Sorry for your loss tomic. I lost my father a couple years ago to cancer as well. Tough time for sure & I wish you nothing but the best during it. |
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T-Bone Burnett / T-Bone Burnett |
Bonnie Prince Billy / Wolf of the cosmos
I don't always like his style, but I'm digging it tonight! |
slaw, what is your take on
Jim James "Eternally Even"? I was a bit disappointed in the sound quality. Is "Uniform Clarity" recorded better? |
Logan Sama / Fabriclive.83
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Sufjan Stevens / Illinois |
Stone Jack Jones / Love & torture |
Cool slaw, It is a great Radiohead album.
The Desert Rose Band / The Desert Rose Band |
The Head And The Heart / ST |
Chris is great (so is the rest of the band!)
Old & In The Way |
Virgin Passages / Distance |
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Steven Wilson / The raven |
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Nico & The Faction / Fata Morgana
(RSD 2017 release) |
Porcupine Tree / Voyage 34 |
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Funny Uber, I was doing the same thing over here last night. Took out the Clearaudio Concept MC & replaced it with a Karat 23, then a Grado signature XTZ. The signature absolutely sings with the ViRa tonearm.
Nicolai Dunger / Sweat her kiss |
Cool Tomic!
World Party / Private revolution |
Thanks for the information slaw. I will have to give EE another try. |
Slaw,
This one was put on a new arm so I never noticed that. Weird that they would do that though. Really can't think of a good reason for them to deviate from the standard. |
Steve,
From a music standpoint they are very similar with the main difference being that he allowed the songs in "Lubbock" to jam a little more (some longer songs / less polished for sure) than on "Moby Dick". From a SQ standpoint, Moby Dick is as close to a 10 as almost any in my collection, where Lubbock is a solid 7. The one I like best is the one I'm playing at the time 🤙.
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Hey slaw,
The main positives of the ViRa tonearm when compared to the Polestar (a high end Jelco) are a larger sound stage (both deep & wide) & improved clarity. The funny thing about the clarity is I never realized what I was missing until the new arm was properly set up. It is absolutely smooth, detailed, & dynamic. Like nothing I've ever heard before.
Negatives:
Setting this arm up is a b*tch, & it will unmercifully show every flaw (in spades) until everything is "perfect". Because it's a radiant tangent design, you cannot use the "normal" tools for set up. Why it didn't come with a template is beyond me.
Conclusion:
That stated, it is probably not an arm I'd recommend unless one has a lot of patience & experience in setting them up. Once set up properly though it has remained absolutely consistent and a beautiful performer
Gravenhurst / Flashlight season |
Gravenhurst / The Western lands |
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Slaw, not yet... I have a benz on it currently. Been thinking of putting one of my clearaudio's on it, but am really happy with the benz right now.
The Fiery Furnaces / Blueberry boat |
Sallie Ford / Soul sickness
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Sue Garner & Rick Brown / Still |
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Nice haul Uber!
Bob Dylan / Love & theft |
Squarepusher / Go Plastic |
bdp24,
My "Old & in the way" is actually on "Sugar Hill" records. The sound quality is excellent nonetheless, as is most everything on Sugar Hill. That record has been with me for 25+ years & I love it. There is some magic to it that unfortunately wasn't recreated with the JGB. Thanks for the information on Chris Hillman, Herb Pedersen, & John Jorgenson. |
Death Vessel / Island intervals |
+1 Noromance
My Morning Jacket / Z |
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Stone Jack Jones / Love & Torture |
Chad Vangaalen / Light information |
Jerry Garcia / Compliments of Garcia
Slaw, Nice choice with Son Volt! |
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My Morning Jacket / Acoustic Live |
Warmer Milks / Radish on light |
Castanets / Decimation blues
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+1 J_Damon
Talking Heads / More songs about buildings & food |
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The Fiery Furnaces / Blueberry boat |
