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    Korg AudioGate SRC

    I just use the album (song list) normalization, which brings the levels down to nominal 0db as needed. Works quite well, except it does cost you a bit more time before the actual conversion starts, since it has to scan all the songs first to find the highest level, to bring them all down (or...
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    Question about cable strategy!

    I've never heard any good analogies. They all show a lack of comprehension of subtle differences by the person making the analogy. Exactly. Cable can do nothing but degrade the signal in different ways. They for the most part are not neutral. When you have a highly revealing system, these...
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    Mytek Stereo192-DSD DAC

    It is a fine unit for the price. I picked up one (mastering version) a couple of weeks ago, and have been listening on and off while it is running in. It's got about 200 hours on it now. The first 150 hours was pretty variable, but it is settling nicely. I'm being dangerous and running it...
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    Mono carts and azimuth ?

    From a Mono cartridge, if your system is balanced left&Right the image will ALWAYS be dead center. Regardless of how the cartridge is aligned. --Bill
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    New to Vintage components and having grounding issues. Please advise.

    May not really be a grounding issue. Might be interesting to note if the hum is in both channels or just one. If just one, it could be a bad cable between turntable and input jack (either red or white side), bad cartridge wiring, or one channel open at the cartridge. --Bill
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    Mono cart vs. Stereo cart for Mono recs cut on stereo lath...

    Rockitman, To be an Apples to Apples comparison, the stereo cartridge or system must be run in mono to produce anything completely comparable to a mono cartridge, as the mono cartridge is completely oblivious to vertical modulation of the stylus. Background noise of the vinyl, various...
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    Free DSD Download - Sera Una Noche

    I have to agree. Top notch audio all the way. --Bill
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    Lenco L75

    I have one (L-78 in a Nantais Custom II plinth) here with an ET2 on it. While it does do a pretty decent job, it's not without issues. For one, speed isn't 100% stable, though better than most belt drives with DC motors. The whole thing 'works' because of the 100+lb plinth and some custom...
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    Donald Fagan - Sunken Condos

    Hi Bruce, Have you any knowledge of the digital transfer to SACD of this new release? --Bill
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    Scare me away from tape...

    Yeah, you're right. Unfortunately, it doesn't agree with MRL tapes, AND WORSE, it often doesn't agree with their own dubs (which vary from project to project). Good Show! Opus three will provide alignment tones if you specifically request them. They agree closely with the MRL standard. Yeah...
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    Scare me away from tape...

    It's well worth mentioning that you don't get the best playback, even with great outboard electronics, if you don't fine tune the head azimuth for the particular tape you're playing. It would be nice to think that any professionally recorded master or dub would be of exactly the same...
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    Acoustic Measurements: Understanding Time and Frequency

    Though a little OT I thought I'd clarify my attempt at describing the rear wall trap in my studio. First, I should say that I've never really analyzed what any of these traps are, or what their target ranges are. I (stupidly) assumed that they were as I understood them to be when I spec'd...
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    Acoustic Measurements: Understanding Time and Frequency

    Not entirely. In the listening room, the speakers become the instument. Behavior of the room can destroy the presentation of the reproduction of the instrument in much the same way as the recording of it insofar as frequency/phase/harmonics response is concerned. In essence, what's being...
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    Acoustic Measurements: Understanding Time and Frequency

    Well that certainly is counter-intuitive. What isn't clear to me, then, is what becomes of the room modes? Since they are determined by LWH measurements, shape of the area, etc., how can an additional sub change a fundamental of the room? Or is it a matter of moving it around to a more...
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    Acoustic Measurements: Understanding Time and Frequency

    Assuming you don't have any serious active room modes, that's probably true. My room has quite a buildup of LF 100Hz and below, down to about 25Hz, so I have to use traps to tame that down. Using and positioning subs to try and tame that would result in a lot of standing waves and irregular...
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    Acoustic Measurements: Understanding Time and Frequency

