@lewn Do you have many 1950s and 1960s pressings? I know audiophiles who have less than 100 LPs and SOTA audio systems, all repressings or mint original hot stampers. I began collecting/listening when I was 3. I had 3,000 LPs by 18. I have inherited two collections of 3,000 and 1,000 LPs and purchased collections of 400 to 1,100 LPs for 50¢ to $3.50 each. I counted the records when moving them four times (used 13X13X13 moving boxes). I am an active listener (nightly 2 hours minimum) and still have at least 10,000 LPs to cull as duplicates and uninterested in hearing again. I've disposed of 18,000 LPs and 78s in the past so I do get rid of records I don't intend to listen to again 3X annually (my own rule). I'm 69 and had ample opportunities to buy LPs new or in the 1980s as distributors dumped them to wholesalers. I bought about 100 direct discs that way for $1 each.
Warm sounding phono cartridge
Hello all. I recently upgraded the phono cartridge on my Marantz TT15S1 from the Clearaudio cartridge that came with the table to a Hana Umami Blue. I'm overall happy with the purchase. However, while the Hana has made my well cared for and well recorded LP's sound excellent many of my albums now sound thin to me and noisy. Clicks and pops have been exacerbated to the point that I do not want to play some records even after a run through my Degritter ultrasonic.
I'm looking for a phono cartridge MM, MC or MI in the $1,000 range or less that is warm sounding and less revealing than the Hana. Any thoughts?
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