big_greg
Responses from big_greg
| Whats on your turntable tonight? James, yeah - Deguello is one of my all time favorites, such a great range of songs, all different and all good, and that sound... I just wish that copy would have been a little better. It's an in-store promo copy with a really cool outer slip co... | |
| budget phono preamp choice Parks Puffin. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Blue Oyster Cult - Live '83, Black Friday RSD 2020 black and blue vinyl. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? ZZ Top - Deguello. This copy is a little bit noisy but it has a really cool alternate Black cover. | |
| What are you streaming tonight? Patricia Barber – Companion, Qobuz | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? I'm streaming the Patricia Barber Companion album. Great stuff! Looks like the MFSL vinyl version has gotten pretty pricy. Maybe I'll pick up one of the Premonition pressings. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? The Cars - Heartbeat City, MFSL | |
| Cartridge forgiving of "non-audiophile" recordings and pressings A Clearaudio Virtuoso Wood is in your budget and IMO has the attributes you're seeking. I put mine on my Technics SL-1200 Mark 2 often to listen to my less-than-perfect records. | |
| What are you streaming tonight? Nils Frahm - Tripping with Nils Frahm, Qobuz Hi-Res | |
| What are you streaming tonight? Sigur Rós - Odin's Raven Magic, Qobuz Hi-Res. I've heard of them, but never listened before. Pretty cool stuff. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Reuben, I never get tired of Heartbeat City and have a number of different copies of it. I probably need to pull one out today and see how it sounds with my new cartridge. | |
| Sofia Electric Blue 6SN7 Sophia is good about backing up their tubes, but my experience was also that they were unreliable. I no longer have any and stick to buying NOS tubes. | |
| As Advised, Starting With Speakers First. @hilde45 You make a good point. I know Echo Audio is closed for in-store shopping for the time being, but they have all their inventory listed on their website and offer curbside pickup. I am staying home and out of shops as much as possible. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Boston - S/T |