Recent content by Galliardist

Clearly, ASR has fallen to the distorters and this thread is proof. Time to move on?

I've tried... but her songs seem to uniformly condense pretty much every trait I dislike in modern pop in a simple, hard to digest package. So, I just presume she's very good at those things and that's why she's popular. I like bagpipe music though, so you can ignore me as any kind of judge of...

So, welcome to one of the little secrets of audio. There's far less to improve, if your conventional stereo system at any price (no matter how low!) consists of decent equipment, properly matched and properly setup, than most people believe. Sure, you can upgrade to a bigger or better room...

I'm sure that qualifies. I can hardly talk... I only have one pair of speakers, so I'm obviously not serious myself. Just keep that between us, I'd hate to ruin what little reputation I might have here :D

You forgot the biscuit tin full of cartridges. I remember being told at one hifi show, many years ago, that anybody serious had a biscuit tin full of cartridges, and anybody knowledgeable knew which eight of them were the same model rebadged...

Can I just accept the invitation to judge, agree that you are in fact mad, and recommend you leave well alone? ;)

Whoever has a doubt probably won't experience it. I certainly don't. I just checked, CDs against EAC rips of the same CDs, so that I could definitely say that. (USB drive, before you ask). Maybe my overpriced player isn't resolving enough, or something. And I bet your seller of CD players...

And apart from the fact that digital tools can be used to alleviate some faults in vinyl playback… who exactly is disputing this? Most of the actual quoted examples through this thread are good digital recordings transferred to vinyl.

If we can't collectively apply the principles to practical questions, what the hell use are we? Especially so, given that a core activity of this place is measurement , review and recommendation of devices by our host and others with sufficient knowlege and equipment. It is always going to be a...

Whose answers are you complaining about? Mine were particular, I posted links to measurements, and declined to firmly recommend where good measurements weren't available. Others questioned the woo aspects of the responses and one of the amps with the bits of wood, and brought up Class D. We...

While I'm strongly tempted to agree with you on the matter, presenting a lack of dislike of vinyl on vinyl forums as the case against a group of people turning away from vinyl... doesn't really work. There will be people who will try and dislike vinyl: I doubt most of them show up anywhere to...

My original assertion that was answered with the lactose mutation was that humans did not evolve to better understand pre-digital media because only part of tbe population encountered it until recent times, The point about apostrophes is partly a joke, but makes the point, I feel.

It does, rather, doesn't it? I saw you talked about mixing earlier but didn't pick up on it.

If it's a problem for you, it's a problem. I'm not sure what to advise though. That seems extreme to me. I touch the volume control very rarely. Have you always felt that need? I can't imagine the circumstances that require that many changes.

How much of that volume range do you use on a regular basis anyway? I've had two integrated amps where I don't think I ever actually turned the volume control by more than five degrees, that range being from too quiet to too loud, and spent a lot of time trying to get the volume right.