Have you got a furry one, shweety?
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Have you got a furry one, shweety?
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Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
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Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
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Well the pooch is sitting next to me.Originally Posted by Marco
Have you got a furry one, shweety?
Marco.
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
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You lot crack me up....
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We aim to please. All part of the service!You lot crack me up....
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
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You're not alone - VU or power meters serve no purpose whatsoever on power amplifiers. They are uninformative (your ears will tell you if the amplifier is clipping), inaccurate and are distracting. Provided you know the sensitivity of the loudspeakers used, there is no reason why a power amplifier can't be chosen that will not clip.
VU meters on recording equipment are on the other hand an entirely different matter.
Barry
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VU meters are OK, if a little old skool dull - whereas a couple of of strips of brightly coloured LEDS dancing away make you feel like it's Christmas every day
Really? Led 'VU' meters are every bit as annoying as a flickering neon H..TEL sign
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+1 - I don't like LED VU's... they are annoying.
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I'm Steve.
I love VU meters.
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I'm Andrew.
Come on lads and lasses, make your minds up. Not long ago there was a thread where most agreed that visuals were a distraction and I distinctly remember one where a single LED had to be extinguished because it was such an annoyance. I bet some of you were on those threads nodding your heads and now here you are singing the praises of nodding needles! Anyway, I'm not fussed. If they happened to be on an amp I had OK, if not I won't be losing sleep.
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