chakster
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| CD Got Absolutely Crushed By Vinyl @inna Vysotsky's ballads are timeless and are going to be sung and listened to in 500 years and later. Ok, so you're not kidding. I can understand it as cultural phenomenon from the past, but not as the music. I can't even stand his voice. Happ... | |
| VAS (Steven Leung) cartridge repair/retipping service? I decided to send my Denon 103R to him for modification. He removed the body, mounted it on a stainless steel plate and added an aluminum cantilever and line contact stylus. It sounds nearly as good as the REF (at 4-5 times the price). I had ... | |
| CD Got Absolutely Crushed By Vinyl What is funny in these debates is that CD is actual for retired people only. CD media format does not exist even for my generation anymore, and definitely not for younger generation. It reminds me those 14 y.o. kids filmed by their parents on vide... | |
| Cartridge Recommendations @mre28m5 It’s not because the SoundSmith cartridge is more expensive, it’s because the cartridge is MI with Sapphire cantilever and Selected Contact Line stylus. You’re comparing this MI cartridge to the entry level Denon 103 MC desidned in the la... | |
| CD Got Absolutely Crushed By Vinyl @tomcy6 Keep patting yourselves on the back, guys. You are mistaking smugness for smarts. Are you offended? Try to tell any serious record collector that he's better off with CDs and it will be the greatest joke. | |
| CD Got Absolutely Crushed By Vinyl @inna chakster, I didn't like your jazz funk. then you have no taste, haha Vysotsky is so much better, it's not quite music, though, it's poetry accompanied by intentionally out of tune guitar. I am surprised, don't tell me you have russian roo... | |
| CD Got Absolutely Crushed By Vinyl @inna chakster, you are talking to the wrong crowd, they don’t listen to Vysotsky ... Haha, i don’t listen to Visotsky, definitely not my type of music.... and so cannot possibly even comprehend what you are saying. Interesting, i guess anyone w... | |
| Plinth to armboard interface Garrard 301 plinth @millercarbon What do you mean, "the simple cones are the best?"Where did you get that? I know that cones are not the best for turntable, but what you have posted in this link is cones ?@glennewdick my temporary footer set up is a steal cone s... | |
| Beyond the sound of things, and into the soul of things. @orpheus10 nice tune I always feel like i am on the stage with these guys when i listen to original japanese pressing of Ramsey Lewis Trio, this tune is mind blowing. The US press is cheap as chips and must be nice too, but i only have Japanese pr... | |
| Does it make sense to retip vdH Grasshopper cartridge @jperry cartridge re-tipping is a good business, but most people don’t really understand what’s going on, so they trust to the retipper. The retipper does not have to explain everything in technical details (it’s too complicated), except some simp... | |
| Help with phono amp upgrade Really hard to beat for anything less then $1000. Well, i disagree. Tried both: Chinese iPhono 2 and Australian JLTi mk4 side by side.The iPhono was creamed by JLTi mk4 which was $750 new incl. shipping. Now JLTi made mk5 with special power suppl... | |
| Plinth to armboard interface Garrard 301 plinth @millercarbon The best thing by far to use under a nice massive stiff table like yours is a set of Black Diamond Racing Cones screwed into Those Things screwed into the base. I believe you tried everything to say the simple cones are the best? ... | |
| Does it make sense to retip vdH Grasshopper cartridge @clearthink There are many competent, qualified, expert re-tippers there is no reason to only return it to VDH although that is certainly a credible, valid, legitimate decision, choice, and option there are many others from which to decide, sele... | |
| Help with phono amp upgrade Why don’t you just try another cartridge if the sound of Hanna is harsh to your ears ? This is a nature of MC. Find a better cartridge, probably MM or MI type. The sound goes from the cartridge. | |
| Looking for a new (used) phono preamp to replace EAR834 I have a VPI Classic 3 with Hana SL cartridge right now. Looking for a warmish/liquid sound for mainly vocal focused recordings. First you have to do before you will find a new phono stage is to replace the tubes in your EAR phono. If you’re look... |