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| Suggested entry path into vinyl... Jaybo brings up a good point.Do you have any records now? Do you have a good source of used records in your area? Also availability of records may be genre dependent. If 90s rock is your thing, few titles are going to be available on vinyl. If you... | |
| Garage Storage? I'd want to be able to assure buyers that the pieces are in working order despite the years of storage. Can you get some cheap thrift store speakers to test them with? An mp3 player would work as a source with a 1/8" jack to phono adapter cable. | |
| best Integrated amp under 4000$ A used BAT VK-300x would be under $4000. If you're into vinyl, add a phono module, and I think you would be done for a very long time. | |
| RIP J Gordon Holt Stereophile has some interesting interviews, including this fascinating but curiously short one that I've quoted from below. I hope more audiophiles take some of the things he had to say to heart."Vitality? Don't make me laugh. Audio as a hobby is... | |
| How to tell if Acoustic Treatment is Needed? A listening position within a foot of the back wall was one recommended by John Dunlavy if the wall behind the listener is heavily damped. This is from my Dunlavy SC-III manual:"All of these potential problems [of short wall placement] can be avoi... | |
| Looking for speaker recommendations under $5K But Mikey Fremer liked the Pioneer VSX 59TXi. It's been blessed by one of the high priests of the faith. | |
| Best Rega Option If you google you can probably find some info on custom rewiring of Rega arms. The various kits aren't going to have 2m of wire, so you'd have to prepare the wire yourself.These guys could probably mod a Rega arm to your specifications.Or you coul... | |
| OPPO BDP 83 as Redbook player? I downloaded the manual and didn't see any way to program tracks on the Oppo. Am I missing something? | |
| Top notch speakers with their own sub Someone up there mentioned "Vandy V". In the Vandersteen line the top 4 -- Quatro, Quatro Wood, 5A, and the new 7 -- have integrated powered subwoofers with 11-band EQ and contour controls.I'm more suprised no one mentioned the Definitive Technolo... | |
| Looking for speaker recommendations under $5K Re: the poster putty. It's this stuff. You can usually find a generic version in the arts/crafts section of any drug store. You pull off a marble-sized pinch, kneed it a bit, and stick it between the speakers and the stands at the corners to preve... | |
| Do you plan to buy The Beatles CD remasters? "Give me a break. You must not like the music too much if they have only been payed once."It's not at all unusual for vinyl collectors to have multiple copies and multiple pressings. So he very well may have copies he listens to regularly and back... | |
| Do you plan to buy The Beatles CD remasters? First, I'm kinda mad that they took so long to remaster this material. Let's hope they didn't botch it.I have everything on vinyl, but I lost my 70s UK pressing of [i]Revolver[/i] and the current pressing is nasty. Also, I've only ever had a Capit... | |
| Looking for speaker recommendations under $5K By the way, the Gallos can be used with a grill:http://www.roundsound.com/reference-3-speakers.htmSome questions related to the noise you are hearing:Are you using the receiver's bass management?What kind of volume level are listening at? Perhaps ... | |
| time to change tt's Given the time coherent design of the 2CEs, I think they will easily reveal the quality (or not) of any upgrade one might make. If I were looking for an upgrade after making some of the cheaper standard tweaks to the table, I'd start haunting the ... | |
| time to change tt's Are you dissatisfied with the basic sound of the Gyro? The upgrades do bring it up to a high level, but are only worth it if you are already happy with the basic sound.The standard upgrades are the Orbe clamp, the tonearm decoupler, the Orbe platt... |