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Can you honestly say you just buy the music you want to listen to

Yes

..., or has getting the best out of your system become an obsession?

Yes

=== Andy Evans ===
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I bought one test LP a year or so ago
for the sole purpose of setting up my turntable. It has no music, and
I haven't played it since.

You should tape it for raference in case you might need it.

=== Andy Evans ===
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In message , Tat Chan
writes
none wrote:

How has upgrading you system changed your CD buying habits?

Not at all really, though my system has probably reduced half of my
indie rock collection to near unlistenable (from an audiophile point of
view, of course).

But they sound tolerable to good once I convert them to 128-258kbps
mp3s played back through a PC and headphones ...

Do you spend more money on demo disks?

Don't have one in my collection

Do you buy stuff you don't really like just becaused it is a 'DDD'
CD, HDCD, SACD?

Well, I did buy the 30th anniversary Dark Side of the Moon CD/SACD
hybrid disc because it was cheap.

Ever bought a disk just because you read some one had used it as a
listening test cd in a reveiw?

No. Though I am tempted to get the Cowboy Junkies "Trinity Sessions" CD.

Can you honestly say you just buy the music you want to listen to,
or has getting the best out of your system become an obsession?

I buy the music I listen to. If the recording is top notch, I treat it
as a bonus.

Note that some of the most important pop/rock music (Beatles, Stones
and Springsteen) has really poor sound!


I've just bought a pair of decent headphones (Sennheiser HD580). It's
amazing how bad many recordings are when you hear them through
high-resolution transducers!

You'll be pleased to know that the Calrec Ambisonics 'Trinity Session'
still sounds OK though.
--
Chris Morriss

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On 12 Jan 2005 19:18:19 GMT, ohawker (Andy
Evans) wrote:

I bought one test LP a year or so ago
for the sole purpose of setting up my turntable. It has no music, and
I haven't played it since.

You should tape it for raference in case you might need it.

Or copy it to CD perhaps? I could let friends have cheap copies.

d
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

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Chris Morriss wrote:

I've just bought a pair of decent headphones (Sennheiser HD580). It's
amazing how bad many recordings are when you hear them through
high-resolution transducers!

I thought the 580 has been phased out of production? I couldn't find a
reference to it the last time I looked. It seemed that the 580 was
replaced by the 59x range.

I listen to mp3s via a Sennheiser HD433 (cheap as chips!) through a
Creative Vibra 128 soundcard, and that combination sounds acceptable.

Might be looking at upgrading to a Sennheiser 580 or 59x for my real
stereo system at some point.

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none wrote:
How has upgrading you system changed your CD buying habits? Do you
spend more money on demo disks? Do you buy stuff you don't really like
just becaused it is a 'DDD' CD, HDCD, SACD?

No, I bought a CD very late on, about 1996, simply because I couldn't
get music on LP. And I've never gone for those direct cut master type
things.

Ever bought a disk just
because you read some one had used it as a listening test cd in a
reveiw? Can you honestly say you just buy the music you want to listen
to, or has getting the best out of your system become an obsession?

Well, I'd have to concede a minor-obsessive disorder :-). But that
doesn't extend to listening to music that makes the hifi 'shine' -
rarely do that.

If Dark Side of the Moon was only in you collection on a chewed-up C-90,
would it ever get played?

Ah no, not on the hifi. CDs and LPs only - not because they sound
better, part of the neurosis! I've got thousands of mp3s I play through
an old receiver and speakers connected to the computer. At the moment in
fact. Sounds marvellous.


Rob

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On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 20:18:12 GMT, (Don Pearce)
wrote:

On 12 Jan 2005 19:18:19 GMT, ohawker (Andy
Evans) wrote:

I bought one test LP a year or so ago
for the sole purpose of setting up my turntable. It has no music, and
I haven't played it since.

You should tape it for raference in case you might need it.

Or copy it to CD perhaps? I could let friends have cheap copies.

Whaaaat? Why would *anyone* want to do that, when you could copy a
test *CD* with vastly better quality? Or did I miss a smiley?
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

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On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 09:38:36 +1100, Tat Chan
wrote:

Chris Morriss wrote:

I've just bought a pair of decent headphones (Sennheiser HD580). It's
amazing how bad many recordings are when you hear them through
high-resolution transducers!

I thought the 580 has been phased out of production? I couldn't find a
reference to it the last time I looked. It seemed that the 580 was
replaced by the 59x range.

Still available brand new on eBay. One of the great audio bargains at
$199. IMNVHO, the best headphones in the world, if you can't afford
electrostats.
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

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Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 09:38:36 +1100, Tat Chan
wrote:

I thought the 580 has been phased out of production? I couldn't find a
reference to it the last time I looked. It seemed that the 580 was
replaced by the 59x range.


Still available brand new on eBay. One of the great audio bargains at
$199.

Buying internationaly via Ebay probably means using PayPal ...

do you know if there are huge differences between the 570 and 580? I can
get the 570 in Oz for AUD$200.


IMNVHO, the best headphones in the world, if you can't afford
electrostats.

Would I need a headphone amp to fully appreciate a headphone like the 580?

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On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 07:13:34 +0000 (UTC), Stewart Pinkerton
wrote:

On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 20:18:12 GMT, (Don Pearce)
wrote:

On 12 Jan 2005 19:18:19 GMT, ohawker (Andy
Evans) wrote:

I bought one test LP a year or so ago
for the sole purpose of setting up my turntable. It has no music, and
I haven't played it since.

You should tape it for raference in case you might need it.

Or copy it to CD perhaps? I could let friends have cheap copies.

Whaaaat? Why would *anyone* want to do that, when you could copy a
test *CD* with vastly better quality? Or did I miss a smiley?

C'mon Stewart - wake up. I don't expect to need to use smileys on a UK
news group.

d

Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com