daveyf
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| Listening to Kenny Burrell Midnight Blue Myles, thanks for the info, very interesting and informative.I guess one has to also remember that any company that is in the reissue business is probably a little restricted by the condition of the original master tape that they get to utilize. T... | |
| Listening to Kenny Burrell Midnight Blue Musicpod, I don't know why many artists were featured that way, but it is certainly not uncommon. I have several other older Blue Notes and jazz LP's that are recordings of artists on stage in the same positioning. | |
| Listening to Kenny Burrell Midnight Blue I noticed that as well, although it doesn't bother me. I think one has to remember that if the musicians are on stage right and stage left only...and no one in the middle, then this would be a fairly accurate reproduction. I suspect that is what h... | |
| hard wired or aftermarket powercord I have a hard wired ARC D70Mk2, I think there was a good reason why the designers did this to their products. The ability to replace your power cord with an after market model, may not be an upgrade in this instance. IMO. | |
| Listening to Kenny Burrell Midnight Blue Musicpod, I had the same problem with an early release of this LP. Lots of surface noise! I replaced it with a later copy and no problems. Some of these reissues are not as pristine as they could be in regards to quality control, luckily they seem... | |
| Listening to Kenny Burrell Midnight Blue That's a good question, Bill. I don't have the Blue Note original pressing, but kind of wondered the same thing. OTOH, all of the Deep Groove originals that I own are certainly more noisy than the Music Matters re-issues. Why, because they are now... | |
| Listening to Kenny Burrell Midnight Blue +1000 on the Music Matters 33-1/3rpm release...it's superb on all counts. | |
| Cartridges and old man IMHO, IF there's a big enough demand for the product, in this case cartridges, then there is always someone who can step up and produce said product. The key factor being that there is enough demand. | |
| Buying a used cartridge...tell us your tale. The other issue that seems to be overlooked is the aging of the cartridge suspension. These components may even wear out prior to the stylus and are IME very hard to determine by a general eyeball inspection.The question then becomes as to whether... | |
| Buying a used cartridge...tell us your tale. Thanks, Peter. That is an interesting article from MF. I am curious as to when the actual onset of wear will occur on the record in relation to the wear pattern on the diamond. The conventional thinking is that the wear will be severe on the LP wh... | |
| Buying a used cartridge...tell us your tale. Thanks for sharing that, Peter. I do have a question...looking at your microscope photo of the diamond tip of your Koetsu, I cannot tell anything more than the fact that the diamond is attached to the cantilever and appears to be intact ( Plus, th... | |
| Buying a used cartridge...tell us your tale. Bill, that's interesting. Owning a microscope to look at the stylus is a great idea. This reminds me of a situation decades ago, wherein I acquired a used Koetsu Onyx for a fair price. The Seller was a local guy who had given up on audio. Anyway, ... | |
| Buying a used cartridge...tell us your tale. I do think that buying a used MM cartridge with a removable stylus is a VERY different proposition to buying an expensive used MC cart with a non-removable stylus. | |
| ARC Quality Issues Ref75 Ref5SE Ref10 The idea of buying a "vetted" tube at a much higher price is an interesting concept. IMHO, who ever thought of it was a very smart marketing person. The question is....how much validity is there to this approach for the a'phile consumer? The other... | |
| Review: Sonus Faber Guarnieri Homage Speaker Want to update this thread a little. In the last couple of years, I have ditched the Highwire cable and replaced it with Nordost Tyr and Frey. The SF GH's responded amazingly to this upgrade. The Nordost cables are ultra fast and very revealing. T... |