > Rob, > > I don't understand the ABX testing you mentioned (what is it?), Hi Tom et al,

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread J.C. O'Connell
uss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo Rob, I don't understand the ABX testing you mentioned (what is it?), but I do know that quite a bit of the higher end gear is made to appeal to the ego and I agree with your point. So is

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread eckinator
damn... what a bunch of aimless wanton wankery... "your gear isn't good enough to entitle you to an opinion" I know this isn't what was said but it is what transpires... good enough grabs goosebumps from the groove and gets them there... I know passion can take you to extremes and we are all gearhe

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-15 Thread J.C. O'Connell
- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Rob Studdert Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 8:53 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo On 15/11/2009, J.C. O'Connell wrote: >

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-14 Thread Rob Studdert
On 15/11/2009, Tom C wrote: > Rob, > > I don't understand the ABX testing you mentioned (what is it?), Hi Tom et al, Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABX_test > Yes I do believe that spending more money on a given product may yield > improvement in quality, but there's both a practical ce

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-14 Thread Tom C
Rob, I don't understand the ABX testing you mentioned (what is it?), but I do know that quite a bit of the higher end gear is made to appeal to the ego and I agree with your point. So is a $10,000 turntable 10X better than a $1000 turntable, or a $100K turntable 10X better than a $10K turntable?.

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-14 Thread Rob Studdert
On 15/11/2009, J.C. O'Connell wrote: > Not that Onkyo and Pioneer are junk, but they are > are a long long away from full vinyl reproduction > pinnacle, read my post and comprehend it, I said a > $10,000 turntable doesn't sound as good as the > best, currently around $100,000. By deduction a > $1

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo

2009-11-14 Thread J.C. O'Connell
oun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sessoms Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 5:48 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedinvideo Reading for comprehension doesn't seem to be your strong suit. From: "J.C. O'Connell&q

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, , exposedin video

2009-11-14 Thread John Sessoms
Reading for comprehension doesn't seem to be your strong suit. From: "J.C. O'Connell" And NOPE the limiting factor in nearly all cases for vinyl playback quality isnt the record, its nearly always the turntable/tonearm/cartridge setup. -Original Message- From: John Sessoms PS: FWIW

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, exposed in video

2009-11-14 Thread Joseph McAllister
ahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Tom C Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 2:35 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, exposed in video

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, exposed in video

2009-11-14 Thread J.C. O'Connell
mber 14, 2009 2:35 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, exposed in video Exactly right. > What about if you DON'T have the right equipment? You have to decide > if you want to spend the money on audiophile stere

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, exposedin video

2009-11-14 Thread J.C. O'Connell
et] On Behalf Of John Sessoms Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2009 2:22 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, exposedin video From: "J.C. O'Connell" > I forgot I had this turntable demo video online. I don't hear no

Re: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, exposed in video

2009-11-14 Thread Tom C
Exactly right. > What about if you DON'T have the right equipment? You have to decide if you > want to spend the money on audiophile stereo equipment ... or do you want to > spend it on something else? > > Someone was bandying about the number $2500 for a good vinyl reproduction > system. Gotta'

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth, exposed in video

2009-11-14 Thread John Sessoms
From: "J.C. O'Connell" I forgot I had this turntable demo video online. I don't hear no stinkin scratches, tics, or pops on this demo video (not even one): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnqv2XjZVYs (turn on your video annotations if not already) OTOH, there's an audible hiss throughout the v

RE: OT: Vinyl vs. Digital - the "all vinyl is noisy" myth exposed in video

2009-11-13 Thread J.C. O'Connell
I forgot I had this turntable demo video online. I don't hear no stinkin scratches, tics, or pops on this demo video (not even one): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnqv2XjZVYs (turn on your video annotations if not already) Cheers... -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) Join the CD PLAY