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1: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Thanks to both of you I am... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2022-02-12, 16:47:53 (88.97.21.18)
I am delighted that is is now working OK for you. Believe me that Qobuz streaming provides quality that is compatible with the finest audio systems. The speed of the response is not only down to your .......
2: Hi-Rez Highway, +1 n/t (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2022-02-12, 16:28:08 (88.97.21.18)
n/t .......
3: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Thanks to both of you I am... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2022-02-08, 00:55:27 (88.97.21.18)
No, the Qobuz desktop player is not terrible. Do not imagine that there are millions of users of it throughout the world sitting there listening to thin sound from one channel. So it looks like you ma .......
4: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Thanks to both of you I am... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2022-02-06, 23:57:19 (88.97.21.18)
You can set the Qobuz player to send different maximum rates. You find this option in your account settings. So it can send So you appear to have the Qobuz player maximum output set to Frankly it is .......
5: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Bluesound Node and Amazon music unlimited/HD (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2022-02-06, 12:45:44 (88.97.21.18)
" I guess I could get the Amazon unlimited upgrade on my phone or laptop, then Bluetooth it to the Node? " Bluetooth is a lossy codec so it cannot be used to send bitperfect HD files to anything. The .......
6: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Differentiating mp3 and HD music on streaming services (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2022-02-06, 02:55:23 (88.97.21.18)
No, Qobuz no longer streams MP3 ( though you can set your Qobuz player to deliver this if you want). It shows a yellow "Hi-Res" icon for file resolutions above 16/44.1. Where there is no such icon the .......
7: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Upgrade for Michell Turntable (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2022-01-27, 11:39:06 (88.97.21.18)
I have been using them for a couple of years now. The biggest improvement to my Michell Orbe ever. The "O" ring suspension gets rid of the sound generated by the springs and lowers the exaggeration of .......
8: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Any rec's for a third party, free-standing turntable motor? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2022-01-21, 02:05:12 (88.97.21.18)
OK that's a novel way of seeing some fluctuations but without a way of quantifying these it is not really possible to say how serious they are. I refer to Anthony's post on this which has ( as usual) .......
9: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Any rec's for a third party, free-standing turntable motor? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2022-01-20, 16:40:28 (88.97.21.18)
" The strobe disc shows the wow is present in reality and not just my imagination." For human sight wow is not normally visible via a strobe disc. Paradoxically if it was then the strobe effect would .......
10: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Great info but also drives the point home about making backups +1 (nt) (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2022-01-20, 08:08:04 (88.97.21.18)
nt. .......
11: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Great info but also drives the point home about making backups (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2022-01-19, 23:28:09 (88.97.21.18)
May I suggest that you make 2 backups? The reason is that if you have a failure caused by the hardware then replace the music disc by the backup the fault can then affect the latter and you have lost .......
12: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Attention all Dragonflyers who are also qobuzzards!! (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2022-01-19, 23:18:45 (88.97.21.18)
This is also the case for users of other DACs. However the option is not available via the web browser or portable versions of the Qobuz app, only the Windows desktop version. The options offered may .......
13: Speaker Asylum, RE: "Honey- look what I got us for Christmas..." (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-12-25, 03:35:01 (88.97.21.18)
Yes, maybe not very decor friendly. However perhaps you may wonder why the picture is obscured by a large Mono & Stereo logo? This is to discourage copyright infringement. If Matej Isak (Mono & Stereo .......
14: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Stylus pressure setting (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-12-22, 00:18:16 (88.97.21.18)
Thanks Anthony. Perhaps I should have refined my comment and said cheapo unknown brand cells made in China. I seem to recall them lasting about two or three months only and I certainly was not measuri .......
15: Vinyl Asylum, RE: How long to air dry after vacuuming with VPI? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-12-21, 02:14:25 (88.97.21.18)
Humid does NOT mean wet. It just means that the disc surface has a relative humidity level equal to or greater than that of the surrounding air. Several record playing regimes of the past used to del .......
16: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Stylus pressure setting (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-12-21, 01:43:59 (88.97.21.18)
"Can you recommend a device for measuring VTF?" As with just about everything to do with audio it depends how much you want to spend. Ortofon make a simple beam type stylus balance. That is the cheape .......
17: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Stylus pressure setting (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-12-20, 14:00:51 (88.97.21.18)
The VTF range is quoted as 0.75g - 1.5g. In a real world playing real records on a real home audio system I would suggest a minimum of 1.25g but start at 1.5g playing a disc with highly modulated groo .......
18: Vinyl Asylum, RE: How long to air dry after vacuuming with VPI? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-12-20, 06:57:08 (88.97.21.18)
Well I thought that the idea of using a vacuum was to remove the liquid. If the liquid is not fully removed then any dirt suspended in it from cleaning (and rinsing) will simply adhere to the groove w .......
19: Speaker Asylum, RE: Favorite 28" speaker stand? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-12-20, 03:56:28 (88.97.21.18)
According to Monitor Audio the size of the Silver 50 is ( copied from the specifications): 282 x 165 x 272 mm (11 1/8" x 6 1/2" x 10 3/8") Which is a slightly bigger footprint that your measurements. .......
20: Classical Court, Anyone who likes piano should hear this. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-12-19, 08:23:50 (88.97.21.18)
The recent recording of etudes and scherzi of Chopin by Beatrice Rana. I don't recommend too many recordings here partly because as a witty friend said of me " Pete doesn't like anything composed afte .......
21: Classical Court, RE: AAM Berlin, Il Giardino Armonico.... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-12-19, 05:02:43 (88.97.21.18)
Andy, which Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin recording are you referring to? Is it the new one from a couple of months ago featuring Isabelle Faust and Antoine Tamestit on Harmonia Mundi? This is my cur .......
22: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Pitch shifting to 432Hz (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-12-19, 04:48:01 (88.97.21.18)
It is also necessary to establish that the particular recording being played has been made with a pitch of A = 440Hz. This should not be taken for granted. A meaning A above middle C of course. Even i .......
23: Classical Court, +1 n/t (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-12-06, 16:21:18 (88.97.21.18)
Nothing to see here. Move on. .......
24: Speaker Asylum, RE: No... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-12-06, 16:15:45 (88.97.21.18)
.. or maybe not. Patents are territorial . The grant you refer to is only relevant to the USA, the speakers cited are German. Has Eric Alexander a patent from the European Patent Office as well? ::: T .......
25: General Asylum, RE: Speaker isolation devices (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-12-05, 04:26:47 (88.97.21.18)
These work and have proper measurements from the National Research Council fo Canada. I expect them to help with your floor rattle and know from experience that they will almost certainly also improve .......
26: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Humminguru ultrasonic cleaner (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-12-01, 15:30:37 (88.97.21.18)
The original commercial ultrasonic RCM, the Glass Audiodesk, also uses a low powered transducer though whether or not it is comparable to the Humminguru I do not know as details are hard to find. Herr .......
27: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Turntable belt help. Where to find one? Here's the specifics.. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-30, 15:35:44 (88.97.21.18)
This is a more complex question than you think, It is not just a question of size but compliance. A belt has to be stiff enough to transmit the pulley speed of rotation to the platter without variati .......
28: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Humminguru ultrasonic cleaner (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-30, 02:37:38 (88.97.21.18)
Yes, pretty good. I speak as an Audiodesk Pro owner so given that the Humminguru costs around 1/7th of the Audiodesk (UK prices) I am impressed. My only negative comment is that it doesn't look all th .......
29: Headphone Heights, RE: This may be a an obvious solution... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-30, 02:06:02 (88.97.21.18)
When you listen via headphones you are removing your listening room from the experience. However that does not mean that what you hear through the headphones is necessarily "correct" in any way. Headp .......
30: Digital Drive, And there's more... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-27, 23:22:12 (88.97.21.18)
...oldmkvi can also download their portable apps to his phone or tablet (certainly Qobuz , I presume Tidal has something similar) so he can listen anywhere using headphones or connect to his audio sys .......
31: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Turntable signal drop out (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-19, 14:29:45 (88.97.21.18)
" I have a little RS multi-meter, so I can check continuity from one place to another where I can get the probes on." Please do not do this without removing your cartridge. Meters work by sending a vo .......
32: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Would a Rega RB250/300 armboard adaptor for and Avid Diva II work for an Origin Live arm? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-19, 01:55:18 (88.97.21.18)
Origin Live say that all of their arms will fit all Rega arm mounts. So on that basis the answer is yes. Therefore if you have a Diva II the Avid custom adaptor should be a no brainer. .......
33: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Thanks very much for the info... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-17, 09:54:02 (88.97.21.18)
Yes I have those first two Rolling Stones mono albums, red label Decca (1) and red label London (2). As you may know London was the imprint that Decca used to use in the USA because of the American De .......
34: Vinyl Asylum, RE: What's up with the Beatles in mono, anyway? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-16, 22:38:14 (88.97.21.18)
Although stereo had been available since the late 1950s it did not attain general acceptance in the UK until the late 1960s/early 1970s when there was a boom in stereo. At the time that most of the B .......
35: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Anyone running a dedicated mono cart? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-16, 02:08:49 (88.97.21.18)
Yes I run a second arm with my turntable and that is fitted with an Ortofon 2M Mono SE. The SE version is, I believe, only obtainable direct from the factory. It was introduced as a limited edition or .......
36: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Thorens TD-124 shipping (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-15, 08:14:46 (88.97.21.18)
As with any turntable if possible I would use packing under the platter to raise the bearing (in this case it is a captive ball if I recall) above its point of contact so that the two cannot impact ag .......
37: Speaker Asylum, RE: Sound beyond Horns? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-13, 14:02:27 (88.97.21.18)
I think that you ought to give an idea of the music that you like. I am pretty sure that if you prefer string quartets over ZZtop you may want a different answer. .......
38: Classical Court, RE: In defense of musicology... +1 (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-09, 03:50:56 (88.97.21.18)
The piece is clearly concerned with philosophy and makes no musicological claim at all. .......
39: Vinyl Asylum, RE: One problem +1 (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-08, 14:31:51 (88.97.21.18)
Not only may cantilevers be misaligned but the entire electro-magnetic works in relation to the body shell. All that a bubble level can tell you is if the body is in line with the headshell.That has n .......
40: Digital Drive, RE: Hybrid SACD disc on a old CD drive? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-08, 02:17:37 (88.97.21.18)
It may indicate that the the laser has lost power given the age of the transport. The CD layer on a hybrid SACD lies underneath the SACD layer and the CD player's laser has to have enough power to pen .......
41: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: White noise at high volume setting on Marantz 3200 Preamp. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-07, 08:04:16 (88.97.21.18)
It is a vintage preamp getting on for 50 years old so noise (are we really just talking hiss?) may be an issue particularly given the technology of that era compared to modern designs. The issue will .......
42: General Asylum, RE: I feel QOBUZ somewhat scammed me (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-06, 18:11:15 (88.97.21.18)
No need to shout at me - I get what you are saying but have no evidence to support that insofar as Qobuz over here is concerned. Of course Qobuz USA may be a different matter. .......
43: General Asylum, RE: I thought the discount was a standard rate (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-06, 18:06:47 (88.97.21.18)
No, as I posted above here, the discount is subject to what Qobuz can negotiate with the labels. " It also suggests that streaming of those albums may be discontinued as well.". Yes. I have been writi .......
44: General Asylum, RE: I feel QOBUZ somewhat scammed me (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-06, 17:46:00 (88.97.21.18)
" I find it very difficult to believe they do not tweak advertised prices differently based on whether you have already paid for "sublime" or not." They obviously do change the price for Sublime membe .......
45: General Asylum, RE: I feel QOBUZ somewhat scammed me (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-06, 16:51:01 (88.97.21.18)
Sublime offers discounts ( often substantial) but not on every album. What they can offer depends upon the record label with whom they have to negotiate. On the whole I find having a Sublime subscript .......
46: Headphone Heights, RE: B&O Beoplay H95 Headphones The Holy Grail ?! (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-06, 08:27:56 (88.97.21.18)
Nice headphones in a world of lots of nice headphones. In today's market for exceptional cans, moderately priced too. Holy Grail though? The linked system gets nearer to that for headphone listening I .......
47: General Asylum, RE: Capitol Audiofest (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-06, 08:08:04 (88.97.21.18)
https://www.stereophile.com/content/capital-audiofest-2021-kicks Edit: Since posting earlier sterophile have commenced adding room reports: https://www.stereophile.com/ .......
48: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Mine comes in today, and I have one in Alaska as well. I found they work (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-05, 11:50:43 (88.97.21.18)
Mine should arrive tomorrow or Monday. Last year one of our UK print magazine audio reviewers wrote about it (or a similar brush). Throughout his piece he referred to it a as goat hairbrush instead o .......
49: Vinyl Asylum, RE: For now, we live in Alaska and Washington. 49 years in Alaska actually. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-05, 11:46:36 (88.97.21.18)
It's more puck kah although us cockneys would say it as " pukker" . Yes I could imagine coming across some Pukka tea in Whole Foods ( Whole Paycheck) in Seattle :-). .......
50: Vinyl Asylum, RE: The Redecker is a great record brush (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-05, 09:41:52 (88.97.21.18)
I am taking your and Jperry's recommendation at face value and have just ordered one. Thanks Pete .......
51: Vinyl Asylum, RE: With the exception of shedding, my Audioquest experience is the same (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-05, 02:17:42 (88.97.21.18)
"I had to google pukka, as the closest word I am familiar with is puka from my Hawaiian birthplace. I do have a British dictionary at my other location, but I had to rely on the internet here in Washi .......
52: Digital Drive, RE: Thanks! (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-04, 16:28:34 (88.97.21.18)
A simple Coax to DAC will not allow DSD from SACD which is what the OP implies that that wants. Further DVD players made post Jan 2011 ( or at least Japanese ones) do not output hi-res audio on the co .......
53: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Cannot believe I am asking about dry record cleaning brushes after (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-04, 15:51:26 (88.97.21.18)
I have been using Audioquest brushes , original and new style , for so many years I have forgotten. However I have had no problems with shedding fibres. That is, however, a known problem with others s .......
54: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: New FiiO Hi-Rez Digital Player (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-01, 05:45:08 (88.97.21.18)
" You just have to download the QOBUZ App through the Google App Store. They work just like a smartphone." Thanks John . I was looking at FiiO's own website and also Amazon's product description. I gu .......
55: Classical Court, RE: How many hours/day do you listen to classical music; how many, "critically?" (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-01, 04:51:05 (88.97.21.18)
My listening time is reducing as I get older. Thirty years ago I would return from work and listen for 2 or 3 hours in the evening plus all day and evening at the weekend except for a couple of hours .......
56: General Asylum, RE: the high end heart (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-01, 04:22:34 (88.97.21.18)
"costs maybe a cool mil or 2?" Unsure if they are still in Bowers & Wilkins catalogue but the last price I saw was around 60K (dollars or pounds). They may benefit price wise from being a design from .......
57: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: New FiiO Hi-Rez Digital Player (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-11-01, 03:53:50 (88.97.21.18)
Thanks John, Those streaming options seem to me to be essential these days. Unfortunately from my viewpoint there is no Qobuz AFAIK. I guess that may be because the service is not available in China .......
58: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: New FiiO Hi-Rez Digital Player (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-10-31, 10:27:33 (88.97.21.18)
John, you are the FiiO man. Is it able to natively stream internet sources such as Qobuz or Tidal and/or can it access internet radio ? Or is it limited to the replay of local files stored in its own .......
59: Digital Drive, RE: Qobuz Samsung app (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-10-31, 10:16:22 (88.97.21.18)
Would you kindly explain a little further? The Qobuz Android app is , of course, suitable for Samsung phones and tablets but I am unaware of them providing an app dedicated to Samsung. Are you talking .......
60: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Linn Announces new Klimax tt (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-10-28, 06:53:39 (88.97.21.18)
" At USD$30K in the UK". Yes but a lot of that (20%) is tax. The equivalent US price equivalent is $24K ( plus local taxes where applicable). However I'll bet that the actual US price will be more tha .......
61: Digital Drive, RE: Can CD-Rs make sense? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-10-27, 02:44:01 (88.97.21.18)
I don't want to get involved in a !what sounds better" discussion. However it is worth mentioning that CD-Rs are not recommended for archival storage. The data is not stored by embossed pits but by ch .......
