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| Whats on your turntable tonight? A little follow up on my post about the Steely Dan Gaucho record I mentioned in a previous post.I wrote to Rare Records to express my disappointment and the owner, Charlie Essmeier, wrote back to me. He confirmed that his records are visually gra... | |
| Tidal vs Quobuz I have both. They each have some things that the other doesn’t - Tidal has a larger library and I like the "my mix" feature where they put together playlists for me based on my tastes. I prefer Qobuz because there’s no gimmick like MQA, just high ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Led Zeppelin II, Japan pressing. This one sounds nice! | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Gaucho. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @mammothguy54 I’m a little disappointed with the sound quality of this record. If it has a lot of surface noise and was supposed to be NM-. My first purchase from Rare Records, probably my last. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Steely Dan - Gaucho, Japan white label promo. | |
| Choosing Headphones up to 1700 USD Generally speaking, closed back headphones dig lower, similar to sealed subs, speakers, etc. There are of course exceptions. Both my LCD-XC and the Sony MDR-Z1R reproduce bass really well. It's a weird sensation when you feel your head being "p... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Kraftwerk - Autobahn | |
| Purple Heart = Purple Rain? @tommypenngotti I didn't ask Kron, but assumed "grey market". I recently picked up a Soundsmith Aida II and really like it. I like the people behind it too. I bought mine second hand and it didn't have a stylus guard. I contacted Soundsmith to... | |
| Choosing Headphones up to 1700 USD Curious about the "reliability issues" with Audeze headphones. I have three pair (LCD-XC, LCD-4, and LCD-2). They are all very well made and I have had zero issues with any of them.For electronic music, consider closed back headphones (LCD-XC in... | |
| What are you streaming tonight? @16f4 I've been listening to them in my main system the last few days and they are really fun. They aren't going to kick my KEF Reference 1's to the curb, but they sound really good and really rock! | |
| Purple Heart = Purple Rain? I have the Kiseki Blue N.S. on my VPI Classic 2. It's an excellent cartridge. Everything I've read about the Purple is that it takes things up another notch. I bought mine here from seller Kron. He has the Purple Heart for significantly less t... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? War - Greatest Hits | |
| TEAC NT-505 - How good is it? I just bought another one to replace my bluesound node 2. | |
| What are you streaming tonight? @16f4 I scored a pair of Klipsch Quartets in good condition last weekend. I think they are going to scratch my itch for some high-efficiency speakers for a while. |