effischer
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| Turntable/arm/catridge choices have me spinning If you really want to get the best performance on transients, bass and accuracy simultaneously, the table is somewhat less critical than having the capability for VTA adjustment on-the-fly in the arm and a cartridge that is complimentary to your d... | |
| Turntable/arm/catridge choices have me spinning +1 for Sota & Graham - they have about the best isolation out there. At your budget, you could consider the Sapphire (it does have a basic wood plinth, but I think it works well with my Scandinavian modern furniture - very clean design IMO) w... | |
| Just moved to an apartment need speaker suggestions Depending on your listening preferences, also consider the LS3/5A, either the original Rogers or the current Falcon 15 ohm versions. Outstanding for modest volumes and very forgiving in apartments.Good luck & happy listening! | |
| Record Cleaning - Ultra Sonic or My old ways I use the V8 and have to say that I wouldn't even have considered buying used records before I got it. Just too much gunk in the grooves of used records and most of them are fingerprinted as well. The V8 is a batch unit, so not all that convenie... | |
| McIntosh MA6600 + B&W 804S: a good match ? Generally, McIntosh and B&W work very well together. Mc has enough power and current to fully control what are relatively inefficient speakers like the 804. You might find the integrated amp doesn't reach the pinnacle of precision like separ... | |
| Maurice White of Earth, Wind and Fire passes away Was saddened to see this on the news last night. Love those horn arrangements! | |
| Rega, Pro-ject, Music Hall, NEED help Second on the Sota. If you're willing to go used, you could even find a nice Sapphire in good shape with a decent arm for that kind of money. That gets you into a reference-capable rig with a myriad of upgrade choices as time goes by.The Rega is... | |
| Radio stations for Jazz.... WXTS Toledo, run by the high school. WAER Syracuse, Syracuse University. KUNV Las Vegas, UNLV. Jazz 91, 91.5 Toronto; commercial and actually outstanding IMO. +1 for Orlando and New Orleans - excellent stations. All of them available online, t... | |
| LAST record preservative improves the sound +1 mofimadness! I started with LAST back when the dealer I worked for started offering it in 1982. Never looked back. Unmatched for their preservative and I've had excellent success with the cleaners. That's what I call happy listening! | |
| No bass with new turntable? Glad to note you've obtained more satisfactory results. The biggest differences in turntable performance often come from tiny changes. Alignment is probably the most important, closely followed by VTF and VTA. Pro-Ject makes a nice protractor c... | |
| Is New Vinyl Exempt from Loudness Wars? My experience has been mixed. I though the Annie Lennox and Bennet/Gaga LPs from last year excellent while Florence & The Machine's How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful was compressed garbage. I also found Adele's 21 almost unlistenable in both ... | |
| No bass with new turntable? Mapman and czarivy are correct. Something is not set up correctly and/or damaged. For brevity, I'll assume you've correctly set any load switches in your preamp (I'm not familiar with it). Because these tables are typically supplied with pre-in... | |
| Rega Planar 2 Refurb There are a number of people who can rewire the RB250 relatively quickly and inexpensively. Do a search here in the Turntables and Tonearms category and you'll find them (one of the better known uses the heading "Cardas rewire service"). IMO, un... | |
| Sound quality of Genesis remastered CDs? Thanks for the input. The Dynamic Range database was very interesting, and I appreciate the tip Geoff. Wish I'd known about it before I plunked down my $20 or so for the turkeys I ended up with.Looks like I'll have to search for some of the olde... | |
| Turntable for life All about the music for me, now. I might go for a higher end cartridge at some point, but I'd have to do speakers to make that worthwhile. More cubic dollars than I'm comfortable with at the moment.So, searching for new and used vinyl is back to... |