Components, Unite!

Components, Unite!

Ever since <I>Stereophile</I> took up the cudgels for subjectivity, and had the temerity to insist that even the best products have certain colorations, we have stressed compatibility in choosing components. By compatibility we do not mean merely matching impedances and signal levels, but mating components whose sonic peculiarities tended to offset one another.

ART system, and the bigger issue

I wanted to start a thread, separate from the current ART system thread to make a point about testing and methodology.

Ted Denney took it on the chin by admitting that he made a gross error in measurements and so the data in his graphs is erroneous. Ok, so he'll go back and correct his data collection procedures and hopefully we'll see a new set of graphs shortly.

ART system, and the bigger issue

I wanted to start a thread, separate from the current ART system thread to make a point about testing and methodology.

Ted Denney took it on the chin by admitting that he made a gross error in measurements and so the data in his graphs is erroneous. Ok, so he'll go back and correct his data collection procedures and hopefully we'll see a new set of graphs shortly.

Commiserate with me

I know something like this happens to us all at some point, but it hurts: wife was dusting and bent the needle on my Ortofon 2M Black, which had fewer than 200 hours on it.

I decided to put on a record and relax. It was kind of dim, so I didn't notice anything was amiss, and I set the needle down and heard this blood-curdling screeching sound and my heart just sank.

I'm hurting. There goes $500.

Ouch man. Very ouch.

"Affordable" phono cartridge shopping, or my Denon DL-160's needle broke : (

Hey all

posted here few times and got great advice...basically, in moving stuff around the needle of my Denon DL-160 cartridge got broken off, and needle doctor tells me that because it's a moving coil it can't be repaired...

so...I have been very happy with the DL-160, thought it sounded tons better than the cheap Ortofon that came with my Rega P1...

any advice on good cartridges around that price point ($179)...

I figure i might as well shop around for something better if possible as long as i'm in this situation..

A Minor Complaint

Starting with a section labeled "Digital Metamorphosis' and running for maybe a dozen pages there are interview sections with Ayre, Peachtree, Moon, Benchmark, Chord, Meridian, and perhaps more. My issue is in the way the material is presented. They are billed as interviews but look like advertising by the manufacturers complete with product adds and company logo's....

Put another way, am I reading a Stereophile interview or simply company advertising...Heck if I can tell.

Is this the "Special Advertising Section" on the cover?

Gold -- Entering a "Buy" Zone, and On Cycle

I post this only because Buddha asked me to. I am not an "advocate" of gold, an apocalyptic raver, a blogger, a web-analyst chumming for business, or a broker. I am a speculator. I make money trading the short-term (and cyclical) waves that map out long-term trends. I pay attention to macro-economic "fundamentals," as they are narrated by the popular press, but only for the purpose of gauging sentiment for the contrarian plays. Most of my work is technical (trending metrics). I pay attention to what the markets are REALLY doing (price) versus what media pundits say they OUGHT to be doing.

Rumor has it, they were hanging out here.

Stray jet's pilots were on laptops

One's a subjectivist, one an objectivist, and they completely lost track of time while trying to get it all worked out.

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What's up with NWA Airlines, anyway?

I wonder if we'll have P Diddy Airlines or....are ya ready...Kanye "Air" West next!

I heard that this NWA is gonna release a new rap tune:

"F**K tha NTSB"

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