62: Speaker Asylum, RE: The importance of volume level in soundstaging. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-10-26, 03:11:18 (88.97.21.18)
Yes that is correct and was explained superbly over 60 years ago by Peter Walker of Quad in the user manual for the Quad ESL speaker. However this is really something which in 2021 only applies to cla .......
63: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Ripping with Play Station 3 (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-10-23, 05:16:08 (88.97.21.18)
" I have two Blu-ray players already racked up, an Ayre DX-5 DSD and Oppo 205, that's probably the way to go should I decide to rip SACDs" I am afraid not. The fact that a player will play SACDs does .......
64: Vinyl Asylum, RE: My one vital Haitink LP set (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-10-22, 16:32:55 (88.97.21.18)
A great conductor. No personal histrionics, just letting the music speak for itself. The disc I wouldn't be without? The box set of Debussy Orchestral Works. Performances ranging from very good to sup .......
65: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Wet record cleaning brush (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-10-22, 16:28:48 (88.97.21.18)
If you can get hold of one one the brush taken out of the centre of an old Watts Parastat makes a superb spreader of cleaning fluid. Very fine nylon bristles. .......
66: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Ripping with Play Station 3 (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-10-22, 16:15:41 (88.97.21.18)
Some PS3s can indeed be used to rip SACDs. However you need to know not only the model of PS3 but also the manufacturing batch that it came from as the ability to allow a digital output from SACDs for .......
67: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Icon Audio PS1 MKII (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-10-20, 16:14:06 (88.97.21.18)
I own the top of range phonostage from Icon, the PS3 SE. The SE suffix refers to capacitors replaced by Jensen paper in oil caps and upgraded tubes. When I bought the PS3 I expected to be looking for .......
68: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Hardy Stylus? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-10-17, 04:49:37 (88.97.21.18)
Many DJs (including me back in the day) use/used the Shure SC35C. Very rugged but I think that the specs may not suit you ( VTF 4-5g, spherical stylus etc.). I think it is a rule of thumb that the bet .......
69: General Asylum, RE: ""...a BluesBreaker album..." (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-10-17, 04:26:20 (88.97.21.18)
Maybe the CD transfer does not sound great and/or UK produced albums were often remastered by the USA licensee sometimes with less acceptable results for 21st century ears. However this is a Decca rec .......
70: Classical Court, RE: Menuhin/Furtwangler Brahms Concerto... Divine Frenzy (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-10-16, 13:46:12 (88.97.21.18)
It's an unusual coincidence that, at the time of my writing, the leading threads on both Classical and General forums are concerned with the personal beliefs/behaviour of a performer v. their artistic .......
71: Digital Drive, RE: Music Streamer next step? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-10-16, 09:40:14 (88.97.21.18)
The OP is after a recommendation for a music streamer. The Schiit Eitr is not one of these. It is a USB to SPdif converter. .......
72: General Asylum, RE: Sounds like a very poor power supply design - nt (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-10-15, 22:53:38 (88.97.21.18)
Juts for the record the voltage in the UK (where Martin Colloms, the reviewer, resides) is not 220V nor is is 230V. It is actually 240V. Collom's supply was apparently a small fraction out at 244V. NB .......
73: Digital Drive, RE: Just a standard USB A connector..At both ends (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-10-13, 16:31:16 (88.97.21.18)
Duck decoy; Not a USB A to USB B which is what audio USB cables usually are. .......
74: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Question about FedEx shipping (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-10-12, 00:56:33 (88.97.21.18)
Just to make you feel better after my and flood2's comments below, that Orbe record flattener is available here in the UK. Assuming that it is the bottom of the range model it is the equivalent of $16 .......
75: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Question about FedEx shipping (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-10-11, 15:48:45 (88.97.21.18)
As I am neither resident in the USA nor an American citizen I cannot comment on your country's system of taxes and duties. However when self importing items from abroad to most countries there are fou .......
76: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: I didn't know there was such a thing as 24/96 mp3 (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-10-10, 05:31:46 (88.97.21.18)
Thanks Roseval. Frankly I am now unsure what is going on with this test as the file pairs look too similar to each other terms of data usage. I am going to have to look into it a bit further than I or .......
77: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Just move your listening chair a little (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-10-09, 23:09:25 (88.97.21.18)
Great idea. Maybe I could get a chair with easily adjustable height to cope with warps? :-). .......
78: Vinyl Asylum, RE: A partial solution.. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-10-09, 09:11:42 (88.97.21.18)
Yes, the Nakamichi Dragon of course. Sadly as rare as hen's teeth worldwide and virtually unheard of aside from press reports back in the day here in the UK (and, I gather, in the rest of Europe). Sad .......
79: Hi-Rez Highway, My result after listening. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-10-09, 05:35:32 (88.97.21.18)
Well, that was interesting. Blind I only identified one of the pairs correctly. However I am not all that surprised as it was the classical selection and I identified the MP3 sample immediately withou .......
80: Vinyl Asylum, A partial solution.. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-10-08, 22:18:58 (88.97.21.18)
...it's not just that sometimes the centre hole is too small. It is that it is sometimes slightly in the wrong place! Any solutions for off-centre pressings? .......
81: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: PAR wrote: what was your replay method? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-10-08, 21:47:45 (88.97.21.18)
Thanks for your response which is very interesting. It stimulated me into downloading the files myself and, yes, MP3 24/96. I have not seen that before and wonder if there are commercial releases in t .......
82: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Blind Test: mp3 vs. 24bit (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-10-08, 02:28:30 (18.132.15.201)
Just out of interest and given my earlier comment below, what was your download and replay method? of course the test was blind so is possible that what you thought sounded compressed were the 29/06 s .......
83: Classical Court, RE: Yes, and no booklet...-.:-( (nt) (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-10-07, 14:26:01 (35.177.106.71)
That is too bad. It is happening frequently these days with budget releases. I guess not having to pay fees or royalties for the essays in the booklet or for any photos in addition to the cover are th .......
84: Classical Court, RE: Just checked and it's actually $10 now, but...-. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-10-07, 06:24:14 (35.177.139.13)
Yes, a bargain. My copy is pre 2011 so I didn't get the remastering to 24/96 which was subsequently transferred to DSD and issued as an SACD by EMI(NLA). Did you buy the download from Qobuz? If not I .......
85: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Blind Test: mp3 vs. 24bit (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-10-07, 00:28:22 (35.177.100.215)
The usual type of meaningless test. I would guarantee that a majority of respondents using PC or Mac computers to take the test will be hearing neither a straight MP3 nor a straight 24/96 file. Why? B .......
86: Speaker Asylum, RE: Live in room three way, live on-line three way or recorded three way?... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-10-07, 00:11:22 (35.177.100.215)
+1 .......
87: General Asylum, RE: Female poison earplugs (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-10-07, 00:09:08 (35.177.100.215)
Poison earplugs? Just wait until Vladimir Putin learns about this! Beats door handles. .......
88: Speaker Asylum, RE: Tannoy XT 6 vs older Tannoy 8" coax (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-30, 11:04:42 (88.97.21.18)
To be honest if I was interested in a pair of Tannoys then I wouldn't buy Tannoy! That is outside of the big classic and expensive heritage models. Tannoy was bought a few years ago by Behringer with .......
89: Speaker Asylum, RE: Tannoy XT 6 vs older Tannoy 8" coax (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-29, 23:47:26 (88.97.21.18)
If you like ESLs then I would not expect Tannoys to be your favourite alternatives. Without any idea of your budget, rest of system and music listening preferences it is however difficult to recommend .......
90: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Recognize This Tonearm? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-26, 14:39:07 (88.97.21.18)
It is a Rega with a custom counterweight. .......
91: General Asylum, Given the constraints... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-26, 14:36:19 (88.97.21.18)
...I own it! I am not being flippant but any significant improvement would require a change of room and therefore a change of location. .......
92: General Asylum, RE: CD rot/skip/won't play (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-26, 03:50:33 (88.97.21.18)
Yes, some CDs do have a coating which can react with other chemicals like optical enhancers ( not bugs unless the bugs excrete one of those chemicals). I have come across this where the whole surface .......
93: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Yardbirds begat Led Zep (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-25, 13:56:26 (88.97.21.18)
" shortly thereafter an unrecognizable 'Yardbirds' formed playing live that was essentially Zeppelin with the addition of John Bonham but Robert Plant had yet to arrive. after he did, they dropped the .......
94: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Genius! (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-24, 00:34:21 (88.97.21.18)
" Height of cuing device is adjustable so you should be able to have cake and eat it too." Although that is true for many (most) pickup arms I am not sure that it is so with the FR64. I just checked .......
95: General Asylum, Me too. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-22, 14:53:45 (88.97.21.18)
I just got all of the responses to my postings from yesterday sent in a single batch just now. I am accounting for time zone differences so .......
96: General Asylum, RE: Anyone from Bellingham, Wa. ? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-22, 14:29:59 (88.97.21.18)
Back many years ago one of AA's regulars from near to Bellingham (is it Cougar Ridge?) had one of the most luxurious systems ever. He was kind enough to let me come and hear an earlier iteration than .......
97: Classical Court, RE: Man! - Those poor orchestra players in the UK! (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-21, 15:28:07 (88.97.21.18)
" No wonder you used to see appeals in the British magazines for you to give money to the "musicians benevolent society"! You still do but the Musicians Benevolent Society has adopted a more 21st cent .......
98: General Asylum, RE: Low-mass tonearms like the Black Widow and the SME III. nt (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-21, 15:06:31 (88.97.21.18)
Why hyped? They were built for low mass, high compliance MM cartridges with which they worked well. However within a year or two of the their appearance audio fashion changed and more massive, medium .......
99: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Nottingham US Support? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-19, 04:42:47 (88.97.21.18)
Audio Encounter Solutions in Florida appears to be the current USA distributor. .......
100: Digital Drive, RE: Ok, Coming Down to the Wire... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-16, 01:58:44 (88.97.21.18)
" I'll repost the question when I have the equipment ready to connect" You will need a slight change to things if you are going to buy downloads. I Just re-checked your email preferences and it now sa .......
101: Classical Court, RE: DSD 128 and 256 Download Sources (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-15, 15:37:34 (88.97.21.18)
I must add that although one can upsample resolutions this does not add any additional information and that therefore a 16/44.1 file upsampled to 24/96 is not the same as a native 24/96 file. The main .......
102: Classical Court, RE: Check out the nativedsd.com site (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-15, 15:30:20 (88.97.21.18)
" I don't see any reference to processing of the DSD files." Yes, everything is converted to DSD 11.2MHz ( i.e. DSD 256). Marantz term this " Marantz Music Mastering" and with all of their current SAC .......
103: Speaker Asylum, RE: low and high pass settings for KEF LS50s (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-15, 12:01:48 (35.176.250.123)
As the room and where the subwoofer and main speakers are positioned within it will alter the resulting audible bass response of both due to room gain etc. there can be no fixed recommendation. If you .......
104: General Asylum, RE: So this would be a standard... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-15, 11:54:47 (35.176.250.123)
Yes that is the intention. Of course there would be nothing to prevent labels from sending pre-equalised files to the internet steaming distributors if they so chose - rather like they always sent spe .......
105: Classical Court, RE: Check out the nativedsd.com site (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-15, 08:45:04 (88.97.21.18)
" and they almost always sound magnificent." Yes Chris but that is because the companies that go to the trouble of producing recordings with those formats tend to be audiophile orientated in the first .......
106: General Asylum, RE: AES TD1008 Loudness Standard for streaming and on-demand (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-15, 08:20:53 (88.97.21.18)
" These standards are basically intended to guide the engineers and producers to make recordings most compatible with the widest variety of consumer playback" I don't think that is correct . The pream .......
107: Digital Drive, RE: Ok, Coming Down to the Wire... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-15, 02:49:01 (88.97.21.18)
"I am considering adding a dedicated computer to my system (to use the screen for Bluray menu access) and as a storage medium for downloads. While I have no desire to rip my CD's, I'm finding that man .......
108: General Asylum, RE: We're back.... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-14, 08:17:07 (88.97.21.18)
Rod I am afraid that it does not yet seem totally stable. Firefox broswer at least is currently hit and miss in discovering AA. I have been visiting AA off and on today since 09:00 until now 16:15 (al .......
109: Digital Drive, RE: Ok, Coming Down to the Wire... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-14, 05:00:35 (88.97.21.18)
OK thanks for the question and I will try and explain my situation more fully. I used to use the Qobuz desktop player from a small PC laptop connected by USB directly into my DAC's USB port. You do no .......
110: General Asylum, RE: Cables are NOT snake oil... +1 (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-13, 02:28:09 (88.97.21.18)
Thanks musetap. Nicely put. .......
111: General Asylum, RE: Oneac CL 1102 really warm wven with no load (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-12, 23:05:38 (88.97.21.18)
The spec. sheet for the Oneac range of power conditioners actually has a performance specification relating to convection cooling. If they have a spec for how they are cooled then one would expect the .......
112: Digital Drive, RE: Ok, Coming Down to the Wire... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-12, 14:36:00 (88.97.21.18)
Yes, the USB input on the Marantz players is good. My best friend has one of their SACD players from around 5 years ago and that sounds fine. The Ki Ruby would be even better,for example. My screen sh .......
113: Digital Drive, RE: Ok, Coming Down to the Wire... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-12, 03:05:05 (88.97.21.18)
A couple of points: 1. Be aware that if you want to play SACDS but use an external DAC you will normally be unable to do this. The communication of SACD data to DACS is only allowed via HDMI connectio .......
114: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: SQOTD (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-11, 15:35:29 (88.97.21.18)
As cut-throat says it's all about software. However there are all sorts of software solutions that will get you Qobuz access. Cut-Throat is very RPi orientated so his solution is to use LMS which has .......
115: Speaker Asylum, RE: PMC Powered Speakers (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-11, 15:13:41 (88.97.21.18)
I am really not impressed by these speakers - at least from their specifications. For a start that 20Hz - 25kHz spec. No tolerances given so it's meaningless. You need to have the -6dB points cited to .......
116: Critic's Corner, RE: Chinese quality -- highly variable (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-11, 06:16:10 (88.97.21.18)
" Some western and Japanese companies who contract production out to Chinese facilities are quite stringent about quality control, and keep their own engineers on-site to ride herd on the Chinese mana .......
117: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Ethernet or USB for streaming to Oppo 205 (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-10, 09:45:07 (88.97.21.18)
As you seem to want to try both then please do and experience why ethernet is (or should be) preferable. There are a number of technical reasons for this I believe, including noise from the 5V USB pow .......
118: Classical Court, Qobuz Studio Sublime Price Reduction (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-09, 05:57:09 (88.97.21.18)
I guess all of us with a Sublime account have been emailed by Qobuz as to a price reduction and the offer to discount this prorata to any remaining time of your existing account. This will be availabl .......
119: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: PS Audio Price Hikes (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-08, 14:55:26 (88.97.21.18)
Abe, everything worldwide is going up and that no doubt includes the raw materials that PS use. Any brand that has not increased its prices so far will, I guarantee. For example the price of raw alumi .......
120: General Asylum, +1 n/t (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-07, 06:01:02 (88.97.21.18)
n/t .......
121: Speaker Asylum, RE: RIP Stewart Tyler Proac Founder (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-06, 04:16:11 (18.169.18.226)
Sorry to learn this. I think that ProAc may enjoy a bigger presence in the USA than in its home country (not that they are exactly invisible here) due originally to their mini monitor of (I think) the .......
122: Classical Court, RE: VAT? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-02, 19:06:46 (88.97.21.18)
Yes, I anticipate that if you have a French account you will be paying French VAT within your subscription price. I presume that I am paying UK VAT but I may not as the UK service is provided from Par .......
123: Classical Court, That's still less then I pay... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-02, 06:13:54 (88.97.21.18)
My reduced price Studio Sublime is now 179.99 gbp. 199.99 euro = 172 gbp ( today). .......
124: Classical Court, RE: Qobuz price reduction? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-02, 03:16:17 (88.97.21.18)
Yes Chris , as you know I posted about it below. Over the past four years Qobuz has gradually lowered its pricing. For example when they introduced the hi-res option in 2017 that cost me (from memory) .......
125: Classical Court, News on Qobuz pricing (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-01, 06:43:30 (88.97.21.18)
Further to my post above I have just received an email from Qobuz informing me that the price for their top tier offer, Sublime+ ( includes discounts on download purchases), has dropped to 179 gbp per .......
126: Classical Court, More Apple Classical Muisc strangeness (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-01, 03:27:14 (88.97.21.18)
I have just been emailed a link for Gramophone digital subscribers to the special electronic edition that is recordings selected for the shortlist for the 2021 Gramophone Awards. The first thing that .......
