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    good_enough replied to the thread Speaker cable.
    Multistranded copper cable of any description tbh. Multistranded because high frequency AC (that's music to you and me) suffers what's...
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    This makes it out to be relatively simple View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxXhXLBWRAk . Certainly a lot easier than my linn basik...
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    It wouldn't make much of a difference to elliptical styli as their contact on the groove wall is a point (a tangent to the ellipse). VTA...
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    good_enough replied to the thread CD collection ..easy play ?.
    If MP3 would be good enough wouldn't bluetooth? You'd just need a bluetooth receiver to play from your phone or laptop, assuming your...
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    good_enough replied to the thread Go Back to CD?.
    Never gave them up, and CDs are now the bargain secondhand buy that LPs have ceased to be following the trendies bundling into vinyl.
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    good_enough reacted to plastic penguin's post in the thread CD vs vinyl playback with Like Like.
    Absolutely. No contest in my opinion, just a preferred choice(s). My choice of whether I listen to vinyl or CD or Freeview radio...
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    good_enough replied to the thread CD vs vinyl playback.
    Ah you had a DAC moment (dozy-awake conjunction).
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    good_enough replied to the thread CD vs vinyl playback.
    Thanks for posting that fascinating. The idea that the amorphous constitution of vinyl is analogous to dither was a revelation. I was...
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    good_enough replied to the thread CD vs vinyl playback.
    I run a Linn Axis. The original 'felt' (in fact some sort of light foam) was a million times better. The bass suddenly got very...
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    good_enough replied to the thread CD vs vinyl playback.
    The Achromat completely sucked on my system. They used to offer a money-back guarantee - check it's still around!
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    good_enough reacted to davidf's post in the thread CD vs vinyl playback with Like Like.
    I don't have those lower expectations with vinyl as I know what it can sound like, and I know a CD and an LP of an album can sound very...
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    good_enough replied to the thread CD vs vinyl playback.
    It was not a 'power surge' at Heathrow it was a substation on fire, thus removing power. As every single newspaper, website, radio and...
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    good_enough replied to the thread CD vs vinyl playback.
    Well and then there was the 'loudness war'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war. And the tendency around the 80's for that...
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    good_enough replied to the thread CD vs vinyl playback.
    Yes 'presence' is the word isn't it? There's a difference between: 1) the recognition that in front of you some equipment is playing...
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    good_enough replied to the thread CD vs vinyl playback.
    I had a very similar experience - had a Marantz CD6000SE, upgraded to a Roksan K3 CD, result was a far better sound from my CD than my...