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1: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Abbey Road Half-Speed remastered Exile on Main Street (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2016-05-11, 02:17:54 (94.31.38.226)
well, I found 25 pages of discussion over at Hoffman http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/the-sound-of-vinyl-half-speed-mastering-from-abbey-road.477291/ .......
2: Vinyl Asylum, Abbey Road Half-Speed remastered Exile on Main Street (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2016-05-10, 07:00:25 (94.31.38.226)
I searched 'half-speed' but no-one seems to have mentioned the recent Abbey Road half-speed remasters of Disraeli Gears, New Gold Dream, Exile on Main Street etc. There has been some publicity around, .......
3: Isolation Ward, RE: And the Dark Matter... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2016-03-16, 09:28:36 (94.31.38.226)
nice. dry. .......
4: Vinyl Asylum, 'HD' vinyl (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2016-03-16, 08:50:19 (94.31.38.226)
Interesting, but I am slightly sceptical of some of what they claim will be possible, eg that they can both increase the length of the music on a side by 30% and increase the volume by 30%. That is st .......
5: Cable Asylum, RE: Leaving the "Collective" (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2015-02-16, 06:33:42 (89.16.249.154)
Ha! You should try having a conversation on the Harbeth User Group... .......
6: Vinyl Asylum, What about the Denon DL-304 (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2015-01-30, 09:05:38 (89.16.249.154)
Does anyone have experience with that? Would it be a candidate? .......
7: Planar Speaker Asylum, Quad ESLs and 1976 Kenwood Trio amp - will it work? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2013-12-12, 03:24:25 (94.31.38.226)
A friend has been convinced by listening to my system to buy a pair of ESL 57s. In the end he'll be looking for suitable valve amp, in the meantime we are wondering whether the old Kenwood Trio KA-375 .......
8: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Supraphon - any difference beween blue and red stereo labels (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2012-11-29, 09:42:41 (89.16.249.154)
as opposed to .......
9: Vinyl Asylum, Supraphon - any difference beween blue and red stereo labels (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2012-11-29, 09:42:10 (89.16.249.154)
for example: .......
10: Vinyl Asylum, RE: No. The EAR 834P will remain my primary phono preamp. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2011-11-07, 05:05:53 (213.152.225.82)
Hey Tom, I see your capacitors in there. How extensively modified is your EAR 834P? I've just been reading all the old Thorsten notes on the Romy the Cat website, planning to do a little work on mine .......
11: Vinyl Asylum, RE: well, it's not the tubes (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2011-11-06, 07:11:21 (94.194.214.85)
Answer: it wasn't stylus damage, it was a big lump of black crud stuck behind the diamond, wide enough that it stuck out either side of the stylus as seen from the front, and completely obscured its s .......
12: Vinyl Asylum, well, it's not the tubes (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2011-11-06, 05:56:33 (94.194.214.85)
I've been using a pair of GE JAN 5751s and on old Mullard ECC83. Replaced the lot with new-testing ECC83s this morning, and the unpleasant sound remains. So, the turntable's on the workbench, aka dini .......
13: Rocky Road, RE: A contender for my favorite Beatles tune of all time is on that record (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2011-11-04, 03:07:59 (213.152.225.82)
I agree completely, and others have recognised this including Little Richard. After his 3 years as a born again preacher-man he returned to rock and roll and made an album called The Rill Thing in 197 .......
14: Vinyl Asylum, RE: suddenly - harsh screechy treble (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2011-11-03, 16:15:40 (94.194.214.85)
No, not yet. Unfortunately I can't do a quick switch (OL 250 arm, no interchangable headshell). I shall be dismounting the arm and replacing the cartridge with a spare tomorrow, then we'll know for ce .......
15: Vinyl Asylum, RE: How sudden? One night, fine. The next day, harsh? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2011-11-03, 16:13:21 (94.194.214.85)
Yes, exactly. One night fine, next night, sharp and screechy. The EAR has been sitting there doing its thing for several years, it might have failed in some way though I can't really imagine what migh .......
16: Vinyl Asylum, 40 years of the Stones rereleased on vinyl (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2011-11-03, 16:09:01 (94.194.214.85)
In two expensive boxes. I imagine these are mainly from the 2002 DSD files - does anyone know? Someone on Amazon has posted this: The albums Rolling Stones, No2, Out of Our Heads, Big Hits and Through .......
17: Vinyl Asylum, suddenly - harsh screechy treble (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2011-11-03, 15:59:29 (94.194.214.85)
Does this sound like stylus damage? I'm using a DV10x5, it's got probably about 1000 hours on it - and suddenly there is a very nasty sharp screechy quality to the treble on vinyl. CD is fine, so the .......
18: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Looks like the Andre/Rampal Brandenburg Concertos (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2011-10-11, 09:48:44 (213.152.225.82)
Well done, sir, so it is. Good taste, Maurice Andre and electrostatics, I don't have that record but some others... .......
19: Vinyl Asylum, What was Steve Jobs listening to in 1982 (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2011-10-11, 06:22:28 (213.152.225.82)
Not wanting to reopen the old 'is it a Gyro' debate, but trying to identify the record visible on the left. What is it he's listening to? .......
20: Hi-Rez Highway, Distinguishing various Sony models (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2011-09-26, 06:46:16 (213.152.225.82)
Can anyone give me any idea what distinguishes the various similar looking mid-range Sony machines that pop up all over eBay? I know the ES suffix indicates higher quality, but is there any significan .......
21: Hi-Rez Highway, RE: Mozart Clarinet Concerto (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2011-09-12, 05:00:18 (213.152.225.82)
Coincidentally I just discovered an exceptionally beautiful performnance of this, one of my favourite pieces of Mozart. It's not on SACD unfortunately but a lovely recording of a very moving performan .......
22: Hi-Rez Highway, First move into SACD (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2011-09-07, 07:13:38 (213.152.225.82)
The time has come. Up to now I've only been using vinyl, and redbook CD (Rega Saturn). However I have a fair number of hybrid CD/SACD discs, and there seem to be new releases continuing so I'm thinkin .......
23: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Pressing defect? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2011-08-26, 07:21:22 (213.152.225.82)
Yup, I was about to say the same thing. Happens on the Mobile Fidelity Ziggy Stardust - one groove gets so close to another the stylus can break through and after that it always does. It can take a lo .......
24: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Supertramp Crime of the Century Original Master Recording (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-11-15, 04:12:41 (213.152.225.82)
It's a great recording, but that is too much money. .......
25: Vinyl Asylum, finding baltic birch ply in the UK (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-11-01, 05:51:21 (213.152.225.82)
Can anyone suggest a source of good baltic birch ply in the UK? I only need enough to make a plinth for a 401..... .......
26: Vinyl Asylum, Crisis What Crisis (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-10-19, 02:59:58 (213.152.225.82)
OK, at the start of side one of Crisis What Crisis, the footsteps should sound real, as though someone is really walking through your room - you should hear the gravel crunching underfoot, and they sh .......
27: Speaker Asylum, RE: Stacked ESL-57s In The HQD Setup Were Outstanding (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-10-18, 12:28:51 (213.152.225.82)
Wayne Picquet's restored panels have a very good reputation indeed. On the quadesl.org site there is an interesting shootout described between half a dozen new / refurbished treble panels and it's cle .......
28: Speaker Asylum, RE: But, but, but . . . (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-10-18, 12:24:53 (213.152.225.82)
well, my plan is to have them parallel initially, flat on to the listener. A Phil Spector wall-o-sound. I am indeed putting screws in to hold them securely, but the upper speaker would be adjustable b .......
29: Speaker Asylum, RE: Probably what Walker was referring to is that the 2 systems... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-10-18, 10:35:14 (213.152.225.82)
That would be a motive for the central pivot that the HQD system seems to have. Good thought. If a few inches difference in distance is significant, the flat triple stack I have a picture of in my blo .......
30: Speaker Asylum, This is certainly my main concern (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-10-18, 05:21:48 (213.152.225.82)
I agree. Once both are up and running I shall experiment with angling the upper speakers more at the listener. The HDQ style stacks seem to have the speakers angled away from one another, I'm not sure .......
31: Speaker Asylum, RE: One more thing (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-10-18, 04:00:18 (213.152.225.82)
Indeed, that's why I quoted it in the blog! See the 'And then there were 4' post.... .......
32: Speaker Asylum, RE: I got my first pair of Quads in 1973 when I was 18. . . (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-10-14, 02:34:33 (213.152.225.82)
I'm puzzled about the phase comment - as far as I can see the two speakers in each pair will be doing exactly the same thing as each other, since they are going to be running from the outputs of the s .......
33: Speaker Asylum, RE: If you are still using that compression/friction fit.... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-10-13, 08:32:21 (213.152.225.82)
You're absolutely right, and I will have several screws per side on each speaker through the frame and into the speaker. I don't want them to be load-bearing though, just to hold the Quads in place. : .......
34: Speaker Asylum, Stacking ESL-57s (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-10-13, 06:57:47 (213.152.225.82)
I'm embarking on my long-planned stacking project, at last. Any advice, constructive comments, warnings or other words of wisdom from those who have already been down this path will be more than welco .......
35: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Head amp vs step up transformer? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-10-07, 02:43:09 (213.152.225.82)
Aren't they quieter than head-amps? .......
36: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Graham Slee Elevator EXP with EAR 834P? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-10-05, 07:38:14 (213.152.225.82)
Interesting, thanks. I have a couple of Cinemags in a box waiting for me to hook them up, they'll be an interesting comparison. I've got GE JAN 5751s in my EAR, gives it a dark sound I love.... ::: TO .......
37: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Graham Slee Elevator EXP with EAR 834P? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-10-05, 04:04:30 (213.152.225.82)
for the record, in case anyone else wants to know the answer to this, Tim de Paravicini himself says yes it'll be fine (but the MC version of the EAR would give better results). .......
38: Vinyl Asylum, Graham Slee Elevator EXP with EAR 834P? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-10-04, 08:00:03 (213.152.225.82)
Has anyone tried this combination? In the notes that come with the Elevator, it says there is a DC offset at the output, and it must only be used with a phono stage that can handle this at its input. .......
39: Vinyl Asylum, Thank you Fred (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-09-29, 09:26:22 (213.152.225.82)
From leafy West London, thanks for that glimpse into a world I never even knew existed..... .......
40: Vinyl Asylum, No, use Hypoid 80 gear oil (nt) (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-09-29, 09:23:15 (213.152.225.82)
nt .......
41: Speaker Asylum, Price (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-09-22, 02:01:51 (213.152.225.82)
have you seen how much they cost? .......
42: Vinyl Asylum, RE: An ALBUM ADDICTION: JEFF BECK "Truth" c. 1968 EPIC #BN 26413 (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-07-21, 07:00:22 (213.152.225.82)
Well you'll be pleased to hear there's a great remastered reissue CD out that sounds great. I've been playing that regularly since I discovered it a few weeks ago - haven't found a good vinyl copy yet .......
43: Vinyl Asylum, Dynavector DV10X5 in the UK (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-07-07, 09:25:03 (213.152.225.82)
Can anyone recommend a UK dealer with the DV10X5 at a sensible price? .......
44: Vinyl Asylum, looking for the best price for Dynavector DV10X5 in the UK (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-07-02, 07:53:19 (213.152.225.82)
Has anyone any suggestions? Thanks if so Robert .......
45: Vinyl Asylum, RE: If I am not mistaken he is going the other way (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-06-14, 11:12:18 (213.152.225.82)
Yes, of course, but that is a bit of a performance as it means removing the whole arm. What I am suggesting is that you raise the arm high enough for the very thickest records, with a good thick shim, .......
46: Planar Speaker Asylum, yes, of course (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-06-14, 08:46:36 (213.152.225.82)
Just have to watch ebay and talk to the sellers in detail. If they haven't actually been arced they are likely to be basically OK. Go for ESL57s, they are cheaper. I just got a virtually mint pair for .......
47: Vinyl Asylum, Why shim a Rega arm (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-06-14, 08:42:50 (213.152.225.82)
It's a lot easier to have a few mats cut out of thin cork sheet (eg 0.5mm) and put on as many as you need for the record being played. In practice there are basically two record thicknesses, and it's .......
48: Vinyl Asylum, EAR 834P valve rolling (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-06-02, 03:15:43 (213.152.225.82)
If you have some, try GE JAN 5751s in the EAR. Splendid dark sound with excellent bass. .......
49: Vinyl Asylum, yes, they were often in different rooms. nt (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-06-02, 03:11:52 (213.152.225.82)
nt .......
50: Music Lane, I love it (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-05-21, 14:24:02 (94.194.214.85)
the new tracks are worth the money by themselves. More discussion in the vinyl asylum. Haven't listened to the original songs yet, just been playing the new ones. Fantastic to have all this new Exile! .......
51: Vinyl Asylum, Yes, and love it (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-05-21, 14:07:17 (94.194.214.85)
The extra tracks are worth the money alone. Exile is one of my favourite records and certainly the Stones' masterpiece for my money, I just love the multilayered, grungy, sleazy, bluesy, world-weary f .......
52: Music Lane, RE: Exile (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-05-18, 08:48:29 (213.152.225.82)
I'll tell you in a day or two when it arrives. You can hear 3 or 4 of the tracks here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00sf99g/The_Huey_Show_16_05_2010/ .......
53: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Once Again: Oh ..... my ..... god. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-04-16, 06:05:22 (213.152.225.82)
I don't see what it's got to do with Rega, that's not a normal price for the belt. Shipping is obviously from the moon. OP - I recommend you get a couple of belts from eBay, they have to be Rega belts .......
54: Vinyl Asylum, Denon DL304 step-up problem (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-04-14, 05:26:04 (213.152.225.82)
Well, the new DL304 is sounding lovely, needs to be a bit tail-down to fill out the bass, but very clean, sweet and detailed. However! Now we have a new issue with trying to step it up enough. The out .......
55: Vinyl Asylum, that reminds me of the... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-04-09, 10:54:14 (213.152.225.82)
MFSL UHQR DSOTM ha ha ha .......
