NickofWimbledon
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Thanks to all for the support.
Just needs the Collaro mat removing and it should sound great!
So what baseboard/feet are you using with the Stiletto?
Nice one Nick. Who'd of thought that?
This is not a skill that we mortals usually get the opportunity to develop. When we have a one off problem like this it’s best to get an expert in. I’ve had this problem once in the last 35 years. I have no desire to become an expert. Glad everything is sorted. Start wearing that stylus out. I guess you’ll be spending more time on HMV or Discogs I the near futureI regard hunting for ground loops and the like as equal parts black art and blind luck - and thus best done by someone else. It was Hitesh from Infidelity who nailed it.
Have you tried it off the wall shelf?
This is not a skill that we mortals usually get the opportunity to develop. When we have a one off problem like this it’s best to get an expert in. I’ve had this problem once in the last 35 years. I have no desire to become an expert. Glad everything is sorted. Start wearing that stylus out. I guess you’ll be spending more time on HMV or Discogs I the near future
There is a simple rule that I have learned over the years and that is, some recordings sound amazing on a hifi system and others don’t. No matter what system you play them on, some recordings just never rise to the occasion whilst others just sound better and better. I’ll offer just some random examples, Clannads - Nadur shouts “bring it on” and gives more the better the system whereas Barclay James Harvest - Ring of Changes (one of my favourite albums) never really shines, nor do any of Rush’s albums(one of my all time favourite bands). Ok, you get more detail and resolution on a high end system, but no more ambience and atmosphere than on a more modest system, none of that blow you away hifi sound. The reason, seems to be that I am listening to the results of somebody’s recording, mixing and mastering efforts. More recently it is easy to become victim to pressing issues.If only I could be disciplined about what vinyl really needs replacing...
There is a simple rule that I have learned over the years and that is, some recordings sound amazing on a hifi system and others don’t. No matter what system you play them on, some recordings just never rise to the occasion whilst others just sound better and better.
I no longer feel this way. As far as I can tell, nor does Adam at hifiaf.com. It is now extremely rare for me to be dissatisfied with a recording, and I include some quite primitive ones.
The most noticeable example for me is: "Two Tribes". It always sounds flipping fantastic, even on the crappiest little mono telly speaker.
The extended 12” 45 ‘Annihilation Mix’ is just astonishing through the Lockwoods here. Staggeringly good! Everyone should have a copy of this one.
FWIW, most of my vinyl is 0-60 yers old and sounds it. Supposedly audiophile versions of Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd and Joni Mitchell may not be better than a mint first pressing, but they have more music than I think my own originals ever did, as well as being quieter. Other ears and other LPs...
Same here. I gave up with them in the end. Some were very good and dead quiet like the Kevin Grey / Rhino, but never seemed to enjoy the music quite as much.Personally it's been very rare in my experience when "audiophile versions" or later represses/remasters sound more musical than original first pressings.
I have the "Carnage Mix" on picture disk -which I usually avoid- and it just may be the most dynamic recording I've ever heard, the house shakes at 5:53, seen here:
https://www.google.com/search?q=two...#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:18138d7d,vid:mNqtTTSJmYc
I have the "Carnage Mix" on picture disk -which I usually avoid- and it just may be the most dynamic recording I've ever heard, the house shakes at 5:53, seen here:
https://www.google.com/search?q=two...#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:18138d7d,vid:mNqtTTSJmYc
Personally it's been very rare in my experience when "audiophile versions" or later represses/remasters sound more musical than original first pressings.
The original 16 minute 33rpm mix of Relax is another stunning sounding 12”, it never gets to the pop single bit at all!