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how to transfer vinyl to digital
THANK YOU all for your responses. Big help/confirmation for me.  
how to transfer vinyl to digital
Thanks for the memories. But yes, 100% irrelevant to the question.  
Steely Dan UHQR
+1 larsman - I had no idea I have the ABC 1006 - I listened to the ABC version and the UHQR version last night -  the UHQR is WAY better sound all around. If you love SD, its worth if. As others have pointed out, they don't like SD, so no way are ... 
Steely Dan UHQR
SD is one of my fav bands. I have the MoFi version of Aja that Stan Ricker mastered. Excellent sound. The UHQR version is better - is if worth $150? Depends. I don't think so, but it is definitely better than the MoFi version. Dynamics and quieter... 
please help an audiophile's widow
sorry for your loss of your husband and the speaker. Do you have a picture you can post? That would be a big help.  
Heavy Vinyl
IMHO the weight of the vinyl has pretty much zero to do with the sound. I have some great sounding albums from the 70's that flex like crazy. The sound is going to be affected by a host of other things, one of which is who mastered the music in th... 
Building a 100 album vinyl collection 3 must have albums are?
more than 3..... BS&T 2 Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark Gary Moore - Live from London George Benson - Breezin' - MoFi version EC - From the Cradle  
Please recommend decoupling footers for DAC
Google 'Speaker Isolation Springs'. I have these under my speakers, amp, preamp. Cheap and they work. Townsend are apparently the Bentley, but I can't afford those.  
Jazz for aficionados
@ho249. Thanks! And thanks all for suggestions/comments. This is great! More new music. I have been on a classical kick for the past month or so. Got a bunch of stuff off Discogs - almost all in excellent shape - Mozart Symphonies; Mozart String... 
Jazz for aficionados
@Stuartk - Thanks - forgot about NS. Never heard of Ingrid - will check her out.  
Jazz for aficionados
@pjw81583 - yes, MoFi vinyl. I am a vinyl person LOL Would assume this came out on MoFI CD or SACD at some point.   
Jazz for aficionados
@pjw81563 - Thanks Also George Benson - Breezing' - MoFi - Stan the Man Ricker Mastered this - still one of the best-sounding albums in my collection and fabulous music also. Apparently they did most of the tunes in 1 take. Just listened to this ... 
Jazz for aficionados
@stuartk - YW. Yes, She was a very good, under-rated player.  
Jazz for aficionados
Some Canadian players: Rob McConnell and Boss Brass - excellent big band and great arranger Ed Bickert - guitar Bernie Senensky - piano Oscar - Box set of For My Friends - recorded in Black Forest at a private studio in Germany --------------... 
The "Very Best Record Cleaning Formulation"
Here is a very good pdf - 200pages - on cleaning records. Including formula for cleaner - both manual and using US RCM. I am about 100p into it, just providing this as part of the discussion. YMMV of course.    https://thevinylpress.com/precisio...