daveyf
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| Is a Linn Sondek LP12/Lingo/Ekos with a Cirkus update, the last turntable I’ll ever buy? @cd318 This is telling: "Then there’s the question of just how much better is a top spec 2020 LP12 v a top spec 1980s LP12. I have heard that some have argued that successive upgrades have somewhat diminished its fabled analogue warmth. I don’t kn... | |
| Mesa Boogie vs Fender @edcyn Nothing wrong with a steel string acoustic, I totally love my Taylors. Not totally enamored of the fact that they require mediums, but that is probably why the sound is to die for. | |
| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry @rauliruegas Your post is one that seems to take what I posted totally out of context. ( I know you are translating into English, so I understand the ability to misinterpret my posts). There are clearly going to be issues with the tonearm to cart... | |
| Is a Linn Sondek LP12/Lingo/Ekos with a Cirkus update, the last turntable I’ll ever buy? Ralph, what LP12 did you hear that day...a new LP12 Magik, Akurate or Klimax? I heard a SL1200G about six months ago, it had the stock arm.That day I also heard a 10R with a 4Point arm, it was a lot better than the 1200G! ( as it should be for the... | |
| Is a Linn Sondek LP12/Lingo/Ekos with a Cirkus update, the last turntable I’ll ever buy? @atmasphere Question.. Have you heard a recent Linn LP12...like an Akurate or a Klimax model? There are a lot of folks who naysay the LP12 because the last time they heard one was about thirty years ago and they heard one that was either 1) not se... | |
| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry @atmasphere I agree with you 100%, the arm is more important than the cartridge. This is fairly easy to hear, place a lesser cartridge on a great arm and you will hear everything that the cartridge can give off, however, place a great cartridge o... | |
| Mesa Boogie vs Fender @dekay I used to own a 70's silver face Champ, could never get it to sing, but back then i was using a crappy hum bucker Epiphone...probably would have a different opinion with my Strats and Teles today. | |
| Is a Linn Sondek LP12/Lingo/Ekos with a Cirkus update, the last turntable I’ll ever buy? @cd318 What you state about the set up of a Linn is also true of any high end turntable, they need to be set up correctly to give off their best. So, and i have said this many times before, if one is looking for a 'plug and play' type of turntable... | |
| Is a Linn Sondek LP12/Lingo/Ekos with a Cirkus update, the last turntable I’ll ever buy? @atmasphere I guess it depends on whether you believe that the bearing ( or lack thereof) /motor/suspension ( or lack thereof), and overall build quality/SQ is where you want to end up with in regards to the Technics. If so, then sure it is a fini... | |
| Mesa Boogie vs Fender @edcyn I hear where you are coming from, but I also think that a lot of the tone comes from 'playing the amp' which is what i try and do. With my Fender single coils, I can get pretty much any tone I want, depending on my playing and the amp sett... | |
| Mesa Boogie vs Fender @three_easy_payments That is obviously true, but in what ways does the Fender sound differ from the Mesa sound for these particular amps, in your opinion? | |
| Mesa Boogie vs Fender @edcyn what Mesa where they using back in the day? I think a Pre-CBS Vibrolux is a killer piece, sounds amazing with single coils. Too bad you got rid of the Vibrolux. | |
| Black Sabbath Master of Reality 1st or 2nd press? Second for the UK Vertigo swirl pressing. Tremendous sound, and unfortunately, now a tremendous price! | |
| New Turntable Direction @xagwell Your Linn has a great upgrade path..Karousel and Radikal along with either a Kore or a Keel. Karousel is the first in line, then Keel or Kore and lastly the power supply. Having said that, a top end Basis is where i would go next if going... | |
| Is a Linn Sondek LP12/Lingo/Ekos with a Cirkus update, the last turntable I’ll ever buy? Ralph, you make an interesting point. If you could only have one turntable and had to live with it or the rest of your life, then buying one table that has nowhere to go as to upgradeability could be perceived as advantageous!OTOH, if you wanted a... |