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    Trafomatic Audio Elysium Amplifier

    You must have might right after I left UK at the end of 82. He was still in the Wimbledon house and had the A1s, Krell KSA 50 or the 100 driving them with the Audio Research 5 preamp. Quite a system! Do you still live there? david
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    Feedback Issues - Grounding? Help!

    That’s my thinking too but I don’t want to make any assumptions about the console’s insides. Refurbishing and replacing such consoles with new electronics while keeping the vintage look is a thing, hence my question. david
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    Trafomatic Audio Elysium Amplifier

    Hi Lloyd, Ricardo and I go back to early 80’s and he was my gateway to the upper high end it’s only natural for him to come up with the Ten. I don’t have direct experience with Elysium amps but I trust Ricci and he must have heard something special to move on from his SS Swiss brand to them. david
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    Feedback Issues - Grounding? Help!

    What are we looking at, looks like some type of vintage console? Electrons and speaker? david
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    More Consensus That Streaming Is An Inferior Format & Not High End?

    Thank you for the clarification, the answer to your previous question is no. Remastering has nothing to do with thicknesses and vinyl formulation of production. There was no need for unification either we have decades of fantastic LPs from a variety of sources, formulations and thicknesses...
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    More Consensus That Streaming Is An Inferior Format & Not High End?

    I agree with the first sentence but I don’t know what you mean by remastered industry, are you talking about audiophile labels or remastering as in digital? Never said they did, used it as an example of limited sonic capability format, they exist. david
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    More Consensus That Streaming Is An Inferior Format & Not High End?

    Hi Blackmorec, He was clear about his stance in regards to sound quality vs CD. Reasons why that is are too varied and mostly undetermined IMO I don’t think anyone can pin down every situation. Simple example streaming the same file with your phone using local Wi-Fi sounds very different from...
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    More Consensus That Streaming Is An Inferior Format & Not High End?

    Good question, someone should ask Paul. Maybe we should differentiate between downloads from the net and local uploads too. IME there are significant sonic differences between them. david
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    More Consensus That Streaming Is An Inferior Format & Not High End?

    Paul’s point was about the nature of streamed media not equipment. Yes equipment and setup is important but nothing can change the nature of the medium and it’s inherent limitations. This reminds me of cassettes and some of those conversations back in the day, Nakamichi’s 600, 700 and 1000...
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    More Consensus That Streaming Is An Inferior Format & Not High End?

    Well, this polarized poisonous title is currently the most popular new thread on WBF! Also the title is exactly what reader’s question to Paul was and his answer confirms it. You may or may not agree with him, either way I’m fine everyone’s opinion on the subject. Actually I watched the entire...
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    David Karmeli’s Bionor/Lamm/AS-2000 Audio System

    Set it up and see for yourself Kuhn Tang! david
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    Resealed vinyl?

    Sealing records is very simple, never been hard. In this day and age it doesn’t take much to fake the covers either if there’s money in it. Out of curiosity what was the album? david
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    Sme 3012 R

    Yes, there’s another adjustment tube at the base of the arm. Loosen it and then rotate the armrest clockwise to lower the cueing mechanism to where you want. david
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    More Consensus That Streaming Is An Inferior Format & Not High End?

    Not only about digital & analog formats, I listen to same music genre on. CD and LP but rarely when they're streamed and vice versa. For me it's purely a question of the medium and involvement. The music I listen stream and listen to is what I'm fine with in the background and would never listen...

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