127: Classical Court, RE: Indeed, very interesting (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-09-01, 01:34:43 (88.97.21.18)
" It seems to offer everything that Qubuz does," It may have much similar repertoire ( excluding, of course, the historic recordings from the Bibliotheque National de France which are exclusive to Qob .......
128: Classical Court, RE: dropouts on qobuz (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-31, 14:48:22 (88.97.21.18)
If you are getting gaps between recitatives and arias in opera this almost certainly means that you do not have gapless replay as these divisions are usually marked by a track change with digital medi .......
129: Classical Court, RE: Do You Get Many Qobuz Dropouts? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-31, 10:43:20 (88.97.21.18)
I wish you luck with those changes. In the meantime and before you abandon it try using the Qobuz desktop player. You will also discover that Qobuz offers a whole lot more than just the audio streams. .......
130: Classical Court, RE: Let's hope not! [nt] ;-) (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-31, 10:39:33 (88.97.21.18)
The current news that I have is that Primephonic will be closed permanently from next Tuesday (7th). Its unique repertoire database will be added to Apple Music and they may add some of Primephonic's .......
131: Classical Court, RE: Do You Get Many Qobuz Dropouts? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-31, 10:25:26 (88.97.21.18)
I guess you are referring to Qobuz USA? I have been a subscriber for several year to years to Qobuz UK and the issue of dropouts was solved when they launched their new player app in 2017. Unfortunate .......
132: Classical Court, RE: Another bet with poor odds....+1 (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-31, 07:41:44 (18.132.194.177)
Likewise! .......
133: Classical Court, I am sceptical until it is proven otherwise. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-31, 02:45:54 (88.97.21.18)
I doubt very much that Apple has any interest in classical music or indeed of any particular musical genre. There is no way that in a huge corporation the finance side of the business could be persuad .......
134: Headphone Heights, RE: Comfort first closed over the ear (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-30, 00:24:24 (88.97.21.18)
Thanks for your response. The headphones that I had in mind are likely to fit your needs very well. These are the Austrian Audio Hi-X55. Austrian Audio? A new(ish) company formed by the engineers from .......
135: Digital Drive, RE: Minor clarrification... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-29, 09:31:04 (88.97.21.18)
I don't believe anyone should think of buying an audio system with a strictly apportioned budget. Sticking with your notional 10K budget, let's say that it is decided that one third should be spent on .......
136: Headphone Heights, RE: Comfort first closed over the ear (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-28, 09:12:25 (88.97.21.18)
This is a difficult question and I think that a couple of considerations other than just comfort need to be accounted for. You want closed headphones. May I ask what circumstances they will be used in .......
137: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Innuos Zenith Mk3 DSD-)PCM Conversion (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-27, 00:19:10 (3.8.141.27)
Reading Innuos' own literature is confusing as the specs can seem a bit contradictory on the subject of DSD (at least to me). There is no mention of support for .dsf or .dff files but it seems clear f .......
138: Classical Court, RE: I got a notification too (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-26, 23:36:09 (88.97.21.18)
Having been reminded of the Leeds competition I wondered if its founder Dame Fanny Waterman was still with us. I found that she sadly passed away in December at the age of 100. .......
139: Classical Court, And by arrangment... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-26, 02:33:41 (88.97.21.18)
..this thread is an excuse to refer ta favourite recording of mine over many years, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos' arrangements ( plus three by Arbos) of various Albeniz works. I bought my copy in Sevi .......
140: General Asylum, RE: Charlie Watts RIP (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-25, 01:22:32 (88.97.21.18)
" Steve Jordan (Keith's erstwhile timekeeper in the Expensive Winos) will be the replacement, announced a coupla weeks ago." There is a difference between playing in the Rolling Stones and being a Rol .......
141: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Have you contacted Melco ? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-24, 20:30:29 (88.97.21.18)
I think that Roon Ready may only apply in respect of the N1 EX series running the latest firmware. Here is a link to the contact form for Melco. Just scroll down the FAQ page. .......
142: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Steely Dan - "Aja" (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-23, 16:37:01 (88.97.21.18)
Wasn't this the album where the engineer from MoFi phoned Grundman to boast of the high level of kick drum that he had been able to cut with Grundman responding that he and Donald Fagen has spent a wh .......
143: Classical Court, Thought that was Kobooz :-) n/t (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-23, 06:29:57 (88.97.21.18)
n/t .......
144: Classical Court, RE: Looks like there were 10 Martinon/CSO recordings in total (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-22, 21:52:15 (88.97.21.18)
RCA also released that Ravel recording as part of their "HP" audiophile orientated series some years back. It certainly offers better then average sound quality for its era. " HP" stands for High P .......
145: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Guys - please re-read OP's question (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-21, 11:22:52 (88.97.21.18)
Yes, but if you are right ( and I think that you may be - see my earlier post below)then it still isn't sufficient just to recommend a cheap turntable. Amplification and speakers enter the question. : .......
146: Vinyl Asylum, Guys - please re-read OP's question (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-20, 16:30:00 (88.97.21.18)
He is not asking for a cheap turntable. He is asking for a turntable that will mate with his granddaughter's way of listening via i-pad or phone. .......
147: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Turntable system for my grand daughter. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-20, 04:27:45 (88.97.21.18)
" "I just want to sit in the front room and listen to records with Papi." That is very sweet. However I am unsure what your question means. Do you want to add a turntable to your only system that does .......
148: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I'e joined the ultrasonic cleaner brigade! (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-19, 11:54:39 (88.97.21.18)
" Nice to be able to just pop in a record and walk away. " Yes, I found that I am happy to clean more discs as it is no longer a chore ( Auiodesk Pro rather than Degritter in my case). I appreciate th .......
149: Classical Court, RE: Appreciate your response, PAR, but we have no wish to time travel back to the 50's ;-) (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-16, 02:26:57 (88.97.21.18)
Chris, I am not asking anyone to return to the 1950. Quite the opposite. I am querying why it is thought appropriate for orchestras ( and classical musicians in general)to don apparel that was suitabl .......
150: Classical Court, RE: Yes - it's very good! But does it seem to anyone else that. . . (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-15, 13:40:11 (18.134.73.113)
" Ms. CfL agreed, and, furthermore, was very down on Mirga's rather hippy-looking concert attire, which Ms. CfL found incredibly casual and inappropriate - " So looking like you came from an ambas .......
151: Classical Court, RE: Which streamer for 21st century chamber music? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-15, 06:52:39 (88.97.21.18)
I actually own the Bartok's bigger brother Vivaldi. However all of the dCS family are based around the same technology which is proprietary to dCS. So they have a family resemblance in sonic character .......
152: Classical Court, RE: Which streamer for 21st century chamber music? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-15, 02:07:01 (88.97.21.18)
You don't give a budget so I feel free to recommend a dCS Bartok. It's a streamer/Upsampler and DAC and also has its own volume control should you wish to use it. If you do want to pair it with your p .......
153: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Are most all SACD's mastered in PCM? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-06, 22:41:29 (88.97.21.18)
There is no logical contradiction between points 1 and 3. I can know that it is not possible to know the provenance of many DSD recordings and also know that much DSD original recording is now made .......
154: Speaker Asylum, RE: Choosing Speakers Without Audition? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-06, 11:58:30 (88.97.21.18)
Ah, all custom built. I hadn't thought of that and I now understand the absence of a returns option. OK, its a tough answer but I think that I would look at the AN speakers instead. In normal circumst .......
155: Speaker Asylum, RE: Choosing Speakers Without Audition? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-06, 10:12:05 (35.176.250.123)
I cannot see how best to do this. If the LV speakers are offered without any return policy you are screwed even if you did love them in a demonstration but found that they just did not work in your pa .......
156: Headphone Heights, RE: Would this be the EXACT setup you are referring to?... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-06, 09:26:18 (35.176.250.123)
No I am afraid that it isn't. You will see from Elusive Disc's page that they are referring to "New for 2008". Well we are somewhere later then that now (or so I am told). The amp on the ED offer is t .......
157: Headphone Heights, RE: VERY helpful -- thank you!... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-06, 06:15:47 (18.135.102.153)
Thank you for your kind remark. With that budget for the Stax items only you can head towards the top of the range with, say, the new SR007Mk2 tube amp and the SRM 700T earspeakers. I suggest tubes ra .......
158: Headphone Heights, RE: Can someone sketch out a nice Stax system... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-06, 00:40:28 (88.97.21.18)
This is a tough ask with that budget and audiophile standards. I would first of all establish exactly which Stax earspeakers you would be happy with. IMO there is a lot of difference between the lower .......
159: Speaker Asylum, RE: I use small, square Tibetan Rugs, only a little wider than the speakers. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-05, 08:43:53 (88.97.21.18)
" The Rugs make a BIG difference to me." I am sure that they do make a difference for you . However the OP is not concerned about his experience. He is concerned about his downstairs neighbour's exper .......
160: Speaker Asylum, RE: Recommendations for speaker isolation feet (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-05, 06:21:27 (88.97.21.18)
" Ultimately, I solved my problem by moving to a single family brick home and now I can do as I please and not bother anyone. " Easily the best solution ( sadly not available to us all) :-). Isolation .......
161: Speaker Asylum, RE: Recommendations for speaker isolation feet (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-05, 00:16:19 (88.97.21.18)
I am afraid that low frequency isolation is almost impossible to achieve effectively without major structural work as the sound wavelengths are so long. You may find a minor improvement but whether yo .......
162: General Asylum, RE: Why order direct ? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-08-05, 00:03:25 (88.97.21.18)
" I listen to classical and opera exclusively and I've not had the best of luck with ripping and meta data (multi disc opera sets especially)so I gave up on that after a hundred discs or so. And an is .......
163: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Blusound app (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-07-29, 23:51:34 (88.97.21.18)
" In qobuz, I can't figure out how to select the player. It depends upon the Qobuz player that you are using. If you download the desktop player you will find you can select your playback device in t .......
164: Classical Court, Second rate composer? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-07-26, 11:29:01 (88.97.21.18)
That reminds me of Richard Strauss who overheard a musician at a rehearsal of one of his works say " Why are we going to all this fuss for a second rate composer?". Strauss replied " I may be second r .......
165: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I think you'll find that (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-07-26, 11:22:44 (88.97.21.18)
" Why would a transformer be better?" I think that the information from Henley Audio that you have already posted gives some good reasons. incidentally, why Henley Audio? May I guess that you have (or .......
166: Speaker Asylum, RE: I just became your temporary best friend (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-07-24, 03:59:48 (88.97.21.18)
John I have just completed 27 years of listening to ATCs ( 50 actives in my case) so I am obviously going to support your recommendation. BTW, all ATCs sound as if cut from the same cloth so if one li .......
167: General Asylum, RE: Listening to recordings - does it "condition" our brains? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-07-24, 03:36:47 (88.97.21.18)
" . Yes, as reviewed they were super comfortable and reproduced imptressive bass, but that is where my enthusiasm stopped as the rest of the frequency range sounded flat and uninvolving compared to wh .......
168: General Asylum, RE: Dept of Silliness (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-07-21, 09:23:44 (88.97.21.18)
I note from a vendor's description that the product comes with an Operation Guide. For an On/Off switch! I hope that it's not too technical for me to understand ;-). .......
169: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Are most all SACD's mastered in PCM? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-07-18, 08:32:31 (88.97.21.18)
" My understanding of how SACD playback works is that the 1-bit data stream is first converted to PCM before the D to A step." That is true of many SACD players and DACS which assert that they process .......
170: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Are most all SACD's mastered in PCM? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-07-18, 03:16:15 (88.97.21.18)
As there is no equivalent to the old CD SPARS oode there is no way of knowing the provenance of any SACD. All you get is the SACD logo. As it is difficult/not possible to edit DSD, even if the origina .......
171: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Wonderfull amps! (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-07-11, 07:42:51 (88.97.21.18)
" The max I have measured is 85 at the listening position." Just ensure that for this kind of measurement ( peaks) you set the meter to fast response and do not use "A" weighting. " What is the distan .......
172: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Wonderfull amps! (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-07-11, 05:28:18 (88.97.21.18)
" I prob listen max volume of 85-90db2 " "prob" . Have you actually measured using an SPL meter? If you haven't then you may find a surprise awaiting. For example with wide dynamic range programme the .......
173: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Quiet Vinyl Pressings (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-07-09, 00:45:20 (88.97.21.18)
I don't think that the modern quiet pressings claim superiority to specific pressings historic or otherwise. They just claim that the vinyl is quiet per se. Of course this does not overcome the faults .......
174: Digital Drive, RE: Maybe try a CD lens cleaner disc? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-07-04, 15:45:35 (88.97.21.18)
CD cleaning discs? I was speaking to a manufacturer of CD players/transports few years ago. He said that the majority of faulty CD players returned to him had been damaged by CD cleaning discs which h .......
175: Classical Court, RE: Paywall prevents reading the link (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-07-03, 12:40:21 (88.97.21.18)
Thanks Mel. I tried some of those work arounds but none of them worked. Looking at the dates when they were posted ( now a couple of years ago) I would guess that the NYT's IT team were able to read t .......
176: Classical Court, Paywall prevents reading the link (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-07-03, 09:01:55 (88.97.21.18)
A pity as I am a fan of Roth. Incidentally there is a new issue of Les Siecles playing the three great ballets by Stravinsky together with some smaller pieces of orientalism (Glazunov, Greig etc.) ass .......
177: Digital Drive, But not in this case n/t (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-07-03, 04:41:02 (88.97.21.18)
n/t .......
178: General Asylum, RE: the Bugatti of amps (which weighs just as much) (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-07-03, 04:07:22 (88.97.21.18)
This is really some old news. That photo appears to come from Munich High End 2013. I was there and saw it but it was only a static display. I am not really sure that it is (or, probably by now, was) .......
179: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Not talking about downloads ....... Subscriptions (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-07-01, 21:00:26 (88.97.21.18)
I would expect using any of the European services would involve a higher price than the USA as they are inclusive of tax which is circa 20% in EU countries and the UK. .......
180: General Asylum, Del Shannon 1963 (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-06-28, 00:13:20 (88.97.21.18)
One of those package tours so prevalent in the 1960s. Venue was The Odeon Lewisham (London UK). Or it could have been The Undertakers playing the ballroom above Burtons the Tailors(!), Lewisham, also .......
181: Classical Court, RE: RVW Job, Boult/LPO Decca mono vrs. Eloquence anyone? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-06-26, 04:29:37 (88.97.21.18)
Well this turned out to be more complicated than I anticipated. The Decca CD release of the 1954 performance dates from 1995 and is difficult to track down. I suspect it didn't have a long life as a c .......
182: Classical Court, RE: The music of Alfred Schnittke (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-06-26, 02:18:18 (88.97.21.18)
John, as you are keen to explore new works to you may I suggest that you subscribe to Qobuz now that it is available in Australia? It is simply the best streaming service for classical music with a va .......
183: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: You know... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-06-26, 02:02:25 (88.97.21.18)
" you can claim it on the house insurance." I guess that most readers of this will be in North America so forgive me for mentioning this if it does not apply to you. Most home insurance policies here .......
184: Classical Court, RE: Is the Dennis Brain Centenary set remastered or just reissues (nt) (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-06-25, 08:13:27 (88.97.21.18)
Are you referring to the Warner issue; Homage: Dennis Brain released last month? If so the detailed track information on Qobuz indicates that they were remastered but not recently. They seem to date ( .......
185: Classical Court, RE: RVW Job, Boult/LPO Decca mono vrs. Eloquence anyone? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-06-24, 14:45:52 (88.97.21.18)
I will try to give it a listen over the weekend via Qobuz and post an impression. .......
186: Classical Court, RE: RVW Job, Boult/LPO Decca mono vrs. Eloquence anyone? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-06-24, 01:37:57 (18.133.31.173)
Qobuz has both issues available online. The Eloquence marque is now being used by UMG for reissues of Decca, DGG and Mercury Living Presence titles. This seems to be a move away from the original Aust .......
187: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Sigh. Always something new. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-06-18, 05:00:03 (88.97.21.18)
" If the "old" EBLT is still available, that's good enough in my book." I think that the "old" EBLT is no longer available . There are now two EBLT replacements , "Advanced" (that now comes fitted to .......
