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    TOTL Headphones Comparison

    Abyss AB-1266 Phi TC, xurrentkynthenflsfhsuoo form abyss headphones, for hip hop and rap I'd say the TC is the best headphones money can buy outside of the shangri-la and Orpheus ( both of which I've not heard but are crazy expensive). But for rap and hip hop genre the Tc excels. These days I...
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    A JOURNEY INTO VINYL

    heh, decisions decisions :D. Unfortunately the only way to know for sure is to try. Ive listened on both high end 2 channel speakers and headphones, vinyl is great on both. And I have some pretty resolving headphones in the way of Abyss Phi TC.
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    A JOURNEY INTO VINYL

    I just put on this ultrasonically cleaned album: https://store.acousticsounds.com/d/145780/Hugh_Masekela-Hope-Vinyl_Box_Sets good lord have mercy. And I've listened to the digital version, this vinyl is night and day. Listening through the Abyss HP with the KR-HP Tubes.
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    A JOURNEY INTO VINYL

    Yea there's a substantial difference from well recorded 180g pure analog records, and the standard digitally sourced records. I routinely expand my collection of thst quality of record, they sound truly amazing.
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    A JOURNEY INTO VINYL

    I'm terms of high end dacs, outside of the schiit yggdrasil I use, I've tested with anthem flagship receiver, and trinov processor, neither of the 3 could compare to vinyl for me, I do however have plans to trade my yggy in for the upcoming v2 of the ps audio dac, so I'll see how that improves...
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    A JOURNEY INTO VINYL

    Yea, what he said i've experienced myself, i even carried my vinyl player to my brother's all-digital rig, one he's accustomed too, high end 9H $35k speakers, and he said no way would the vinyl outperform his digital, after we spun up the first record, he had no choice but to admit "yes, this...
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    A JOURNEY INTO VINYL

    @MacMan31 Here's a couple videos on Digital/Vinyl from PS Audio:
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    A JOURNEY INTO VINYL

    I've just unsealed a couple of records, and just going through the artwork, track material, handling the record, everything is part of the experience. It's an intimate touch you just don't get with digital that I really appreciate. It's more than just "listening to music"
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    A JOURNEY INTO VINYL

    I've not listened to everything i've recently acquired yet, but i can say this. If i had to chose my 3 best sounding albums, it would be: 1. Grover Washington - Winelight (Nautilus Version) [I have a regular non-nautilus pressing, and the nautilus all analog version is just amazing) 2. Stevie...
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    A JOURNEY INTO VINYL

    I have a high end headphone rig, primary for my listening right now. I only get ground hum from my woofer but not audible during playback. through my headphones , quiet as a mouse , needle in the groove sure, but I don't hear that ground hum through my headphones. Abyss ab1266 phi tc and...
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    A JOURNEY INTO VINYL

    38 here, and I hear you re alive when records were main :D, I've hunted down some rare OG records from back in the Day. and the modern masters from impex, acoustic sounds, mofi all sound great too. Here are the analog / masters I have in my collection. recently got this delivered also :
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    A JOURNEY INTO VINYL

    there is no hum or pops on my rig, mild static on certain records though. and the entire process you described for playing a record, I.e. finding it, taking it out the sleeve , placing it on the tt , lowering the needle etc, is all apart of the experience, and everytime I play a record I enjoy...
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    A JOURNEY INTO VINYL

    Its Def a more Involved process with record maintenance , I've just got an ultrasonic cleaner from upscale audio to give that a go, I've been using a project vaccuum system until now.
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    A JOURNEY INTO VINYL

    hey, my first venture into vinyl was on a $150 audio technica turntable with a built in phono stage, so I hooked thst up directly to my headphone amp and off I went. and even at that price point I found the vinyl sounded significantly better than my schiit yggdrasil dac costing $2600 usd. The...
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