The coming European Crash?

I am reminded of the last time I was posting in France in August of 2007 when I said a BIG crash was coming and that the political issue in 2008 would be the economy, not the war. The left giggled hysterically and told me all about evil Bush and the 'illegal' war and the right did their 'don't worry, be happy' dance. Well I think the history speaks for itself.

Today from Europe I am getting a new vibe...This is representative...


JA (or some other person in the know...answer me this)

the guy is talking about LP cartridges(needles-stylus)..is this true?

The medium itself is physically limited at the extreme low end, sure. But needles, even really really good ones, have reduced separation in high frequencies. This isn't necessarily an undesirable "problem" either, depending on what you're trying to do, or listen to.

Quote: the separation specs are always lower at 10kHz than they are at 2kHz

Vinyl Rules & New Blogs Rising

Vinyl Rules & New Blogs Rising

In <a href="http://www.electronichouse.com/article/sharing_in_the_vinyl_groove/">th… nice piece</a>, Arlen Schweiger, managing editor of <i>Electronic House</i>, describes the great amount of fun he’s enjoyed while getting back into vinyl. Even on a modest analog rig ($50 Technics turntable and $100 Cambridge Audio phono preamp), Arlen has had no trouble noting vinyl’s virtues, which in his experience include wider soundstages, better focused images, and tighter bass. Most of all, it seems, Arlen is enjoying hunting for outstanding bargains on used LPs and sharing his discoveries with friends and family. Be sure to check out the slideshow.

ProAc speakers

Forums

I'm in the market for some new speakers and J.M.s' recent review of the ProAc Response D model peaked my interest...in ProAc, but a less expensive model. I been trying to find review of the Studio 110 or 130 models but other than a brief write up on the 110 there's nothing out there on this brand.

Is anyone familiar with any of their models? (There is a local dealer nearby but he only has one of the more expensive models for audition.)

Any opinion is greatly appreciated.

Mike

Hardware not software, for analog to digits

Hi, I've been putting vinyl to digits, primarily for usage in the car CD player, but I'm now thinking about consigning more LPs to digits, but the results I've been getting using a Griffin iMic between my Musical Fidelity amp and my DELL laptop (then burned to CD) are only so-so, I see a lot of posts of people getting music off their PC's not so much on putting it ON. Anyone with experience of hardware to take analogue to USB other than the Griffin iMic?
Thanks, Steve

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