Dogma rules
This is my dogma rules according to audio
- in the early days the most important stuff was in the end, like cartridge and speakers. A bit different today in the digital era., so its just in the end end :)
- Its impossible to notice any difference between power cables (how about cables before the socket?)
- It’s almost impossible to detect any difference between any cheep and very expensive low signal cables. If the cheep cable is a low capacitance then its impossible.
- For speakers cable, if the area is not to small then a cheap simple electric cable is indistinguishable from an expensive one.
- since about year 2000 or a bit earlier compression is doing more harm to music than anything mention above, it’s horrifying that “audiophiles” use these compressed cd’s as reference cd’s in listening tests
comments?
I forget one thing, the room, maybe the second most important beside speakers.
- Dont forget about the quality of the uranium in your power plant
cheep cheep
Knock knock yes i just heard someone talking shit about CDs…
Dogma rule number 6: sticking different color/colour stickers and charging extortionate prices for standard fuses will not make any difference whatsoever to the sound of music
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Room treatment, room treatment and more room treatment.
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No source direct. Calibration of the system is necessary
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No passive crossovers
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only balanced connections in the analogue world, reduce them to a minimum and install balanced connections on all turntables
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Big speakers, subwoofers and powerful amplifiers. (4x 400W + 2x 100W per side). There must be enough headroom for dynamic recordings.
install balanced connections on all turntables
The only balanced turntables I’ve ever seen are the (new) Pro-ject X1B and X2B. Are there others? You say “install”, how does one install balanced connections?
(Please forgive my ignorance, I really don’t know much about balanced connections.)
I installed balanced connections on many turntables in the past including
Sony PX-X800, Sony PS-X555es, Pioneer PLX-1000, Pioneer PL-L1000 and a Pro-Ject Studie (the only Pro-Ject to this date with two tonearms) and some Thorens and Rega
- check if the is a connection between the blue or green wire and ground without installed cartridge using a multimeter. If you found one remove it. (often the case on Rega Turntables
2)remove the RCA terminals or the installed cable and replace it with an XLR Cable. My Pioneer PL-X1000 got 6,3mm TRS Sockets instead.
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White or Red -> Pin 2, Blue goes to Pin3 next to white, Green goes in the other plug with the red wire, Ground goes in the shielding of the cable and PIN 1
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Check if your cartridge connects the shielding to green or blue. this has to be removed (The small golden thing on the green pin). I falled into this and got nasty hum on the right channel with my VM740ML. The VM95 Series and all MC Cartriges I ever had are fine. you can connect the shielding to the black toneram ground wire found on a Pro-Ject Tonearm in case you hear AM radio stations. for me floating shielding works just fine.
https://www.maplatine.com/en/mm-cartridges/3837-audio-technica-vm-740-ml-mm-cartridge.html
- you can also wire your stepup transformer in balanced mode if you use one.
6)you can also use a high quality microphone amplifier like the Focusrite ISA Two instead of a phonopreamp for MC carts. RIAA Equalisation can also be done in software. Great for listening to vintage records released before the 1953 standartisation.
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Curious, what’s your reference setup?
Hegel amp, miniDSP Flex dac, Thorens record player with a AT 150sa cartridge and LTS 3v f2 speakers, all cables is simple ones
So you’re using the Flex DAC as a Dirac corrected preamp? Does your Flex DAC also DSP correct your turntable or is your Hegel (what model) an integrated amp with a phono stage?
Yes, I do use it to correct the turntable, I have a problematic room that enhances the mid register, trying to fix that with room treatment. It’s the main reason that I bought the miniDsP
Forget the RIAA stage, its a Sentec PP9
My dogma rule, only have one:
- If I like the sound, it’s good.
The rest is just something interesting to talk about.
Yes
Well, number 5 might be true. At least 20% isn’t a bad percentage to be correct…
I have never seen a blind test that prove that expensive cables is better than a simple electric cable
Big yes to number 5, plus wall of sound BS mastering that destroys the soundstage.
Digital cables are all the same ultimately.
Analogue cables are not the same. You get what you pay for. Speaker cables are also not all born equal.
Mains cables, mains purifiers etc are a waste of time. That’s an expensive and slippery slope to get into to.
Digital cable I did even consider to include, common sense say it’s impossible that they can make any difference
Yeah we’re all casualties of the loudness wars. Super sad
Because nothing says intellectual enlightenment quite like blindly adhering to a set of unexamined beliefs. Who needs critical thinking when you can just follow the dogma du jour?
My meaning in the first rule is that in the old days a good cartridge make the same or more impact on the sound as the speakers, but nowadays in the digital era ( I listen mostly to digital sources) then I guess the money should be spent on speakers. In the DAC stuff, I’m not able to tell any difference between those I tested, same for the amplifiers I tested. I guess I’m a kind person to amplifiers though I prefer not so loud sound
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Human beings have neither the aural nor the psychological capacity to withstand the awesome power of God’s true voice. Were you to hear it, your mind would cave in and your heart would explode within your chest. We went through five Adams before we figured that one out.
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Snoochie boochies
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