56: Vinyl Asylum, DL304 bass problem (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-04-09, 10:50:46 (213.152.225.82)
I'm using a new DL304 on a Rega RB250 arm, with the full OL modifications, into an EAR 834P. My problem is that the bass seems very very rolled off, to the extent that there really isn't any at all. .......
57: Vinyl Asylum, Crime of the Century is their masterpiece (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-04-09, 10:24:13 (213.152.225.82)
One of my all-time top 5 LPs ever. A masterpiece from end to end. Worth seeking out the MFSL pressing, I know they have a bad press from some people, but this record is a revelation of what is possibl .......
58: Vinyl Asylum, RE: For you mono listeners, what speaker set up to you favor? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-04-07, 07:55:46 (213.152.225.82)
The great advantage of two speakers is that a lot of the surface noise on old records is in one channel or the other, so you can often find that you have two sources of noise on either side (which you .......
59: Vinyl Asylum, Panic over (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-04-07, 02:00:40 (213.152.225.82)
Gentlemen, I must apologise. I must have been at the moonshine. I came back to it yesterday evening and set it up on its shelf, intending to get accurate measurements of everything. To my amazement i .......
60: Vinyl Asylum, RE: DL304 VTA problem with Rega arms (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-04-06, 10:26:12 (213.152.225.82)
Well, the thing is Rega decks don't have separate armboards, they're made for Rega arms which as far as I know all have the same geometry. I wonder if the RB301 is lower than the RB250... Surely not. .......
61: Vinyl Asylum, RE: DL304 VTA problem with Rega arms (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-04-06, 06:54:18 (213.152.225.82)
No, there's nothing between the armbase and the plinth, nothing more can be done to move the arm base lower, I'm afraid. .......
62: Vinyl Asylum, DL304 VTA problem with Rega arms (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-04-06, 01:59:49 (213.152.225.82)
Well, I seem to have a problem with my new cartridge. I'm trying to mount a Denon DL304 on a Rega deck. It's a P3-24 with an OL modded RB250, but the geometry is going to be the same with all Rega dec .......
63: Vinyl Asylum, Marching songs of Nazi Germany. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-03-25, 03:12:53 (213.152.225.82)
All I ever listen to. .......
64: Vinyl Asylum, best sites to sell stuff in the UK (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-03-24, 09:30:05 (213.152.225.82)
I've gone right off eBay in a big way, they've got too expensive to use. Any recommendations for the best hifi classifieds sites to sell stuff (tonearm, phono stage, that kind of thing) in the UK? Aud .......
65: Vinyl Asylum, DL-304 in OL mod rega arm (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-03-22, 09:11:58 (213.152.225.82)
nt .......
66: Vinyl Asylum, New Gil Scott Heron album: beautiful production quality (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-03-17, 07:46:48 (213.152.225.82)
Wow. This is just beautiful. Fabulous heavy duty sleeve, inner sleeves, pictures, vinyl, all produced to the highest possible standard. Probably the best-made gatefold sleeve I have ever seen. How cou .......
67: Vinyl Asylum, Pink Floyd Animals - pressing advice (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-03-17, 07:42:00 (213.152.225.82)
I have an old UK pressing of Animals that has too much surface noise to tolerate, though it's otherwise great. So my questions are 1) how do I recognise the first UK pressing? 2) if anyone has several .......
68: Vinyl Asylum, RE: EAR 834P Deluxe phonostage ?? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-03-17, 07:34:49 (213.152.225.82)
it's popular because it's outstandingly good. If you ever have the chance to do some direct comparisons you'll see. I use GE JAN 5751s in all three positions, gives it a depth and darkness that I pers .......
69: Vinyl Asylum, slightly OT (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-03-08, 10:42:39 (193.203.82.194)
can anyone point me to a quick list of the albums that ABKCO rereleased in 2002 in those CD/SACD dual format digipacks? Were they all subsequently released as DSD to vinyl transfers? I've only ever se .......
70: Vinyl Asylum, Where to get a DL103 retipped in UK (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-03-03, 04:08:16 (193.203.82.194)
Can anyone recommend a place in the UK to do a nice line contact retip of my DL103? I've had phonophono in Germany recommended - isn't there anywhere here? Thanks for any advice .......
71: Vinyl Asylum, OL structural mods to RB250 (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-02-20, 11:49:43 (94.194.214.85)
When OL do their famous modifications to an RB250, they do two things at the back end: the stub is replaced with a new one that is much more solidly connected to the arm, and the Rega floating weight .......
72: Vinyl Asylum, RE: New Rega skeletal-plinth turntable? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2010-02-17, 07:41:13 (193.203.82.194)
According to someone from Rega R&D on Pinkfish, they have about 15 turntable designs under evaluation for the P10. There is a clear move on Roy's part to set up a full range of very high end products .......
73: Isolation Ward, RE: Mind Lamp (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2009-12-22, 05:43:07 (193.203.82.194)
Nice mark-up for a £5 Ikea product. .......
74: Cable Asylum, If you can spend that much on the power cable (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2009-12-22, 04:36:26 (193.203.82.194)
that runs from the wall socket to the equipment, then you would want to do something about the nasty cheap wiring inside the wall, wouldn't you? I mean for that much money you could have the entire ho .......
75: Vinyl Asylum, the cue lever shouldn't be stiff (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2009-12-21, 09:44:01 (193.203.82.194)
Sounds like that needs attention, though I don't know how it's lubricated, I've never had that problem with any of the (5) Rega arms I've used. .......
76: Vinyl Asylum, RE: do you really need it that loose? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2009-12-21, 09:41:32 (193.203.82.194)
Yes, that's the point of the 'plus a little bit more'. If you tighten it just a pinch more, the one-sixteenth of a turn Rega recommends, then it stays there. .......
77: Vinyl Asylum, do you really need it that loose? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2009-12-21, 08:29:16 (193.203.82.194)
Can you actually hear an improvement if you have it that loose? I use an RB250 with the full OL modifications, and tightening it just enough to hold it in place (finger tight plus a tiny bit more) lea .......
78: Vinyl Asylum, expedit ditto ditto (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2009-12-18, 07:00:32 (193.203.82.194)
5x5 is a great piece of furniture. Different cubes for different genres/decades/conductors/whatever you like. .......
79: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Penguin Record guides - old for classical LPs (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2009-12-10, 04:44:09 (193.203.82.194)
What a confusing mass of information! I use the 1977 Penguin Stereo Record Guide, which is 1168 pages long and devoted entirely to classical (though the Beatles get a brief mention). It is not just b .......
80: Vinyl Asylum, probably unfixable (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2009-12-10, 04:19:31 (193.203.82.194)
I've had one LP out of a couple of thousand that did that, looked mint, quick look with a loupe and I could see that two grooves got too close together and actually met at one point. Bad cutting. ::: .......
81: Vinyl Asylum, How to use the Stereo Test Record? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2009-12-02, 15:34:55 (94.194.214.85)
I've managed to find my Hi-Fi Sound Stereo Test Record, which I've never used before. It has two 300Hz laterally modulated tracks at different levels and two vertically modulated. It tells you to use .......
82: Vinyl Asylum, RE: cartridge set-up question (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2009-12-02, 11:13:40 (94.194.214.85)
The reason I was wondering if it was in any way a set-up issue is that the surface noise is far more conspicuous than it was yesterday with an old Rega Planar and RB300 using the same cartridge... ::: .......
83: Vinyl Asylum, cartridge set-up question (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2009-12-02, 09:06:09 (193.203.82.194)
Situation: Shiny new deck! Bright red Rega p3-24 with external PSU. Lovely arm out of storage! Fully OL modified RB250. Temporary AT95e while the DL103 goes away for retipping. Issue: It's a long time .......
84: Vinyl Asylum, confirmation from Audio-Technica (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2009-11-27, 04:44:27 (193.203.82.194)
For anyone else in the future searching the archives, AT have just got back to me. The pins on their cartridges are all arranged the same way and it is indeed the opposite to Denon: the signal pins ar .......
85: Vinyl Asylum, assumption that + is signal? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2009-11-27, 01:59:55 (193.203.82.194)
not assumption there is a universal standard for pin layout as there is for colour coding the wires? .......
86: Vinyl Asylum, Help needed connecting cartridges (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2009-11-26, 14:17:40 (94.194.214.85)
I've taken my Denon DL103 off to have a nice elliptical retip done. While it's away I've got my cheap and cheerful AT95e to stand in. However I'm a bit uncertain about connecting it as it looks as tho .......
87: Vinyl Asylum, just had to share (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2009-11-18, 15:47:34 (94.194.214.85)
with people who will understand. For a while I've been trying to get a reasonable copy of Exile On Main Street, which to me means first UK pressing, in EX+ or NM condition - at a price I can afford. I .......
88: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Palm Springs record stores--do any exist anymore? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2009-11-13, 03:06:15 (193.203.82.194)
well, not quite true, there is some vinyl at the Angel View thrift store. but really not worth looking at when they have such great shirts! .......
89: Vinyl Asylum, solid copper??? surely not! (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2009-11-12, 06:51:49 (193.203.82.194)
seems a bit radical .......
90: Vinyl Asylum, watch The Dukes of Hazzard and you'll find out (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2009-10-20, 03:06:48 (193.203.82.194)
nt .......
91: Tube DIY Asylum, It's all right here (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2009-09-27, 14:08:52 (94.194.214.85)
spend a bit of time browsing this. How about putting a photo in the fridge to improve your hifi. I won't even mention the phone.... .......
92: Tube DIY Asylum, Dynaco ST70 dual voltage mains transformer q. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2009-09-27, 13:47:04 (94.194.214.85)
I'm just wiring in one of Triode Electronics' PA-521-S replacements for the old mains transformer in my ST70. I'm setting it up to run at 240V for the UK. Can anyone confirm how to connect the primary .......
93: Vinyl Asylum, recognising Exile on Main Street first pressing (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2009-09-23, 08:04:45 (193.203.82.194)
I found this piece of advice: First pressing came in Unipak design with a sheet of postcards. UNIPAK Patent Pending on inside spine. Second pressing (1973) came with two pockets for each record. But .......
94: Vinyl Asylum, what's the sound quality of the london ffrrs like? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2009-09-23, 08:01:57 (193.203.82.194)
I see them in charity shops here in London all the time but usually in such a state of wear that I've never tried them. .......
95: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: welsh english (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2009-09-22, 04:46:38 (193.203.82.194)
'Where to are you by, but?' is a magnificent piece of English. I was standing by a Dorset farmer at a steam fair once who nudged me and pointed out a traction engine with the words, ar, she'm a girt .......
96: Rocky Road, RE: New Beatles Discs Queries: Compression? Hi-Rez Coming? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2009-09-14, 03:15:02 (193.203.82.194)
the stereo discs are (somewhat) compressed, the mono ones are not, according to an interview with the engineers. .......
97: Digital Drive, the Apollo doesn't sound shrill. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2009-09-11, 08:09:18 (193.203.82.194)
Not at all. And brightness is a problem I have often had. So I would suspect there was a problem elsewhere in the test set-up. .......
98: Isolation Ward, well thanks for the system picture (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2009-07-20, 05:01:03 (193.203.82.194)
Well fed indeed. .......
99: Vinyl Asylum, Breaking the finger lift on Rega arms (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2009-07-20, 04:54:42 (193.203.82.194)
I've been offered an RB700 on which the finger lift has been snapped. The seller claims these are bery fragile and it happens easily, but I am concerned that it must have taken considerable force. Wha .......
100: Isolation Ward, RE: Cartoon of the Day (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2009-07-08, 08:09:31 (193.203.82.194)
I'm still here if you want an argument. .......
101: Vinyl Asylum, rega arms on roksan radius 5 (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2009-07-08, 03:40:12 (193.203.82.194)
Does anyone know if they would fit? I haven't been able to find out the mounting details of the default Nima arm. .......
102: Amp/Preamp Asylum, serious amplifiers (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-10-31, 08:44:27 (193.203.83.22)
I was passing a stage being set up for a gig of some kind this morning, and stopped to watch stacks of speakers being connected and a bass player testing the set-up. It was LOUD. It got me wondering, .......
103: Vinyl Asylum, happy days in Ashwoods (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-10-31, 06:30:07 (193.203.83.22)
I spent a year in Sydney working on Happy Feet, and used to cycle into the centre to look for records at lunchtime. Ashwoods is by far the best place I found, picked up quite a few nice things there. .......
104: Isolation Ward, RE: Thank you... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-10-29, 10:30:40 (193.203.83.22)
just pop a photo in the fridge. They won't see it there. Did you know about that one? Since this thread has gone awol anyway, may I just say how excited I am by having read the post below this morning .......
105: Isolation Ward, RE: particularly difficult for you (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-10-29, 09:10:46 (193.203.83.22)
It's a fair point. If you consider an unusually wide variety of things can positively affect the sound, then it must be a problem that an equally wide variety of things could negatively affect it. I h .......
106: Isolation Ward, particularly difficult for you (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-10-29, 08:48:57 (193.203.83.22)
For anyone who believes that phone calls, pots of pebbles, digital clocks, sticky coloured dots and such-like can affect the system, the list of possible causes is simply endless. Maybe you got the w .......
107: Propeller Head Plaza, RE: You missed this classic exchange :-) (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-10-28, 10:43:55 (193.203.83.22)
Nice. 'My mum could hear the difference while she was washing up' made me laugh for about 5 minutes. What a match made in heaven Richard and Teresa are. .......
108: Propeller Head Plaza, what ARE you talking about? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-10-27, 05:50:36 (193.203.83.22)
Some components sound different from others, some sound similar, some sound exactly the same as each other. You need to tighten up what you're saying until it makes sense, and get a bit less virulent .......
109: Propeller Head Plaza, you have an odd definition of 'golden ear' (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-10-27, 05:42:34 (193.203.83.22)
golden ear audiophiles like yourself (people who believe every component sounds different) -- no-one believes every component sounds different. .......
