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December 2010 Issue 4

VINY

VINY LP

HILE

The digizine for discerning music lovers

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VINY LP

VINY

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Contents

Features

5

Editorial

7

Reader’s System

We pay a visit to Mike in North Bend for this issue’s

Reader’s System.

By Rich Teer

15

Annie’s Audio Adventures

Annie plays with cables and power conditioners.

By Annie St. Jean

16

Rocky Mountain Audio Fest

A photo essay of some of the vinyl goodies being

played and displayed at Rocky Mountain Audio

Fest 2010.

By Rich Teer

45

Back Page

45

Advertisers Index

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Equipment Reviews

Music Reviews

22

Sumiko Blue Point No. 2

Are you looking for MC sound on an MM budget?

Sumiko’s entry level high output MC cartridge

might be just the ticket.

By Rich Teer

35

Record Reviews

Our regular look at pop, jazz, and classical vinyl

releases, both old and new.

By Vinylphile staff

26

Get Better Sound

Can Jim Smith’s book help you get better sound

from your audio system? We ind out.

By Rich Teer

28

Clearaudio Virtuoso Wood

If a high-end MM cartridge is on your wish list,

you should read our review of one of Clearaudio’s

inest.

By Rich Teer

32

Music Hall Mat

We check out Music Hall’s answer to the ubiquitous

felt turntable mat.

By Rich Teer

28

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Editorial

A re you a music lover or an

probably blissfully unaware of high-end

audio. For the music lover, the music

itself is the journey.

audiophile? This question is

often posed with the implication

that the two are mutually exclusive, but

I don’t they need be. But let’s back up

for a minute and deine what we mean

by “music lover” and “audiophile”.

There will always be extremes in both

camps (for example, audiophiles who

have a $250,000 system on which to

listen to their three perfectly recorded

records, or music lovers who aren’t

at all interested in high quality sound

reproduction), but I think that given the

opportunity, most people would be a

hybrid, i.e., someone who loves music

but actively seeks to maximise their

pleasure from it by investing in a high

quality audio system.

For the purposes of this discussion,

we’ll deine an audiophile to be

someone for whom high sound quality

is very important, at least in theory:

there are many audiophiles who aspire

to very good (read expensive) high-end

equipment but are without the means

to purchase it, so they must settle for

equipment that is more affordable

but has one or more sonic laws. This

doesn’t matter, it’s the aspiration that’s

important (rather like the car enthusiast

who covets a Ferrari yet drives around

in a Mazda 3). For the audiophile, the

pursuit of audio excellence is probably

a never ending journey.

I think the challenge facing the industry

today is how to reach this potentially

huge market. I’d assert that most people

who might be interested in investing

in a high-end audio system aren’t

even aware of the high-end. For them,

brands like Bose and Bang & Olufsen

represent the pinnacle of home audio

reproduction, which is unfortunate

because although they may be ine

“lifestyle” products, the products made

by those companies hardly qualify as

high-end (despite their high price tags!).

A music lover, on the other hand,

is someone for whom the music is

tantamount: they are just as happy

listening to their favourite music on a

cheap MP3 as anything else, and are

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