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[WmAx]

WMAX..Any thoughts on this? I guess its a good platform for evaluating cartridges and tonearms.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10067309-1.html


http://www.insidebayarea.com/ci_1067...e=most_emailed

Well, it would be nice to have a multi-mount table for arm evaluation. But for accurate arm evaluation, one would needs to use the same cartridge one each arm(and adjust arm mass with add on mass if needed to get an similar arm mass/cartridge compliance resonant frequency for each compared set) and record the same tracks into an ADC, then synch/level match the recordings and evaluate with ABX software. These last steps are rarely performed, and most evaluations are next to worthless sighted ones.

That table seems way over priced. While you do need to spend considerably more to get a high quality mechanical system as compared to a digital/electronic device, I wager there are still points where in excess you are wasting your money compared to a wise lower priced purchase. I think that one can assembly a near perfect turntable system(system meaning turntable, motor and tone arm) for $1500-$2000 range with careful selection and that spending more will probably be a waste of money.

-Chris

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Best Buy Exclusive

http://www.bizjournals.com/twincitie...0/daily30.html


A nice story
http://www.philly.com/philly/obituar...ufacturer.html

[3db]

more numbers on vinyl growth
http://www.lsureveille.com/1.897564

[WmAx]

I am very curious about the SQ of this new Guns N' Roses album. Axle Rose has been so insanely OCD about the music being perfect.... that it has been in production for over a decade or so..... but does his OCD end at only the music.... allowing the same crap excuse for a recording to be released as most other bands do today?

-Chris

[3db]

I am very curious about the SQ of this new Guns N' Roses album. Axle Rose has been so insanely OCD about the music being perfect.... that it has been in production for over a decade or so..... but does his OCD end at only the music.... allowing the same crap excuse for a recording to be released as most other bands do today?

-Chris

I can't answer that question. I guess we'll need to find a guinee pig to purchase it and give us their impression..


OPn another note, do you have Queen's 1st album on vinyl? If so what do you think of its recording quality?

[jliedeka]

I just got Metallica's Death Magnetic on vinyl. It's pretty good. I've heard it's not as obnoxiously compressed as the CD. Since I haven't heard the CD, I can't comment. It's metal so of course it's compressed.

Jim

[3db]

Some vinyl reissues;

http://www.***********/article.php?ArticleID=5056

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http://blogs.rockymountainnews.com/r...ompressio.html

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a quick review

http://www.***********/article.php?ArticleID=5148

[WmAx]

a quick review

http://www.***********/article.php?ArticleID=5148

For some reason AH has banned the site. ???

Anyways, for those that want to read it, it's:

www[dot]audaud[dot]com/article.php?ArticleID=5148

The reviewer considers an almost 2k table to be 'entry level' - ?? I guess one must spend 50-100K for one of those super exotic tables to have an 'actual' high end/high performance table? LOL

-Chris