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| Advice on new headphone system please Check out the Sony TA-ZH1ES amp (it includes a nice DAC) and MDR-Z1R headphones. That might tick all your boxes and leave you with some money in your pocket. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Ten Years After - A Space In Time | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Georgia Blue might be one of my favorite records of 2021. I almost passed it by. Glad I didn't. | |
| Integrated vs. Separates on a Budget Out of one side of our audiophile mouths we talk about how bad home theater receivers and processors are because of all the things jammed into them, but then we rave about how great it is to have an amplifier, preamp, headphone amp, and phono stag... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @spiritofradio James, at some point all of my records from my youth disappeared. I think they were stolen from a storage unit I had. I really just started putting my vinyl collection back together (and then some!) in the last 10 years. I actually... | |
| Advice on new headphone system please Headphones come in a multitude of sonic flavors. Some are warm, some are very detailed, some emphasize bass, midrange, or treble. What's your budget? What flavor do you prefer? If you don't provide more information all you're going to get is "This... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Working my way through the Purple... Stormbringer - a bit of an underrated record IMHO, maybe because of Coverdale? Deep Purple eponymous | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? I reached into the on-deck bin and pulled out that Jason Isbell and the 400 unit Georgia Blue randomly. Steve, it sounds really good. At least it was, until my girlfriend called and I had to hit the pause button. | |
| Clearaudio Concept TT subpar sound quality That's a decent turntable and cart. Maybe you have a friend with a better system that would let you try the table with his components? The phono stage is probably a weak link, but my guess is the rest of your system is what is holding it back. Tha... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Kinks - Misfits Rock and Roll Fantasy always gets me a little choked up. | |
| What are you streaming tonight? Fourplay - S/T, Qobuz Hi-Res. Sounds nice, but a little too "smooth" for my tastes. | |
| New turntable I recently purchased a reconditioned Sota Sapphire. I went old school with a NOS Jelco 750D, but there are a lot of great choices for tonearms. It's really a beautiful table and sounds wonderful. That was an upgrade from an Acoustic Signature W... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Shades of Deep Purple | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Jim, that Pretenders title was out of print and they have done another run. It’s currently in Big Timber, Montana according to FedEx. Some time next week... There was also a recent hi-res release that sounds fantastic. BTW, that's cool you score... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? AC/DC - Flick of the Switch |