188: Vinyl Asylum, RE: It's not new. I got my Planar 6 over a year ago and it shipped with an EBLT. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-06-17, 14:28:54 (88.97.21.18)
So you had your Planar 6 supplied with an EBLT belt back some weeks before June 2020. However Rega say that the 2 new belts were not supplied on any turntables until March 2021. Well the belt that you .......
189: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Rega belts... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-06-17, 01:54:10 (88.97.21.18)
John , I just checked the Rega website and there are TWO new belts. Advanced and Reference. The Reference is pictured by Ivan above. The Advanced was not fitted to Planars' 1-6 and Reference to Planar .......
190: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Are preamp XLR and RCA outputs electrically independent ? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-06-15, 00:28:23 (88.97.21.18)
As far as I can tell some pre-amps may derive their SE RCA output by using one half of the differential circuit used for balanced. Hence the RCA voltage output is exactly one half of the XLR output. I .......
191: Classical Court, RE: Do you judge hi-rez classical music actually sounds better than 44/16? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-06-10, 02:41:22 (88.97.21.18)
Yes. Or to put it another way, no. The first hurdle is whether or not the original recording was good in the first place. So a superbly engineered 16/44.1 file will always sound better than an average .......
192: General Asylum, RE: Nope (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-06-08, 18:11:06 (88.97.21.18)
" So you're able to log out of Qobuz and your (purchased) download albums aren't deleted? " Sorry to reiterate my point in my other postings but that seems to suggest to me that you are not downloadin .......
193: General Asylum, RE: Problems with Qobuz downloads (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-06-08, 17:59:44 (88.97.21.18)
I was wondering if we were at cross purposes and you were talking about downloads for off line playing rather then purchased downloads. So I checked your original posting and purchased downloads it is .......
194: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Linn Troika (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-06-08, 08:15:05 (88.97.21.18)
" Is there any easy way to transplant the stylus assembly of the one onto the other?" Not unless you are an experienced micro engineer with suitable 3D microscope ;-). Linn do service cartridges so yo .......
195: General Asylum, RE: Problems with Qobuz downloads (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-06-08, 08:03:49 (88.97.21.18)
Just into my 5th year of subscribing to Qobuz. The only problem I ever had with downloads was with a multi-disc set where I tried .wav instead of FLAC and the download took so long that it timed out. .......
196: Classical Court, RE: A Rare Bargain, for the Discriminating Connoisseur (or, Connoisseuse)! (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-06-01, 00:38:22 (88.97.21.18)
Thank you so much for your informative responses. They have relieved me of my doubts. .......
197: Classical Court, RE: A Rare Bargain, for the Discriminating Connoisseur (or, Connoisseuse)! (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-05-30, 16:54:20 (88.97.21.18)
I am concerned at the colour purple in the initial letter shown. Purple was a rare and expensive pigment during the mediaeval period and when used did not have the opaque characteristic of the colour .......
198: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Amazon Music to HD (lossless) Upgrade Free! (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-05-27, 13:30:11 (88.97.21.18)
OK , thanks. That is very helpful. The audio device selector was not in earlier versions of the app as I recall. However from your screen shot there is no ability to open a WASAPI or ASIO session. You .......
199: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Amazon Music to HD (lossless) Upgrade Free! (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-05-26, 19:54:33 (88.97.21.18)
Your post implies that the Amazon Music HD player app now allows you to open an ASIO or WASAPI Exclusive session. That is, there is now a " Speakers" or "Audio Output" option? If so that must be a mod .......
200: Classical Court, RE: A short history of Mercury Living Presence recordings (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-05-25, 01:38:59 (88.97.21.18)
The associated audio podcasts are also well worth hearing and have the room to go into more detail. Part 1 is available now and ensuing episodes will appear at two week intervals ( I think tomorrow, 2 .......
201: Classical Court, RE: And it's "Strawinsky", NOT Stravinsky! (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-05-21, 09:16:41 (88.97.21.18)
But, if you use that form it is still pronounced " Stravinsky" not " Strawinsky " ;-). This is because "Strawinsky " is the German spelling and in German the letter "W" is pronounced with what English .......
202: Classical Court, RE: Thanks, PAR - Yes, hope springs eternal! ;-) (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-05-21, 04:18:36 (88.97.21.18)
" Just to muddy the waters still further, I recall some releases around the early 90's which were advertised as "edited/produced with 20-bit technology for even clearer sound!" Yes, that was started b .......
203: Classical Court, RE: PAR - I did check Qobuz (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-05-20, 23:22:13 (88.97.21.18)
Thanks Chris that is very interesting. I would take issue with one point though. The AES statement " 24/96 recordings did not begin to appear until 1996 " is either incorrect or may be correct in term .......
204: Classical Court, RE: Original or 1940's re-orch? What happened to the "O" (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-05-20, 07:33:00 (88.97.21.18)
It's the original 1911 version. Is there or is there not an "o" in the name? Rendering the Cyrillic alphabet into the Latin alphabet can involve a degree of choice as there may not be exact phonetic e .......
205: Classical Court, RE: 8-minute Documentary from dCS and Decca about Mercury Living Presence (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-05-20, 03:18:14 (88.97.21.18)
" I'm hoping that the forthcoming releases will be available in hi-rez, " The series of short films being made by dCS and Decca has reference to the use of dCS converters in the digitisation of the Me .......
206: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Windows Sound Mixer? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-05-19, 16:56:10 (88.97.21.18)
Yes, the issue with Amazon HD is that the app does not provide you with an opportunity to start an ASIO or WASAPI session. Looking at the current version of Win 10 the ability to change the sound data .......
207: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Amazon Music to HD (lossless) Upgrade Free! (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-05-19, 08:12:39 (88.97.21.18)
" its just a matter of time before those players start supporting Amazon streaming - should they choose to do so." To do so normally starts with an API from the streaming service that the audio manufa .......
208: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Amazon Music to HD (lossless) Upgrade Free! (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-05-19, 04:41:25 (88.97.21.18)
" so far my DAC is showing them to be 44.1kHz. " I guess that nothing has changed then since I pointed this out a couple of years ago when Amazon HD started. For folk using the Amazon player app there .......
209: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: PRO-JECT Stream Box S2 Ultra (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-05-13, 08:30:20 (88.97.21.18)
Yes Ivan, I think I may have been looking at the S2 rather than the S2 Ultra. .......
210: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: PRO-JECT Stream Box S2 Ultra (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-05-13, 01:50:02 (88.97.21.18)
OK if what it offers suits you. There is no support for Qobuz or any streaming services other than Tidal and Spotify. Nor does it support DSD files should you have locally stored ones. So IMO a bit li .......
211: Critic's Corner, RE: Schiit Vali 2 (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-05-13, 01:23:39 (88.97.21.18)
" He said in the preamp's output section with the control set at 12 o'clock there was a 0.6 higher level in the right channel than the left. Would this be noticeable and would it be due to a cheap or .......
212: Headphone Heights, Subject already covered... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-05-12, 13:42:35 (88.97.21.18)
...last week in General Asylum. .......
213: General Asylum, RE: Why I'm not an audiophile (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-05-12, 13:38:16 (88.97.21.18)
" I want beauty. Not truth." Then you define yourself as an audiophile. Audio, meaning sound/hearing from Latin and 'phile meaning lover from Greek. There is nothing in the word that has any dependenc .......
214: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Plinius preamps (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-05-12, 01:15:54 (88.97.21.18)
I have a Plinius preamp and phono stage from their earlier days ( an M13 and M14 combination) so that may not be directly relevant to you. However I have not used them for years having replaced them w .......
215: Speaker Asylum, RE: what a co-inky dinky (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-05-11, 03:25:55 (88.97.21.18)
Much as I love ESL 57s the OP needs to be careful when matching them with that McIntosh. The amp is rated at 100w/channel into 8ohms and 160 into 4. If the voltage into the ESLs exceeds 33 V peak to p .......
216: Classical Court, RE: I don't recognize the year, but was it Karajan conducting? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-05-11, 01:41:29 (88.97.21.18)
As everyone has confirmed it is the famous HvK 1962 set. However the DGG Bicentennial edition came out in 1970 not 1972. It had to as Beethoven was born in 1770 - you can do the arithmetic. I have it .......
217: Vinyl Asylum, RE: mistracking +1 (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-05-09, 05:10:59 (88.97.21.18)
Once the groove has been damaged sadly there is nothing much that you can do about it. It may not only have been caused by mistracking but a damaged stylus will cause similar (or worse) damage. Unfort .......
218: General Asylum, RE: Going Deaf? Sennheiser has you covered! (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-05-08, 16:39:54 (88.97.21.18)
Well we already have one hearing aid company that has been successfully involved in consumer audio for years - Etymotic. I have to say that the Sennheiser/Sonova deal does look like a very good fit. W .......
219: Headphone Heights, RE: Headphones for older mac integrated (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-05-07, 01:46:56 (88.97.21.18)
I was unsure whether or not to raise the issue of matching the HD600s to the driving amp rather than the other way round as the OP has not given any idea of his budgetary constraints. However I do agr .......
220: Headphone Heights, RE: Headphones for older mac integrated (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-05-06, 14:49:02 (88.97.21.18)
Budget? Type of music that you favour? Looking around the web for recommendations for cans that suit the headphone output of the MA6500 the most common one is for HD 650s which are very close in almos .......
221: Digital Drive, RE: iFi SPDIF iPurifier? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-05-06, 01:08:15 (88.97.21.18)
It seems to be a type of jitter box which have existed since the earliest days of CD. So could it work? Yes. Will it work for you? That is really up to your judgment. Given the price of it and seeing .......
222: General Asylum, RE: light bulb led to invention of vacuum tube (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-05-05, 14:49:33 (88.97.21.18)
I am not convinced that is wholly correct. Evidence please. .......
223: Speaker Asylum, I was sceptical ... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-28, 13:24:57 (88.97.21.18)
...until I saw the price. $349 for a small bottle. Then I knew that it must be very good. If they charged $500 for the same size I guess that it should be even better. And its got nano particles in it .......
224: Speaker Asylum, RE: How much "toe-in" do you use in your speaker setup ? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-26, 13:35:22 (88.97.21.18)
It is a more complex issue than just imaging. Many speakers have a rising treble which can only be mitigated by ensuring that the listening position is off axis ( that usually means minimal or no toe- .......
225: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Preamp pop to amp (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-26, 13:23:12 (88.97.21.18)
" I've been turning on gear in the recommended order of amp on last/off first." Now you have found out why things are done in that order. The "pop" from the preamp will affect any subsequent powered a .......
226: Speaker Asylum, RE: Best speakers that actually sit on bookshelves (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-26, 09:03:24 (88.97.21.18)
" But they don't even come in pearlescent purple. You need more than $300K for that (see above)." You're right. My heart is broken as I was just about to order a pair to match my carpet. :-) ::: TOPI .......
227: Classical Court, RE: No, Amazon is not the equal of Qobuz in hi-res. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-26, 02:08:50 (88.97.21.18)
" . If there is something special about Amazon Music HD, that isn't required for Qobuz and Tidal, I'd appreciate someone pointing it out to me. These other apps played bit perfect when I ran them thro .......
228: Speaker Asylum, RE: Best speakers that actually sit on bookshelves (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-25, 08:41:21 (88.97.21.18)
Yes and you may need to add another couple of grand for the IsoBases that you can see them sitting on in the image, $500+ should you want grilles and a further few hundred for some optional mounting t .......
229: Speaker Asylum, RE: Best speakers that actually sit on bookshelves (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-24, 16:25:19 (88.97.21.18)
You asked for the best. That is probably the Wilson Audio Tune Tot. Most other small monitor speakers are really not designed to be book shelf mounted but in free space on stands. The Tune Tots are .......
230: Digital Drive, RE: Rip from a physical CD. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-24, 05:28:52 (88.97.21.18)
Thanks for the clarification. I haven't come across DRM that does not allow an output at all, rather that either the (ripping, recording) device attached will not accept the data stream without a key .......
231: Digital Drive, RE: Rip from a physical CD. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-24, 01:26:57 (88.97.21.18)
" The only problem I've encountered with CDs containing some form of watermark or copyright protection is that my Rega Apollo CDP will not output a digital signal (SPDIF or Toslink) if the CD is copyr .......
232: Digital Drive, RE: Rip from a physical CD. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-23, 15:16:41 (88.97.21.18)
" I can see why Qobuz would want some way of marking their streamed files so that they have some control over use. " It isn't Qobuz that would add watermarking ( if indeed there is watermarking) but t .......
233: General Asylum, RE: Vinyl Out Sells CD For the 1st time (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-22, 03:30:23 (88.97.21.18)
Whatever the truth I would point out that the article that you link to dates from October 9 2019 and that things have changed since then . The latest industry figures for the USA can be found at the l .......
234: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I was using Morningstar's conversion chart for 799 British pounds. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-22, 03:17:19 (88.97.21.18)
I have been unable to view the video on YouTube as it is blocked as being "Private". However I am assuming that a UK price was mentioned. Remember that UK prices include VAT @ 20% whereas prices in th .......
235: General Asylum, RE: Balance vs rca inputs (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-17, 15:56:15 (88.97.21.18)
The improvement that balanced connection makes , ceteris paribus, is that there is better rejection of parasitic noise e.g. EMI, RFI. This may or may not be a benefit depending upon your particular ci .......
236: Digital Drive, +2 for dbpoweramp... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-17, 08:58:33 (88.97.21.18)
...but if the OP can go along with the small additional cost then buy dbpoweramp bundled with PerfectTUNES as this goes a long way to sorting out the metadata issue. .......
237: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Right... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-14, 08:01:05 (88.97.21.18)
Here's a link to Linn's map of the location of their dealers. To check that it works OK I just entered California in the location box. Fine. Given that a drive belt is a small and light object and tha .......
238: Speaker Asylum, RE: Refund ?? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-12, 11:42:20 (88.97.21.18)
I was looking at the Stereophile measurements of another Elac Debut speaker ,the B6. Here too a severe resonance was found (at 188Hz) which was certainly audible. Herb Reichert describes the speakers .......
239: Vinyl Asylum, RE: SME 2000 reinforced (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-12, 09:38:28 (88.97.21.18)
I guess that you refer to the new Garrard 301 plinth. It seems to more closely resemble the plinth that Loricraft created for their Garrard 501 turntable. Pretty massive and without spring suspension .......
240: Vinyl Asylum, RE: SME 2000 reinforced (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-12, 08:33:40 (88.97.21.18)
" was the original SME top plate also a slate ? " It was wood (or veneered particle board) matching the plinth walls. As I am quite old I do remember the launch of this plinth system and . frankly, it .......
241: Speaker Asylum, RE: Pipe clamps? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-12, 08:18:36 (88.97.21.18)
"Wouldn't clamping go a long way to suppressing resonances?" It would more likely just move the resonance to a higher frequency. .......
242: Digital Drive, RE: Minimum Broadband Speed Necessary For Uninterrupted Qobuz and/or Tidal Listening? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-06, 14:48:30 (88.97.21.18)
" I was also getting dropouts with Qobuz until I adjusted a buffer setting in Qobuz - but I can't remember where to do that!" Open: My account/Settings/Music Playing/Listening Preferences/Buffer size .......
243: Classical Court, This Year... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-05, 16:59:03 (88.97.21.18)
... I have been playing a recording of his Guitar Concerto quite a bit. A lovely work. If interested you will find it on the Julian Bream album "20th Century Guitar". Some gorgeous twilight Takemitsu .......
244: Digital Drive, RE: Minimum Broadband Speed Necessary For Uninterrupted Qobuz and/or Tidal Listening? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-05, 16:41:31 (88.97.21.18)
I have used a 7mb/s connection to successfully stream Qobuz hi-res. Your connection's bandwidth per se will be fine. However the stability of both your LAN and your ISP are other factors to account fo .......
245: Vinyl Asylum, :-) n/t (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-05, 16:36:15 (88.97.21.18)
n/t .......
246: Headphone Heights, RE: Sennheiser HD 650 need advise ! (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-05, 16:32:11 (88.97.21.18)
The answer depends upon what you use to drive them. The Sennheiser HD6xx range are 300 ohm headphones. That high impedance cannot be driven by some headphone amplifiers. My advice is to hold off on yo .......
247: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Record brush recs again (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-05, 10:03:23 (88.97.21.18)
Thank you for your clarification. We agree :-). .......
248: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Record brush recs again (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-05, 03:13:57 (88.97.21.18)
" The truth is you really don't need to get every spec of dust off. Just wet clean or use an ultrasonic and dry. " That is fine for cleaning a disc but brushing before play is not really about cleanin .......