110: Cable Asylum, RE: Balanced XLR to unbalanced RCA DIY cable (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-10-26, 05:37:25 (193.203.83.22)
Did it work out? .......
111: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Has anyone compared the new 45 with the AP 45? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-10-26, 05:24:48 (193.203.83.22)
What does AP stand for? .......
112: Cable Asylum, biamping (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-10-24, 03:33:15 (193.203.83.22)
A nice big fat high power solid state amp for the bass and a sweet and delicate valve amp for the treble. .......
113: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Sheik Yerbouti... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-10-22, 12:36:03 (193.203.83.22)
tee hee hee .......
114: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Sheik Yerbouti... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-10-22, 11:00:17 (193.203.83.22)
wristwatch .......
115: Cable Asylum, RE: Balanced XLR to unbalanced RCA DIY cable (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-10-22, 10:41:35 (193.203.83.22)
Oh, I see - you have female XLR on the cable and male on the machine? In that case you aren't going to have the same problem I guess. .......
116: Cable Asylum, RE: Balanced XLR to unbalanced RCA DIY cable (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-10-22, 10:33:17 (193.203.83.22)
Yes, shield earthed at the source end only. Perhaps you could push the pins into a potato? Should hold them rigidly enough I'd think. I was holding mine with a bulldog clip but it didn't work well, en .......
117: Cable Asylum, RE: Balanced XLR to unbalanced RCA DIY cable (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-10-22, 03:22:00 (193.203.83.22)
I made a pair of these the other night and they work perfectly. Your suggestion sounds fine. My cables run the other way, unbalanced DAC to balanced amplifier. I used a twin cable with shield. I conne .......
118: Vinyl Asylum, RE: a great album indeed (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-10-21, 04:12:38 (193.203.83.22)
Indeed. To my ears one of the best rock bands ever. The distorted guitars of 'Revolution' on the white album were Paul McCartney's attempt to outdo The Who at being loud and heavy and dirty. They neve .......
119: Vinyl Asylum, silly money (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-10-18, 04:18:28 (193.203.83.22)
sometimes you happen across a battle between two deep-pocketed Japanese audiophiles that goes off the scale. This seems an absurd amount. .......
120: Vinyl Asylum, second Louisiana Music Factory! (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-10-15, 00:58:12 (193.203.83.22)
I spent a while downstairs choosing CDs, then discovered the upstairs where I got all the same recordings on vinyl for less money. One of those happy memories of my trip round the south. I still have .......
121: Vinyl Asylum, RE: (Grrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!) (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-10-14, 01:59:04 (193.203.83.22)
the first album I bought, and still one of my all-time favourites. It's well worth searching for a clean MoFi copy, the sound is spectacularly good. I also have a white label promo copy, but the MoFi .......
122: Cable Asylum, pity my higgerance (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-10-13, 04:20:27 (193.203.83.22)
Why are interconnects always shielded and speaker cables never? .......
123: Vinyl Asylum, Top James Brown LPs? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-10-10, 03:01:00 (193.203.83.22)
There are just so many James Brown records in the used shops here I don't know where to begin. Any suggestions for a top 5 in terms of either music or recording quality? .......
124: Tweakers' Asylum, but don't waste your money (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-10-10, 02:24:06 (193.203.83.22)
buying things that make professional electronic engineers laugh out loud. .......
125: Isolation Ward, RE: I think we just did to the tune of 700 billion. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-10-06, 10:41:22 (193.203.83.22)
I didn't mean when we can't personally understand the details of how something works, but when we can't see how it could possibly work. Not a quantitative failure of explanation but a qualitative one .......
126: Isolation Ward, Obviously you want the improvement (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-10-06, 07:18:47 (193.203.83.22)
However I think this more accurately summarises the situation that gives rise to much of the debate here: Q: Would you pay money for something that the seller told you would improve your system, when .......
127: Vinyl Asylum, RE: EAR 834p noisy - normal? No. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-09-28, 03:43:03 (193.203.83.22)
mine's completely silent, though my ESL 57s are not what you'd call high efficiency. .......
128: Vinyl Asylum, I've got... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-09-27, 01:45:18 (193.203.83.22)
The Six Million Dollar Man versus Santa's Elves on a 7 inch single. They go on strike and The SMDM, wearing a norwegian fisherman's sweater, moves in and breaks it up. No kidding. .......
129: Isolation Ward, tumbleweed....... (nt) (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-09-26, 01:36:01 (193.203.83.22)
nt .......
130: Vinyl Asylum, yes - because clearly it must be... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-09-24, 11:15:29 (193.203.83.22)
better than sex. .......
131: Vinyl Asylum, I did (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-09-23, 06:54:35 (193.203.83.22)
Thanks all the same .......
132: Vinyl Asylum, Useful (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-09-23, 03:45:12 (193.203.83.22)
I've often wished there was a translation of this page: .......
133: Vinyl Asylum, That's the kind of thing I needed to know (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-09-23, 03:22:37 (193.203.83.22)
Thanks Tom. How's your back? Do you know the lying on a hard floor drawing your knees up to your chest exercises - those have helped both my father and me with lower back pain for many years. ::: TOPI .......
134: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Goats Head Soup (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-09-23, 01:49:55 (193.203.83.22)
I don't know, I quite like 'Angie'. .......
135: Vinyl Asylum, Goats Head Soup (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-09-22, 10:45:31 (193.203.83.22)
I need to get me a nice copy of Goats Head Soup. But this is after the Decca days and I don't have the trusty boxed/unboxed distinction to help me. How do I tell a nice early pressing of this album fr .......
136: Vinyl Asylum, ABKCO Stones DSD remasterings pressed to vinyl (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-09-19, 04:36:27 (193.203.83.22)
I wonder if anyone has heard any of these? I was exploring Zavvi (used to be Virgin Music in the UK) to see how it had changed since Virgin sold it off. Seems to be quite an encouraging vinyl departme .......
137: Vinyl Asylum, what's the camera method?? nt (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-09-17, 06:00:01 (193.203.83.22)
nt. .......
138: Vinyl Asylum, setting up AT95e on Rega deck (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-09-16, 11:12:50 (193.203.83.22)
Tonight I have to set up a new AT95e in an RB300 arm on a Rega Planar 3. I was thinking of using the arc protractor at the Vinyl Engine website. Is this good? Has anyone any other recommendations? All .......
139: Isolation Ward, Let me try again - please do (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-09-13, 03:41:41 (193.203.83.22)
It is an interesting subject, but one that you won't find discussed much here. Spend half an hour looking back through past postings and you'll see that this is not a forum where much intelligent deba .......
140: Isolation Ward, RE: Bybee, Belt, Tice and Kait. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-09-09, 08:35:51 (193.203.83.22)
Expectation influences perception, that's what. .......
141: Amp/Preamp Asylum, YES (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-05-16, 03:04:32 (193.203.83.22)
try it once without switching it off and listen to the kind of noises that come out of the speakers. Being powered on and off is a normal thing for an amplifier, the kind of effect you'll create is no .......
142: Vinyl Asylum, RE: What a cool find...in my own house...but I can't play it! (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-05-13, 10:24:32 (193.203.83.22)
let's have some examples! .......
143: Vinyl Asylum, Hitler's speeches, as usual (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-05-13, 04:47:10 (193.203.83.22)
nt .......
144: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Everywhere seems cheaper than the UK (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-05-10, 04:48:42 (193.203.83.22)
Yeah it's crazy. I can't help laughing when we hear people in the US are complaining about gas costing $3 a gallon. $3, wow, that would be great. It's more than $10 here. Personally, I'm leaving for .......
145: Vinyl Asylum, How did you sell them all? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-05-09, 03:29:05 (193.203.83.22)
I've found it such hard work selling on eBay (and expensive) that I can't be bothered any more and just take duplicates and unwanted records into a shop and take what they'll give me in credit. I can' .......
146: Vinyl Asylum, Oh my god I want it, give it to me! (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-05-09, 03:26:51 (193.203.83.22)
I bought an LP once because the sleeve information and labels wre entirely in some Indian-looking language. There's just no CD equivalent of browsing through the dusty exotica section. .......
147: Vinyl Asylum, Still cheaper than the UK (nt) (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-05-09, 03:19:54 (193.203.83.22)
nt .......
148: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Doors Vinyl Box vs. other Doors issues (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-05-05, 09:53:20 (193.203.83.22)
This is very interesting. I didn't know about the DCC reissues, I only have the originals, mostly UK pressings (being over here and all). However I have seen a three record 'audiophile' 150gm remaster .......
149: Isolation Ward, RE: Small audio devices (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-05-05, 06:54:02 (193.203.83.22)
maybe you should have specified, 'not in the signal path' .......
150: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Tentative first steps by vinyl inmate - basic question (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-04-25, 06:17:01 (193.203.83.22)
The point is not to use the soundcard ADC because I have an external one that I suspect is a lot better. Hmm... so I need a new soundcard after all I guess. Revised question - what external soundcard .......
151: Computer Audio Asylum, Tentative first steps by vinyl inmate - basic question (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-04-25, 04:54:17 (193.203.83.22)
I'd like to start getting some vinyl onto CD, using the A-D half of my existing analogue/digital converter. So as things stand I have a lead from the ADC with a digital signal - how do I get the signa .......
152: Vinyl Asylum, finding songs (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-04-25, 04:10:16 (193.203.83.22)
I didn't know about wazdatsong, that's cool. There's a number here you can call on your mobile if you hear a song playing, and you just hold your phone out to the music for ten seconds or so and ring .......
153: Digital Drive, don't complain or they'll sue you too (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-04-24, 01:32:08 (193.203.83.22)
The music industry loves you, no really! .......
154: Vinyl Asylum, Make the most of it you lucky American you (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-04-24, 01:29:05 (193.203.83.22)
You'd be horrified if you came over to the UK these days. Petrol is now £5 ($US10) a gallon. Sirloin? Ha ha ha. Only the Queen eats sirloin. .......
155: Vinyl Asylum, old-skool dance (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-04-24, 01:25:51 (193.203.83.22)
Ha, that's annoying. I was trying to snipe a record I REALLY wanted a while ago, left it just too late and there was a momentary hiccough in the browser that delayed my bid getting through. So annoyin .......
156: Vinyl Asylum, PAR is spot on about prices (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-04-23, 06:41:04 (193.203.83.22)
That's exactly where they're at. I'm at my desk in Soho, London, a hundred metres from all the second hand vinyl shops of Berwick Street, where I spend my lunch hour browsing most days. I guess the gr .......
157: Vinyl Asylum, Supertramp - Crime of the Century - purchased 1977 (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-04-21, 01:48:50 (193.203.83.22)
for £4.75. Now replaced with two copies, a white label promotional copy and the MFSL pressing. Still one of the all time great 1970s albums, and groups for that matter. .......
158: Isolation Ward, Ha ha ha. Very witty. Nice one.[nt] (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-04-01, 10:49:44 (193.203.83.22)
nt .......
159: Isolation Ward, I'm afraid so. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-03-31, 08:33:45 (193.203.83.22)
You see, it concerned matters where people could imagine a causal connection between the changes you were making and alterations in the sound. .......
160: Vinyl Asylum, Duffy's 'Rockferry' in the shops (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-03-31, 08:10:46 (193.203.83.22)
Nice to be able to go out and buy a new album on vinyl over the counter, like the old days! .......
161: Cable Asylum, Russ Andrews silenced by Advertsing Standards (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-03-29, 16:41:57 (212.183.134.209)
recent ruling by the Advertising Standards Authority in the UK: .......
162: Music Lane, Clemencic Consort recording of Carmina Burana on Harmonia Mundi (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-03-28, 03:51:05 (193.203.83.22)
Does anyone else have this CD (HMA 195335) - and if so do you find the same problem I do? ON a couple of tracks, notably 11 and 13, there is an intense and irritating metallic-sounding drone completel .......
163: Vinyl Asylum, RE: 175 degrees is much too hot IME (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-03-14, 08:18:14 (193.203.83.22)
Yes, likely to result in genuine flattening. I was amazed the first time I tried putting an LP in the oven (to try bending and stretching them) to find absolutely no trace of the grooves at all when i .......
164: Vinyl Asylum, Turn on record player before amplifiers? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-03-14, 04:34:10 (193.203.83.22)
That would be my advice. You should look into what is happening though as I used a Rega Planar 3 with a Gram Amp 2 for a while and never experienced this. You could telephone or email Graham himself a .......
165: Vinyl Asylum, Any used vinyl stores in Malaga or Seville? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-03-14, 04:29:19 (193.203.83.22)
by any chance? I shall be in Andalucia for Semana Santa and just wondered.... .......
166: Vinyl Asylum, Found one at my own local record store! (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-03-14, 04:27:53 (193.203.83.22)
Popped into Sister Ray on my way home and they had it. Didn't buy it at £20 though, after having had a listen to bits of most of the first three sides I found it too far to the jazz end of the jazz-fu .......
167: Vinyl Asylum, not very helpfull!! (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-03-13, 09:26:08 (193.203.83.22)
Can you give a link to someone selling it on vinyl? .......
168: Isolation Ward, Please post your impressions when you have tried it(nt) (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-03-13, 04:46:55 (193.203.83.22)
nt .......
169: Vinyl Asylum, on vinyl? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-03-13, 04:38:40 (193.203.83.22)
just seems to be CD both at that link and on their own site. .......
170: Amp/Preamp Asylum, monobloc or monoblock? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-03-13, 04:33:24 (193.203.83.22)
It seems to be very common to find the, presumably French, spelling 'monobloc'. Is there any reason for this? Which is best in the English-speaking world, in the opinion of inmates? .......
171: Digital Drive, Rega Apollo reads normal computer CD-Rs (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-03-05, 06:53:40 (193.203.83.22)
As do the whole range of Arcam Alphas from 7 to 9, with the exception of the problem I mentioned in my earlier post, and a couple of Cambridge Audio models although I can't remember which ones. Maybe .......
172: Isolation Ward, RE: Off-hand I can think of two (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-03-05, 06:49:11 (193.203.83.22)
OK, nothing to do with quantum mechanics then. .......
