billpete
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| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? @dogberry Going through old classical part of my collection. I came across a 3 record set on Vanguard Op. 3 from 1964. Says L'ESTRO ARMONICO Op.3 Vivaldi with Chamber Orchestra of The Vienna State Opera, Mario Rossi conductor. Not sure where I g... | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? @mikempls Don't have most of yours but we all have our go to's. It's been interesting and I'm glad to see how many appreciate Tea For The Tillerman. It is one of my all time favorites. Doesn't see as much play as it used to but every now and the... | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? @flash56 I have thought about that regarding inner groove distortion. Especially when it is common to leave a best song for last. Not always but it is common so that thought is probably the main reason. I don't always hear IGD but sometimes it i... | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? @dmk_calgary Umbrella was a surprise to me. All thrift store finds. Really good recordings and pressings. Have one that I won't really listen to, not my kind of music but I had to admire that it was well recorded "crap". Sheffields are really ... | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? @richardbrand I'll have to look to see if I have any Hyperion. Sounds familiar but not sure. Are they D2D or just very well done? Who are the pianists? I have quite a few old recordings of Van Cliburn and V Horowitz. | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? @dogberry Not sure if I've ever had a CBS CX LP but it doesn't sound familiar. I do have a fair amount of LP's that just sit in the collection though so you never know. When CD sounds better than LP, something went wrong. I have a few that way ... | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? @flash56 I will let you know as soon as I have it. Probably a couple weeks out. I also have some 45rpm remasters. They sound really good but agree, it's a pain to have only 2 songs to a side or so. I have a few 33's that only have 2 or 3 when t... | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? @flash56 Cleeds is often correct, he'd probably say always. :) I am always amazed by the knowledge base here, yours included. I thoroughly enjoyed your explanation. I remember 8 track days and how they littered nearly every highway as the decks... | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? @cleeds After you brought this to my attention, I did a bit of reading on dbx albums. It seems that many enjoy them with the proper gear and it may be preferred over Dolby. I'm not likely to take that step.but never say never. When I had Dolby o... | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? @cleeds I guess I had forgotten how dbx works. I do not have that capability. That would explain a lot. This is probably the only dbx piece of vinyl that I've ever owned. No plans to buy more either. I don't remember it with vinyl so much and as... | |
| Vinyl sounds better (shots fired) @grislybutter @atmasphere Gris, love the chart. Perfect. atmasphere, love your input. | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? @flash56 OK, so I gave the dbx copy a listen last night. It is undoubtedly one of the worst recordings that I have ever heard in my life. It may be the worst. For starters, there is a loud hiss that you can hear even over soft passages of music.... | |
| I'm curious. What is your "normal" listening volume? Typically from mid 70's to mid 80's but have seen peaks to 96db. Depends on what I'm listening to. I do like it fairly loud. | |
| What are your top 3 favorite turntable companies (manufacturer) and why? @jpcmrc Pretty nice first rig. I also got my first loan for stereo equipment but Radio Shack was all I could afford the first time around. I think I was 17 years old. Second time I borrowed money was for an engagement ring, third was my second s... | |
| What are your top 3 favorite turntable companies (manufacturer) and why? @inna I love the design of Platine Verdier. If I had the know how to build turntables, I would build them that way. There was another very similar. I do not remember the name. |