dmk_calgary
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| Next step in a turntable upgrade path SOTA turntables. Might be out of your price range but you can sometimes find them used. Made in WI. And Decware phone stage. Made in IL. I have both and love them. Also Blue Jean cables. I think made in OR? Not sure but US made. | |
| DIN Phono Cable I just purchased at TA with 5 pin DIN. The standard appears to be 5 pin Male at the TA, but you should ask just to be sure. The cables I looked at were all 5 pin females at the TA to RCA, so it worked fine. Much easier and direct than the connecto... | |
| Favorite rock/pop male voices Frank - Sinatra :-) Tony Bennett Vince Gill Mark Knopfler | |
| The Sacred Ritual of Vinyl: A Return to Mindful Listening great post. Thank you. I LOVE sitting in my man-cave listening to albums for hours - I think my wife does too! And yes, the ritual of actually having to get up and change the record - and clean the record with the brush - and/or RCM. And reading t... | |
| Cutting Amplifiers So really you are asking about the mastering process and the mastering engineers. Analogue Productions; Kevin Gray; Sterling Sound; Bernie Grundman; Doug Sax; Bill Schnee - just off the top of my head. For any remaster, I ALWAYS look to see who di... | |
| Best Audiophile Album in terms of Dynamic Range and Mastering Quality? +1 for I've Got the Music in Me - I think it is one of SL's best sounding albums. Period. Also - Umbrella - Rob McConnell Big Band Jazz - D2D ANY of the new Original Source releases from DG. All re-mastered recordings from 50's, 60's, 70's - at ... | |
| High Performance Moving Iron Cartridge Candidates? +1 on @bdp24 - LD are servicing ALL Decca cartridges from whenever and wherever. | |
| High Performance Moving Iron Cartridge Candidates? +1 on London Decca - I have the SuperGold, not the reference - about $3k - at least several months ago, prior to tariffs - incredible sound - highly worth considering and the LD folks provide awesome support - it replaced a Sumiko Blackbird - als... | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? @bilpete if you like classical definitely check out the Original Source re-issues and also AP reissues of early Decca, EMI, and others. Amazing sound from recordings from 1950s and 1960s. WOW. Also Impex, Chesky, Testament labels - they have a fe... | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? Umbrella - D2D albums - esp Rob McConnell big band Sheffield Labs - D2D - Harry James, Tower of Power, Thelma Houston Original Source - new label from DG - classical music re-issues; re-masters from the 1950's, 60's, 70's - incredible sound and ... | |
| Help me build up a jazz album collection. Can you suggest a must have album? Forgot Sheffield Labs - great D2D label - Harry James big band, among others Jazz at the Pawnshop - old album, great music and sound | |
| Help me build up a jazz album collection. Can you suggest a must have album? Umbrella label - Boss Brass - Rob McConnell - big band jazz D2D - incredible sound Guitar - Ed Bickert, Emily Remler, Pat Metheny, Grant Green Piano - Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Sonny Clark Blues? Gary Moore Trumpet - Chet Baker, Miles, Harry... | |
| Best Classical Labels for Sound Decca from the late 1950s's 60s, 70s, Acoustic sounds has released re-masters of RCA, Decca and others. DG about a year or two ago started the Original Source series of recordings - vinyl mastered from the original tapes from the 50s, 60s, 70s. In... | |
| Vinyl Lovers-- Cartridges!!!! Do you have a daily driver? I have a decca super gold. Love it and won't go to any other type of cart other than upgrading to another decca. | |
| What were your top musical discoveries of 2024? If you like classical - Deutche Gramophone - DG - started to release a bunch of stuff recorded from about 1960-70 or so, when companies actually spent big $$ to record classical music. It's pretty impressive technically and the sound is WOW. Even ... |