A GUIDE FOR THE DEDICATED ANALOG AUDIOPHILE
We know of none better, outside of our own humble attempt to enlighten that portion of the audiophile community who love hearing music reproduced with the highest fidelity and are willing to go the extra mile to make that happen.
Here is Robert’s piece from 2024. Apologies for the lateness of posting it. I have no excuses so I won’t bother trying to make up any.
Part 3 is already available and can be found here. Robert recommends you read Part 2 before Part 3, and we recommend that you leave Robert a respectful comment or two concerning any and all thoughts you may have regarding his advice.
Robert’s Approach
Robert has methodically and carefully — one might even say scientifically — approached the various problems he’s encountered in this hobby by doing the following:
- Improving his equipment,
- Teaching himself how to do a better job of dialing in his turntable setup.
- Learning how to do controlled shootouts for his favorite albums, and, most importantly,
- Being open to listening to someone who has been doing the above three for decades.
More on Robert’s system here. You may notice that it has a lot in common with the one we use. This is not an accident.
And it is also no accident that these two systems just happen to be very good at showing their owners the manifold shortcomings of the modern remastered LP, as well as the benefits to be gained by doing shootouts in order to find dramatically better sounding pressings to play.
Further Reading
- Getting serious about audio
- Unsolicited audio advice (the best kind!)
- Basic audio advice — these are the fundamentals of good sound
