Recent content by Dismayed

There’s nothing wrong with enjoying the process. I still print from negatives in a darkroom.

It makes sense that the digital signal would pretty much perfectly reproduce a turntable signal, but we’re wading into the land of voodoo. I can understand enjoying the ritual of playing LPs, though I personally do not. Time to go - my tube amp is now warm!

I guess I'm getting a bit tired of hearing about magical analog sound!

I ripped my collection when streaming services were still pretty lame. Now I listen to Tidal instead.

Is anyone aware of a double blind test that compares a digitized feed from a turntable to the analog signal from the turntable? I believe that a digitized signal at the Red Book standard from a turntable would be indistinguishable from the turntable feed in a well-controlled study. It isn't a...

I have a 4004 mkII that I plan to have serviced this spring. It’s a bit heavy to ship across the country, and I don’t want to be without music longer than necessary. So I’ll have to give an anecdotal review. I ‘m expecting improved palpable presence, better speed, and base slam.

And everyone has a different view of which 90% to consider crap.

I’ve been happy with my JDS Labs El Dac II+. They have less expensive choices, but I wanted a metal case. Made in USA. https://jdslabs.com/shop/?category=featured

Billie Eilish. She sounds as if she’s in the midst of an asthma attack, gasping for air.

Kimber Cable and any other similar snake oil brands.

It’s rated highly because of the palpable presence, bass slam, and air.

So we are 307 pages into this conversation and we still haven’t figured it out?

I like Blue Jeans Cables. Custom cables at an off-the-rack price.

Microsoft.

Try again. I never posted that.