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Current recordings on vinyl?
Norah Jones was recorded in her Manhattan loftso I believe it's analogwill have to check the record cover 
No Audiophiles in Hollywood
another vinyl sighting -Before Sunrise - starring Evan Hawkecouple meet on a train, both get off in viennathey go to a record shop and she briefly listens to some folk in a listening room on a turntablenice dialog movie 
Pioneer vs. Panasonic plasma
Yes Pioneer and Panasonic are the two front runner plasma units. I own the Pioneer Elite - event better than the standard set. The blacks are fabulous, great resolution and picture quality - well worth the moneyThe newest version has 1080p 
cartridge, speakers, recording, amp? conjested
flyingred -cd's also show compression on loud passages on certain material but the bass is there -I think both the speakers and cartridge 'in the current setup' have some limitations of very dynamic rock musicit's probably an additive effectMorph ... 
cartridge, speakers, recording, amp? conjested
dan the titles I mentioned don't compressit's lesser rock recordingsI'll try upplugging from the power conditionernever had a problem with it beforethanks tom 
cartridge, speakers, recording, amp? conjested
cds do have some of the same issue but to a lesser extentso the speakers may play a partthen again maybe I have too much hooked up to my equiteh balanced power conditionerthe amp is plug straight into the wall 
cartridge, speakers, recording, amp? conjested
this was posted by Halcroman (I started the same thread) over at vinyl asylumLet me just eliminate the ZYX Universe from the equation.I've just mounted one in my system (Rega 3, Hadcock Unipivot, Halcro DM10, Halcro DM58 monoblocks, Custom 3 way m... 
Jazz vinyl- go for originals or new reissues?
I played an OJC of Coltranes Lush Life tonight and was astounded - very engaging, warm and detailed recordingwow, I really hit the jackpot with that remaster and dead quiet too 
No Audiophiles in Hollywood
not quite Hollywood but a nice 'vintage' audiophile settingMalena - an Italian movie set in WWIIthe soon to be widow plays a record on a victrolaseductively listeningthe young peeping tom protagonist goes out and hums the record then buys the 78he... 
Where did tracking error go?
al round record with a pivoting arm is a good approximation with a nice arm if one doesn't have the commitment level and total lack of compromise of your stratospheric Walker setup 
How far would you drive to audition a component?
gjames - the talimena parkway was great, and that made the drive an easy sellI hit it on a sunny winter day - well worth the ridewhere are you locatedtom 
Jazz vinyl- go for originals or new reissues?
thanks guys for all the insightsother experience sure helps when you are taking the plunge 
AV123 Mini; Salk HT3; Devore Gibbon Super 8
I own the HT3's very revealing, tonally balanced, well imaging speaker 
why are most new releases going to four sides?
as for 2 or 4 sides I wasn't talking 45 rpm records for higher quality playback - that part is obviousI'm talking lps that are stretched to 4 sideslike the clash album - give em enough vinyl - oops it was titled sandinistayes, record companies hav... 
if Sony had been around earlier - format wars
imagine struggling with alternative vinyl formats at the same timenot lps 78s and 45sclearly lp won out even if it took a while at places like Blue NOte in the early 50'simagine vinyl with two incompatible formatsfrankly blueray and hd won't hit w...