Gaspasser

Damn it, my deck has been in the cupboard for ten years. Sob (in a way).

Go for it, @Gaspasser --- enjoy the work and the result.

:)

When I’m at home I pretty much only listen to vinyl.
I love the whole process from cleaning to spinning. Helps with my ocd.

It brings out my OCD which I “need” to treat with beer

Vinyl? The only version I got is the early CD back in the 80s (not the blue border one). It's good but the tape they used on the CD has muddy bass.

I got the AP 33 1/3 version and it is fantastic. I haven’t heard that album sound so good.

I used to think that BDSM was short for Buddhism

Nah.

It's a damn good thing I wasn't into Buddhism when I was checking out what used to be called "personal columns!"

Porta pro and anything is quite a combo.

SR1a contender

I am going to hear Verite this week, I’m hoping to just adopt my post in the Verite thread

Looking forward to impressions! That's one I'm terrified of demoing because it might well ruin me for other cans, haha. It's all a matter of preference, sure, but I'm easily impressed by improved resolution haha. Have fun!

Nothing wrong with really liking any piece of gear, but I think that sometimes it's easy for the gushing person to lose sight of the manufacture's vision for that product, and also easy for the reader to read such comments with that filter on. I've learned, so I try to be careful with what I post. Can't tell you the number of times I was writing something and then decided not to post.

The guy with the rubber gloves gets more and more incredulous as he pulls out headphones. And he's nowhere near reaching the DAC yet.

You can borrow mine for a bit. I'll PM you in a little while to work out details.

Holy shit that is awesome of you! Thanks!

I hope this does not happen again. After years in hospitality and customer service I know that bad communication can really spoil it regarding customer relations.

I still think a few lashings are in order. Even if it was done by someone else, he didn't properly vette the guy and is the face of the company.

I just glanced through that stuff. A very weird episode.

Just posted a /ten-year-old/ airline-customer-complaint video on another forum. Marketing and service departments need to know that the bad stuff doesn't go away.

or their family

I posted PMs in Clubhouse

In Dutch culture it is customary to curse in many illnesses from past epidemics. It is never personal, just a way to express discontent. To make it personal is to declare war on someone else. Do that and you ask for trouble...

This is much different than my previous setups, but I also have Af now. It sounds really good with new cart and Mani, so things can only improve?!

OG Technics SP-10 smoked my VPI Classic 1 out of the water in a direct A/B in my system. We even swapped out carts to try and make things fair... not even close.

It's early yet, pre-coffee. I read something about a body in the trunk. Thought you had gone too far.

Yea, not excusing it at all - it annoys the shite out of me. Just laying out the realities as I've experienced them. I've bought cables from Trevor for many years, and it's gradually gotten worse as his cables are better known.

@MisterRogers his cables do look beautiful, which was why I wanted one myself :-)

I bought the cable from @cskippy, he is a great seller :)

Don't forget about USPS media mail...

only for those in/from Chicago: "The Quaker Goes Deaf".
Charlie changed my music life.

Fuggit, I’m buying another turntable. I’m going to try and do it right this time tho

Bought speakers first and next components. He likes Schiit products; he currently owns Modi Multibit and Vali 2

Is he planning to use Modi Multibit with them as well? If so, that would also likely be a good match IMO, since it probably has the most forgiving top end, which was the main issue I had with the LS50s. Vidar definitely creates some really solid bass with them.

Seems like the logical choice given the preference for Schiit and the current single-ended gear. Aegir likely wouldn't be enough power, an opinion triangulated by my experience that Ragnarok does not have enough power for them.

Then stop :P

I don’t receive any form of compensation for reviews. Guerrilla marketing is BS.

Literally the very second I read this status a podcast I was listening to said the word “shilling.” *keanuwhoa*

It sounds like some of us have different fundamental perspectives on the goal with vinyl. For me it was never about chasing the best possible sound quality to beat out a DAC, hence I am A-OK with having a decent vinyl chain and putting the money saved into some nice records. To me, DAC chasing gets quite frustrating.

With digital there will always be newer and better. It never ends! But you know, the hobby is the hobby; you've got to have a good dac for those vinyl musical selections that you just can't afford or find and then you get sucked back into the rabbit hole. No free lunches. I am sorry for the rambling and glad you found a buyer GP ;)

@Gaspasser: "I’ve been into vinyl for over 20 years"

Dont sell! For god's sake, man, don't sell!

You'll wake up in the middle of one long, cold night with a desperate need to feel the vinyl, smell the cardboard...

I'm still using A1, am I the last one?

Nope, I've still got an A1

What’s up with the Audiocap Theta? Craig says he can install whatever I want.

They're better than the stock caps with similar tonality. Jupiter caps sound more "Hifi" to me. I think Audio cap Theta works better with HD800 but the best of the best are supposedly the Dueland caps.

@cskippy Do you have a feedback switch?

I am still a bit skeptical toward $$$ closed-back market (believed it didn't exist -- does isolation matter for that higher level listening?). But senn, focal, and several others make >2k closed cans. So prol such market is present...

The Z1R for all its weirdness is popular. Closed backs aren't super popular but there is certainly a crowd for them.