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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette. I've bought a few copies of this including MOFI and a "hot stamper". I finally found one that sounds really clean, almost like new, for $5 today. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @slaw The vinyl itself had a little bit of noise but overall I thought it sounded great. One of the things that caught my attention was the production quality. I'm not sure I have the words to describe it, but it reminded me of older classic ro... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? I picked up a nice used copy of Jack White's Blunderbuss and listened to that last night. I think that might be my favorite record of his. | |
| Jimmy Page, It's time to call your lawyers? I just about fell out of my chair laughing when I read this line from the Pitchfork review:"Brothers Jake and Sam Kiszka, on guitar and bass, are both wearing hippie costumes they 3D-printed off the internet. The singer, the wretched and caterwa... | |
| Back to the drawing board You should probably give the guys at SVS a call and see about doing an in home demo and getting some tips on proper setup. I'm with the others who question if the SVS subs were set up correctly at Best Buy. Your experience doesn't line up with m... | |
| What are you streaming tonight? I listened to Christian McBride's New Jawn last night. I really liked it, reminds me a lot of Ornette Coleman, some good free form instrumentals. | |
| Help- Review on Phono Stage I had one of their older phone stages, the Tube Box II and it was OK, but nothing to get excited about. I didn't keep it very long. The small format is nice.For $400 I'd get a Parks Puffin. I just bought one and to my ears it sounds better than... | |
| Jimmy Page, It's time to call your lawyers? The Zeppelin influences are obvious. Led Zeppelin were influenced by other artists, and they influenced many other artists, some who were probably more blatant in their attempts to try to sound "Zeppelinish". Whitesnake and Kingdom Come are a co... | |
| Used Market Savings vs. The Dealer Experience I do both. I buy used gear from other enthusiasts, usually at about 50% of the new price. Overall my experience doing that has been good, but there have been a couple of incidents where I got ripped off or something wasn't as advertised. I usua... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville. 25 years already, doesn't seem like it. | |
| Looking for an Integrated Amplifier to match Totem Rainmaker Speakers @bomd Give them a call and ask. I have had them ship things to me before, so I know they'll do it. They have a pretty liberal return policy also, I want to say 90 days, but I'm not sure. | |
| Looking for an Integrated Amplifier to match Totem Rainmaker Speakers @bomd I was at Gig Harbor Audio here in Washington and they had an Elixir set up in a demo system. I just stopped in and wasn't planning to buy anything, but after hearing the Elixir I snapped one up to replace my Peachtree Nova 300. It's very d... | |
| Beware of SACD Transports -- they probably will not work with your favorite DAC Big Greg.If the OP has JUST a transport then that has NO DAC.Which I feel is the crux of his question. @uberwaltz good point. The original post was a little hard to read, but after re-reading it, I understand the point being made with transport ... | |
| Looking for an Integrated Amplifier to match Totem Rainmaker Speakers If you're looking at the Rega, you should also take a look at the Heed Elixir. It includes a MM phono stage.As a counterpoint to the suggestion that you need at least 100 watts, the Heed Elixir has 50 watts at 8ohms and can drive my 87db Canton V... | |
| Antennas for FM Tuners in Urban Setting I have the Magnum Dynalab ST-2, not an ST3 as I said in my earlier post. Too late to go back and edit it. |