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| Sound quality of new vinyl recordings. @grislybutter We're in the same ballpark. Three's huge quality in many old LPs from the usual suspects - Decca, Mercury, EMI. For a long time I was paying more like £2 than £5. Boxed sets were £1/disc and still very cheap. I rarely pay more ... | |
| Is R.E.M. underrated by new music nerds? @roxy54 Yes. You apparently are confused. Clear thinking has nothing to do with one's subjective likes and dislikes. In this case it didn't take much to clear my brain of over-rated, low talent, gimmicky groups whose time is well past. And b... | |
| Show off! J S Bach. Toccata and Fugue in D minor. | |
| Buying Pet Peeve - Pictures I think the used market may not suit you. Perhaps keep to new gear. You can, of course, always ask the seller to post more photos. | |
| Sound quality of new vinyl recordings. The golden age of LPs was 1950s, early 1960s. They took trouble and the raw material was purer. Best is to collect these. 'Audiophile' reissues in my experience are of VERY variable quality. Most early MoFis are excellent. Good example of man... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm @gzm " This seems advantageous to me because the largest source of vibrations is probably my turntable itself since it contains a heavy spinning platter as well as a motor." Keeping the armbase off the turntable won't solve your perceived probl... | |
| Is R.E.M. underrated by new music nerds? Who were REM? | |
| Made in USA I am British and live in England. I buy the components I think are best and suitable for my needs. My amplifiers have been all Audio Research and (old) Krell. I had Naim in their glory days in the 1980s. Martin Logan CLX Anniversary. So far, ... | |
| Worth upgrading my cables? @hifiman5 Please explain what the power cord does to the AC it receives. If anything. | |
| Ditching Class A Amps due to Heat - Sort of a Poll @bulldogger Thank you for telling me. But the day is over. Krell had stopped building pure Class A even before the D'Agostinos were so rudely kicked out of their own company. | |
| best external drive for ripping CDs @vonhelmholtz Your activity seems controlled and proportional. You should find another name than 'ripping'. It sounds so sordid. | |
| What is the best way to clean Vinyl? @fleschler "I have a rule I made up, if I don't want to hear a record at least 3 times annually, out it goes." This statement doesn't add up arithmetically. You currently have 28,500 records. You dispose of records you don't play 3 times a ye... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm @mijostyn Warped records are a menace. I have very few as I have rejected them unless the programme is very desirable and the disc very rare. But in fact the Aeroarm plays severely warped records better than bigger and heavier arms. Typically... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm @mijostyn The tracking error of the Viv varies as the effective length chosen. I f I wanted the Viv I would instinctively go for the 9 inch version, although quite a number of commentators have said they prefer the 7 inch (6 inch anyone?). But ... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm @atmasphere The hardness of the metal in the bearing is not the only issue. The fineness of the machining is fundamental. Another one I have thought about is my Simon Yorke Aeroarm. This is a parallel tracking design, very lightweight with a... |