    True enough. I think a lot of the difference in preferences to side reflections has a lot to do with ones ears -- how the sound is directed into the ear canal, and for that matter, the angle of the canal. You can achieve much the same effect by just slightly cupping your ears, or pushing the...
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    Acoustic Measurements: Understanding Time and Frequency

    Ok. I'm not either at this point! I would think (perhaps with too high expectations) that seasoned audiophiles, those who have been around for awhile and have had a lot of time and opportunity to educate themselves and their ears, would not prefer the artificial enhancement of listening room...
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    Acoustic Measurements: Understanding Time and Frequency

    That's no different than if you were sitting in a room listening to a live instrument. You'll hear a different version of it depending on your position. In the listening room, there really can't be much of a notion as to exactly what is right or wrong, since what you're listening to isn't the...
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    Acoustic Measurements: Understanding Time and Frequency

    I have to say, I believe the whole concept behind this EQ-solves-all discussion to be seriously flawed. It's all fine mathematically, but not acoustically, and doesn't even take into account what the presence and performance of the equalizer brings to the table. Nothing good, usually...
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    A Solution to Wow/Flutter?

    Bruce, The differences in these files was quite clear. But I'm having a hard time relating the change of audio entirely to the removal of wow and flutter. I take it you have equipment for Plangent in house? Does this process produce a similar result when applied to different source...
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    The Beatles - vinyl from digital "masters"

    +1 --Bill
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    A Solution to Wow/Flutter?

    Sample A sounds distinctly different than B, and B seems like what I'm more used to hearing. In fact, it is almost identical in character to an 88k SACD rip I have of the same song. If you play B after A, B starts out sounding a little flat. Sample A overall, is clearer, more open with more...
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    Auto Desk System Record Cleaner

    Lately I've noticed that once in a while (very seldom) you find a record that, after an Autodesk cleaning, has a hazy kind of film on it. It didn't come from AD, it just can't be removed by AD. You can rub it with a cloth or your fingers (in a clear space) and remove it, however. Those LP's...
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    Auto Desk System Record Cleaner

    This is consistent with my findings. Records previously cleaned with Disc Doctor cause it, but not rapidly. Those previously cleaned with Mint or VPI very little effect, but those cleaned with Premier affect the solution quite a lot. My unit will periodically not start the rear two brushes...
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    Do you use cables to 'tune' the sonics of your system?

    Myles, Are you aware of any chart re: MIT cables that shows the true hierarchy of models in terms of quality, taking into account some of the cross-naming, legacy and AVT models? It's a maze trying to determine what generation you're in and how various models compare. For example, where would...
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    FM Acoustics Linearizer

    Just about every plug-in processor you would find in a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). Waves plug-ins, for example, are one of many plug-in eq's that are designed to emulate to every detail the characteristics of an external analog 'box' or mixing console channel. Famous EQ's like SSL, Neve...
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    FM Acoustics Linearizer

    I think what you're describing is mixing the modified signal with the original signal, which is a frequently used technique in modern recording. Most DAW plug-ins (or the DAW itself) include that facility for every type of signal processor; eq, compression, de-essing, spacial modifications...
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    Do you use cables to 'tune' the sonics of your system?

    Is the transparency achieved at some other cost? (not the material, the sound) If not, it sounds like a solid engineering result. I recalled the other day (after a post here) that I still had my 20 year old MIT 750 cables in the attic. They still felt good and looked good, so I took out...
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    Do you use cables to 'tune' the sonics of your system?

    Recall that there is some inductance by the cable between the amp and each filter, so the amp isn't going to see it at face value. Add to that, each filter's job is to pull the phase back 45 degrees at its placement point. In the overall scheme of things that is a very small change compared to...
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    FM Acoustics Linearizer

    Why not everyone just chill and try to learn something? Many of you are talking out of school and overly biased against anything you don't understand. I'll just bet if you were to listen to it you'd realize it's different than a conventional equalizer. In studios (mostly digital, but some...

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