249: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Record brush recs again (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-04, 15:29:41 (88.97.21.18)
If you asking for the best this is this winner of a Fremer shoot-out. Carbon fibre + goat hair and aesthetically beautiful. If I recall around $300 though (but you get a stylus brush too). I admit th .......
250: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Handwriting sleuth needed (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-04, 15:21:44 (88.97.21.18)
"Frequently Bad Record unfortunately"...? .......
251: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Newbie question (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-04, 15:15:34 (88.97.21.18)
" set both to studio quality, 32 bit, 48000 Hz. " The setting has to match the capabilities of your DAC. I understand that you have a Schitt Modi 3+. This is not a 32 bit DAC.You need to set the PC t .......
252: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Record brush recs again (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-04, 08:49:31 (88.97.21.18)
" I repurchased another and I immediately returned it as it made a horrible screeching sound (like fingers on a chalk board) while brushing the record." Audioquest brushes just DO NOT do that. However .......
253: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Newbie question (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-04-02, 21:07:57 (88.97.21.18)
Amazon HD does not let the user initiate a WASAPI or ASIO session. That means that the output from Amazon is fed through the Win 10 sound mixer and the output via USB to your DAC may not be bit perfec .......
254: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Gapped playback of songs that blend in transition on some streaming sites (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-03-30, 05:45:50 (88.97.21.18)
Which streaming sites have gapless playback? It depends upon both the site, the player and the hardware. In general you will not get gapless replay using a web browser version of the site's player. Do .......
255: Classical Court, RE: Brendel (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-03-11, 00:57:33 (88.97.21.18)
So you think people should like or not like musicians because of their nationality or geographic origin? .......
256: Vinyl Asylum, RE: You are probably right !!! Thanks (nt) (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-03-10, 16:10:23 (88.97.21.18)
The impedance figures are correct as EAR Yoshino phonostages use transformers and not high gain headamps for MC cartridge loading. They behave electrically somewhat differently to headamps/high gain p .......
257: Digital Drive, RE: Amazon also offers high res now. How does it compare? nt (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-03-05, 14:50:32 (88.97.21.18)
The last time that I looked at it there was a major problem for audiophiles. It was then only available via Amazon's own web or downloaded computer players or with Denon/Marantz equipment having HEOS .......
258: Digital Drive, RE: Qobuz and other options? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-03-04, 22:13:11 (88.97.21.18)
" Too bad the overall audiophile market is too small to justify true high quality native high resolutions at what would be a reasonable price. I guess there just aren't enough of us?" Not only are th .......
259: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Did Qobuz start collecting tax ? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-03-04, 16:30:39 (88.97.21.18)
" but not this French vendor" Not quite the whole story as I understand things. Although Qobuz USA relies upon the infrastructure of the French parent company the USA operation is a substantive enti .......
260: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Did Qobuz start collecting tax ? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-03-04, 15:17:59 (88.97.21.18)
Qobuz has always collected VAT in Europe. Now that the UK is no longer a Member State of the EU it looks to me like the VAT is now passed to the UK government. For you guys in the USA I guess that the .......
261: Digital Drive, RE: Qobuz and other options? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-03-04, 15:11:00 (88.97.21.18)
" I've heard that Qobuz offers higher quality high resolution streaming as compared to Tidal. I've only subscribed to Tidal so far as Qobuz isn't available up here" Yes Qobuz is certainly better techn .......
262: Digital Drive, RE: Seriously ? ............................. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-02-26, 12:18:46 (88.97.21.18)
You are correct. Those sample tracks are at the behest of the record labels to whom Qobuz is in thrall in order to secure supply of any tracks in the the first place. They have to keep the labels swee .......
263: General Asylum, RE: Prescription soundstage analysis? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-02-26, 09:42:34 (88.97.21.18)
Try to find a copy of Chesky Records Jazz dampler and Audiophile test Vol. 1. It was released quite a few years ago but checking Amazon today confirmed that it is still available. In its test secti .......
264: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Partial Explanation (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-02-21, 09:38:20 (88.97.21.18)
" That leaves the question of why DG would send out the mangled file to everybody instead of sending exactly what is on the CD" That is because what is on the CD is what is on the CD and is not necess .......
265: Vinyl Asylum, RE: My first... and last Milty. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-02-21, 05:35:08 (88.97.21.18)
" Original White versions didn't include the indicator - and didn't last too long " Correct about the indicator. You may be right about its duration. My one is still working after I purchased it in, w .......
266: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Partial Explanation (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-02-19, 14:24:19 (88.97.21.18)
" why would DG send a mangled file to both Spotify and Qobuz?" Because the way files are distributed from record company labels to streaming services and radio stations etc. is comparable to sending a .......
267: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Help with a tone arm problem (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-02-17, 04:00:28 (88.97.21.18)
" PAR - I put on a different headshell that sat too low. I had to raise VTA to the maximum to clear the record. It wasn't high enough to sound good so I put back the other headshell and dropped the ad .......
268: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Drop counterweight (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-02-16, 23:02:14 (88.97.21.18)
" dropped counterweight". I assume that you mean a counterweight whose position lies below the pivot point of the arm? The stock JMW counterweight is effectively of this type. Its mass is not distribu .......
269: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Help with a tone arm problem (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-02-16, 14:44:26 (88.97.21.18)
MylesJ, thanks for the further information. Can you reverse the change that you made and see if the problem remains? It is starting to sound like a bearing issue, either the bearing itself or the lead .......
270: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Help with a tone arm problem (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-02-16, 14:21:52 (88.97.21.18)
MylesJ, John Elison is almost certainly correct. If trying to slip paper in between does not work for you then just get your eye level with the gap (or what should be a gap) between the arm tube and t .......
271: Headphone Heights, RE: Headphone connection - newbie question (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-02-15, 07:21:33 (88.97.21.18)
Well you could run your Rogue Tempest amp into a switch box that splits the output into two pairs of left and right channels. One pair feeding your loudspeakers, the other pair padded down to a suitab .......
272: General Asylum, RE: DELTEC CTA80 PreAmp Volume & Balance pot's specs (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-02-13, 14:29:30 (88.97.21.18)
You could try contacting the designer of the Deltec line, Roberts Watts, via the company that he is currently associated with Chord Electronics. He designs their DACs. Just a chance that it may get a .......
273: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Hana Cartridges (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-02-11, 16:08:00 (88.97.21.18)
Never heard one but I would point out that they are a product of Excel Sound Corporation who make OEM cartridges for many of the prestigious MC cartridge brands that you will be familiar with under ot .......
274: General Asylum, RE: RIP Chick Corea age 79 nt (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-02-11, 15:48:27 (88.97.21.18)
One great musician. I had the good fortune to see him twice live here in London, once with Return to Forever at Ronnie Scott's (1973?) and once with his Electric Band in my home borough of Lewisham. B .......
275: Critic's Corner, RE: Wilson Sabrina X Loudspeaker (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-02-11, 15:39:51 (88.97.21.18)
Thanks Mark. I will try and read up more on the subject but ultimately all engineering is a compromise. So maybe the ability of the bolts to accept a powered driver in manufacturing to set the require .......
276: Vinyl Asylum, RE: You and me both... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-02-11, 00:19:37 (88.97.21.18)
" I'll bet EMI is getting flooded with emails about this label" Probably being bounced back. EMI ceased to exist in September 2012. Blue note has been owned ever since by UMG. .......
277: Critic's Corner, RE: Wilson Sabrina X Loudspeaker (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-02-10, 16:11:11 (88.97.21.18)
" From what I've learned along,wouldn't this be a prime concern for diffraction and subtract from better imaging?" Not really because the dimensions of the fasteners appear to be smaller than the wave .......
278: Classical Court, RE: That's a "bit" odd (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-02-09, 13:46:27 (88.97.21.18)
" So they cap their audio at a bit rate of "up to" 256kbps, which I suppose is OK for casual listening, but not comparable to what you can get with Qobuz and other streaming services." It's not even a .......
279: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Fremer's ZENITH ANGLE CORRECTION or have we all gone crazy. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-02-09, 13:37:54 (88.97.21.18)
Plus the whole point of all this "accuracy" in setting up is to accurately follow the path taken by the cutting stylus. However we already know that the cutting stylus itself is made within tolerances .......
280: Classical Court, RE: NP: Toscanini conducts with the NBC Orchestra (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-02-06, 08:05:42 (88.97.21.18)
Unsure what your post is about. Is it to draw out attention to the existence of this record or is it a question about how to best clean LPs? If the latter try asking on AA over on Vinyl Asylum. If you .......
281: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Turntable feedback - any isolation solutions that WORK? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-02-04, 16:26:56 (88.97.21.18)
It depends how much you want to spend. Vibraplane and Minus-K Technology certainly work. However I do not think that your problem is actually caused by acoustic feedback ( though it may be exacerbated .......
282: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Replacing the SME 10 stock tonearm (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-02-04, 15:14:41 (88.97.21.18)
I am going to be blunt. Before I do I must point out that I am in my latter years and am losing my sight (I have now lost the sight in one eye). So not too dissimilar to your friend. The headshell of .......
283: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: should i bother with a DAC inbetween MacBook and AudioEngine A5? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-02-02, 05:34:30 (88.97.21.18)
I am only talking about a passive USB C to USB A adaptor (Macbook to Dragonfly). Lots of versions available on Amazon. About 5 gbp to 7 gbp. I mention the mini jack cable as that is the analogue outpu .......
284: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: should i bother with a DAC inbetween MacBook and AudioEngine A5? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-02-01, 22:48:12 (88.97.21.18)
I would go with the idea of using an external DAC. That should improve on the sound available directly from the computer. I would suggest something like an Audioquest Dragonfly. you will need a USB C .......
285: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: The (my !) ultimate preamp : help needed (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-02-01, 15:52:00 (88.97.21.18)
I would just mention that the EAR Yoshino 868 has the same basic circuitry as the 912 and therefore sounds the same. Unless you need the double phonstages then you would be wasting your money on a 912 .......
286: Classical Court, RE: Elgar and Menuhin indeed seems like a good place to start (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-01-30, 07:12:41 (88.97.21.18)
" I was sampling the Elgar/Menuhin VC on youtube just now, in fact. The performance doesn't seemed rushed compared to Elgar's recordings of the 1st Symphony and Enigma's, whether that's due to Elgar's .......
287: Classical Court, RE: Addendum - Elgar Violin Concerto with Tasmin Little, A. Davis and the RSNO (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-01-30, 05:13:21 (88.97.21.18)
The two essential recordings of the Elgar violin concerto are by Albert Sammons who made the first complete recording in 1929 and Yehudi Menuhin with Elgar himself conducting (1932). These have to be .......
288: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Horrible feedback problem (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-01-29, 18:01:48 (88.97.21.18)
Flutter denotes very brief speed fluctuations so I am unsure that your description is what you are experiencing. Likewise feedback cannot occur when the platter is at rest i.e. not playing a disc. So .......
289: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: More or less (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-01-29, 17:31:04 (88.97.21.18)
" One other thing. I can also use the volume control on the laptop using the USB/B." Another reason to prefer the Marantz. Digital volume controls are difficult to get right as they work by throwing a .......
290: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Hey digital guys - old analog guy wants to know (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-01-29, 07:42:46 (88.97.21.18)
Generally speaking the quality of the streamer unit's own output should be better than a laptop connection, The Marantz output will have been specifically designed for audio use whereas the computer's .......
291: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: McIntosh streamer question? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-01-29, 04:10:22 (88.97.21.18)
You cannot connect it to the MCD 301 SACD player as this has no data inputs, aside from remote control, only outputs. It can be connected to the integrated amp using the analogue unbalanced or balance .......
292: Digital Drive, Unfortunately it isn't that simple. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-01-20, 07:50:29 (88.97.21.18)
One reason why I have asked the OP what sort of device from Amazon he has. If he literally has a Kindle then he will not be able to do this. It is a dedicated e-Reader running what appears to be a pro .......
293: Digital Drive, Do you mean Kindle or do you mean Amazon Fire tablet? n/t (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-01-18, 23:00:10 (88.97.21.18)
n/t .......
294: General Asylum, RE: Hendrix Was An Audiophile! (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-01-15, 00:04:18 (88.97.21.18)
That's the picture I was thinking of. It's a 401 not a 301. You can tell from the base plate. The 401 was also contemporary with Hendrix's time in London having been introduced in 1964 (when the 301 w .......
295: General Asylum, RE: Lowther Speakers.......... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-01-14, 16:19:11 (88.97.21.18)
" And what appears to be a Leak integrated amp......." From Q4 2020 !! .......
296: General Asylum, No, no, no (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-01-14, 16:14:05 (88.97.21.18)
That is not Hendrix's audio system nor is the record collection in the video anything at all to do with Hendrix. The Hendrix flat is a curated museum alongside Handel House adjacent. The flat that Hen .......
297: Vinyl Asylum, RE: This thread confuses The Innocent.......... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-01-11, 00:15:05 (88.97.21.18)
Thanks for that info. That 1961 record was, of course, from the pre-Decca ownership era and it is interesting to learn that during that time L'Oiseau-Lyre must have had similar arrangements to those o .......
298: Vinyl Asylum, This thread is confusing two L'Oiseau-Lyres (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-01-10, 17:16:39 (88.97.21.18)
L'Oiseau-Lyre has a life dating back to the 1920s as both a publisher and record label. It was an independent label until 1971 shortly before the last of the two original owners died and when the reco .......
299: Classical Court, RE: Astonishingly beautiful choral works, excellent recording, on Qobuz: (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-01-09, 10:17:27 (88.97.21.18)
Thanks for posting this tinear (you clearly do not have one). A beautiful album. As it is on Qobuz one can find the booklet using e.g. their desktop player (obviously not while walking in the park) wh .......
300: Vinyl Asylum, RE: schiit , technics at95 (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-01-09, 02:23:06 (88.97.21.18)
" I'm concerned it's too complex for what's essentially a first table." I think you may be right on this. It does seem to require setup skills. As for the initial recommendation here for a Rega P2 I a .......
301: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Best place to buy hi-res music downloads? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-01-07, 10:01:50 (88.97.21.18)
" I haven't used HDTracks much lately as I stream from Tidal and Qobuz." And there is the problem for all download vendors as their business has been decimated by streaming. Of course if the OP had a .......
302: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Cartridge upgrade advise appreciated (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-01-07, 09:51:41 (88.97.21.18)
Yes to your first question and If you are thinking of a Cadenza (a superb line) then the Bronze is IMO the optimum balance of performance v. price if you can stretch to it. Just remember that it has a .......
303: General Asylum, Metrication in the UK (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-01-05, 13:43:46 (88.97.21.18)
In the UK metrication has taken years to become the daily norm. In fact we still use imperial for long distances (miles) and for milk and draft beer (pints). The UK didn't even move to decimal currenc .......
304: Critic's Corner, Did you cancel atomatic renewal? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-01-03, 15:59:09 (88.97.21.18)
I just checked the subscription page for Absolute Sound and, as is common practice these days, there is an automatic renewal option. I say "option" as it is pre-selected as the default. So if you reme .......
305: Classical Court, Classical Music Discovery (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-01-03, 15:20:30 (88.97.21.18)
LtMandella, did you ever find yourself where there was a girl that every guy fancied? But she never got to you. However there was this other girl that nobody seemed to notice yet she made your heart f .......
306: Vinyl Asylum, +1 RE: power supply for turntable - but ... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2021-01-02, 08:38:30 (88.97.21.18)
...AS the OP is situated in the USA this may be a preferable link: .......
307: Classical Court, RE: Europeans pay MORE... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-26, 03:26:50 (88.97.21.18)
" $12.99 + 20% does not even come close to 77 EUROS though" True enough. The other factor is that the sale of recordings is usually territorially limited. The company that owns the rights to those Orm .......
308: Classical Court, RE: Europeans pay MORE... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-25, 21:06:49 (88.97.21.18)
" why so much?" Because we have to pay circa. 20% tax on top. .......
309: Classical Court, RE: What are you using to play the Qobuz streaming files? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-25, 04:23:54 (88.97.21.18)
I just tried it using the Qobuz desktop player running on my Win 10 PC into a little DAC too ( AQ Dragonfly Red) using a couple of pairs of cans. Yes, very dynamic especially the tymps and trumpets bu .......