173: Digital Drive, Which Arcam? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-03-05, 04:48:28 (193.203.83.22)
This question makes little sense as it stands as the different Arcams are very different inside and sound very different from one another. In my experience they are all left behind by the new Regas, t .......
174: Digital Drive, One Rega Apollo, works perfectly thanks! (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-03-05, 04:40:33 (193.203.83.22)
Experience limited to one Apollo bought new a year ago, used mostly with remote, listening patterns random, sometimes whole CD sometimes jump about the tracks, but I have never had any kind of problem .......
175: Digital Drive, playing burned discs (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-03-05, 04:36:35 (193.203.83.22)
Well I can tell you two simple facts: 1) The Arcam Alpha 9 plays only the first few tracks of computer-burned CD-Rs, then a progressive deterioration into crackling distortion occurs. This happens wi .......
176: Isolation Ward, Off-hand I can think of two (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-03-04, 02:37:13 (193.203.83.22)
Jack Bybee's quantum purifiers, and, I believe, the products of May and Peter Belt. I know May posts here so I am sure she can confirm this if I'm right. .......
177: Vinyl Asylum, try mono without using the mono switch (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-02-26, 07:17:50 (193.203.83.22)
then the surface noise is almost entirely at the two speakers and it's easy to concentrate on the music which will be almost clean, in the middle. .......
178: Vinyl Asylum, Incidentally - good source of thin cork mat (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-02-25, 10:18:05 (193.203.83.22)
I found my own supply for experiments by pure chance. This might be of interest to anyone who's at a loss to find it for sale locally: Ikea do very very cheap sets of coasters made of 2mm cork sheet. .......
179: Vinyl Asylum, I do, of course. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-02-25, 10:12:31 (193.203.83.22)
What makes you think I don't? I just assumed that if someone found something good and posted about it here he'd be telling us what it was - I assumed it was an oversight that he describes the material .......
180: Vinyl Asylum, Sound is more important than appearance in the end, but... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-02-25, 04:28:15 (193.203.83.22)
what is the material you describe? Are you going to say or are you just tantalising us with your secret discovery? .......
181: Vinyl Asylum, If anyone has a copy of this they'd like to sell, let me know. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-02-25, 04:21:24 (193.203.83.22)
William Burroughs LPs also sought by mad collector .......
182: Vinyl Asylum, I bet he don't get no bids though (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-02-20, 03:44:59 (193.203.83.22)
He's just too vague about the contents for anyone to take it seriously, don't you think? .......
183: Vinyl Asylum, pay attention, Bond (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-02-20, 02:18:13 (193.203.83.22)
nt .......
184: Isolation Ward, All right, I'm going to try the black pen on the edges. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-02-14, 04:05:48 (193.203.83.22)
With four of us listening. I assume that any opaque black permanent marker type pen will do? .......
185: Isolation Ward, that whole article is awful (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-02-11, 06:56:54 (193.203.83.22)
It's like a giant troll, it'll annoy pretty much everyone who reads it whatever their views! .......
186: Vinyl Asylum, One of the many great Sounds of New Orleans (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-02-11, 06:30:45 (193.203.83.22)
Chris Barber. .......
187: Vinyl Asylum, Album cover of the day fantabuloso (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-02-07, 08:24:19 (193.203.83.22)
clever, clever! .......
188: Music Lane, anyone else see Barenboim at the RFH last night? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-02-07, 07:49:08 (193.203.83.22)
The finale of the Appassionata was astonishing. I wouldn't have believed it could be played so fast. .......
189: Vinyl Asylum, I couldn't resist sharing this (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-02-07, 05:27:51 (193.203.83.22)
From Amazon's review of a CD player: The digital-to-analog converter is Panasonic's single-bit MASH (multi-stage noise shaping technology) DAC, designed to virtually eliminate distortion and deliver a .......
190: Vinyl Asylum, hoo boy (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-02-05, 09:24:04 (193.203.83.22)
Ah jest lets the dawg lick it .......
191: Vinyl Asylum, RE: EAR 834P- Using an au7 in V3? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-02-05, 09:09:54 (193.203.83.22)
Well, the 12ax7 is what is supposed to be there, after all. What do you have in the other positions? .......
192: Isolation Ward, I'm disappointed it has proved so fruitless (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-02-04, 05:18:36 (193.203.83.22)
I was hoping for something a bit more imaginative, rather than the usual "you're a con" "you're a troll (attach irrelevant quotation and smiley" "explain it!" "Can't, shan't, don't need to (attach irr .......
193: Isolation Ward, A competition (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-02-01, 09:57:09 (193.203.83.22)
A prize will be awarded to the most plausible explanation of the Teleportation Tweak in 400 words or less. No recourse to quantum physics unless you can convince the judges you actually understand wha .......
194: Isolation Ward, oh ho (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-02-01, 06:37:49 (193.203.83.22)
I missed that one when it was posted. I must say the abuse and craziness has all been worthwhile for that unforgettable statement, 'you couldn't have misunderestimated me more.' .......
195: Isolation Ward, Thanks! (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-31, 08:57:00 (193.203.83.22)
I see what they're talking about. .......
196: Isolation Ward, hee hee hee hee (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-31, 07:37:14 (193.203.83.22)
"It has now become obvious to anyone with direct experience of P.W.B. Morphic Message Labels and the new Morphic Message Foils (including ‘x’ Film) that the beneficial messages are communicated to the .......
197: Isolation Ward, Wow. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-31, 07:27:55 (193.203.83.22)
We are constantly trying to fix a stable X on everything in the environment but cannot. So, when Peter developed a foil specifically to give us (human beings) the pattern of a stable X and attached a .......
198: Isolation Ward, what stuff does May make? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-31, 06:49:46 (193.203.83.22)
Did a google search but without success. What's the Tornado? .......
199: Isolation Ward, RE: Guess there won't be any more C.E.S show reports posted here... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-31, 06:44:59 (193.203.83.22)
No-one's got that cached have they? I missed it, just trying to imagine it... .......
200: Isolation Ward, differences between cd and dvd players for cd (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-31, 03:07:39 (193.203.83.22)
That is very interesting. I'd like to know more, especially if you have any idea what might be going on. Do you have any idea what differences there are between the way CD and DVD players are designed .......
201: Isolation Ward, RE: Excellent post ... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-30, 03:16:08 (193.203.83.22)
Especially Clark's knee-jerk rudeness. I reread that about six times trying to decide if it was a joke, but after looking at some of his other posts I realized, sadly, that he was in fact being delibe .......
202: Isolation Ward, wouldn't metal foil work as well? nt (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-28, 09:05:16 (193.203.83.22)
nt .......
203: Isolation Ward, you're missing the point here too... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-23, 09:23:29 (193.203.83.22)
as I've tried to point out below .......
204: Isolation Ward, This is missing the point a bit (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-23, 09:19:59 (193.203.83.22)
The situation is, two people make contradictory claims. One says 'I can make your stereo sound better and the colours of your video better by ringing you up'. The other says 'A phone call just can't d .......
205: Vinyl Asylum, note - doesn't work outside the US (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-22, 03:03:15 (193.203.83.22)
unfortunately. .......
206: Isolation Ward, well, one motive would be sales (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-21, 03:15:48 (193.203.83.22)
Though I don't have any idea how many people read AudioAsylum, if someone came up with a plausible theory for how a prima facie unlikely tweak like Kait's phone call worked, and had a growing number o .......
207: Isolation Ward, we must overcome the notion (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-21, 03:11:55 (193.203.83.22)
that the behaviour of electrons and air molecules follows the rules of physics, perhaps? Then indeed miracles are possible. .......
208: Isolation Ward, They are just as likely to work (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-21, 03:10:01 (193.203.83.22)
in that as we understand the world, they are all, equally, impossible. There's no way a phone call of any kind could affect the output of your hifi, just as it couldn't affect the clarity of your wind .......
209: Isolation Ward, no indeed (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-21, 03:04:58 (193.203.83.22)
As I should have pointed out, this was really a reply to several posts in earlier threads saying that it was up to those who claimed such things wouldn't work to prove their negative claims. My point .......
210: Isolation Ward, The burden of proof - lets get this straight. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-18, 09:56:58 (193.203.83.22)
We basically know how hifi equipment works. The general theories of physics involved in this kind of electronics and mechanics are so immensely well-tested and well-supported that there really isn't a .......
211: Digital Drive, Rega Apollo a good transport. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-18, 07:04:11 (193.203.83.22)
I think the Apollo would be probably a good one to try, as the main reason it is so good is improvements to data reading from the disc - rather than to the analogue section. .......
212: Vinyl Asylum, No, only the very valuable / shiny / matt white ones. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-18, 03:32:02 (193.203.83.22)
I play lots of records, and I just can't be bothered with the extra stage of getting out involved. I could never imagine doing the Teresa thing (unseal outer sleeve, take out LP, remove from cover, re .......
213: Shady Lane, to read more (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-17, 02:49:58 (193.203.83.22)
and I mean a lot more, visit the isolation ward. That is solely devoted to Kait. .......
214: Speaker Asylum, RE: Quad 21L or 22L (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-11, 07:56:25 (193.203.83.22)
Finest handpainted Chinese lacquer. .......
215: Vinyl Asylum, What does 'skimmed' mean (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-11, 05:00:20 (193.203.83.22)
when people talk about 'skimmed vinyl'? .......
216: Tweakers' Asylum, Absolutely the most amazing, yet affordable, tweak (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-11, 03:57:43 (193.203.83.22)
with no side-effects! Have a hypnotist implant in you the conviction that your stereo sounds absolutely wonderful. .......
217: Vinyl Asylum, RE: EAR834P tube question... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-11, 02:30:43 (193.203.83.22)
Have you thorstened yours? .......
218: Vinyl Asylum, do you mean weight literally? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-11, 02:27:02 (193.203.83.22)
like, a brick or something? That's an easy tweak to try if it really has an effect. .......
219: Vinyl Asylum, RE: EAR834P tube question... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-10, 09:03:45 (193.203.83.22)
Hi Tom, how's sunny California? I'll introduce them one by one and see what happens. The less gain the better with the Stereo 20, though once my DHTs are up and running I'll need every bit I can get. .......
220: Vinyl Asylum, RE: EAR834P tube question... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-10, 08:47:33 (193.203.83.22)
Pray tell, which tube gave you gobsmacking palpability and a rich tonal palette? Still using ECC83s in mine, though they are nice old Mullards from my Leak Stereo 20. Haven't had the EAR long, thought .......
221: Isolation Ward, The prima facie implausible claim is Kait's (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-10, 03:46:59 (193.203.83.22)
Personally I'm happy for you to spend your money how you choose. No need to get aggressive about sceptics though, since as anyone with high-school physics will tell you, the theoretical claims made ab .......
222: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Shielded RCA cables (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-09, 02:28:46 (193.203.83.22)
It's usually connected at one end only. .......
223: Music Lane, One thing that has made me optimistic recently (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-08, 03:49:32 (193.203.83.22)
is Reference Recordings decision that hard drives are big enough these days that they plan to start selling the actual 24bit 176.4kHz masters of their recordings, instead of downgrading them to CD qua .......
224: Isolation Ward, Ok, enough about G Kait's stuff. How about Jack Bybee? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-08, 03:28:46 (193.203.83.22)
I see his prices have risen enormously - I mean we are talking thousands of dollars now. Still claiming to be able to smooth the flow of electrons like cars on a freeway with light traffic, by putting .......
225: Isolation Ward, they aren't ridiculing what they don't understand... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2008-01-07, 03:01:35 (193.203.83.22)
It's because they do understand (elementary physics) that they they ridicule products which are patently N*O*N*S*E*N*S*E. I'm sorry but the teleportation tweak does not have any effect on your stereo. .......
226: Vinyl Asylum, It's true (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-12-20, 08:27:59 (193.203.83.22)
I spent a year in Sydney recently, and can sympathise. However, back now in cold dark London, I think about the surf on the Eastern Beaches and the sunshine, and, on balance, you win by being in Austr .......
227: Vinyl Asylum, That doesn't sound like the CD I have - rather OT now (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-12-20, 08:22:15 (193.203.83.22)
Neither 'murky' nor 'lacking in top end' would characterise the copy I bought, not in the least. Particularly not 'murky'. I wonder if they could vary - I don't really see how as the same digital file .......
228: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Beatles "LOVE" lp $69.00 (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-12-20, 06:38:17 (193.203.83.22)
The CD is extremely good if you have a reasonable digital front end. .......
229: Music Lane, very dark, but harder than FSOL (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-12-20, 06:32:49 (193.203.83.22)
http://www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/twi/twi1cd006.html .......
230: Vinyl Asylum, yes indeed (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-12-19, 07:10:43 (193.203.83.22)
Made in darkest Essex. .......
231: Music Lane, And without wanting to be controversial (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-12-19, 03:18:35 (193.203.83.22)
(I do know which forum I'm posting in) - if you are really looking for sound quality in classical recordings, you should consider vinyl. In terms of CDs, try anything on the Harmonia Mundi label, or t .......
232: Music Lane, consider selling your $100k system in that case. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-12-19, 03:10:24 (193.203.83.22)
Invest about 10% of the proceeds in a Rega Saturn, some recently overhauled vintage valve amplification, and audition speakers to find ones you like. Then see how CDs sound, and you'll have a great de .......
233: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Some interesting sealed LP's on ebay (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-12-19, 01:12:59 (193.203.83.22)
er... you can buy shrink-wrapping machines not far from where I work. Being sealed means absolutely ****nothing**** .......
234: Vinyl Asylum, RE: wire color code for Rega tonearm (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-12-18, 07:56:11 (193.203.83.22)
I think it is: Red: Right + White: Left + Blue: Left - Green: right - .......
235: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Tonight: ECM (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-12-17, 09:57:31 (193.203.83.22)
What kind of music are the ECM discs? .......
236: Vinyl Asylum, ringing (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-12-16, 05:08:49 (80.195.188.190)
That's a problem with one or more of the valves. It shouldn't ring at all. .......
