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Power outage, so late start and then my stack of NOS Mullard and RCA showed up…about 30 minutes into a warmup LP… Guess tube rolling will commence tomorrow…
Starting w Traffic box set …after Krauss / Plant finish opening set duty…
I am a vacuum tube robot stuck in a ones and zero world
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I have played with the idea of a mono cart for a while now, but I keep fighting off the urge. My Linn TT obviously doesn’t have removable headshell so it would be a pretty serious rabbit hole.
Miles-Someday My Prince Will Come 1961 6 eye.
This copy has been in the family since new. PVF cleaned this past summer. Fantastic.
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Karel Šejna conducts Dvořák - Slavonic Dances. The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Supraphon 2LP box 1970, Czechoslovakia release
Thanks Jim!
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Beatles - Abbey Road, 50th Anniversary
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Counting Crows / August And Everything After
45 RPM Analogue Productions reissue 2012 Geffen orig. 1993
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@slaw
+1 - I love Steve Earle - "El Corazón"
The first time I saw Steve Earle was the tour following the release of this album. Back then, he was a rocker! Blew the joint up!
2 of my all-time favorite Steve Earle songs are from this album. "N.Y.C" and "Here I Am".
May have to spin it tonight. You know, for the Christmas song on the record ;~)
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+1 Steve Earle
Thanks for the Knebworth approval Steve, femoore12.
Eagles/ Hotel California
1976 Asylum
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@slaw
Pink Floyd "Live at Knebworth" 1990
2019/45rpm/dbl lp
that is a fantastic album. Great choice.
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Steve Earl & The Dukes "Guy"
2019/NewWest
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The Floyd is highly recommended!!!!
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Pink Floyd "Live at Knebworth" 1990
2019/45rpm/dbl lp
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Neil Young & The Blue Note Cafe
lp 3
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"13 Rivers"
my other copy
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@big_greg
Most (if not all) of the few mono releases I have are newer releases, so the Hana (or another with a 0.7mil) should be best. My trusty Jelco 750D makes it easy to swap out cartridges.
Absolutely Greg. If you have new mono releases, go with the shibata stylus.
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Miles Davis - Milestones. Sublime...
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Most (if not all) of the few mono releases I have are newer releases, so the Hana (or another with a 0.7mil) should be best. My trusty Jelco 750D makes it easy to swap out cartridges.
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Bad Company / Desolation Angels
1979 Swan Song
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Lonnie Mack / Strike Like Lightning
1985 Alligator Records
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Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark / Architecture & Morality
1981 CBS
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Love / False Start
1970 Capitol
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Traffic / Welcome to the canteen
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one reason why i lean on both you guys and a couple of die hard vinyl experts that run audio companies and stores…for inputs and advice…last time we were shooting the @#$&$#@, they had 30 k records between three of them…
Baker Street then signing out
best to all on the sane subset of audiogon
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Neil Young / Time fades away
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Yes, this brings back memories of all the reading of mono, mono carts, mono switches et. al. before I made the leap.
Many camps with various beliefs. One thing to keep in mind, there is no vertical information in a mono groove, only horizontal (sides). Unlike a stereo groove where there is info both horizontal and vertical within the groove. Thus, theoretically, if you have a very clean nice period mono LP, all the info is there no matter how high or deep the stylus goes.
But yes, if you have an abused mono LP that was played many many times with a worn out conical stylus, a new fine line stylus would in theory go deeper into (below) the ‘damaged’ grooves, and sound better.
No doubt though, I would say today, most all the carts, even the Ortofon 2M Mono (with a spherical stylus) would have been better than most all carts available when these old albums were released. But I’m sure some would disagree with that too 😁
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Fritz Reiner conducts Haydn - Symphony No. 101 In D ("Clock") & Symphony No. 95 In C Minor. Fritz Reiner And His Orchestra. RCA Victor Red Seal 1964.
Reiner’s last recording, two months before his death.
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Then again, Jim's thought makes even more sense. The untouched groove area is a nice surface for a deeper tracking stylus.
Oh, this hobby...er, rabbit hole!
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Thanks guys. I hope for good things.
I agree with Brian, the mono cartridge with a conical stylus would better serve mono records. At the most, an elliptical stylus. I could be wrong, of course.
My longer-term plan is for a second tonearm, one with a removable headshell. By that I can easily change between a mono cartridge and some other MC or MM cartridge. The main tonearm would remain as the premier choice and with the premium cartridge. But first, I need to get the turntable that supports two tonearms. That along with speakers are the big plans for early 2022. Fun hobby and I love great music and excellent high fidelity. But man, this can get expensive!
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@tomic601
True Jim, I did consider that as well. Luckily, most my mono LP’s are in really good shape. Perhaps I’m lucky.
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Yes - Fragile ( because i believe in symbolism ) and it’s a great disc…
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untouched groove holds good info, hence the better tip can sometimes be a virtue Brian
Safe trip Joel - Wishing you all the best in the journey….
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Very cool Joel! Enjoy the trip
Neil Young / Zuma
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Good luck Joel, and have a great trip. We’ll be awaiting your thoughts….or….decision 😉
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Ralph Sutton, Ruby Braff, Milt Hinton, Mousey Alexander – On Sunnie's Side Of The Street (Blue Angel Jazz Club 1968)
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@big_greg
Nice re: the Hana. Similar to the Ortofon 2M Mono SE, except MC.
I’m not sure I’m thinking of this exactly correctly, but as all my mono LP’s are period pressings (50’s-early 60’s), I didn’t go with the SE as it has a ‘fine line’ stylus, as does the Hana SL Mono (shibata). In my thinking at the time, most those LP’s were really made for conical stylus types. Finer cuts didn’t really become standard until a bit later. Thus, I said, why get a fine line stylus if the grooves were not cut for a fine line or shibata cut?
Anyway…..my thinking….😁
Im sure the Hana would be great, as would the SE, or any mono cart Soundsmith would make.
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My postponed trip from last week to Washington state is on for tomorrow. I am staying with a friend in Lake Stevens and will be at Daedalus Audio on Thursday. I sure hope those speakers live up to everything I anticipate for them. If so I will be placing my order.
Drum roll........
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Kiril Kondrashin conducts Tchaikovsky - Second Concerto In G Op. 44 For Piano & Orchestra. The Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra with Emil Gilels, piano. Baroque Records 1966
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Stephen Stills Manassas / Down the road
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@big_greg
Marc Cohn - S/T, MFSL
+1 That's a great one!
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Marc Cohn - S/T, MFSL.
Had a chance to see him with the Blind Boys of Alabama just before the great lockdown. Great show!
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Thanks Brian. I would probably go for the Hana mono cartridge if I went down that path.
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@robotboyspamster That seems like a fantastic idea!
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@big_greg I try to give all the mono disc away…..another tonearm, while an attractive rabbit hole…….
I am a rabbit hole digging spamBot
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@big_greg
I have a few mono LP”s, and decided on Ortofon’s 2M ‘inexpensive’ mono cart. I like it. I went back and forth regarding getting a phono pre with a mono switch, but after studying the theory of that vs a dedicated mono cart, went for the cart.
I think the Ortofon 2M Mono is pretty good bang for the buck. I believe I paid about $350 for it…..I think.
Of course you can spend much more. I didn’t feel it was justified in the end.
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Dexter Gordon, Doin’ Alright.
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