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  1. Shaffer

    Why every music lover needs to buy a turntable - discuss.

    So you do have a head-fi-type kid system. There's no need to be condescending. I wasn't just born yesterday and my system doesn't fit on a desk. In all truth, I don't even see how you have the audio setup that allows you to discuss this. You see me jumping into threads that deal with topics...
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    Why every music lover needs to buy a turntable - discuss.

    Have you heard, say, the latest pressing of Graceland. I'm sure you haven't. OMG is it amazing. Digitally recorded or not, I've yet to hear a better version. YMMV
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    Why every music lover needs to buy a turntable - discuss.

    I'm sorry you don't like it, Tim, but vinyl does sound better. I have a number of those same recordings on both formats, some as multiple pressings. Edit: I took a look at your profile in hopes of seeing your system. Had to Google most of it. No disrespect meant, is it some sort of a...
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    Why every music lover needs to buy a turntable - discuss.

    Our city supports 7 independent record stores, 3 of which have a fairly extensive stock of audio gear. Mostly vintage, but as you mention Pro-ject, too, and now U-turn. FWIW, I'm there at least once a week. The gear is always turning over, especially the older turntables. Receivers and...
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    Hot Pressings

    The last Bowie album was significantly more dynamic as a MP3, compared to the CD. It's because of itunes and their compression scheme. Over-compressed recordings interfere with it, so the irony is in full swing. The very entity that some blame for the pinnacle of the loudness wars is driving the...
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    Devo E-Z Listening Disc

    I wanted to cover all bases. :)
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    Devo E-Z Listening Disc

    <grin> One vote, sans the one I just made, for wouldn't have it in my house. Rob, was that you? ;) The record was originally offered on backs of Devo record sleeves (ca.1981) as cassette and LPs. I've never held either in my hands. Ryko released it on CD in '87 and it went OOP not that long...
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    Why every music lover needs to buy a turntable - discuss.

    It's a good argument, except for one thing. Last year (in the US) there were ~165.4M CDs sold, whose highest cost of physical production consists mainly of the packaging. On the contrary, there were ~4.5M LPs sold, as reported by Soundscan. We can optimistically stretch that number to ~7M, I'm...
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    How big is your room? W' x L' x H'

    I don't really know the actual size of my room. The main listening/seating area is ~13x20, BUT it's open to the rest of the house on its right, so I'm essentially energizing an enormous space. With my speakers and their positioning, I can get fairly strong bass at my seating position, but only...
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    Why every music lover needs to buy a turntable - discuss.

    VPI 16.5 RCM with DD brushes and Record Time fluid for light cleaning. Rega P25 with an AT OC9mkII from LPgear A warm-sounding phono stage of your choice. The Rega with the OC9 was one of the quietest (in terms of surface/groove noise) combos I've ever had in my system. Like, flip your head...
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    I Am A Ukrainian, This Needs To Go Viral

    ...and has a real potential to cause a civil war with catastrophic consequences. Edit: Ironically, this was a part of Soviet foreign policy; bring about change based on ideology on a generational level. Generational. 15-20 years. That's how they worked us. Democracy is nice. Sounds nice. Works...
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    I Am A Ukrainian, This Needs To Go Viral

    I've lived in the Ukraine. Right now, they're shooting civilians via sniper attacks. The only thing these post-Soviet governments understand is force. Not to the extent of the USSR days, but still in full swing. They see diplomacy and a strive to negotiate as a weakness and do not take it...
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    Why every music lover needs to buy a turntable - discuss.

    Interesting enough, this is already happening. Kinda. Radio uses its own compression, as does itunes, which explains why some MP3s sound more dynamic than their CD counterparts. It's Apple. They insist on less compression, as it interferes with their own. Many MP3 players, and Spotify, offer...
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    Butterworth article on loudness wars

    Heh...I attended a university (undergrad) that's home to the Eastman School of Music. I had some involvement with it in a more technical capacity. If you think that music students understand, or even care about good sound in anything other than a plebeian norm, I'm really not sure what to say...
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    Butterworth article on loudness wars

    You're right; being forced to dwell on the given in a poke in a fun direction.
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    Butterworth article on loudness wars

    Age is a state of mind, not juts a physical number. Is this now a contest of let's state the obvious? Or. perhaps, you want to discuss that he's some 20 years older than his subjects - not juts a numerical generation, but one that certainly eclipses that idea in terms of technology and physical...
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    Butterworth article on loudness wars

    Is there a picture and/or a description of his record collection? I have great respect for academia, which brings about the question as to what magnetic resonance research has directly in common with knowing and experiencing good sound? FWIW, I'm the only one in my entire extended family who is...
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    Nola Concert Grands

    Out of curiosity, they don't respond well to being "walked," ie. shifting the center of gravity from corner to corner, as to make the process much easier? That's what I used to do with my old Dunlavy SCVs.
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    Hmmmmm.............

    Quite a big change from his Pass', no?
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    Butterworth article on loudness wars

    I've been on our local music scene since I was 15. I'm 50 now. If you think droves of folks in their mid-20 attend live shows, at least the kind where they actually hear the band, you may be grossly mistaken. Edit: Let me give an example from just last night. I was at an acoustic...
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    Butterworth article on loudness wars

    They used titles that were remastered with additional compression, the choice of which may well have been dependent on the old fart who put this insult to science in play. :)
  22. Shaffer

    Hmmmmm.............

    How powerful is the amplifier?
  23. Shaffer

    Butterworth article on loudness wars

    Perhaps that's the crux of the matter. I mostly buy and listen to new music. The difference in dynamic range, and the overall sound quality stemming from the same, can exist on an order of magnitude. Edit: as a working example, just look at the last NIN record. The difference between the...
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    Butterworth article on loudness wars

    I'm always astounded when audiophiles rationalize the lack of dynamic range on many of the recent releases. I mean, we pride ourselves on our ability to discriminate, yet when one recording sounds as it does at a given volume level and the next blows one out of the room with its compression...
  25. Shaffer

    Butterworth article on loudness wars

    I suppose that's one way of looking at it. The other option exists as an insult to one's intelligence.
  26. Shaffer

    Butterworth article on loudness wars

    I love science, don't you? ;)
  27. Shaffer

    Devo E-Z Listening Disc

    In the dubious honor of Bob "2" Calale's passing, I'd like to run an informal survey regarding what's IMNSHO the greatest Devo album made. Where do you stand?
  28. Shaffer

    What are the most powerful Pure Class A Amplifiers ever made?

    We could have really used these in January. ;)

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