237: Vinyl Asylum, indeed it is..... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-12-16, 05:05:42 (80.195.188.190)
but you can't see it unless you know it is there - or get sent to it. .......
238: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Mosin's gone too. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-12-16, 05:03:23 (80.195.188.190)
Not only the low signal to noise ratio, but the way so many posters immediately become insulting if their opinions are questioned..... .......
239: Vinyl Asylum, Good advice about composer (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-12-14, 10:02:58 (193.203.83.22)
Composer comes first. I'd lay in a few handfuls of cheap charity shop records by lots of different composers and see if there are any whose work you really enjoy listening to. Then explore their oeuvr .......
240: Vinyl Asylum, It tends not to work like that (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-12-14, 09:54:15 (193.203.83.22)
the great performances frequently seem to come out of the blue. I mean, obviously a world-class orchestra like, say, the Berlin Philharmonic is unlikely to release a recording which is not good (thoug .......
241: Isolation Ward, would you pay $60 for it unless... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-12-14, 07:11:29 (193.203.83.22)
you thought there was a serious probability that you would hear something? .......
242: Vinyl Asylum, Just visited the isolation ward. Scary. Got sucked well in... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-12-14, 06:59:21 (193.203.83.22)
Mustn't look again. Hard to tear yourself free... Back on topic, I just found a nice little vinyl shop round a corner I had never noticed before, and came out with probably the most eclectic collectio .......
243: Isolation Ward, A thought on Machina Dynamica, PWB, and indeed Marigo dots (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-12-14, 06:35:29 (193.203.83.22)
As an inmate with a reasonable idea how his electronics work, I can say without hesitation that putting my photo in the freezer or receiving any kind of telephone call whatever will not change my hifi .......
244: Isolation Ward, RE: Not much else to do when you have the flu :( (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-12-14, 04:42:31 (193.203.83.22)
It was invented as an exercise in inventing a religion. L Ron Hubbard had talked for years about how easy it would be. .......
245: Isolation Ward, RE: I personally think listening is the most reasonable approach... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-12-14, 03:26:02 (193.203.83.22)
If MD is making money out of it, I would say there was no sign of insanity in the seller at all. .......
246: Isolation Ward, RE: How would you prove this to be a 'con game'?... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-12-14, 03:20:04 (193.203.83.22)
Because there's no way it could do what is claimed. Obviously. Or at least obviously if you have the faintest idea how your stereo system actually works. It's a con if the seller claims it changes the .......
247: Vinyl Asylum, Magic Eraser - ever seen in the UK?? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-12-13, 04:10:56 (193.203.83.22)
I have never seen this thing for sale, despite searching ever since I first read about it here. Has anyone any idea if it can be bought in the UK? Would anyone in the US take a few dollars by paypal t .......
248: Vinyl Asylum, stylus pressure - good god a'mighty (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-12-13, 04:03:12 (193.203.83.22)
Having an old armless Rega Planar 2 and a spare RB300 arm, I've been marrying them up ready to sell. The arm has an A&R cambridge c77 cartridge on it, and this I read should have a VTF of 2.5g. Settin .......
249: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Two axis accelerometer (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-12-12, 04:20:35 (193.203.83.22)
nt .......
250: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Storing Lps (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-12-12, 04:15:40 (193.203.83.22)
vertical, neither too tightly packed nor too loosely. Moderately tightly packed. Not in an unduly warm place like direct sunlight or near heating pipes. Somewhere dry. In good quality inner sleeves. : .......
251: Vinyl Asylum, RE: The thrifts ain't what they used to be (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-12-10, 10:59:29 (80.195.188.190)
Richmond, eh. Me too! Which bit? We're on Sheen Road, near Queens Road. I'm quite surprised to find anyone else even in England let alone local. Twickenham has a fair number of charity shops to trawl .......
252: Vinyl Asylum, RE: The thrifts ain't what they used to be (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-12-10, 06:36:27 (193.203.83.22)
Indeed they aren't. Avoid East Sheen Oxfam Shop, they charge £8-£25 a disc, stuff like the Stones being at the top end of that range. David Bowie LPs for £10, when they are only £4-£8 in the record s .......
253: Vinyl Asylum, Hypoid 80 gear oil nt (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-12-03, 10:53:27 (193.203.83.22)
nt .......
254: Vinyl Asylum, Dolores Erickson (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-12-03, 01:23:49 (193.203.83.22)
There are other photographs from the shoot that didn't make it to the cover around, they're more revealing....... .......
255: Digital Drive, Panasonic portable CD players - SX / SV / CT - what's the difference? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-11-29, 09:52:08 (193.203.83.22)
I've been looking for the best Panasonic portable CD player I can get. The SL-SX500 has been highly recommended here in previous discussions. There sem to be a confusing range of models though, most o .......
256: Vinyl Asylum, RE: AC/DC reissue question.... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-11-29, 03:43:01 (193.203.83.22)
HTH was included, yes, I've just bought one, see my later post. There's more here, if you're in central London. .......
257: Vinyl Asylum, But Bon Scott... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-11-29, 02:46:28 (193.203.83.22)
could chew gum and sing at the same time. There's a video of him doing it on youtube. How cool is that! I have been haunting Aus eBay and buying the original Albert issues, one by one. They go, as men .......
258: Vinyl Asylum, Warner-Elektra-Atlantic 'Roots' reissues (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-11-26, 09:46:07 (193.203.83.22)
I'm seeing a number of nice-looking reissues of records like 'The Exciting Wilson Picket' and early Otis Redding appear in London recently, at quite moderate prices. They're all part of this Warner-El .......
259: Vinyl Asylum, take them to the thrift store (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-11-26, 09:37:57 (193.203.83.22)
then you can have the pleasure of reading about them again in a 'Great Thrift Store Jackpot Bonanza' e-mail to the forum shortly afterwards! .......
260: Digital Drive, True about the drumming with the Apollo also (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-11-22, 09:40:43 (193.203.83.22)
Something really convincing about things that go bong or twang from the new Rega players. You can somehow hear the tautness of the drumskin, it's a palpable, vinyl-like realism, lovely to hear. ::: TO .......
261: Digital Drive, It is certainly faulty (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-11-14, 10:03:41 (193.203.83.22)
I have had my Apollo about three months now and have had no problems with it at all. It has played every CD, CDR and MP3 disc I've put in it without any problem, except for one CDR that turned out to .......
262: Vinyl Asylum, Available in red, green or yellow vinyl (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-11-13, 04:45:49 (193.203.83.22)
This is a classic record, only the second track doesn't work, too rap, but the rest is all excellent. .......
263: Amp/Preamp Asylum, $25 is more like the right price (nt) (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-11-07, 08:16:12 (193.203.83.22)
nt .......
264: Digital Drive, RE: Rega Saturn CD Player (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-11-07, 03:46:00 (193.203.83.22)
Hi Gary, and congratulations on one of the best ESL sites, whatever your connection with it is - it's one I've often consulted. I've been using the Apollo with my old bronze ESL 57s. I envy you havin .......
265: Digital Drive, Smallest CD player with a coaxial digital out? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-11-07, 03:21:48 (193.203.83.22)
Is there such a thing as a portable CD player with S/PDIF out? I'm trying to put together a kind of micro desk system, and thinking in terms of smallest possible CD player, coax to my modified ART DI/ .......
266: Vinyl Asylum, RE: ACOTD Thematic... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-11-03, 09:54:47 (193.203.83.22)
What's that top left one with the cogwheels on it? Nice picture. .......
267: Vinyl Asylum, It could be worse (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-11-03, 09:50:25 (193.203.83.22)
I sometimes wish there could be a universal clearout of some of the dated easy-listening LPs that clog up the charity and thrift stores everywhere. You know the kind of people I mean..... (carefully a .......
268: Vinyl Asylum, new vinyl in HMV (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-11-03, 09:46:39 (193.203.83.22)
It seems most regular posters are in the US so here's the news from London. Working in Soho I usually spend lunchtime in the 5 or 6 used vinyl shops still going around Berwick Street. It's a healthy s .......
269: Vinyl Asylum, From what you say... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-11-03, 03:59:26 (193.203.83.22)
I recommend you try an album called The Yellow Shark. .......
270: Vinyl Asylum, go up one to the Gram Amp 2 (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-11-03, 03:53:55 (193.203.83.22)
That's widely considered something of a giant killer. .......
271: Vinyl Asylum, As a DL103 / AU300 user (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-27, 11:08:44 (193.203.83.22)
you can imagine I find this very very interesting indeeeeeeeeed. Can you tell me which model of Cinemag transformers you used? I've got my card in my hand ready to order...... .......
272: Vinyl Asylum, London, Saturday lunchtime (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-27, 07:43:57 (193.203.83.22)
Did a trawl through the charity shops in East Sheen on my way into town. Have to work as it's the last couple of weeks for this film (golden compass) and it's due for release in early December, last m .......
273: Vinyl Asylum, new UK tt on the market... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-25, 10:37:15 (193.203.83.22)
I'm not sure about the transparent look, myself. .......
274: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Can you name any household spray-on cleaners that will harm a vinyl record? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-24, 03:03:57 (193.203.83.22)
There's quite a range of abrasive bathroom cleaners that I find can comprehensively destroy a record... .......
275: Vinyl Asylum, teleportation tweak anyone? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-23, 12:02:53 (193.203.83.22)
http://www.machinadynamica.com/machina60.htm literally, money for nothing.... .......
276: Vinyl Asylum, But he explains the procedure quite clearly (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-23, 11:20:18 (193.203.83.22)
All he does is buy a bunch of copies and pick out the best. That's it. The best OF THAT GROUP. You've got to hand it to him, if he is genuinely selling his records at the prices he claims, he's come u .......
277: Vinyl Asylum, Damn it my stampers were just too hot (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-23, 10:51:57 (193.203.83.22)
pfui .......
278: Vinyl Asylum, There's no guarantee (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-23, 08:10:35 (193.203.83.22)
that the hot stampers are good in any absolute sense, only that they happen to be the best of the ones he listened to. So if the hot stamper costs more than ten or so copies of the record, you're bett .......
279: Vinyl Asylum, RE: All copies made from the same acetate (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-20, 04:22:25 (193.203.83.22)
yes they are .......
280: Vinyl Asylum, ask! (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-20, 03:56:21 (193.203.83.22)
Just ask the seller if there is any surface noise of any kind. Then if they say there isn't and there is, you can return it. If someone has a feedback reputation as good as that to protect I would tru .......
281: Vinyl Asylum, How about Japanese? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-18, 15:23:33 (193.203.83.22)
I notice eBay sellers are always talking up their Japanese vinyl ('with Obi!!') - is there a generally high standard of Japanese pressing to justify this? .......
282: Vinyl Asylum, it's always seemed pretty effortless in linux (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-18, 15:17:03 (193.203.83.22)
double click on link selects it, single middle click in browser bar pastes it, hit return. I've never had a problem with this, but now I have had my eyes opened I shall be OptionalLinking from now on. .......
283: Vinyl Asylum, la la la not listening ... sorry, I believe I never noticed that... cough cough (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-18, 14:24:53 (193.203.83.22)
nt .......
284: Vinyl Asylum, German vinyl (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-18, 14:20:10 (193.203.83.22)
I'd always assumed the country of origin was the one you wanted your vinyl from. This was on the presumption that the record company would send second or third generation copies of the master overseas .......
285: Vinyl Asylum, Sticking cork dots directly to the glass platter (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-18, 11:48:38 (193.203.83.22)
So few? I was thinking about doing this the other day, just have to find a source of thin cork sheet in the UK, but I would have thought you'd need more of them..... .......
286: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Rega = Sound Quality (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-18, 02:18:46 (193.203.83.22)
It's a damn fine CD player, however. Much closer to the smoothness of vinyl than any other I've heard, though I'm not fortunate enough to get into the Wadia league of expenditure. .......
287: Vinyl Asylum, RE: DGG tulips (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-17, 09:16:16 (193.203.83.22)
Ring of tulip like thingys round the label instead of plain circles, like this: http://www.micrographia.com/projec/projapps/viny/viny0000/dggold.jpg .......
288: Vinyl Asylum, RE: There was a white vinyl reissue on purple label... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-15, 11:13:08 (193.203.83.22)
White vinyl would be lovely. I have the blue double on blue vinyl, sound is nothing to write home about. However The Dub Side of The Moon on yellow vinyl sounds superb. I have a Stones bootleg on whit .......
289: Vinyl Asylum, More specifically.... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-15, 10:46:48 (193.203.83.22)
I just bought a pretty nice looking very very near mint copy, photos, poster and all for £20 ($40 these days). The vinyl is on the usual Apple label, only indication of date on the label is P 1968. I .......
290: Vinyl Asylum, Beatles White Album 70s reissues (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-15, 08:08:19 (193.203.83.22)
Does anyone know if there were many reissues of the Wbite Album in the 70s? .......
291: Vinyl Asylum, You're missing the point of my rebuttal (and a bit abrupt!) (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-14, 03:09:00 (193.203.83.22)
Put simply your argument was that if torque is transmitted by a belt then 1) there will be a difference in tension between the two sides of the belt, and 2) there will therefore be an extension of th .......
292: Vinyl Asylum, I mean Antarctic (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-13, 10:26:14 (193.203.83.22)
cold is affecting my typing. .......
293: Vinyl Asylum, How much is postage to British Antactic Research Station? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-13, 10:24:57 (193.203.83.22)
Individually packed for safety, preferably. .......
294: Vinyl Asylum, Interesting reply but wrong (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-13, 07:32:52 (193.203.83.22)
Your argument was based on two premises - the difference in tension betwen the two sides of the belt, and the extensibility of the material of which it was made. From these you deduced that there must .......
295: Vinyl Asylum, Reductio ad absurdum of this reasoning (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-11, 08:00:33 (193.203.83.22)
If this were true it would be impossible for torque to be transmitted by any means where creep is impossible. Yet clearly we could imagine a rubber chain passing over toothed wheels, where creep wold .......