310: Digital Drive, RE: "There is no good reason to rip them to DSD" +2 (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-23, 16:39:33 (88.97.21.18)
" Even WITH compression you still have a perfect copy with FLAC. The compression just means smaller file size." Yes, this is so. However there are many reports of lossless compressed FLAC files soundi .......
311: Digital Drive, RE: "There is no good reason to rip them to DSD" +2 (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-23, 14:52:12 (88.97.21.18)
The reason that you CAN do something is no reason that you SHOULD. Rule 1. When ripping do not rip to a format that is not an integer of the original sample. Rule 2. Do not transcode e.g. from PCM to .......
312: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Spinning...10cc---Sheet Music (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-22, 15:31:44 (88.97.21.18)
One of the funniest album titles ever. .......
313: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Basic questions about using my Cary 303-200 as a DAC w/Pioneer DV 45A (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-21, 00:54:43 (88.97.21.18)
Connection is that simple but you will not be able to decode the hi-res (DSD) layer of SACD discs via the S/Pdif (digital coax) connection if that is your intention. You should be able to play the red .......
314: Digital Drive, RE: A new dac (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-18, 11:40:23 (88.97.21.18)
" I seek more resolution". I think it would be easier to narrow down the number of potential DACs if you would kindly give us some idea of what you mean by that. Do you mean that you are happy with wh .......
315: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Tim de Paravicini passed away (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-18, 02:21:19 (88.97.21.18)
" Thoughtfully designed, beautiful works of art" And, I would add, very reliable. Built to last. .......
316: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: RIP Tim de Paravicini (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-18, 02:17:04 (88.97.21.18)
As a continuing user of one of Tim's designs (868PL) over many years I am so sorry to learn of his passing. I last spoke with him a couple of years ago when I phoned the factory with a technical ques .......
317: Digital Drive, RE: That was not a double-blind test, was it? (NT) (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-16, 07:44:18 (88.97.21.18)
If you mean the demonstration in my own system, then no. In fact I wouldn't even say it went as far as constituting a "test" given even the most basic sense of the word :-). .......
318: Digital Drive, RE: Ethernet Switch (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-16, 01:49:53 (88.97.21.18)
This is one of those subjects that is currently at the stage " wires make a difference to the sound" was at thirty or more years ago. That is that it is highly controversial and that many will have fi .......
319: Classical Court, RE: And today Wilson's Respighi Roman Trilogy, for $8. Hmmmm. 99% "wow" reviews, and one Hurwitz "blah." (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-15, 16:38:58 (88.97.21.18)
" the Neschling Sao Paolo recording on BIS has excellent sound and comes in MCh, and it's also a fine performance. Still, there are better Pines if you don't insist on the latest hi-res version, e.g., .......
320: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Hmmm (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-15, 16:16:55 (88.97.21.18)
As I said : AFAIK ;-). Actually I was thinking of wireless streaming from 'phones as per the OP's question. Thanks for reminding me that there is a wider world. .......
321: Classical Court, RE: And today Wilson's Respighi Roman Trilogy, for $8. Hmmmm. 99% "wow" reviews, and one Hurwitz "blah." (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-15, 11:27:12 (88.97.21.18)
IMO a fabulous performance and recording albeit unusual in the order that it takes the works, ending rather then beginning with Pines. The reason for this decision when you hear it should be obvious. .......
322: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Can McIntosh McAire Stream Music HiDef?? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-15, 11:19:03 (88.97.21.18)
" Bluetooth codec Apple insists on using kind of sucks compared to aptX" Airplay is not Blue Tooth. I understand that Airplay is a lossless codec albeit limited to 44.1 or 48/16 and therefore offers t .......
323: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Can McIntosh McAire Stream Music HiDef?? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-15, 08:12:29 (88.97.21.18)
Wireless streaming to the McAire appears to use Apple Airplay which is limited to lossless 16/44.1 i.e. CD quality. Lossless higher resolutions are not possible ( nor with any other wireless protocols .......
324: Classical Court, RE: No offense intended (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-14, 07:36:20 (88.97.21.18)
"Qobuz... and they have her name slugged (that's an old newspaper usage) as "Scott," That may be a Qobuz USA only error. I have Qobuz UK and she is definitely correctly Stott in their listings over h .......
325: Speaker Asylum, RE: DisContinued? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-14, 02:40:47 (88.97.21.18)
Yes, the Heresy III is discontinued because they have now introduced the Heresy IV. .......
326: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Loricraft ORING DRIVE BELT (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-13, 02:13:17 (88.97.21.18)
I am not sure that the basic turntable mechanism on Loricraft RCMs has remained a constant device over the many years that the RCMs have been in production. I believe that they were originally idler, .......
327: Classical Court, RE: Hah!!! The recorded it at Shalin Liu!!! (See the thread below for pix) (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-12, 15:35:31 (88.97.21.18)
" that's were Mr. Ma and Ms. Scott recorded! " John (and G Squared), it really is Stott not Scott. That "t" isn't a typo. .......
328: Digital Drive, RE: I can't hear any difference. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-12, 15:29:45 (88.97.21.18)
" If you have/make duplicate copy of a cd, you can also include it in the mix to check for differences" That is itself debatable. I don't know how long your memory is of audiophile interest in CD copi .......
329: Digital Drive, RE: AN-UK CDT-Zero transport issue (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-12, 10:36:19 (88.97.21.18)
Yes indeed, a clean lens is essential. The OP should also check on the same issue with the disc or discs he was trying. A disc that has some sort of dirt on it may play without trouble on one machine .......
330: Classical Court, RE: Ever come across this Messiah, Susskind/LPO 1958? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-11, 09:19:25 (88.97.21.18)
All that I can add its that it looks like it was recorded in London and originally issued by Pye Records in the UK in 1958 (Pye Nixa?). I can only deduce this as excerpts from it were reissued some ye .......
331: Speaker Asylum, RE: Shouldn't 50 watts be enough for any speaker? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-11, 02:45:49 (88.97.21.18)
" I find 90db average with 105db peaks really loud but everyone is different." Not only loud but potentially damaging to hearing. See link. .......
332: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Are tone controls or no tone controls (treble/bass) predicated (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-11, 02:40:01 (88.97.21.18)
I wonder who the manufacturer was that you spoke with? AFAIK the original preamp marketed without tone controls was the very first from Naim Audio in circa 1974, the NAC12S. The reason that it had no .......
333: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Help! My Garrard hertz (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-10, 00:26:39 (88.97.21.18)
Yes the voltage may need to be changed. There might be a tap for 110V as you say or, if not, you could use a transformer. As for the frequency, once you have the voltage issue sorted then even if the .......
334: Cable Asylum, Can he prove it? n/t (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-09, 14:56:15 (88.97.21.18)
n/t .......
335: Digital Drive, RE: Cloning music library (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-08, 16:12:42 (88.97.21.18)
ExFAT is almost exclusively used for flash drives. I do not know much about Lumin but I am wondering if the USB port in question is configured only for flash drives basically for casual use if, say, a .......
336: Digital Drive, RE: Cloning music library (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-08, 14:56:34 (88.97.21.18)
No need to erase your Disc A. Keep it as insurance. Just make a copy to another drive but then reformat it ( e.g. using Disc Manager - you don't need any fancy application). Then copy and paste the ot .......
337: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Got my first MC cart (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-06, 23:24:35 (88.97.21.18)
" It's nice when a new cartridge sounds noticeably better, for whatever the reason. " Amen to that. .......
338: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Got my first MC cart (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-06, 12:45:23 (88.97.21.18)
" I also think the stylus tip makes a difference so the fine-line tip on the MC3 Turbo is probably part of why you like the cartridge so much. " Tom, unless the OP lucked out that could be the worst r .......
339: General Asylum, RE: Tidal VS Deezer VS Qobuz (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-05, 08:08:03 (88.97.21.18)
"Tidal has a better sort feature in the Lumin app, Qobuz only sorts by date added." That would seem to be a Lumin problem arising from the way they have installed the API and not the fault of Qobuz. d .......
340: General Asylum, RE: Tidal VS Deezer VS Qobuz (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-05, 01:55:31 (88.97.21.18)
There is an inherent problem with your question. The entertainment services offered on Playstation appear to be country specific. At least that is the case for TV streaming services. From your profile .......
341: Speaker Asylum, Excellent review. n/t (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-04, 17:37:09 (88.97.21.18)
n/t .......
342: Classical Court, RE: That's just Not Fair. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-04, 03:38:18 (88.97.21.18)
" What, is he about 10 years old?" He looks it. But Russians can do interesting things with hormones. Think of some of their past athletes.;-). .......
343: General Asylum, RE: Got that same copy of "Planets" (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-03, 16:44:01 (88.97.21.18)
A great recording from the Decca engineers. However the performance of this very English music has no sense of its origin or idiom. To me Dutoit just does not "get it" ( yes I have a copy). I am not s .......
344: Classical Court, RE: The answer to your last sentence is, "Non." nt (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-03, 16:31:29 (88.97.21.18)
Thanks.I never realised that the first part is Presto. .......
345: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Lossless digital volume controls (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-03, 16:21:55 (88.97.21.18)
This might be more complicated than maybe you expect. Do you mean that your volume control is visually advanced to 80% of its maximum or do you have a readout? That is, how do you know that you are li .......
346: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Do you keep changing arm pillar height? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-02, 15:26:30 (88.97.21.18)
" It is the shift in the geometric relationship of the magnetic circuit alignment to the vertical modulation angle. " Thanks Anthony. Excellent point. .......
347: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Do you keep changing arm pillar height? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-02, 07:58:46 (88.97.21.18)
" But then...does it not mean that for any cartridge with a spherical tip, as long as it is set approximately OK, VTA / SRA is immaterial for any arm? " Yes, so long as it is set up within reason smal .......
348: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Do you keep changing arm pillar height? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-02, 04:46:34 (88.97.21.18)
DL103-R? Changing arm height alters VTA and (more importantly )SRA. I am guessing that you already know that and that this knowledge may be influencing what you hear when you raise or lower the arm pi .......
349: Classical Court, RE: Some good news... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-01, 14:48:14 (88.97.21.18)
I am fairly sure that this will turn out to be a cock up. If you go to Linn Records own website and look at their catalogue, page 1, you will see that this Thomas Wilson disc on Linn is sitting oddly .......
350: Classical Court, RE: Thanks, PAR, the 80%-off Cyber Mon link just brings one back to the Black Friday Link, offering 60% off, etc. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-01, 08:40:08 (88.97.21.18)
It sounds like they just extended the Black Friday offer. Their offers normally give different discount levels for different labels/catalogues i.e. 80% reduction only applies to a minority. ::: TOPIC: .......
351: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Setting up a Mac mini as a music server, and other digital music questions (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-01, 07:18:07 (88.97.21.18)
" thought I'd ask the Audiogon community " Er, we are not the Audiogon community. This is Audio Asylum. As you seem to be a novice in the area of computer audio, when I was starting out myself I found .......
352: Classical Court, RE: Qobuz "Up to 80% off" Sale, today only, but I can't find link to the selections. Help? nt (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-12-01, 03:32:36 (88.97.21.18)
Have you received an email from Qobuz notifying the offer? If so there is normally a link to the selection. You may also find it if you go to the Qobuz download store and sign in. These are the usual .......
353: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Good point (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-29, 13:47:34 (88.97.21.18)
The R404 dates from 1987. So, knowing the Japanese production cycle that probably indicates a design from 84 or 85 at the latest. Still for only $50 perhaps the OP could buy both :-). .......
354: General Asylum, RE: I suppose every generation has its own "dark satanic mills" (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-29, 13:40:51 (88.97.21.18)
" Interesting sound quality compared with other Proms I've heard/seen on previous audio/video recordings ". I found the sound quality this year superior to what we normally get. However as there was n .......
355: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: luxman R404 vs sansui 771 (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-29, 02:53:17 (88.97.21.18)
Luxman is highly regarded and , generally speaking, the brand probably occupies a higher ranking than Sansui. Both receivers are of similar facilities and power output so whether either is suitable fo .......
356: Digital Drive, RE: Lyngdorf CD1 (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-27, 05:26:40 (88.97.21.18)
Then I think that you may have found your own answer to your question. It looks like Lyngdorf products are amongst the remote codes available with Logitech Harmony universal remotes. So if you can fin .......
357: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: How to connect turntable to two phono preamps? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-26, 22:50:23 (88.97.21.18)
The switch makes no difference to the technical point that both I and Tre' make about maintaining the correct electrical matching between the cartridge and the phono input. It offers no solution. On t .......
358: Digital Drive, RE: Lyngdorf CD1 (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-26, 15:47:27 (88.97.21.18)
I would try to find out why it is being sold for " very little money". Could it be because of reliability issues and the fact the spares for the old Philips mechanism are now unobtainable? ::: TOPIC: .......
359: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: How to connect turntable to two phono preamps? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-26, 15:43:31 (88.97.21.18)
You do say " without denigrating sound quality". You will find this very difficult to do and to maintain the correct electrical matching of the cartridge's output to the two phonostages' inputs. Just .......
360: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Can I run JRivers on Windows Embedded 7 /32 bit OS ? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-23, 02:53:11 (88.97.21.18)
Yes. It runs in Win 7 but make sure that you download the 32 bit version. .......
361: Classical Court, +1 (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-21, 10:06:49 (88.97.21.18)
" Try BBC radio 3, it is 128kbps mp3 stream." Although it is also available ( depending upon eligibility - in principle you need to be a BBC licence payer) in AAC 320KB/s. However two issues for Radi .......
362: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Is aptx hd codec supported by Windows 10 ... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-21, 09:31:41 (88.97.21.18)
I don't understand why you are streaming Qobuz via Roku into a Win 10 computer. All you need do is go to the Qobuz website and look at " Our Players" and download the Windows 64 bit player to your com .......
363: Critic's Corner, RE: Renewed the subscription.. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-21, 09:12:23 (88.97.21.18)
" I think JA Two is getting close to One " Talking of One, you may enjoy this link ( especially if you can grab a beer): .......
364: General Asylum, RE: Research just ...how V Little.. streaming pays the artist (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-16, 23:57:15 (88.97.21.18)
How do you know? What is paid to recording companies by the streaming services is the result of a complex calculation and varies from streaming service to streaming service and from market to market. .......
365: Classical Court, RE: Rameau piano recordings suggestions? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-15, 15:34:56 (88.97.21.18)
You really ought to hear this. French music from two different eras but both played sublimely: .......
366: Vinyl Asylum, RE: LORICRAFT PRC3 (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-15, 15:27:05 (88.97.21.18)
I am pleased that my suggestion worked for you. .......
367: Vinyl Asylum, +1 (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-15, 05:05:50 (88.97.21.18)
Nevertheless I think it is a clever device which will suit a lot of people. Probably not for very high end folk and certainly not for those committed to analogue purity at any cost. It has a few criti .......
368: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Music file storage/playback suggestions please (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-14, 04:02:55 (88.97.21.18)
You need to rip the album using an appropriate application. dbpoweramp is generally held to be the best ( I have used it for years). Buy it with the bundled Perfect Tunes and it will automatically sor .......
369: Vinyl Asylum, RE: LORICRAFT PRC3 (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-14, 03:44:03 (88.97.21.18)
As Dave says, they are still there ( now owned by SME I understand). In the meantime I would remark that some cleaning fluids can gum up the nozzles (vacuum wand and connection to the jar) over time u .......
370: General Asylum, RE: You need to meet the daughter of a Harley Street surgeon (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-13, 07:39:11 (88.97.21.18)
Nice reminiscence. There's just something about rich girls...oh yes, money! .......
371: General Asylum, RE: I have tips for the afflicted (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-11, 10:03:39 (88.97.21.18)
Thanks for the advice. Frankly I am going to put the operation off for as long as I can (permanently?) as currently the hip is only causing me intermittent difficulties. My last two encounters with or .......
372: General Asylum, RE: Good luck with the surgery and... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-10, 16:04:46 (88.97.21.18)
... with the recovery and the tiresome physiotherapy. Here's an audio connection: When the late Alastair Robertson-Aikman of SME needed his hip replaced he specified exactly which materials should be .......
373: General Asylum, That's nothing... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-10, 02:58:13 (88.97.21.18)
..over here in the UK one of Sony's free to air TV movie channels has been exclusively devoted to showing Christmas movies since early October! .......
374: Classical Court, +1 even in 2 channel. n/t (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-07, 08:28:03 (88.97.21.18)
n/t .......
