| Re: Thanks Wayne & John [message #26172 is a reply to message #26171] |
Wed, 01 September 2004 09:59   |
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Wayne Parham
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Registered: January 2001
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Hi John, That's a very good idea. I have a way to record CD's, and I have done that several times. But I have a couple of tape decks that are very nice too, and so I often times make copies of records the old school way. Honestly, they last longer than my home recorded CD's. My Rega 2 is still around and I've been listening to it a lot lately. I've been doing a lot of little "mini-reviews" in the Movies and Music forum, and they've all been from albums I've played on the Rega. Wayne
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| Re: Thanks Wayne & John [message #26174 is a reply to message #26173] |
Thu, 02 September 2004 08:36 |
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Wayne Parham
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Yes, absolutely. I have tapes that I made in the early 80's that still sound great, even after repeated plays. Of course, they're sensitive to heat and even more to magnetism, so those can kill a tape or at least the recording on it. And there is physical contact between the tape and head, so there will be wear and it will eventually wear out. Recordable CD's can conceivably be much more robust, but in practice, my experience has been that they aren't. Even with delicate care and nothing touching the surface, after few months and/or a few plays, most recordable CD's I've had begin to skip. I'm sure someone can point to examples of recordable media that is a little more durable than that, and possibly some decks that are better than others. But I think the symptoms I've described are pretty common and most would report similar experiences with recordable CD's.
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| Re: Archie difital files on a hard drive [message #26179 is a reply to message #26178] |
Thu, 02 September 2004 17:48 |
Manualblock
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Registered: May 2009
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Akilesh; You bring up a good point there, the part about "unmodded".
For some time now I have begun to believe that mods for mods sake may not be all it's cracked up to be. Some things I have heard both mod and not mod and I kind of liked the not mod better.
Now in the case of Dyna Stereo 70 where there is obvious design flaws that when corrected make definate improvements, some Fisher gear I have heard sounded better with out the mods.And some Eico amps I have heard with only the old electrolytic caps replaced with stock values of inexpensive caps sounded better bfore the mods were done. So I believe the jury is out concerning all the benefits of mods. What do you think?
J.R.
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| Re: Archie difital files on a hard drive [message #26180 is a reply to message #26179] |
Fri, 03 September 2004 05:37 |
akhilesh
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Registered: May 2009
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HI John
The tuner I have is the kenwood kt-7500. I believe, based on reading about it at FMtunerinfo.com & corresponding with some folk who have had it modded, that some mods do benegit it sonically. Mainly, i think they are the power caps mod (as you mentioned) and in one case, shortening the signal path. ANother mod involves changing the opamp, which should make a difference.
I think there are some mods that work, and many that don't (since you asked for my opinion...always a dangerous thing to do!). I don't really know about coupling caps....i am planning to put auricaps on my kit tube amp (pusxh-pull 6bm8 k-503 from AES) amp, but will it make a difference? I don't know. I have never yet been able to hea the difference with a power cord. I think most speaker cables sound the same (I use transparent becuase they seem to lower my noise floor and bring out more detail). I do use little gel bases from bright star...tehy are cheap, and i figure tey can;t hurt. HAve they made a difference? not really sure, but if any vibrations do exisit, I am sure they do a good job of absorbing them. I mainly use them with the tube amps to reduce microphonics. I also use cheap tube dampers.
Overall, i am now evolving, after about 2 years in this hobby, into just being happy with what I have, and not restlessly trying for more. Just enjoying the music, and once in a way buying vintage stuff, like the yamaha amp I just bought...
what do you think about mods?Which ones do you use?
-akhilesh
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