296: Vinyl Asylum, hadn't heard about this at all (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-10, 07:34:06 (193.203.83.22)
"The Rega P1s have been reported by some to have an offcenter platter (not perfectly round)" - do you have any links to discussion of this we could read? .......
297: Vinyl Asylum, Recently bought a Numark PT01 (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-09, 11:29:21 (193.203.83.22)
for checking out the cheap vinyl in those basements in Soho and Camden. Certainly portable, 12" square so it fits in record boxes, and light. The internal speakers are not very big, but of course ther .......
298: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Name some albums which sound better on CD than they do on vinyl; Here's my list.. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-09, 11:00:22 (193.203.83.22)
Modern classical recordings on CD are often extremely good. It's a shame they aren't issued on vinyl, since in my experience vinyl has the edge, I also can't think of a single example where the CD is .......
299: Vinyl Asylum, No it won't. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-09, 04:39:33 (193.203.83.22)
nt .......
300: Vinyl Asylum, RE: 34 classical/opera LPs I'm planning to ditch (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-07, 13:12:59 (193.203.83.22)
The BPO Karajan Beethoven symphonies are all excellent apart from his sixth, and assuming they are in near mint condition could probably be sold. Certainly the boxed set if it's NM would sell. Are the .......
301: Vinyl Asylum, RE: More Beatles Ebay Madness (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-06, 14:51:25 (193.203.83.22)
The Beatles never seem to come up on What's Spinning.... .......
302: Vinyl Asylum, the best I've come across is 'rare' for a rnu of the mill DSOTM disc (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-05, 09:35:39 (193.203.83.22)
Now, how many million of them were pressed?? .......
303: Vinyl Asylum, Does it work? nt (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-02, 10:23:08 (193.203.83.22)
nt .......
304: Vinyl Asylum, You have a point (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-01, 10:07:31 (193.203.83.22)
but its the worried pitying looks.... .......
305: Vinyl Asylum, Records you like but don't think you should have (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-10-01, 04:41:41 (193.203.83.22)
A friend of mine (no, honest, it really isn't me) only listens to the Electric Light Orchestra. When there's nobody else around here, though, I sneak Glen Campbell's 'Rhinestone Cowboy' onto the deck .......
306: Vinyl Asylum, Gone at £310 - well over $600. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-09-29, 05:43:19 (193.203.83.22)
nt .......
307: Vinyl Asylum, a good thing about NOT using the mono switch, however (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-09-28, 06:50:22 (193.203.83.22)
is that surface noise (these being old records generally) is located to either side at the speakers and the music shines through cleanly in the centre. .......
308: Vinyl Asylum, And when you get to the end of the mp3 file? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-09-28, 05:44:55 (193.203.83.22)
nt .......
309: Vinyl Asylum, Interesting, I didn't know that was a good one (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-09-28, 04:27:34 (193.203.83.22)
What are your favourite pressings. It seems you have a few? .......
310: Vinyl Asylum, MFSL Pink Floyd - see the price rise before your eyes (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-09-27, 10:33:55 (193.203.83.22)
MFSLUHQRDSOTM, currently up to £123 on UK eBay. Item number 220151837540. Watch it and weep. .......
311: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Flying Furtwanglers OTOTOT (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-09-25, 12:15:44 (193.203.83.22)
No it was my fault, I had an out of date e-mail address in my personal settings, I've fixed it now. .......
312: Vinyl Asylum, nice collection (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-09-25, 12:14:35 (193.203.83.22)
I love that cover of the 5th bottom left, that's funky. I'm not sure about Otto, my brother and I disagree strongly about the Missa Solemnis, I like Karajan and the BPO on DG, he goes for Klemperer on .......
313: Vinyl Asylum, Flying Furtwanglers OTOTOT (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-09-25, 11:08:28 (193.203.83.22)
Hey Tom, did you get my email about Rickie Lee Jones? .......
314: Vinyl Asylum, Here's the same record for sale in the US... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-09-25, 10:28:28 (193.203.83.22)
http://cgi.ebay.com/FURTWANGLER-Beeth.-Symph.-9-rec.-1951-EMI-DACAPO-2-LPs_W0QQitemZ140160091748QQcmdZViewItem I'm a big fan in particular of the 1942 Berlin 9th, and of the 1951 reopening of Bayreuth .......
315: Vinyl Asylum, Now that's a thought (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-09-25, 10:21:18 (193.203.83.22)
Turns out you are right. Here's some discussion about this particular record, it was a fake stereo system called 'Breitklang'. Not a promising sound to that, is there? http://www.talkaboutthemusic.com .......
316: Vinyl Asylum, Thanks- yes it is historical (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-09-25, 09:52:58 (193.203.83.22)
I was looking at 1950s Furtwangler recordings, at about the price you mention. .......
317: Vinyl Asylum, Die Volks Platte "Widesound Stereo" German Pressing (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-09-25, 02:37:04 (193.203.83.22)
Anyone have any experience of these - are they good? I'm looking at 1950s classical German recordings, but have nothing on this label to judge by. .......
318: Vinyl Asylum, flying cowboys (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-09-21, 10:29:24 (193.203.83.22)
Holy moly I had a copy of that in my hand at lunchtime, it's in a shop just a few yards from me. Didn't buy it as I have never heard the album, I only know Pop Pop. However it was only a few pounds... .......
319: Vinyl Asylum, german, eh? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-09-21, 10:25:41 (193.203.83.22)
That's interesting. I've always assumed that the country of origin would be using the original master tape and everywhere else would get copies to work from. I notice that Japanese pressings seem to b .......
320: Vinyl Asylum, RE: My copy plays perfectly. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-09-21, 07:37:03 (193.203.83.22)
That's encouraging, I shall risk another if I don't find a good clean early UK pressing first. .......
321: Vinyl Asylum, acetate, master, whatever you like to call.. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-09-21, 07:35:18 (193.203.83.22)
teh disc created by the cutting head, where the groove was allowed to come within a whisker of the one before... .......
322: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Careful on your comments regarding MFSL... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-09-21, 07:14:56 (193.203.83.22)
It's true the copy of Abbey Road I have is a bit odd, not necessarily bad but mastered differently from the original LP. I can see this might be viewed as heresy - it's certainly unjustifiable. Crime .......
323: Vinyl Asylum, All copies made from the same acetate (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-09-21, 07:09:38 (193.203.83.22)
are likely to have the same problem, for reasons made clear in my post. .......
324: Vinyl Asylum, MFSL Ziggy Stardust: WTF!?! Dammit!! (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-09-21, 03:50:32 (193.203.83.22)
I found my first MFSL classical pressing in a charity shop a while back, and I was so impressed I got on to American eBay where they come up (I'm not in the US) and managed to win a few of my favourit .......
325: Vinyl Asylum, RE: I'm up to about 16 feet of LPs - how many is that, then? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-09-09, 13:47:08 (77.96.81.118)
God I'm such a lightweight! Less than a thousand... It looks like so many... .......
326: Vinyl Asylum, I'm up to about 16 feet of LPs - how many is that, then? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-09-09, 02:17:00 (77.96.81.118)
I find feet an easier way to think of them now as it translates directly into shelf lengths/ box sizes. I guess that isn't very many by asylum standards, perhaps I'm only a little potty rather than co .......
327: Vinyl Asylum, the price, perhaps? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-09-09, 02:09:41 (77.96.81.118)
Phonostages are relatively simple, I find it hard to imagine how it can be justifiable to spend this much on one. But I have to say I have never heard one A/Bed with a cheaper product. .......
328: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Another Bronislaw ........................... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-09-04, 02:35:13 (77.96.81.118)
Yes indeed. And next to that LP, on this shelf right here, I have one I find even MORE beautiful, not a Bronislav but a Hermann: Herman Krebbers with the Concertgebouw conducted by Bernard Haitink on .......
329: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Harmonia Mundi - another recommendation (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-08-21, 13:39:36 (77.96.81.118)
Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda (Claudio Monteverdi) Harmonia Mundi, 1975, HM 986. I have I think 8 recordings of Monteverdi's Tancred and Clorinda, and this blows all the rest away, it's in .......
330: Vinyl Asylum, RE: Easy. . . Audio Technica AT-95E . . .$39.95 new. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-08-17, 12:14:15 (77.96.81.118)
Many thanks. It was on the arm of a Rega Planar 3 I picked up at the dump and managed to fix in five minutes. Now playing happily in the living room, going on eBay shortly... Money to fund the record .......
331: Vinyl Asylum, can anyone help me identify this cartridge? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-08-17, 11:53:05 (77.96.81.118)
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332: Vinyl Asylum, AC/DC recordings (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-08-15, 05:26:02 (77.96.81.118)
I need to get some serious AC/DC vinyl into my collection, and I'd be very interested in any advice inmates can give about the best sounding pressings. Were their records originally issued in Australi .......
333: Vinyl Asylum, Arturo Toscanini Society pressings (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-08-15, 05:13:18 (77.96.81.118)
Does anyone know anything about the quality of the ATS society private pressings of Toscanini? I'm interested in the Beethoven recordings specifically. How do they compare with the official released r .......
334: Vinyl Asylum, More... Camden area (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-08-15, 05:09:18 (77.96.81.118)
I can't be as specific about Camden as Soho, but I was there a month or two ago and can tell you there are at least 6 record shops within half a mile of Camden underground station, as well as one or t .......
335: Vinyl Asylum, RE: London Vinyl Dealers (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-08-14, 03:28:14 (77.96.81.118)
Soho is the place to go, trust me, I work there. A quick list: Harold Moore's records, corner of Gt Marlborough and Poland Streets. One block south, Phonica on Poland St west side. One block east, fou .......
336: Planar Speaker Asylum, Help! I blew up my ESL57! (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-08-04, 16:28:50 (77.96.81.118)
I've done something nasty to one of my beloved ESL57s, by feeding it too high a voltage. However I don't know exactly what I've damaged. I'm hoping someone with more experience will be able to give me .......
337: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Very specific NAD 3220PE problem (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2007-07-04, 12:13:55 (77.96.81.118)
Just in case there is someone out there who has the circuit diagram and knows the electronics well..... One channel is dead. Resistor 454 has burnt out. Looking around I find the parallel circuit for .......
338: Vinyl Asylum, Raph and I listen to both kinds of music (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-10-12, 18:13:07 (203.94.168.166)
Country AND Western. .......
339: Vinyl Asylum, A sad story: Tower Records sold to asset strippers (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-10-08, 19:47:31 (203.94.168.166)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1890819,00.html .......
340: Vinyl Asylum, Can someone explain to me how these work? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-10-08, 15:24:50 (203.94.168.166)
What's the plastic arm thing - is that the 'trough' he talks about? .......
341: Vinyl Asylum, lurid record cover of the day (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-10-08, 07:13:18 (203.94.168.166)
Genuine Memphis soul on Volt records. Thanks to sberger for enlightening me as to what I was looking for. And what a cover! Definitely one for the frame. .......
342: Vinyl Asylum, I'm shocked, sir, deeply shocked! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-10-08, 06:26:02 (203.94.168.166)
nt .......
343: Vinyl Asylum, Never get impatient with a box of Mantovani (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-10-07, 18:43:25 (203.94.168.166)
I was at work on Saturday but got away early in the afternoon. Cycling gently home to go to the beach for a swim, I noticed that 'Cloee Collectibles', the grubby looking antique store I pass every day .......
344: Vinyl Asylum, As a cartridge or as a trolling tool? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-10-04, 19:24:01 (203.94.168.166)
nt .......
345: Vinyl Asylum, 16rpm (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-10-04, 17:29:41 (203.94.168.166)
My first record player when I was at school had a setting for 16 as well as 33, 45 and 78 rpm. Yet I have never ever seen or heard of a 16rpm disc. Do any inmates have any? What were they used for? Wh .......
346: Vinyl Asylum, But overlubrication CAN lead to speed variation (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-10-04, 17:02:40 (203.94.168.166)
It happened to me twice before I got it right. Motor is new upgrade hard-mounted version, spindle is secure, belt is new, relubrication with less oil fixed it. Plus I was warned by Rega that this woul .......
347: Vinyl Asylum, Any suggestions for low budget high compliance MM? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-10-03, 22:23:39 (203.94.168.166)
nt .......
348: Vinyl Asylum, Rega speed stability and lubrication - for reference (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-10-03, 20:45:03 (203.94.168.166)
I'm just posting this so that anyone searching the archives will find what I've learned over the last couple of days. The turntable involved was a Planar 3 but most of the range are similar and it pro .......
349: Vinyl Asylum, 45rpm is the problem (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-10-03, 17:15:17 (203.94.168.166)
It's fine at 33. When I switch to 45, the stainless steel arm that pushes the belt moves up correctly, but the belt won't rise up onto the wider top section of the spindle. It remains trapped by the c .......
350: Vinyl Asylum, me too! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-10-02, 16:21:14 (203.94.168.166)
nt .......
351: Vinyl Asylum, Raphaela steps out (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-10-02, 04:15:12 (203.94.168.166)
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352: Vinyl Asylum, sadly, pretty much true! Need advice here... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-10-02, 03:33:17 (203.94.168.166)
There seem to be a lot of different kinds of music called 'blues', and even more so 'rhythm and blues'. I'd be very grateful if you or anyone else here could recommend more records to look for with th .......
353: Vinyl Asylum, random record cover (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-10-02, 00:34:36 (203.94.168.166)
Angel records, not all bad, even the US pressings. This has great sound and great packaging, one of the heaviest cardboard covers in my library, and a beautiful matt black cover with gold title bar as .......
354: Vinyl Asylum, Yes, isn't rigidity important? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-29, 20:34:54 (203.94.168.166)
My first thought was that 24 inches of thin wood must be a bit, well, bendy. I'm sure with carbon fibre composite materials you could build a very rigid tube this length, but wood? .......
355: Vinyl Asylum, 4 1/2 foot tonearm!! (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-29, 19:27:12 (203.94.168.166)
Attempting to approach linear tracking, obviously, in this case for transcribing cylinders: More details and images here: http://www.tinfoil.com/xferpics.htm .......
