Originally posted by merlin
Oh if only you could realise the contradictory aspect of your contributions Marco, typical of the defensive flattie.
You're messing with the master tape for starters Marco![]()
...given that if it didn't sound musical it would be remastered, then how can you possibly claim you have an interest in hifi?
Originally posted by Joolsburger
Acrylic is what my bog seat is made of by the way..
Originally posted by Marco
The scientifically-minded amongst us require everything to be proven, and the rest of us simply use our ears (and our experience) to judge, or form opinions about hi-fi; I have my suspicions it's because of their lack of the latter, that many of the scientifically-minded folks rely so heavily on the former
notaclue
Does this mean a lack of ears and experience or just a lack of experience or, perhaps, just a simple lack of ears?
It's bad if the lid is off and there's a record playing.I don't know how good having 5kg of cat jumping onto a TT would be for it
I'm against the 'pro-master tape' boys like yourself and favour instead the coloration that, although not 'real', can quite often make music more enjoyable to listen to. This is what I mean when I say master tape lacks an ââ'¬Å"emotiveââ'¬Â element.
I was looking about for dealer lists, neither company seems to be able to supply one via their web sites for the UK. FWIW. Although I see that VPi have recently changed UK distributor.Jeez Paul I don't carry a list of VPi or Clearaudio dealers around with me
I've no idea about motor or bearing life. I was thinking more in terms of dusting...Eh? Could you be more specific? I can't really see what the difference in "long term usability" between a VPi and an LP12 is. They both use a bearing, they both use a motor. Are you suggesting that the VPi (or clearaudio) have shorter bearing/Motor life?
I don't like them. See 'tweaky'.Blimey you are straw grasping! A clamp takes no time at all to use.
Now who's grasping at straws...That point is right, but is optional accepted? Maybe you could buy / make a cheaper one yourself?
It's my experience of the cheap to replace LP12 lid that makes me doubt acrylic as a sensible component for the major parts of a turntable...Like an LP12 lid? ;-> and yes it is a silly fad.
Originally posted by ReJoyce
Marco,
You are bound to luck out every now and then ... million monkeys and a million typewriters will regularly generate a Marco post ... sort of thing ;->
Anyway, you don't use a deck at all so shouldn't be arguing with us.
Originally posted by sideshowbob
All the music that exists on the recording exists on the master tape, all the emotion of the music is in the music itself, it's not something external to it.
Originally posted by The Devil
I've got a soft spot for all turntables, lovely things in a sea of ugliness and grime, so they are.
Originally posted by Alex S
Emotion in music is conveyed to me mostly by dynamics, timing, playing all of the notes with believable phrasing, and horror of round earth horrors, dropping the noise floor as far as it will go...
Sorry to say that the venerable LP12 is bettered with ease in all these areas by many other decks whether you can measure the fact or not.
Yesterday RKR fitted a Memera unit and RCBOs and removed an unneccessary metre. Result: huge increases in all the things that make music emotional. Probably all that could be measured is a 3V gain in the supply. All this is as yet without the uprated 10mm spurs.