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Post by MartinT on Feb 10, 2016 10:19:31 GMT
please don't go telling me your ears are the arbiter
Dave, with music your ears are the ONLY arbiter! Yes, you can measure, but you must ultimately listen. |
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Post by myles on Feb 10, 2016 10:27:14 GMT
please don't go telling me your ears are the arbiter
Dave, with music your ears are the ONLY arbiter! Yes, you can measure, but you must ultimately listen. Measuring s/n ratio etc doesn't improve my enjoyment of Jimmy Cliff at all. |
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Post by Tim on Feb 10, 2016 13:19:37 GMT
There's a classic saying out here in Thailand "Falang think too mutt" I wonder what they would make of an audiophile!
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Post by dsjr on Feb 10, 2016 15:38:57 GMT
please don't go telling me your ears are the arbiter
Dave, with music your ears are the ONLY arbiter! Yes, you can measure, but you must ultimately listen. And, with respect, your emotional connection with and perception of the sound will change by the day, of not the hour unless you're totally heartless with no inner soul. My ears are useless and what sounds good one day, will often be crap the next.
Thankfully, many good items of stereo gear tended to get similar reactions in many Hifi shops, especially in the 'free' days before Linn and Naim ruined the UK industry between them (their 'good sound' was largely brain-washing and a lot of us attest to that nearly forty years on)
Here I go again. I don't think I listen or experience music like you lot probably do.
I had a great session with the Krell yesterday - the NVA sounded underpowered and slightly dull after. Today, the NVA sounded delightfully agile and involving and the Krell was brighter and more 'literal.' Go figure, as I'm too confused to work it out...
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Post by dsjr on Feb 10, 2016 15:40:28 GMT
Dave, with music your ears are the ONLY arbiter! Yes, you can measure, but you must ultimately listen. Measuring s/n ratio etc doesn't improve my enjoyment of Jimmy Cliff at all. You have very little signal to noise on vinyl anyway - around 40db tops up to 1k or so, but fortunately, so much music is compressed onto vinyl it doesn't matter... |
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Post by myles on Mar 3, 2016 6:19:08 GMT
Well, I've recently moved on the Shure/JICO cartridge for an AT440MLa moving magnet and it isn't as bright as I've read. A little VTA adjustment to compensate for cart height and it's singing nicely.
Next change is only going to be a little one; I'm buying a Nottingham Interspace Jr sans arm and am going to move my RB300 across onto it. It looks like this may be the end of the Rega analogue journey, unless the Rega still comes out on top. From what I've read and heard this will not be the case.
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Post by ChrisB on Mar 3, 2016 7:43:25 GMT
Well, the thread is about getting rid of Rega, so it looks like you've nearly cracked it.
Just the arm to go now!
I'm sure you're going to love that new deck.
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Post by myles on Mar 3, 2016 8:22:56 GMT
I must admit, I'm quite excited to be playing with something else. I've been a Rega-ite for a while now, and heard about all the shortcomings, so I'll be sure to report back with my findings. Especially to DSJR!
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Post by myles on Mar 6, 2016 8:09:14 GMT
Well, I have the NAS Interspace Jr. It's a reassuringly heavy beast with only one issue; my Rega arm won't fit the collet. The aluminium shim is too tight so while I'm waiting for the correct replacement I'll try and machine some material off the shim with my dremel.
How bloody frustrating!
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Post by myles on Mar 6, 2016 8:57:35 GMT
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Post by ChrisB on Mar 6, 2016 9:23:10 GMT
Very nice indeed!
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Post by myles on Mar 6, 2016 9:42:52 GMT
Cheers Chris. You must realise how much of a departure from the norm this will be; I have only ever had Rega decks - not including introduction into the format with a Trio and abortive efforts with the old Pro-Ject entry decks - and I am really taking a step into the unknown!
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Post by ChrisB on Mar 6, 2016 9:54:55 GMT
I have a feeling you are going to like it very much.
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Post by MartinT on Mar 6, 2016 10:33:37 GMT
Look at that! Very nice. I take it the Rega is a bit unusual on this deck?
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Post by myles on Mar 6, 2016 10:38:42 GMT
Look at that! Very nice. I take it the Rega is a bit unusual on this deck? Well, NAS supply collets for rega fitment so I don't think I'm sailing into totally uncharted waters. I'll let you know when I get it up and running. |
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Post by dsjr on Mar 6, 2016 11:11:27 GMT
The NAS Spacedeck was THE ONLY deck I ever heard that really allowed the old RB series arms to let fly with no sonic constriction. I'm sure the Interspace is similar and the collet for adjusting arm height was an absolute boon I felt. Not sure how the current 3-point Rega fixings come into this as an aside - I'll have to ask my old mate hifi dave..
I know these are extremely expensive and I've never looked inside one to see what's there, but the Wave mechanic supply used to improve motor vibration on all NAS turntables and I think it should come before anything else myself...
I love NAS turntables and here's why, from the early 90's. I only sold it because I needed the money and the Decca had attempted suicide as they so often do - all repaired now though, but twenty years too late 
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Post by myles on Mar 6, 2016 12:13:51 GMT
Well, the shim has been machined down to a level where it fits the arm pillar and collet. All I can say is that it sounds pretty good to my ears. One issue is my dicky cueing arm assembly which is pretty close to the arm tube when playing. Can I remove the whole assembly?
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Post by dsjr on Mar 6, 2016 16:23:38 GMT
Easy, get a small enough metric Allen key to undo the grub screw a touch and swivel the platform to a better more 'concentric' place before re-tightening. The piston inside can swivel too and if over to one side, it will bind, so once the platform is positioned correctly, there should be free swivel-movement either side of nominal - easier to show than explain I'm afraid..
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Post by myles on Mar 6, 2016 17:05:54 GMT
Easy, get a small enough metric Allen key to undo the grub screw a touch and swivel the platform to a better more 'concentric' place before re-tightening. The piston inside can swivel too and if over to one side, it will bind, so once the platform is positioned correctly, there should be free swivel-movement either side of nominal - easier to show than explain I'm afraid.. I'll have a play tonight. Thanks for the pointer. |
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