356: Vinyl Asylum, but alas the complete set weighs a ton (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-29, 18:45:14 (203.94.168.166)
I'd dearly love to have the complete collection and you do see them go pretty cheap on eBay, but the shipping cost is prohibitive. There's someone at the moment selling ten of the boxes and attracting .......
357: Vinyl Asylum, something along these lines? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-29, 18:36:27 (203.94.168.166)
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358: Vinyl Asylum, 24 inch tonearm (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-29, 16:54:29 (203.94.168.166)
Behold the 24 inch tonearm made by Angstrom Research from a violin bow. Apparently it costs 12,000 euros... .......
359: Vinyl Asylum, purses like what?? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-28, 21:11:45 (203.94.168.166)
If you get a picture of one of these 'purses' please post it, I just can't picture it. .......
360: Vinyl Asylum, Eyecatching record-cover of the day (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-28, 18:35:30 (203.94.168.166)
Fabulous hand-tinted look, only improved by age and wear A great record too, funky drums and african close harmony singing, Shosholoza kind of stuff but faster and funkier and, well, indestructible. .......
361: Vinyl Asylum, That's not much of a procedure, try this: (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-28, 18:10:53 (203.94.168.166)
This is how one of our more vocal members used to go about it: Took LP Cover out of Japanese Clear Plastic Resealable Outer Sleeves, took LP out of Rice Paper innersleeve took LP over to record cleani .......
362: Vinyl Asylum, of course not - it's about sound quality, not age. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-28, 16:52:52 (203.94.168.166)
The age of the equipment is irrelevant. Everyone's aim is to get the best sound they can from vinyl. It's not vintage for the sake of vintage. The fact is many old decks were so well engineered that w .......
363: Vinyl Asylum, can anyone help me identify a Thorens arm? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-28, 01:18:46 (203.94.168.166)
I just won a Thorens TD160 Mk II on eBay for a good price, to play around with. Haven't got my sticky little fingers on it yet so I only have the photos to go on. Does anyone know which arm this is? D .......
364: Vinyl Asylum, spot on (nt) (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-28, 00:01:20 (203.94.168.166)
nt .......
365: Vinyl Asylum, a better dusting option for the coverless (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-27, 20:56:14 (203.94.168.166)
is those cans of compressed air. Much less risky than a feather duster, which can then stay in the bedroom for normal use (oops what a giveaway...) .......
366: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Why does everybody HATE vinyl asylum?? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-27, 20:50:42 (203.94.168.166)
sorry, couldn't resist that. But seriously, it's what you make it. Contribute the kind of stuff you'd like to see and it may attract more of the same. That's what I'm trying. Personally I find the con .......
367: Vinyl Asylum, digital content on LPs (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-26, 19:16:12 (203.94.168.166)
Cycling home last night thinking about the digital/analogue mastering thread yesterday, I realized that I have lots of LPs of electronica, on labels like Ninja Tune and Warp Records, which are not jus .......
368: Vinyl Asylum, nm copy of 'Always' available free (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-26, 17:57:15 (203.94.168.166)
to anyone prepared to pay the postage from Sydney.... I must confess I can't stand the music. I love the spinach line though. .......
369: Vinyl Asylum, pressings! (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-26, 17:51:54 (203.94.168.166)
Were the albums originally pressed in the US or in Australia? just wondering if I should make an effor to find them while I'm in Sydney - only a couple of months more now... .......
370: Vinyl Asylum, Good Plan (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-26, 17:36:22 (203.94.168.166)
what's the best place to find out the recommended hourage for replacement of carts? .......
371: Vinyl Asylum, if that's based on my taste in music, all I can say is (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-26, 01:12:47 (203.94.168.166)
they're an Australian bloody band, mate. .......
372: Vinyl Asylum, AC/DC. Just can't stop. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-26, 00:35:45 (203.94.168.166)
I've been listening to Back in Black continuously for about a week now at work. I'm no believer in the 24 hour rule, but for my own sake I think I need some variety. This is the only AC/DC album I've .......
373: Vinyl Asylum, truly continuous analogue media (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-25, 23:00:50 (203.94.168.166)
That's interesting - is the size of the highest frequency modulations of a record groove really small enough that the structure of the metal is a factor? .......
374: Vinyl Asylum, Dual 505-2 TT (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-25, 19:54:20 (203.94.168.166)
Hm. That doesn't sound promising. I was offered one cheap and know nothing about them. I was already dubious after finding very little out by Googling. I take it they aren't great then? Anything parti .......
375: Vinyl Asylum, has anyone any experience of the Dual 505-2 TT? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-25, 17:59:22 (203.94.168.166)
nt .......
376: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Why do they call it sampling? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-25, 17:42:06 (203.94.168.166)
That's the point of the circle analogy above: if I give you three points and tell you they lie on a circle, you'll find that there is only one circle that it can be. So as long as you know we are deal .......
377: Vinyl Asylum, nice one (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-25, 17:14:08 (203.94.168.166)
I love the mutlticoloured chaos of that photograph! .......
378: Vinyl Asylum, yes, I take a Numark PT-01 around with me sometimes (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-25, 16:30:44 (203.94.168.166)
Not to judge the audiophile quality of records, just to see if I like the contents. Dealers are usually OK with this, especially if you're going through the cheap boxes where I usually hang out owing .......
379: Whiner's Woad, for a start, they sample at a higher bit-rate! (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-25, 00:35:38 (203.94.168.166)
Also, of course I'm not claiming CD is lossless. Actually I think it sounds horrible - but IN THEORY this is not due to the sampling rate of 44.1kHz, which is, theoretically, sufficient. I'm just tryi .......
380: Whiner's Woad, I forgot no. 3 (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-25, 00:24:02 (203.94.168.166)
There are also imperfections as a result of 3) The fact that the sinc function is an ideal that in practice can only be approximated. .......
381: Whiner's Woad, It is impossible NOT to have losses sampling at only 16 bits - that is true. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-25, 00:20:56 (203.94.168.166)
nt .......
382: Whiner's Woad, It is poorly worded, true. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-25, 00:17:14 (203.94.168.166)
it isn't that there's information between the samples, rather that the extra information between them was never needed. The samples are enough for an unambiguous definition of the waveform, so in theo .......
383: Whiner's Woad, That's a slightly controversial wording (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-25, 00:13:01 (203.94.168.166)
to say that there is information between the samples is in one sense a bit of a dubious claim. What there is, is ENOUGH information in the samples to recover everything that lay between them, and the .......
384: Whiner's Woad, You're wrong, sir. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-24, 23:35:21 (203.94.168.166)
If the bandwidth is strictly limited and the sample rate is more than twice the highest frequency of the signal then the signal can be reconstructed WITH NO LOSS. This is a mathematical ideal of cours .......
385: Whiner's Woad, No. You're wrong. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-24, 23:31:16 (203.94.168.166)
Before D-A conversion the data isn't like steps, it's like a list of numbers. After conversion by summing a lot of (ideally) sinc functions, it is a smooth curve. Analogue. Smooth. Not stair-stepped, .......
386: Whiner's Woad, one last time (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-24, 21:50:11 (203.94.168.166)
third and last try.... Your site contains the sentence ...when Digital is converted back to analog the signal is no longer smooth, it is stair-stepped. Teresa, please realise 1) this is not true. 2) h .......
387: Vinyl Asylum, Oops. Left some records within Raph's reach. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-24, 21:33:56 (203.94.168.166)
What's all this under here then? This looks like something I shouldn't have.... Hmmm. Chronological or by genre? I wonder.... .......
388: Whiner's Woad, you didn't answer the question (nt) (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-24, 21:28:03 (203.94.168.166)
nt .......
389: Whiner's Woad, why makes you think they do? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-24, 21:12:21 (203.94.168.166)
By the way those links to the How Stuff Works site are not helpful. As has been discussed, that site's 'explanation' is misleading - well, wrong in actual fact. After a look through the site, one thin .......
390: Vinyl Asylum, That impression of authority is mainly due to the amplifier's relationship with the speakers (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-24, 18:26:36 (203.94.168.166)
I too have heard precisely what you describe, but from the SACD of Dark Side of The Moon. It's a, literally, thrilling experience to hear that driven, compelled delivery, particularly in the bass. Exa .......
391: Vinyl Asylum, so this thing goes in the analogue path does it? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-24, 18:12:29 (203.94.168.166)
And does A-D, then it's stuff, and then D-A again on the way out? Where do you have it in the signal path? .......
392: Vinyl Asylum, Eyecatching record-cover of the day (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-24, 17:39:16 (203.94.168.166)
A splendid example of, er..., early cubist psychedelia. Avoid listening to contents, however: Mr Sorrell obviously played one take on each of his 4 different guitars (varying slightly in their degre .......
393: Vinyl Asylum, The well meaning vinylphile drops the record and it catches the sharp edge of the cabinetry in its fall to earth. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-24, 16:53:55 (203.94.168.166)
yes indeed. Alas. Saturday night, sitting on sofa with raphsmum, notice very sharp corner on homemade shelf with TT on it. Think, must do something about that. Half an hour later, doing an A/B of two .......
394: Vinyl Asylum, It doesn't wear out. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-22, 17:27:36 (203.94.168.166)
Neither do you need to wait 24 hours before playing the damn things twice. Properly cleaned records played with a good quality, properly cleaned, correctly set-up stylus are NOT damaged by normal play .......
395: Vinyl Asylum, Outstanding! That skull was called Henry (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-20, 23:17:17 (203.94.168.166)
and was a frequent part of the stage show - usually with a cigarette in its mouth - along with the rubber snake you can see round his neck on the cover of Black Music For White People, and a coffin wh .......
396: Vinyl Asylum, right, raphsdad's rules for random record cover of the day (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-20, 19:50:37 (203.94.168.166)
You make a good point. However, narrowing it down is quite the opposite of my plan! I like the idea of people having no idea what will be next. So to help you decide whether to bother opening any futu .......
397: Vinyl Asylum, Record cover of the day: Screamin' Jay (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-20, 18:16:21 (203.94.168.166)
Screamin' Jay Hawkins here all of 61 years old and still looking and sounding in fine fettle - and like a complete lunatic. A 1991 release, fairly unusual on vinyl, almost entirely issued on CD. Com .......
398: Vinyl Asylum, Fabulous. Well said. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-20, 17:59:38 (203.94.168.166)
the sweat-stained audiophile leaping up 8 times a side in order to "...adjust VTA another .005 degree, fidgeting constantly in the listening chair, finally just kneeling next to the tt while the recor .......
399: Vinyl Asylum, They need POWER (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-20, 17:43:18 (203.94.168.166)
I used a pair on and off for a year. They're good, very good if you can get enough juice into them, as others have said. At LEAST 100 Wpc, ideally more. Otherwise you're wasting your time. They don't .......
400: Vinyl Asylum, yes, used the SR-404 for a while (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-20, 00:47:49 (203.94.168.166)
Not much you can say really. This is pretty much as good as audio gets. The only reason I didn't keep them was that it's much the same volume outside the headphones, sorry earspeakers, as inside. I wa .......
401: Vinyl Asylum, spot on, but you only win if you guessed from the look of it! (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-19, 18:18:22 (203.94.168.166)
I had to search the net to find out, there's no indication on the record at all. .......
402: Vinyl Asylum, Record cover of the day: big bouncing busts! (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-19, 17:55:38 (203.94.168.166)
The most inappropriate cover for Beethoven I've ever seen. Any guesses as to the date? .......
403: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Not Narcotics (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-18, 17:46:10 (203.94.168.166)
Indeed they are. That's the way to listen to music, when it turns into all kinds of multi-coloured 3-D stuff all around you. Difficult to operate the equipment though, I remember spending a long time .......
404: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Watch out vendor talks ! (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-18, 17:05:34 (203.94.168.166)
I would check your deck before assuming this. After reading that Rega decks used to run fast I checked my P3 with a strobe disc and it runs at exactly 33 1/3 without any variation that my tired old ey .......
405: Vinyl Asylum, the motor upgrade (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-18, 16:59:33 (203.94.168.166)
Yes, the new motor instead of being slung on rubber bands is a much lower vibration design that is glued rigidly to the plinth. .......
406: Vinyl Asylum, rapidly increasing sales of 7" singles in the UK (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-17, 20:50:31 (203.94.168.166)
Feature on BBC website today: look down the page to the video section http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/default.stm .......
407: Vinyl Asylum, er... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-14, 20:35:08 (203.94.168.166)
No. Misleading in that it shows 'CD audio' as a very crude stepped wave whereas the audio, ie the analogue conversion, the output, would be a very close approximation to the sine wave. That graph more .......
408: Whiner's Woad, She was in Hi-Rez?? Really? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-14, 18:28:28 (203.94.168.166)
Isn't that like finding the elves of Lothlorien on holiday in Mordor? .......
409: Whiner's Woad, No, that's unfair. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-14, 18:15:53 (203.94.168.166)
She's not personally insulting, and you certainly can't say she's OT. She's just an extremist. There can't be anywhere in the world more appropriate for her than the Vinyl Asylum! You don't need to b .......
410: Vinyl Asylum, Why you should not put this on your site, Teresa. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-14, 18:00:44 (203.94.168.166)
The graph in the original post is misleading. Reconstruction of the analogue signal from 44kHz redbook digital is surprisingly good. Not as good as vinyl, no, but not as crude as that childish graph s .......
411: Vinyl Asylum, Infamy! Infamy! (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-14, 17:39:34 (203.94.168.166)
They've all got it in for me! .......
412: Vinyl Asylum, Hey, I've got an LP that sounds like a CD! (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-14, 17:32:47 (203.94.168.166)
Do I win a special prize? It's a pressing of Bat Out Of Hell with all the worst faults of a poorly produced CD. Particularly harsh treble. I don't know how they did it. .......
413: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Pure and simple - it's trash "science" and doesn't prove squat! (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-14, 17:23:40 (203.94.168.166)
Certainly it's misleading. The reconstruction of the analogue signal in a good DAC is obviously vastly more accurate than it suggests. However I really don't understand how it comes to be as good as i .......
