Despite their cool name I'd be a little wary of the Skeptikal Audiophile. I would agree that pressings do certainly vary in musical quality and that many, if not most, rereleases are substandard - even the expensive ones. However, this seems to now be the home page for Better Records, a site that I ...

Hmm, this is interesting. It looks like we’ve got a semi-mullet combination (track 1) being generally preferred to a source first combination (track 3). Is this an example of “source first” theory being falsified? I think that is stretching it a bit. As the turntable/PS/arm/cartridge and the electr...

beck wrote: ↑2023-07-25 17:30

matthias wrote: ↑2023-07-25 06:31 Prefer LP12 too, the intro on the Rega seems to be slightly detached from the rest of the song but anyway quite good.

+1

+2. Not exactly a comparison I have to go back and forth on.

This is really an LP12 comparison that was requested so it's '89-spec (with VM95ML stylus) versus '02-spec but I've added in K20/K400 and early/late Kan 1s into the mix cos I was comparing them myself anyway. Only K20 can be connected to the older Kans at the moment. Fill ya boots if it's of any in...

A further, and positive, update on the Spotify versions. For starters I am aware that you can't just necessarily stay with a specific firmware version forever (I spent 14 years in the Mac world and am an Apple certified computer technician). After all, some updates are bug fixes so sticking with an ...

Although we have gotten a little off topic here, there is a video file posted above I wanted to address so I'll carry us a little further off... I find it the video posted by Spannko very interesting for a couple of reasons. One is that the second track, a streamed one is a pretty "audiophile" type ...

Sounding good there and I'm not big on disco.

First off I am surprised by the $60,000 price as I was told it was going to be $50,000. That's double the current price for an interesting new plinth, power switch, hinges and a handful of cosmetic touches. I was informed that the Keel is only different cosmetically, not musically, and that from the...

Absolutely! My favourite (from an aesthetic perspective) is the original Rega RB??? with the detachable headshell on a wooden framed plinth. 571DD5EB-753B-45A2-BBC8-DF91BD228E01.png I have one sitting in my basement that I recently repaired. It is a good look but beware that the anti-skate can brea...

I'm afraid I don't keep up with the used market that much. I would say that the best bets are usually Audiogon and eBay although you can also put items for sale here and on the WAM forum, which has a Linn section. As to what they are worth I would look them up on Hi-Fi Shark as they aggregate used l...

quinn_t wrote: ↑2023-07-03 20:37

Charlie1 wrote: ↑2023-07-03 08:51 I prefer it as things are. Keeps it simple and straight forward. Sometimes members copy a section of text and agree with it or respond with "+1" so there are still ways of doing something similar to a 'like'.

+1

I agree.

That's very interesting! I also certainly didn't think it was a speaker comparison as they sounded more similar than I would expect. Before reading your explanation but after seeing some other comments I went back and listened to Take Five again, a piece I am very familiar with. I still preferred 1 ...

I prefer 1 on all three tracks. I don't hear it so much as rushed but there does seem to be something not right with the timing on the 2 tracks. I just found the 2s gave me a sense of unease with the music whereas the 1 tracks were all quite enjoyable. Also on the F and G pieces the music sounded so...

sktn77a wrote: ↑2023-06-20 17:21 I didn't bother doing anything to the bottom bearing cup when I installed my Karousel. Does it come correctly torqued from the factory?

Not in my experience. It is generally not tight enough.

That does sound cool. I'll have to check it out.

Very cool report, BruceP. I'm glad you discovered the musicality that Spotify does indeed provide. I don't have much in the way of playlists saved but soundbiz is a good tip that I will share with customers. Have fun!

tpetsch wrote: ↑2023-06-16 17:53 The Gabriel sounds really good Charlie with great impact and drive even though that LP in my experience should have include a "High Sibilance" hype sticker on the jacket.

The sticker companies would have made a lot of money if those had been put on all the appropriate albums!

I did not get inside the units and I don't recall doing the back plate. I recommend being careful and not going too high as the screws go directly into particle board.

Did someone brave compare .44 to .43? BTW, I have the impression that on macOS the version 1.2.13 is better as well. I had not intended to. But my iPad, which as noted above hadn't been doing a very good job of automatically updating, just chose to do so last night. So it is now at 8.8.44.458. My f...

I can't find my notes on this but I did try it when I had them and I remember it being somewhere near/over .4Nm.

Yep, those are sounding really good. I was digging the Peter Gabriel (not a big Bruce fan, but it still sounded good).

Just a word of warning to check your settings after you do an upgrade. While the settings all stayed the same on my iPad, the upgrade to 8.8.43 on my iPhone changed a number of settings back to the less musical defaults. In my case a number of settings were changed. Under Settings, within Playback t...

Wow, indeed! In several ways. I hadn't noticed any musical change in the system recently so I went and checked the software on my iPad (which I thought had automatic updates as it has updated Spotify in the past and when it does the music always stops). As a little preamble I should mention that I h...

Listening to Tundra mono 3 fresh out the box. I appreciate they need some use to reach peak performance, but already they are something very special. Just with Linn 109 I keep getting distracted from other tasks, Radio Paradise is warming them up, I keep making a note of what’s playing, always a go...

Nice looking storage box. I probably could use to find something similar as I am overflowing my 5x5 Ikea unit and the 3x3 unit I have in the other room.