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Pink Floyd LP Box Sets
Niether is top notch for sound quality. First XI contains reissues from UK with picture discs of DSOTM and WYWH. 97 collection is from digital remasters. A_L 
Your vinyl guilty pleasure???
C W McCall Black Bear Road. Contains the hit "Convoy"Breaker One-Nine this here's Rubber Duck, you got yer ears on Pigpen come-on?:)A_L 
VINYL - 2,200 LP's to CD or Hard Drive - HELP
No one mentioned this, and I don't want to be a kill joy, but you might want to remind your 86yr old freind that copying the contents of the LP's to another medium, then selling the LP's is a violation of Copyright law. Once he sells the LP's he m... 
Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive?
1. 2008 Nissan Pathfinder2. 2008 Nissan Pathfinder3. My own custom designed vehicle with tuned for audio performance first, vehical performance second :) 
Nakamichi cassette playback in non-Nak deck?
one thing people have not addressed is azimuth. No tape will sound it's best on a deck that the tape was not recorded on if you do not adjust the azimuth of the playback head to match the azimuth of the recording deck.The higher end Nak's have thi... 
Best 8 Track Tape Home Unit Made
The best sounding 8 track deck in my experience is the Wollensack 8075A. This unit has the best sounding preamp I've ever heard in an 8 track unit. The unit also has Dolby B NR. Akai also made good 8 track decks, the CR80, 81, and GR82 are very go... 
VPI anti-skate device
Miglo,What I've done to compensate for the string's lack of proper length is to angle the AS device towards the tone arm. This seems to have solved two problems. First, it prevents the tone arm from coming in contact with the AS device as it moves... 
VPI anti-skate device
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VPI anti-skate device
I've been trying to adjust this thing to get optimal results. It seems that when I adjust to for less anti skate, the adjustment also causes less counter-balance for the device and it topples over towards the tonearm eliminating any anti-skate ben... 
Doors Vinyl Box Set Defect?
I have two sets, one is staying sealed. But the open set labels are correct on all the LP's in the set.Steve 
Easy to find good sounding used LPs 70s/80s.....
Hard to believe THE REQUIRED ALBUM for ANY AND ALL vinyl lovers isn't listed:Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon 
Longest continuous playing songs
Any of Pink Floyd's albums since Dark Side of the Moon thru The Final Cut. Any of Roger Waters solo albums.Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination. 
loudness level?
Using a Dynavevtor 20XL and a P75 preamp in my system is actually louder than my cd player. So it depends on your gear and set up.A_L 
VPI anti-skate device
I have the black junction box. I think I got it figured out. The pictures shown on the website show the device coming out perpendicular to the tonearm. I had to angle it a bit to make sure the tone arm clears the device when tracking a record.Steve 
How many People own Working Reel to Reel Decks?
Currently own a Technics RS1500U, Otari MX5050IIB, and a Teac x700R. The Teac needs repair. Also have a Akai 1800SS reel to reel/8 track tape quad unit on the way. I use them for transfering tapes to cd/digital formats.Steve