Dogma rules

This is my dogma rules according to audio

  1. 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 :)
  2. Its impossible to notice any difference between power cables (how about cables before the socket?)
  3. 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.
  4. For speakers cable, if the area is not to small then a cheap simple electric cable is indistinguishable from an expensive one.
  5. 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?

  • Chris_87_AT@alien.topBEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    1. Room treatment, room treatment and more room treatment.

    2. No source direct. Calibration of the system is necessary

    3. No passive crossovers

    4. only balanced connections in the analogue world, reduce them to a minimum and install balanced connections on all turntables

    5. Big speakers, subwoofers and powerful amplifiers. (4x 400W + 2x 100W per side). There must be enough headroom for dynamic recordings.

    • Ok_Distance9511@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      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.)

      • Chris_87_AT@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        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

        1. 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.

        1. 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

        2. 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

        1. 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.