dgarretson
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| hotel california... The DCC pressing is great, like all DCCs I have heard. | |
| Best Rock Album in 2012 So far I've only collected vinyl, but here goes: George Harrison: Early Takes Vol. 1Dr. John: Locked DownFarrar, Johnson, Parker, Yames: New Multitudes (Guthrie Tribute)Springsteen: Wrecking BallTrembling Bells/Bonnie Prince Billy: The Marble Down... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Timeltel, extreme LF is articulate and authoritative. It could use a cleaner and more open window from mid-bass into midrange. Hopefully arriving with break-in. However thus far it is proven as a good spend. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lew & Timeltel, My 981LZS has improved considerably after lightening up on vertical mass, tweaking azimuth, and run-in to the five hour mark. I accord with Lew's assessment of a "richly" detailed performance-- a very detailed but smooth and re... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Regards Timeltel, there will be more listening, dial-in, and break-in to come, but my initial reaction to 981LZS is similar to yours. I have a collection of wands and weights to adjust inertial mass over a wide range; I will try lowering mass. The... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? A half day of setting up and break-in NOS 981LZS is slowly yeilding results. It prefers 47K to a 500R load and a light 1-1.1 gm VTF to open up and alleviate an initially dark & recessed presention. Tracking is flawless. Too early to tell what ... | |
| x-tronic 4000 soldering station These days for hobbiest use I wouldn't over-invest in this area. I've had great luck with this Chinese station for both SMD and general-purpose soldering-- everything except for heavy terminations like speaker binding posts. For those heavy jobs a... | |
| Experience w/ Trans-Fi Auio Terminator Tone Arm? Wntrmute2, your system profile shows a VPI TNT with SME V. Just curious for your opinion of that rig vs. T-3 on HW-19. T-Pro replaced a SME IV on my TNT. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lew, what loading do you using on 980LZS? I'm close to mounting mine.BTW I recall purchasing Abbey Road in '70 in the tiny music dept. at Korvettes dept. store-- an isle or two from the toy dept. where plastic guns & ammo had my close attentio... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Sltrains, I get where you're coming from, however I don't see well recorded R&R as less demanding than good classical. On a good system there's not so much difference between Bernie Grundman's Lp master of Foo Fighters Skin & Bones and Cla... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? There is most certainly holography-- depending on the recording, of course. This requires a system capable of revealing small variations in volume as depth cues. It's a function of superior electronics, not room variables or speaker placement. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? A question about Technics EPC-100C mk2: This cartridge is photographed as fully contained inside an integral headshell. Can the cartridge be removed from the headshell and mounted to a one-piece tonearm via 1/2" holes? | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Nandric, I scratch my head in doubt that the arts(musical or otherwise, together with the educated critical faculties necessary to assay the arts) will be understood or appreciated by a viewpoint so strictly based on scientific rationalism an... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Halcro, My general experience mirrors yours, though limited to the comparison of a wide range of MM/MI to a smaller sample of MC. Linking your remarks to a review in today's newspaper of the lyrical experimental filmmaker Nathaniel Dorsky, I lean ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Dear Nandric, This thread is mostly about discovering the best of the best MM/MI. As the market price for top NOS cartridges like Stanton 981LZS, Empire 4000D/III, Astatic MF-100, has escalated to USD$500+, the question is whether cantilever and s... |