dogberry
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| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? What you have is a 1976 reissue. They switched to the blue rim orange palm tree label for that reissue. That fits. I bought it in 77 or 78 at Cheapo Cheapo on Rupert Street, Soho. I don't rate as high for the content as TFTT, but the sound is s... | |
| What are your top 3 favorite turntable companies (manufacturer) and why? Best turntables will always be British. Why? Because SME is British! Sorry, couldn't resist. | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? @billpete Perhaps not so lucky with this one: | |
| How long do records last? @faustuss I think owners of such turntables are likely to also be owners of one or more RCMs. | |
| I'm curious. What is your "normal" listening volume? 120dB was said to be the sound pressure level of the loudest concert ever in 1976 (The Who, at Charlton Athletic Grounds, using 76,000 watts), a record that stood for ten years. You can ask Peter Townsend whether he regrets that... | |
| I'm curious. What is your "normal" listening volume? 60-65dB for me, measured at the listening position. With half an ear left, I'm cautious about playing too loud! | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? I think this is the pink label version of TFTT, which I shall have to play this morning: | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? One re-master definitely worth listening to is Steve Hoffman’s version of Joni Mitchell’s Blue. Lovely! | |
| Vinyl sounds better (shots fired) I doubt any analog fans hang around streaming forums to tell them they are misguided, and so I wonder why they must come and rain on our parade? | |
| Help me build up a jazz album collection. Can you suggest a must have album? | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? I'll have to watch for Opus 3's. I'm not sure I have any but I might. I have a fairly extensive collection and I often find things that I don't recall even buying. Getting old has it's advantages as well as disadvantages. :) I know what you mea... | |
| Is there usually a dramatic difference between $5k and $10k cartridges ? Exactly. Unlike cables, that in my view should be one step ahead of the active components or you won't hear what your system is capable of. Surely whichever component (including cables) is the least transparent is the rate-limiting factor? And ... | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? For me it is usually Opus 3's Test Record 1. Especially the first track, Therese Juel's Tiden Bara Går. Then Barbirolli's Elgar Cello Concert and Sea Pictures. Both are very well recorded (goes without saying for any Opus 3 recordings) and I know ... | |
| Turntables currently considered top of the range. Do you know what they are ? @inna SME tables don't get much love here. However, I am completely satisfied with my pair of SMEs, even though they are lowly Model 10s. But I stack components, so I'm not a real audiophile.... | |
| When to change a cartridge? I think 3,000 hours is optimistic. If you keep track of the hours, I would think 2,000 would be the limit, assuming you have clean records and you clean your stylus. But when you get there, you don't have to buy a new cartridge! There are several... |