375: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Sorry... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-07, 02:49:46 (88.97.21.18)
Lew, no need to apologise at all. In fact I was was amused by your comment which has a degree of truth. Actually I was just about to post that picture of the genuine Lucas replacement smoke myself but .......
376: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Cartridge retipping? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-04, 16:46:47 (88.97.21.18)
"Anybody ever invest in a SEM photograph of a stylus tip?" That's just capturing an image. The problem is the required expertise in interpreting it. Some lacking in knowledge will interpret the intent .......
377: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Cartridge retipping? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-04, 14:43:32 (88.97.21.18)
At least one thing is certain. The Windfeld has a Replicant stylus which AFAIK only Ortofon can replace. It is so different from other stylus profiles that using another fine line stylus would really .......
378: Classical Court, +1 n/t (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-04, 06:20:44 (88.97.21.18)
n/t .......
379: Vinyl Asylum, RE: "This is not the easiest arm to work with..." (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-04, 01:33:08 (88.97.21.18)
" No argument about the fact that the 4 screws on the corners of the base have to be very carefully worked - a single slip and the paint gets damaged - they could have made the base plate slightly .......
380: Vinyl Asylum, RE: SME V Setup Problem (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-03, 02:12:08 (88.97.21.18)
" I believe the adjustment at the pivot is the same as the slots in the headshell." It is for setting overhang. However when using an arc protractor instead of a single point type there is a signific .......
381: Vinyl Asylum, RE: SME V Setup Problem (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-02, 15:47:28 (88.97.21.18)
" I ended ordering an arc protractor from Accutrak. Ken hooked me up as would a Mint protractor from Yip." I am unsure using about using generalised arc protractors with the SME V. Calculating the co .......
382: Vinyl Asylum, RE: SME V Setup Problem (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-02, 14:42:37 (88.97.21.18)
" The HTA key has the star on the end." Exactly! .......
383: Critic's Corner, RE: Sue Kraft Died (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-02, 09:04:09 (88.97.21.18)
I am very sorry to hear this news. Particularity sad as the number of females in this hobby is so small and the number with Sue's knowledge and background is even smaller. My sincere condolences to he .......
384: Vinyl Asylum, RE: turntable motor belt (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-02, 08:55:59 (88.97.21.18)
I spent a long time (in excess of a year) trying to find a belt that would fit my Orbe but wasn't from Michell ( look through some of my postings on the subject in the archives to find the reason why) .......
385: Vinyl Asylum, RE: turntable motor belt (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-02, 04:22:33 (88.97.21.18)
A difficulty that arises is that turntable belts are rarely identified by size but by turntable manufacturer and/or model. It seems that you do not want a VPI belt but something larger ( I assume that .......
386: Classical Court, RE: Jenny gets her MBE (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-02, 03:58:13 (88.97.21.18)
A worthy recognition from the State.I am sure that her award will also have related to the amount of work she does for musical charities. It is also good that she has used the opportunity to draw atte .......
387: Vinyl Asylum, RE: SME V Setup Problem (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-02, 03:00:07 (88.97.21.18)
I don't see the main tool that you are missing in Tre's picture. So here are the tools that you need left to right: HTA key . This I believe you do have. It locates in a hole between the two silver .......
388: Speaker Asylum, RE: Speaker Tweak Question (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-01, 06:56:21 (88.97.21.18)
It reminds me of an unsolicited photograph that I was sent about 25 years ago. It showed a room with some audio gear and dozens of cardboard or paper tubes of various lenghts and diameters fixed to th .......
389: Vinyl Asylum, RE: SME V Setup Problem (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-01, 04:23:14 (88.97.21.18)
" The 2 silver bolts are Torx 15. (I just compared against the official tool.)". This is not correct. Torx crews/bolts heads have a star shaped cross section. The bolts on an SME V arm have hexagonal .......
390: Vinyl Asylum, RE: SME V Setup Problem (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-11-01, 04:16:39 (88.97.21.18)
" The alignment tool sits very loosely over the spindle, i.e. there is a large difference in the diameter. By contrast, the Shure tool that I have is much simpler and guides towards two null points bu .......
391: Vinyl Asylum, RE: New Audio Mods Series 6 arm (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-28, 02:19:31 (88.97.21.18)
No 12" AFAIK but there is a 10.5" variant. As these arms are made to order for each customer you do, however, get a chance to choose wiring, connectors and finish. .......
392: Vinyl Asylum, RE: OK, now I realize I've never done this before... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-27, 16:30:32 (88.97.21.18)
I agree. Also there are practical manufacturing tolerances to take account of. I remember Michael Fremer mentioning that cantilever/stylus manufacturers are unable to guarantee alignment of the stylus .......
393: Vinyl Asylum, RE: So, should I load the MC properly? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-27, 09:34:44 (88.97.21.18)
Simply the idea of correct impedance loading is to flatten the frequency response by reducing a rise in the high frequency response that occurs with most ( all?) MC cartridges. Can you hear it? It dep .......
394: Vinyl Asylum, RE: New Audio Mods Series 6 arm (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-27, 01:21:05 (88.97.21.18)
There are lots of good things about this arm. It is the first that Jeff has built using his own arm tube rather than a modified Rega. There are also detail improvements over previous series including .......
395: Classical Court, RE: You are the biggest SJW around! nt (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-26, 11:55:55 (88.97.21.18)
Actually not being American I don't now what SJW means. But I hope its fun and I win a hat ;-). .......
396: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Considering the post gives no clue about what the tube phono preamp is (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-26, 05:40:50 (88.97.21.18)
" are you assuming it is MM only " The OP effectively says it is only MM: "Low-Output MC cartridge into Tube MM stage Posted by jedrider (A) on October 25, 2020 at 07:55:45 What kind of output sh .......
397: Classical Court, RE: Can I still get Brahms & Liszt? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-26, 03:12:36 (88.97.21.18)
Thanks for that, me old china :-). .......
398: Classical Court, RE: The SJW academics have now decreed: no last-name-only references to the great composers! (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-26, 03:06:55 (88.97.21.18)
Perhaps we have found out why Christopher* White is an assistant professor? I hope that the assistant professor is consistent. For example the work by Ottarino Respighi known as the Trittico Botticel .......
399: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Depends on the phono preamp's gain and the MC cart's output. /nt\ (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-26, 02:11:41 (88.97.21.18)
The OP also needs to know that the input of his MM phono amplifier (almost certainly 47kOhms) will also not be ideal for a typical low output MC cartridge. Another reason why a headamp/SUT is required .......
400: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Michell record clamp users. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-25, 03:31:16 (88.97.21.18)
OP, make sure that you buy the correct one. There is another version that is threaded and is meant for Michell turntables with a threaded spindle ( e.g. Orbe). .......
401: Classical Court, RE: Where is Solti's Mahler Symphony set in high res? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-24, 15:07:49 (88.97.21.18)
" It is worth noting that some of the early ones with the LSO were analogue surely? ". Yes indeed. I think that I may have misinterpreted your post and thought that you meant a fully comprehensive set .......
402: Classical Court, RE: Where is Solti's Mahler Symphony set in high res? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-24, 09:30:37 (88.97.21.18)
The problem for a complete set in hi-res is that some of the symphonies were recorded in early digital using Decca's built in house recorders which were 18 bit and later 20 bit, both @ 44.1 . So the o .......
403: Vinyl Asylum, RE: ICON AUDIO PS3 MKII phono stage ... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-24, 09:11:16 (88.97.21.18)
...and an incredible phonostage it is . HiFi World magazine's reference phonostage and my own. However the OP says " I am getting into a MC cartridge and I am looking to avoid using an SUT or a head .......
404: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Qobuz downloads for non-subscribers in the U.S.A. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-23, 12:04:40 (88.97.21.18)
" Using the Qobuz app, there is no option to download album folders and files into an existing folder without Qobuz first creating a subfolder named "Qobuz", no matter where I direct it." You say that .......
405: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Qobuz downloads for non-subscribers in the U.S.A. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-23, 08:34:05 (88.97.21.18)
O.K I'll think about this further but for the moment: 1. Yes the track title is metadata. Metadata is just data about the object (in this case the music data). The track title identifies the music dat .......
406: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: I beg to differ. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-23, 03:41:09 (88.97.21.18)
" do not have a subscription to Qobuz, perhaps that is why they delete all contents of the "download" folder if I log out of the Qobuz app" That sounds about right. You say that you don't have a Qobuz .......
407: Hi-Rez Highway, Sorry Tom but little of what you say is correct.. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-22, 10:33:51 (88.97.21.18)
...Unless Qobuz USA has a different download MO to us in Europe. 1. That extra 1 is part of standard ID3 metadata and indicates it is disc 1 of 1 ( or you may see a 2 for disc 2 of 2). I have no idea .......
408: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Samsung S7 to Onkyo 9010 Amp Connection Upgrade? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-21, 05:56:19 (88.97.21.18)
" Also thinking about opting for the HD format on Amazon. What do ya'll think?" The link I have posted gives a a fair report of the Amazon HD situation currently. As per the author of the piece linked .......
409: Computer Audio Asylum, Thanks Everyone. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-20, 14:04:38 (88.97.21.18)
After reading the links kindly provided I have decided that the barriers to hi-resolution listening via i-phones or wireless phones/IEMs are large enough to keep me using wired cans and Android for th .......
410: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Music on my phone (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-19, 16:35:51 (88.97.21.18)
Thanks Gary. That is a very useful link which I shall read in detail tomorrow (bedtime in the UK right now). .......
411: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Music on my phone (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-19, 16:34:47 (88.97.21.18)
Thanks Abe. " I would definitely not recommend bluetooth for IEMs or headphones at home, BUT if your need is occasional good sounding music on the go, I would skip the extra hassle of dongles and inse .......
412: Digital Drive, RE: Any master list anywhere of older high-end CD players... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-19, 08:32:55 (88.97.21.18)
The website below has details of the DACs and transport mechanisms for a huge number of players. You will need to use it as a jumping off point for the availability of spares e.g. OPUs as this, of cou .......
413: Amp/Preamp Asylum, I wasn't recommending it to anyone... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-19, 08:26:53 (88.97.21.18)
...just remarking on its styling similarities to this thread's subject. NB: It probably does have remote volume control. EAR Yoshino do not seem to mention such things as either features or specificat .......
414: Amp/Preamp Asylum, It also reminds me of the current... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-18, 23:21:12 (88.97.21.18)
... EAR Yoshino 912 preamp. Given his Japanese connections I wonder if Tim de Paravicini was in any way influenced by the Matsuo styling? .......
415: Classical Court, RE: its funny - I started with his Contemporary recordings (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-18, 16:03:09 (88.97.21.18)
" His versatility is amazing. Accomplished pianist - both classical and jazz. Composer and arranger of film scores, composer of classical music. And conductor. And impeccable comedian's "feed". ::: T .......
416: Computer Audio Asylum, Music on my phone (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-18, 12:56:30 (88.97.21.18)
I'm unsure if this is the right forum for this question but I think that it is the nearest. I occasionally use my my phone to play music via headphones or IEMs. In more detail I have a Samsung G7 and .......
417: General Asylum, It's a double whammy.... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-14, 15:53:03 (88.97.21.18)
Those high pressure diamond anvils look like you could also do away with cable lifters. :-). I just found that 59F means 15C to me. Still too bloody chilly for my listening room comfort. .......
418: Speaker Asylum, RE: Where are all the old speakers,,,, (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-14, 05:16:59 (88.97.21.18)
That is a great question. I think that there are a number of answers: 1. Lots of old speakers are still in use. Yes even old Sansuis etc. from the 1970s. Many non-enthusiasts bought into the audio boo .......
419: Critic's Corner, Where? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-13, 16:08:42 (88.97.21.18)
As far as I can see he only found it ironic that when he read Fremer's 2002 review of the $52K Boulder phono amplifier he was listening to a $825 Sunvalley Audio phonostage. Plus he thought that altho .......
420: Vinyl Asylum, +1 n/t (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-13, 00:13:03 (88.97.21.18)
n/t .......
421: General Asylum, Or B. Scarpia could listen to ... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-12, 15:47:49 (88.97.21.18)
Two of my all time favourite guitar records. I've managed to see him twice , once in Amsterdam, once in London. .......
422: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Can an LP12 travel without total disassembly? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-11, 02:14:19 (88.97.21.18)
You will need to remove the platter. Normally the subplatter does not need to be removed so long as it is raised so that the spindle/bearing point cannot touch the thrust plate in the bearing itself. .......
423: Speaker Asylum, RE: yes but (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-08, 14:50:28 (88.97.21.18)
" especially with the right foam." Yes indeed, unfortunately those materials were not available to the BBC back then. Actually , and at a slight tangent, this is making me think of some new loudspeake .......
424: Vinyl Asylum, RE: check your tracking weight. . . . (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-08, 09:50:06 (88.97.21.18)
No it doesn't make sense. If your tracking weight was the cause then the skips would appear at any point on the disc. But you say it is only towards the side end. I and Opus 33 1/3 have pointed out th .......
425: Speaker Asylum, RE: glues, adhesives (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-08, 09:40:23 (88.97.21.18)
" if only someone would alternate the layers in the plywood with layers of foam or similar." Glad that the BBC didn't as all of the foams from the era of the original LS5 to 8 have now disintegrated i .......
426: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Didn't we just go through this on July 27th? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-08, 04:11:39 (88.97.21.18)
As Opus 33 1/3 indicated last time around, skipping towards the end of a disc is nearly always caused by the arm lift platform not being fully disengaged from the underside of the arm as the latter tr .......
427: Speaker Asylum, RE: This is interesting and I commend your endeavor (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-08, 03:57:47 (88.97.21.18)
" Your approach seems much more logical that the cabinet itself would have little to none and also dissipate any vibration." Which is basically the thinking behind the classic BBC designs now inherite .......
428: Speaker Asylum, RE: In fairness... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-05, 08:32:50 (88.97.21.18)
" it is a floor standing speaker." And perhaps the OP was previously unaware that granite is heavy? .......
429: Vinyl Asylum, CD Sales slump hugely , LP sales increase but only by a little. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-10-01, 10:16:02 (88.97.21.18)
Sales in millions of dollars , year half 1: CD 2019: 247.9 CD 2020: 129.9 (-circa 48%) LP 2019: 224.1 LP 2020: 232.1 (+circa 3%) Most importantly physical product (CD+LP) now represents only 7% of tot .......
430: Vinyl Asylum, One other thought... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-28, 05:40:20 (88.97.21.18)
...which isn't going to be helpful I am afraid. One other setting which will influence L/R balance is azimuth. Many cartridges are built with poor alignment of the motor to the body. You cannot see th .......
431: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Houdini Samples are already in the Wild.... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-28, 05:21:33 (88.97.21.18)
Anthony do have any links to the reports so far? I am not surprised that a user changed his preference from his Ortofon to the AT cartridge. Using the Houdini will change correct SRA and the Ortofon h .......
432: Vinyl Asylum, RE: As pointed out below, it's not an innovation. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-27, 16:16:49 (88.97.21.18)
Ghost, I an sorry but you are making this up. You have no idea at all that it is just a block of foam. You have never seen or touched the Houdini. Further it has been patented. It is not feasible to a .......
433: Digital Drive, RE: Good to know (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-27, 05:57:03 (88.97.21.18)
Ah, it was a re-issue that you were interested in and which the artist/local recording company was considering but hadn't done. I would guess that the original issue will have been the source of the d .......
434: Digital Drive, RE: Good to know (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-27, 03:01:27 (88.97.21.18)
" The music business is very strange these days. " I spent the greater part of my working life in the record industry and it was always strange or, rather, complex to the point of being Byzantine. The .......
435: Digital Drive, RE: Recommendations for Download services (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-26, 06:32:36 (88.97.21.18)
I go along with the others. For the kind of repertoire that you like Qobuz is the best. You can just use their download shop. However my advice would be to sign up to their streaming service for two r .......
436: Digital Drive, RE: Acoustic Sounds "Super Hi-Rez" (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-26, 06:14:22 (88.97.21.18)
" I use Qobuz for downloads but am not always sure if the CD quality download files were actually 16-44.1 files to begin with or merely resampled MP3 files because Qobuz has CD downloads that aren't e .......
437: Digital Drive, RE: HD Tracks impossible! (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-26, 01:13:50 (88.97.21.18)
" It just keeps asking me to register with a different email address". That usually means that as far as the computer is concerned an account already exists for that address. I have had this happen wi .......