414: Vinyl Asylum, me too.... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-14, 16:54:58 (203.94.168.166)
In fact minidisc was some weird proprietary format (Sony's normal procedure for shooting themselves in the foot) and capable of remarkable fidelity. There's an interesting article about it here: http: .......
415: Vinyl Asylum, Thanks (nt) (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-13, 22:46:29 (203.94.168.166)
nt .......
416: Vinyl Asylum, best pressings of lou reed (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-13, 17:01:25 (203.94.168.166)
Came out of the shower last night to find raphsmum was playing Lou Reed on CD, and realised that there is a huge hole in the record collection! Apart from the banana album with Nico 180g reissue by S .......
417: Vinyl Asylum, REL makes a speaker with flat output down to 12Hz... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-12, 18:54:59 (203.94.168.166)
At least so they claim! I haven't done the measurements myself, I don't have the gear - or their latest model. REL reckon on 6db down by 9Hz. .......
418: Vinyl Asylum, REL uses drivers from 8 to 12 inches, in fact. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-12, 18:39:10 (203.94.168.166)
Check their website. http://www.rel.net/index2.htm The R-505 for example uses a 12" driver. .......
419: Vinyl Asylum, Alias is a company. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-11, 19:56:09 (203.94.168.166)
Alias is a software company, bought by Autodesk not long ago. Looking through their products I guess you mean the one they've renamed AliasStudio. Autodesk have been putting their stamp on everything .......
420: Vinyl Asylum, Re: ""The set of all sets that are not members of themselves" (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-11, 18:17:54 (203.94.168.166)
It follows from the truth of Mark's remarks that If there is no problem without a solution, then the moon is made of blue vinyl. is true also. .......
421: Vinyl Asylum, I was only talking about the bit I quoted (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-11, 18:05:01 (203.94.168.166)
Which as I, and indeed Fred later, noted, is a prime example of the kind of intemperate language that seems to recur all too often here. .......
422: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Your post seems strange to me (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-11, 17:20:36 (203.94.168.166)
I just meant that that seemed a prime example of the way people often fly off the handle here and get quite inappropriately irate. What was there in the original post to justify Fred using language an .......
423: Vinyl Asylum, By Alias I assume you mean Maya, as it has been called for some years? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-11, 17:13:31 (203.94.168.166)
Well here I am sitting in front of two big monitors with that very software open doing special effects for Hollywood films, which happens to be my job. Anyone else care to swap a fine plinth for my Ga .......
424: Vinyl Asylum, case in point! (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-11, 16:59:40 (203.94.168.166)
Your statement appears to be simplistic and presumptuous, the result or seeing that an Inmate (or Inmates) have rained on your little ego trip parade by having the unmitigated gaul and temerity to act .......
425: Vinyl Asylum, It's designed to fit (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-11, 16:31:55 (203.94.168.166)
and therefore it fits right on. No you don't need any other parts. The central recess in the underside is machined out so that the top surface is at the same height as the rega glass one so there is n .......
426: Vinyl Asylum, neodymium (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-11, 16:27:13 (203.94.168.166)
If the repulsion is so strong, you'd have to take very great care in handling them to make sure the attractive faces never got near each other, or I imagine you'd never get them separated again. I'm c .......
427: Vinyl Asylum, yes, they work ok within limits. Liquid is fine. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-11, 00:13:52 (203.94.168.166)
I used one of those recently. Works ok to remove stuff that isn't too heavily engrained. The cleaning fluid doesn't leave any deposit at all: it evaporates without trace, though it takes more like 20 .......
428: Vinyl Asylum, More on the quality issue (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-08, 21:37:23 (203.94.168.166)
But of course the vast majority of consumers are really not interested in quality of sound. Convenience is much much more important. Otherwise mp3s wouldn't be replacing CD. I work in open-plan enviro .......
429: Vinyl Asylum, the quality issue (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-08, 21:26:28 (203.94.168.166)
I'd say that a higher proportion of CDs that I buy are unacceptable because of poor mastering (particularly levels raised into clipping and hard fatiguing treble), than vinyl because of surface noise. .......
430: Vinyl Asylum, that would explain why he lightened (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-07, 23:57:25 (203.94.168.166)
I always come away from Goodwill heavily laden. .......
431: Vinyl Asylum, the whatles? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-07, 22:08:18 (203.94.168.166)
(nt) .......
432: Vinyl Asylum, headphone suggestion (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-07, 16:39:25 (203.94.168.166)
Sony mdr-cd1700. Very very comfortable, no leakage out and very little gets in, truly excellent sound though I never had the opportunity to compare with any Grados. I don't think they're still being m .......
433: Vinyl Asylum, RB300 tracking force (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-05, 21:41:39 (203.94.168.166)
Assuming your table has the standard RB300 tonearm, the answers to your questions are 1) Quite likely nothing. Try it and see. It'll take about a minute to find out. 2) There's no set screw on the we .......
434: Vinyl Asylum, armless rega prices (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-04, 22:36:51 (203.94.168.166)
I'm about to sell my P3 with motor upgrade, armless, to help fund the move to garrrard. I wouldn't be too pessimistic, the last armless rega P3 on australian eBay sold for over $300. .......
435: Vinyl Asylum, dynamic harmonic distortion (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-02, 00:25:03 (203.94.168.166)
Both in the Wikipedia article on vinyl and on Teresa's site (where it is denied) I have read this claim: The "warmer" sound of analog records was generally believed to be an artifact of the dynamic ha .......
436: Vinyl Asylum, Bronislaw Huberman: Beethoven Violin Concerto (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-01, 23:39:24 (203.94.168.166)
with the Vienna Phil under George Szell. A classic case of the performance outweighing any consideration of the recording. Once Hubermann gets going it's simply riveting. Astonishing performance. He h .......
437: Vinyl Asylum, Re: 'the direction of current flow' ... (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-09-01, 19:47:52 (203.94.168.166)
of course you don't hear the trailing edge first! Think about what you're saying - you telling us the music plays backwards if you reverse the polarity.... .......
438: Vinyl Asylum, It's not DC you know (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-31, 16:58:44 (203.94.168.166)
the signal alternates direction constantly - there is no sense to 'the direction of current flow' unless you specify an exact moment, when indeed it will be flowing either one way or the other (or sta .......
439: Vinyl Asylum, anyone compare EAR 834P and Audio research PH5? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-25, 16:46:17 (203.94.168.166)
Has anyone here ever been lucky enough to do an A/B of these two fine phone stages? .......
440: Vinyl Asylum, yes, good - and discontinued (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-24, 18:15:50 (203.94.168.166)
Grab them while you can. Aftermath is remarkably good. I know of what I speak here, having both the original mono and stereo UK LPs. .......
441: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Bang & Olufsen turntable (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-24, 00:16:31 (203.94.168.166)
For what it's worth my parents have a closely related model that has been in more or less continuous use since 1972 - and it turntable still works flawlessly. Can't comment on sound having never done .......
442: Vinyl Asylum, You're not alone. (nt) (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-24, 00:08:57 (203.94.168.166)
nt .......
443: Vinyl Asylum, a quick rant (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-23, 01:10:13 (203.94.168.166)
Does anyone else have a problem with the credibility of manufacturers who talk too much about nuance, air, and such-like? The claim of Pete Riggle audio that their VTAF (in principle a very useful dev .......
444: Inmate Systems, raphsdad's home (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-21, 20:04:03 (203.94.168.166)
To add your system, you must register .">
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445: Vinyl Asylum, Re: It wasn't that terrible.. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-21, 16:59:04 (203.94.168.166)
I suspect there may be something wrong with the setup somewhere. I use a DL-103 with Quad electrostatics to the delight of my ears - your descriptions don't sound like the same cartridge. (This is on .......
446: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Unusual Rolling Stones find today (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-21, 16:49:03 (203.94.168.166)
yes, that sounds like the same pig! .......
447: Vinyl Asylum, Teresa's culls (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-18, 01:31:41 (203.94.168.166)
Hey Teresa, from what you've previously posted we know you have very very high standards for vinyl. I expect many of your culls will be excellent by the standards of those of us who are prepared to pl .......
448: Vinyl Asylum, toolhaus (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-18, 01:24:27 (203.94.168.166)
nt .......
449: Vinyl Asylum, Re: PS. Do you use 2.5 anti-stake for a 2.5 load? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-18, 00:42:06 (203.94.168.166)
I use the DL-103 on an RB250, and I find antiskate at 2.5 is far far too much - it swings hard over back to the rest like it wants to get home to Mama. There's no way there's enough friction from the .......
450: Vinyl Asylum, Unusual Rolling Stones find today (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-18, 00:36:58 (203.94.168.166)
'The Rolling Stones Conquer America', early-mid sixties US radio show performances, pressed by Swingin' Pig Records. One spindle mark on each side, and the vinyl looks flawless - you have to look very .......
451: Vinyl Asylum, That's the kind of post that makes these threads worthwhile (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-18, 00:30:00 (203.94.168.166)
thanks .......
452: Vinyl Asylum, interesting? random vinyl auctions (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-16, 17:20:58 (203.94.168.166)
No thrift store locally? get 50 random records for $5. I'm not sure about this - they say they're not rubbish, but it might be country christmas and englebert humperdinck from end to end. I recently .......
453: Vinyl Asylum, completely OT (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-16, 16:16:10 (203.94.168.166)
I was living in Brixton in the summer of '77. Were you? Did you get caught up in it at all? I was only 13 going on 14, and remember the gangs of people running like hell down our side-street which was .......
454: Vinyl Asylum, Denon DL103 and Rega RB250 - antiskate again (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-16, 16:13:01 (203.94.168.166)
Anyone else out there using the DL103 on an OL modified RB250? Go on, there must be..... What value of antiskate do you set on the arm? Until now I've been using it on zero, because on a blank sectio .......
455: Vinyl Asylum, 1 o'clock in the afternoon here (Wednesday, at that) (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-15, 20:29:16 (203.94.168.166)
nt .......
456: Vinyl Asylum, ask him (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-15, 16:27:52 (203.94.168.166)
drop him a line. He's an extremely helpful chap. He's at sandj -AT- gspaudio -DOT- co -DOT- uk .......
457: Vinyl Asylum, What kind of music are you thinking of? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-14, 21:15:14 (203.94.168.166)
Easy listening I guess, judging by the tracks on Cincotti's website. Can't help you there, but if you want classical try Emil Gilels, Wilhelm Kempff, Rudolf Serkin in no particular order. .......
458: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Jazz Record Stores in Taipei and Beijing? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-14, 17:01:33 (203.94.168.166)
This reply is less stupid than the one below, but no more helpful. I know both cities and my brother lives there (Beijing at the moment, Taipei for a year or two before that). I've been getting him to .......
459: Vinyl Asylum, I spent last night listening to vinyl found in the street (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-14, 16:53:36 (203.94.168.166)
many without covers. You should have seen the colour of the fluid after they'd been washed. An excellent haul of early 90s UK dance music, pulled out of a pile of rubbish by my remarkable wife and car .......
460: Vinyl Asylum, They need more information (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-14, 16:47:04 (203.94.168.166)
It's a great way to discover new stuff, but a straight list of artist names doesn't achieve much - a couple of sentences about the artist or pressing, a few comments, would make it a valuable way of f .......
461: Vinyl Asylum, Re: I know what you mean (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-11, 18:01:44 (203.94.168.166)
I'd rather like to get that. Can you tell me where you ordered it? Water Lily Acoustics themselves only sell CDs. .......
462: Vinyl Asylum, how about slotty slimdiscs? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-11, 16:56:39 (203.94.168.166)
I have a perfectly playable 7 inch 'slotty slimdisc' which is as thin as paper - you can roll it up in fact. It's like the material that computer floppy discs are made of. .......
463: Vinyl Asylum, Re: I love this hobby. (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-11, 16:53:44 (203.94.168.166)
I love the gleam of a perfectly clean record, and the sound of it sliding out of a nice poly-lined paper sleeve. I love the complete randomness of what you find in the shelves of old record stores. Ye .......
464: Vinyl Asylum, Re: what are you, some kind of Maniac? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-10, 17:03:05 (203.94.168.166)
Why not, er, listen to the LPs, and trade in the CDs? .......
465: Vinyl Asylum, Re: Are we antisocial? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-06, 16:48:53 (203.94.168.166)
but apart from the recent 'are you in Europe' thread, we don't know where each other is. how about a quick name your town thread to see roughly how we're distributed. You never know, there might be 10 .......
466: Vinyl Asylum, I've thought of a new line you can use, Teresa (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-06, 16:39:03 (203.94.168.166)
'with CDs you only get bits of the music' .......
467: Vinyl Asylum, 'sealed' or actually new? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-04, 00:24:38 (203.94.168.166)
It's not hard to buy sealing machines. I notice some of his listings say 'new' but most say just 'sealed', and there's lots of 70s stuff there.... Did the four you buy genuinely appear to be factory .......
468: Vinyl Asylum, what are the tubes for in a passive pre? (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-03, 22:13:12 (203.94.168.166)
Keeping it warm? .......
469: Vinyl Asylum, previous speakers must have been damn good (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-03, 22:10:53 (203.94.168.166)
if changing the turntable made more difference than changing speakers to ESL57s. What were you using before? .......
470: Vinyl Asylum, That's simply nonsense (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-03, 16:45:03 (203.94.168.166)
I often play the same thing several times over. It makes no difference to the sound at all. .......
471: Vinyl Asylum, sandbox (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-03, 01:19:19 (203.94.168.166)
How does the sandbox work? Does the upper base just rest on the sand? .......
472: Vinyl Asylum, Re: How does my setup sound (mp3 clip) (0.00)
Posted by raphsdad on 2006-08-01, 18:54:33 (203.94.168.166)
Hi, and welcome to the forum! Don't let the abrupt manner of some people that hang about here put you off, it's a great source of information and help, with enough different viewpoints that you'll get .......
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