Not true. You can be a music lover and own no recordings whatsoever.
Otherwise, prior to the 20th century, it would be impossible to love music.
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Not true. You can be a music lover and own no recordings whatsoever.
Otherwise, prior to the 20th century, it would be impossible to love music.
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Yes, but I'm talking about listening to music being reproduced on some sort of mechanical or electrical device.Originally Posted by Macca
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Marco.
Main System
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.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Not sure if that's me Macca re speakers, but I'm using Monitor Audio Bronze 2's at the moment and they are hitting the spot. I sold the Harbeths before I moved to China. I do plan to get some more one day (maybe) as the midrange suits female voices so well and that's a lot of what I listen to. I do dispute that I'm into Hi-Fi though, I enjoy it because of what it does, but I'm not into it - I personally think there's a difference.
I know you'll do what you are going to do, but the biggest musical regret I have is selling a large proportion of my records in the 80s. Lots of memories attached to a lot of those, especially Eagles 'On the Border' and that's all I'm saying
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I find female vocals stunning through my Tannoys. The lucidity is really striking.
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
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Did not realise you sold the Harbeths. Anyway they still countNot sure if that's me Macca re speakers, but I'm using Monitor Audio Bronze 2's at the moment and they are hitting the spot. I sold the Harbeths before I moved to China. I do plan to get some more one day (maybe) as the midrange suits female voices so well and that's a lot of what I listen to. I do dispute that I'm into Hi-Fi though, I enjoy it because of what it does, but I'm not into it - I personally think there's a difference.
I know you'll do what you are going to do, but the biggest musical regret I have is selling a large proportion of my records in the 80s. Lots of memories attached to a lot of those, especially Eagles 'On the Border' and that's all I'm saying
But I know what you mean. Plenty of people with performance cars that are not actually into cars and have never watched an episode of Wheeler Dealers. They'd still grumble if you swapped it out on them for a Vauxhall Corsa though.
I will not sell all my records, there are a few I could not part with for 'sentimental' reasons, similar to yours I suspect.
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When I realised I was trying to get my vinyl to sound like my CDs that's when I gave up with it. Just too much money required. Easier just to buy the CD.
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TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
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Can't argue with that logic. Similar story with my file server, it was cheaper than buying a new CDP, but sounded better so the CDP went. I still buy 90% CDs though, much prefer that to a download.
Having said all that, I do buy downloads and vinyl too - some things can only be sourced on each format. It annoys me when you can only buy a download though, especially if it's just a lossy file
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