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| Best Audiophile recordings The Ray Brown Trio "Soular Energy" on vinyl. Ridiculously good. | |
| Can bad LPs damage good cartridges? I too had the same concern when buying used records with serious surface noise, even after thorough cleaning. From what I was told by those in the know, the groove damage from cheap styli itself should not damage the stylus. As long as the record ... | |
| VPI Classic hum Your second post suggested that you were bothered by some noise on the lead-in and quiet passages and were trying to eliminate it. If you have buzzing sound coming from the speakers that's one thing, but I stand by my statement that some noise is ... | |
| VPI Classic hum Running the Kimber Silver Streak from the junction box to the phono preamp. Nothing fancy and I'm not sure how shielded it is, but no "hum" to be bothered by. Of course you're going to hear more "hum" on quiet passages; it's nothing to do with shi... | |
| Benz LPS Sounds Bad, Very Bad at 45 RPM I'd suggest you verify the speed is correct at the 45 RPM setting. Sounds like it might be unstable. I've never heard of a cartridge that sounded great at 33 1/3 but distorted at 45 if both speeds were accurate. My initial thought was the quality ... | |
| Sophomore Slump? The best 2nd albums of all time Norah Jones "Feels Like Home" is not only better than her Grammy-winning debut album, but one of the best female albums ever. | |
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| higher end jazz vinyl: where to turn? Paanders,I have six different 180 grams Impulse reissues of Coltrane's stuff, including "Ballads" and they are ALL are warped. I personally think it's disgusting. If I didn't have a ring, I wouldn't even dare play them with my Delos it's so bad. I... | |
| VPI Classic vs. Well Tempered Amadeus Stringreen, How do you use Bearpaws? Do you screw them in? I looked at the website and it looks like you simply put them under equipment. Also, what do you keep your Classic on? I keep mine on a 3-inch maple block and I wonder if brass makes sense... | |
| Phono-pre: subsonic filter on or off ? Bob,You're probably right. I did notice, however, that the use of the term "subsonic" is actually quite pervasive in audio nomenclature when discussing rumble-related issues (I did a search on the internet for "subsonic filter"). It often seems to... | |
| Vinyl lovers I must be crazy Orpheus 10,I don't know what an erector set is so perhaps you can share your experience with it for us. And if you're done waxing poetic about your 8000-c, whatever it is, why don't you stop hijacking the thread and take your musical tastes exchan... | |
| Phono-pre: subsonic filter on or off ? Sorry Bob, but I think you're missing the point as you're getting too hung up on semantics rather than the design purpose. The point is that subsonic filters are designed to suppress low frequencies that are not audible to the human ear, and are n... | |
| Phono-pre: subsonic filter on or off ? Bob,"Sub" prefix denotes "under" or "below" when attached to a word. "Sonic" means having to do with, or using, sound waves. So "subsonic" can describe something that is below sound waves, meaning you cannot hear it. Granted, "sonic" is also an ad... | |
| Vinyl lovers I must be crazy Orpheus 10,Inna was being facetious; no need to blow the smoke... | |
| Vinyl lovers I must be crazy Orhpeus 10,Just reading about your set-up makes me NEVER even want to try to replicate it. Part of the allure of the analog experience is the physical and tactile sensation of cuing the tonearm in and dropping the stylus onto the vinyl. And that's... |