bbillings
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| Looking for a more solid-feeling turntable (and maybe a new preamp) @retiredaudioguy Totally agree. The cartridge setup stinks and I too lower the tonearm manually. Believe my ideal turntable would be high mass, quality made, with a gimball tonearm and interchangeable headshell. My current dream is a Luxman PD-191A. | |
| Picking speakers 3000-5000 budget Keep in mind how bright you want the upper registers and/or how tight or big you want your drum sounds. Your listening is pretty typical and not going to be too challenging to reproduce (40hz and up) for the most part. The MOFI Sourcepoint 888 sp... | |
| Favorite rock/pop male voices In no particular order: Jackson Brown Pat Monahan Robert Plant Jim Morrison Gregg Allman Paul Rodgers Paul McCartney Bob Seger Paul Simon Michael McDonald Paul Carrack Jeff Lynne James Taylor Marc Cohn Eddie Vedder Sting Rob Thoma... | |
| Looking for a more solid-feeling turntable (and maybe a new preamp) I'm happy with the VPI Scoutmaster that I have with a couple of exceptions: The setup of the tonearm is a nightmare due to the dual pivot tonearm (I'd prefer the Gimbal arm for ease of use). The sound once setup is great though. The arm lifter is ... | |
| Looking for a more solid-feeling turntable (and maybe a new preamp) @bgross I'd pass on that Super Scoutmaster. I have the same turntable with a 3D printed 10" tonearm that I bought last year for half the price. Mine doesn't have the SDS which is available for about $1k nor the rim drive which I've seen discussed ... | |
| Big Jazz Band Music with Great Sound Some very good suggestions so far. No one has yet mentioned Christian McBride's Big Band | |
| Has anyone had an order fulfilled by Boltz.com in the 2024 or 2023 calendar year? Wow! I have a Boltz CD rack from prior to 2023. Not in love with the product because the CDs fall out the back, there aren't enough dividers. But I hate it when a company stays open just to defraud or pay debt (presumably prior to bankruptcy). |