438: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I remain highly skeptical. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-26, 00:55:41 (88.97.21.18)
Anthony, as expected a rational and well argued point. However all we have currently is effectively a press release. Such communications do not usually provide full technical analyses and measurements .......
439: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I remain highly skeptical. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-25, 16:49:40 (88.97.21.18)
" If it was such a good idea, TT manufactures like Rega, Linn, Technics, VPI, et al would already offer it." That is, of course, absurd. What you are proposing is that innovation can only come from we .......
440: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Anyone have/had a Redecker brush? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-25, 09:04:35 (88.97.21.18)
Those goat hair brush, either for record cleaning or painting, all have been treated, should be very safe to use. " Just so long as you don't use a goat hairbrush. Rubbing a large mammal across your s .......
441: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Well, the OP asked about the Cartridge Man device. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-25, 03:45:04 (88.97.21.18)
True the OP did ask that question and,yes, there is indeed the Cartridge Man device. But to what degree are the two devices the same except in general application? We have yet to find out. ::: TOPIC:: .......
442: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: How did streaming affect your music purchasing habits? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-25, 00:17:47 (88.97.21.18)
As I have written here before I do purchase music that is important to me as I cannot guaranteed that either the album or even the streaming service itself will be available in five year's time. I do .......
443: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Anyone have/had a Redecker brush? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-24, 23:45:27 (88.97.21.18)
They make a very nice vegetable brush :-). Coincidentally I read earlier this week of someone using a goat hair brush instead of carbon fibre as he found the latter to induce micro scratches on the mi .......
444: Vinyl Asylum, Hold on there (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-24, 23:22:23 (88.97.21.18)
This product is yet to be released (FunkFirm website still says today "to be released at the end of September)so nobody has yet seen or heard one. Given Arthur Khoubesserian's history of innovation fr .......
445: General Asylum, RE: Help on a Marquee 9500LC Projector (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-24, 11:27:16 (88.97.21.18)
" I don't see how they could watch with a 50Hz refresh/frame rate though." Well "they" included me and I don't remember noticing flicker. Perhaps it was because we accepted what we were given? I remem .......
446: General Asylum, RE: Help on a Marquee 9500LC Projector (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-24, 03:06:11 (88.97.21.18)
Just a small point: " If it was built for the UK it probably has 525 lines rather than 480" Our pre-digital TV system was PAL I with 625 lines. .......
447: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: This is weird with the forum (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-23, 21:59:19 (88.97.21.18)
" It's odd at times that the Asylum is very active then goes dead for a brief while." AA has become increasingly concentrated on used or entry level equipment compared to a few years ago. Most of the .......
448: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Beauty is the eye of the beholder. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-23, 16:02:50 (88.97.21.18)
I think that the current Marantz styling is fine. Given some of the references in this thread to styling I can only imagine that many come from old guys remembering their youth. The dislocation with m .......
449: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Sound drops out for split second every few minutes (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-22, 01:58:45 (88.97.21.18)
As you use exclusively online streaming services this sounds like it may relate to your router/switch settings not being compatible with the player in some way. It will not be the power management set .......
450: General Asylum, RE: Do gold compact discs actually sound better (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-17, 15:36:11 (88.97.21.18)
My financial advisor tells me that the actuarial calculation gives me another 12. .......
451: General Asylum, RE: Do gold compact discs actually sound better (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-17, 15:26:52 (88.97.21.18)
No. There is nothing in the sputtering (the thin metallic layer that reflects the laser light) that affects the sound. However if the gold sputtering is genuinely gold (as opposed to just an added col .......
452: Speaker Asylum, RE: Decoupling Speakers - Springs vs. Herbie's (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-14, 15:27:22 (88.97.21.18)
"Seems like it would be difficult to have any emperical measurement of the level of decoupling" Isoacoustics do show measurements of their decoupling devices on their website which were taken at the N .......
453: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Streaming from my phone to the Audiolab 6000N that uses (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-14, 00:49:54 (88.97.21.18)
" it's not streaming but rather physically plugged in, right?". Ah, thanks for the clarification. You mean using wifi like Bluetooth etc. though in this case it's the DTS product? So the problem has n .......
454: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Which Hadcock 242? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-14, 00:39:20 (88.97.21.18)
Unfortunately the Vinyl Engine listing just refers to the Hadcock 24. I suspect that may be referring to the original model. Mr. Hadcock passed away some years ago and his son is now running the busin .......
455: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Which Hadcock 242? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-14, 00:29:11 (88.97.21.18)
The company who I think may be the UK distributor (?), see the link, lists it as weighing 5lbs (rather eccentric as we do not normally use imperial weights over here). Anyway that is 2.27kg which is w .......
456: Computer Audio Asylum, Not so... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-13, 16:31:02 (88.97.21.18)
My AQ Dragonfly Red shows it delivering >24/96 (via Samsung Galaxy 7). However a given phone's DAC may not allow it. The Qobuz app for your phone (Android or iOS) is free as are all of their apps for .......
457: Vinyl Asylum, Which Hadcock 242? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-13, 16:16:54 (88.97.21.18)
There are three versions and only two of them weigh the same. .......
458: General Asylum, RE: Speaks more to the demise of the spinning silver disk (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-12, 01:51:58 (88.97.21.18)
Well some of us have a lot of legacy silver discs. I doubt if too many young people are buying any sort of CD spinner though. Of course these sales figures are revenue not unit based. So as CDs are ch .......
459: Vinyl Asylum, Just to remind you all... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-11, 15:17:47 (88.97.21.18)
These are revenue sales figures not by units. The average new vinyl album costs, what, three times that of an average CD? So the real story is that CD sales continue to collapse to be replaced by stre .......
460: Vinyl Asylum, RE: move up from K&K phono, any suggestion? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-08, 13:20:22 (88.97.21.18)
OP wants to stay with tubes and SUT. The EAR 324 is (surprise) transistor. However there is a new tube phonstage design from Tim de P , the PhonoBox. Getting rave reviews as per the link. The Lamm ph .......
461: Classical Court, RE: New Classical and Opera streaming Site (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-07, 10:12:06 (88.97.21.18)
Mel, where are you situated? I wonder if there are different versions for USA and Europe. This is what I see for FAQ: I also now see a hint that it may be available to Sonos users. .......
462: Classical Court, RE: I was told Decca kept their valve equipment while rivals went ss. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-07, 06:45:23 (88.97.21.18)
Back in the early 1980s I was talking to a mastering engineer at what was then Decca Recording Services and he said that " we thought we were doing the right thing when we broke up our valve equipment .......
463: Classical Court, RE: New Classical and Opera streaming Site (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-07, 01:51:33 (88.97.21.18)
The big disadvantages to Primephonic are : 1. Only portable device apps. 2. No desktop player for PC or Mac so only browser (web)replay which means no gapless (a big issue for classical repertoire IMO .......
464: Classical Court, RE: Uprights etc in classical music....... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-04, 09:47:13 (88.97.21.18)
"However, more interesting is the 'prepared piano' of John Cage" That reminds me of a very embarrassing moment. Many years ago I was one of the two UK representatives at an international record indus .......
465: Classical Court, RE: is the piano a wooden instrument? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-03, 15:51:16 (88.97.21.18)
No the piano is not a wooden instrument per se although it may well have many wooden parts including the case. The final wooden framed pianos would have been at around the time of Beethoven and the Br .......
466: Vinyl Asylum, RE: OCRVC compared with ultrasonic? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-03, 10:10:51 (88.97.21.18)
AS far as I am aware OCRVC (or ORCVC) was a cleaning agent that a now long gone inmate, Olly, used to sell/provide via PM only to other inmates around a decade + ago ( the "O" in the acronym is for Ol .......
467: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: About Bluetooth for high quality audio....... +1 (n/t) (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-02, 08:52:01 (88.97.21.18)
n/t .......
468: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: hificollective have everything (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-02, 08:44:12 (88.97.21.18)
Yes, Analogue Seduction are an excellent dealer. I do use them for appropriate items. They have fascinating showroom in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire housed in a 15th(?) century building that used to b .......
469: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: hificollective have everything... (nt) (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-02, 04:34:48 (88.97.21.18)
The AMR fuses are certainly in the hificollective catalogue. They were also in the catalogues of all of the UK dealers that stock them. However, for some time this year many of the fuse values were no .......
470: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: amp input fuse and internal fuses (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-01, 15:25:26 (88.97.21.18)
I just replaced all of the internal fuses in my system with AMR gold fuses to excellent (and surprising) effect. The main problem was getting the correct ratings. They are Chinese made despite AMR bei .......
471: Digital Drive, RE: When playing a redbook CD on a SACD player (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-01, 15:13:44 (88.97.21.18)
Well you are using the same CD/SACD mechanism as me ( though mine isn't in an SA10). Fingers crossed for both of us ;-). However I hope that I have satisfactorily answered your question about redbook .......
472: Digital Drive, RE: Digital Gargling (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-01, 14:13:30 (88.97.21.18)
" I do have a USB cable at the limits of USB length". That is a candidate for the source of the problem. What USB cable are you using and how long? As an experiment to sort the problem are you able t .......
473: Digital Drive, RE: When playing a redbook CD on a SACD player (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-01, 14:06:07 (88.97.21.18)
" should immatthewj be concerned re: wear on the player due to menu choice?" Good question. There are two elements in play here. One is the life of the laser, the other is the mechanism that changes t .......
474: Digital Drive, RE: Double check your settings... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-01, 02:25:11 (88.97.21.18)
Yes that would be the first thing to check. Many A/V processors give a choice for setting the centre channel as large, small or none. However the OP says that the loss of the centre channel is related .......
475: Digital Drive, RE: When playing a redbook CD on a SACD player (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-09-01, 01:11:15 (88.97.21.18)
" it's the same laser reading mechanism ..." It is the same mechanism but not the same laser or the focal length of the collimator lens. A bona fide SACD player mechanism physically swaps between the .......
476: Digital Drive, RE: Thanks PAR! I should have clarified that the same SACD discs worked in 5.1 perviously . . . (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-08-31, 09:05:58 (88.97.21.18)
I suspect that although you are selecting the multi channel layer on the SACD ( and the Krell processor agrees) it is not actually playing. My reasoning is that the Oppo 105 is now a pretty elderly m .......
477: Digital Drive, RE: No center channel when playing multichannel SACDs (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-08-31, 04:11:21 (88.97.21.18)
Music recordings do not necessarily have a centre channel. They are often (to recall an old word) quadraphonic ( front L,R, rear L,R) not 5.1 or 7.1. There are recordings from the early days of stereo .......
478: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Is Disc Doctor cleaning solution stil for sale ....also.... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-08-30, 15:27:34 (88.97.21.18)
Yes, since Duane Goldman retired it is made and marketed by Acoustic Sounds. Record Doctor is an RCM, no relation AFAIK. .......
479: Classical Court, RE: A lovely recording (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-08-30, 09:54:44 (88.97.21.18)
Thank you so much for recommending this. It has made my weekend (streaming from Qobuz). Pure piano gorgeousity. .......
480: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: TV with no S-Video (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-08-30, 00:38:14 (88.97.21.18)
AA does have a video forum which may provide more help. .......
481: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Highly recommend (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-08-30, 00:35:43 (88.97.21.18)
I considered it but the thickness of its stylus platform makes it impractical from my point of view as it looks like it exceeds the height that the armlift raises the cartridge above the platter surfa .......
482: Digital Drive, RE: When a SACD player won't read a redbook disc (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-08-28, 15:41:11 (88.97.21.18)
" In fact in some cases people find the burnt copy sounds better than the original. The logic or reasoning behind this escapes me at the moment." Optical discs work by the laser light reflected from t .......
483: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: What Do You Guys Think Of This Music Server? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-08-28, 03:50:26 (88.97.21.18)
It seems to cover all of the basics for a low price. Of course when buying any component there are other aspects to consider such as build quality, service backup etc which it is not possible to comme .......
484: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Heard from the dealer... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-08-27, 08:52:50 (88.97.21.18)
" (I suppose it's about 30 years old, right?)" If it is an Ittok LVIII yes, but if an LVII you can add on up to a decade. .......
485: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Just got an Ittok! Question...? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-08-26, 21:20:12 (88.97.21.18)
I used Ittoks on my old LP12 for around 15 years from the original version's launch. I agree with His Grace below and always rotated the counterweight when placing it on the arm and in finding neutra .......
486: Classical Court, RE: Thanks, PAR! - I should have done my own research too! (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-08-25, 09:11:50 (88.97.21.18)
Thanks for that link Chris which I found fascinating. Amazed to find them making binaural tapes back in 1956. I was also interested in the use of artificial reverb on some of the earlier recordings c .......
487: Classical Court, RE: Thanks for the heads up! - I can't remember: were those PYE recordings? [nt] (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-08-24, 18:30:39 (88.97.21.18)
The Mahler 1 from 1957 was a Pye Nixa recording. However if this is the premier Antarctic Symphony recording then that dates from 1953 when Barbirolli was still contracted to HMV (he recorded for Pye .......
488: Headphone Heights, RE: EQ for headphones? (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-08-24, 17:58:07 (88.97.21.18)
There are applications like the one linked that provide custom EQ for given headphone models including the HD650. Of course for people of our age there is also the consideration of presbycusis which w .......
489: Classical Court, RE: Pantatone album cannot play beyond native 16/44 (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-08-23, 15:29:08 (88.97.21.18)
I have the album on Pentatone and so far have always played the SACD layer. But I could try to answer your query. However I am unsure what your question is. I think you are asking can we play a downl .......
490: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: You really do not have to be concerned about all this (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-08-23, 08:43:12 (88.97.21.18)
Hyperion. One of the most innovative of the independent classical labels who have built a large and impressive catalogue over the years and continue with a regular diverse monthly release schedule. : .......
491: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: You really do not have to be concerned about all this (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-08-23, 02:49:12 (88.97.21.18)
I agree with just about everything you say. Streaming music is a fabulous resource. However not everything is available but I think it worth remembering that it is also a pretty new format ( Qobuz USA .......
492: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: You really do not have to be concerned about all this (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-08-19, 14:16:06 (88.97.21.18)
OK I am guilty of exaggeration in the service of encouragement. But it depends to a great extent on what your record collection is and in what esteem it is held. Many people are now streaming for the .......
493: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: You really do not have to be concerned about all this (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-08-19, 14:06:59 (88.97.21.18)
" I'd like to be able to click on a tablet, see the CDs I have, and then select play to listen to what I want to hear as simply and easily as I possibly can." A type of simple solution is linked for y .......
494: Computer Audio Asylum, You really do not have to be concerned about all this (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-08-18, 15:55:45 (88.97.21.18)
I guess we are of a comarable age. So let's go back to the 1960s. You wanted to hear music at home. You had three choices, radio, records or tape. You could become technically involved and build your .......
495: Digital Drive, RE: Wait a minute................... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-08-14, 18:37:06 (88.97.21.18)
Thanks Kal. The reason for my response was that I only dealt with your quotation/statement: " I am running balanced outs, but I cannot switch this until MD sends me (a long with a power cord) the remo .......
496: Digital Drive, RE: And further to Kal's remark... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-08-14, 17:06:37 (88.97.21.18)
All of the numbers that you are quoting are about the phono input. That is LP replay. If you have your SA-10 connected to this input then it will sound horribly wrong. I am afraid that I need to disag .......
497: Classical Court, RE: RIP Julian Bream (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-08-14, 15:25:41 (88.97.21.18)
Yes. A great sadness. I know that Chris from Lafayette is no fan but I have been very moved this afternoon listening to two works associated with him, the Walton Bagatelles and the Arnold Guitar Conce .......
498: Digital Drive, And further to Kal's remark... (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-08-14, 15:15:43 (88.97.21.18)
...I would add that the SA-10's quoted output voltage is more or less dead on the original standard (Redbook)for CD replay which is 2V for a CD modulation of 0.0dBfs. So, as Kal implies, the problem m .......
499: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Other tonearms with SME mounting pattern. (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-08-14, 15:00:53 (88.97.21.18)
" I have a Rega Planar 3 with an SME III tonearm, and I would like to try something different". Why? what do you want to achieve? Without an answer then basically anything will do so long as it comes .......
500: Classical Court, RE: Can you elaborate? What's it like? [nt] (0.00)
Posted by PAR on 2020-08-09, 18:47:16 (88.97.21.18)
British Council involvement does indeed make sense but all of the original LPs that I have of this nature (various labels) have a " recorded with the assistance of.." statement or similar. Not here th .......
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