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One of the clearest, tightest, most accurate sounding upright bass' I have on record is Ornette Coleman - Change of the Century. (The bassist is Charlie Hayden) Another recommendation would be The Audience with Betty Carter. A live club date with prominent bass in the mix.

Not sure which ION USB turntable you have now, but the first thing that comes to mind is the damage it might do to your valuable LPs. I don't think there's much disagreement that some of today's inexpensive record players are torture devices for vinyl. Secondly, I think money spent on source...

ATS has surprisingly low prices for DIY as well as finished panels. Acoustic Panels by ATS Acoustics Their prices are considerably lower than Acoustimac; at least on the few products I just compared. I've purchased both DIY products as well as finished bass traps from ATS and can't recommend...

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Nice. I found mass worked the best for me. I didn't have much luck with racquetballs or similar. The suspended floors in my 105 year old house are too springy and having the 'table on bouncy balls just caused the arm to bounce across the LP whenever anyone walked across the room. OTOH...

Hi. I'm just about done rebuilding a Rek-O-Kut Rondine Jr. L-37 like the OPs (only the turntable, not the same arm or cab.) Have you found the Rek-O-Kut tips website? ROKtips There's also a sticky over at Audiokarma: Rek-O-Kut Turntables ROK! The L-34 and L-37s were not the top of...

OK. Thank you. I really am trying to have an honest conversation about these matters. i appreciate you and others for taking the time. Still, (and I know you and others may run out of patience-I wouldn't blame you) I'm not quite there. (But getting closer) There's one issue hanging out...

Nothing?? Really?? Is that to say you believe science has answered every question and that every aspect of life can be reliably, unquestionably measured and objectified? And that everything that exists outside of what has already been measured and quantified is "dangerous superstition"...

I simply don't believe this is true. You might not be able to find any reliable cable ID'ing from DBT results published on the internet, but if you want to talk about "individuals", that's different. I believe that if you came to my house, took 3 different sets of interconnects that I own and...

This is just the thing. Here you are speaking for me--what I can and can't hear. I find that kind of hubris ugly and disrespectful. I've never taken part in a test like this. I'd love the opportunity. Is that to say some tests have had positive, but unreliable results? I wouldn't venture a...

This is true about this place. What i still can't understand is all the hostility heaped upon people who regard current science as simply a factor in reaching their own conclusions. (the subjectivists) There are just as many people who will let someone tell them what they will NOT hear as there...

Well, you've blown your credibility with that one statement. There is no one here who is not falling toward the gravity of their beliefs---Objectivists included

Thanks. This is a well written post. We have similar views and experiences. I continue to try and understand the camp that seems to rely absolutely on measurements when experience proves that there is more to it, as you point out. Thanks again.

I just have to ask you guys that believe that measurements are the end-all to the discussion: Have you personally A/B's cables in your own system? Did you hear a difference? And if you did, what followed? Did your mind get busy convincing its self that you didn't hear a difference? I'd...

This is a great idea. I think it would be generally helpful if an "ABX/DBT set-up for dummies" existed somewhere. (I admit I have not read every article linked to so far in this thread, so if there's one, forgive me.) Thanks to everyone for the material so far. :)

I found this one interesting: http://www.provide.net/~djcarlst/abx_data.htm

That seems to be the consensus here at AH. But when I look around the rest of the audio 'net, they are very much a source of debate. There are believers in earnest on both sides of the argument. I have not set up camp with either one. -still looking into it. These links are helpful and...

I think it would be helpful to have a thread to list some of the many double blind tests that are referenced here at AH. It seems DBTs make up a good deal of the ground that many arguments are built on in these forums. And I, as a person who’s fairly new and trying to make my way through this...

Ok, so it’s sarcastic mean-spirited bullying. The question still stands, why take this approach?

What I don't understand when I read posts like this is why the bully mentality? Are you insecure? Do you feel so threatened by these people that you need to attack? What's going on here, and how could it possibly be helpful?