Comments by "Perhaps" (@NoEgg4u) on "Automatic Record Changers: We used to like them" video.

  1. @12:00 Using sub quality equipment (turntable, tone-arm, and cartridge) as well as not initially dialing in the cartridge (overhang, anti-skating, vertical tracking alignment, counter-balance, azimuth), makes for a pointless test. Add to that, a likely piss-poor, low quality analog to digital converter, low quality phono stage, and listening via PC speakers, adds to the already pointless listening test. Try stacking records, on a professionally set-up VPI, Clearaudio, Brinkmann (among many other reputable brands) turntable, with a quality tone-arm (Graham, Tri-Planar, Swedish Analog Technologies, etc) and a quality cartridge (many to choose from), feeding a quality phono-amp -> quality pre-amp -> quality monoblock amps -> quality speakers, and you will hear the difference when records are stacked. Also note that most (90+%) vinyl sucks. So if the record's sound quality sucks, then hearing it suck even more (when stacked) is quite a challenge. But if this test was done with quality components, with a rare and great sounding vinyl pressing, you will hear the degradation introduced by stacking records. Also note that you cannot use a record clamp, or an outer ring weight, to 1) reduce warp and 2) effectively add mass to the vinyl pressing. Record changers are great, when sound quality is not a priority. When sound quality is a priority, then you must give up convenience, and spend a good deal of time professionally dialing in everything. Quality sound, from vinyl, is neither cheap nor easy. The equipment in this video makes listening to vinyl both cheap and easy. Ergo, poor sound quality. Ergo, pointless test. Cheers!
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