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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Going back to work this Monday! Thank God!for tonight:Bread "Best of Bread" /ElektraJoni Mitchell "Clouds" /RepriseDave Grusin "rediscovered" /SheffieldDave Brubeck "Gold Disc" /Sony ColumbiaRimski Korsakov "Scheherazade" /Previn/LSO/ RCA Gold Sea... | |
| Best single-malt Scotch... I love the Laphroig 30yr! Truly a sublime malt,maybe the best ever. I have a couple of cask strengths including Laphroig 10 and a Bowmore 15. It can be interesting to experiment with because you should add water to it and the amount is the experim... | |
| Best single-malt Scotch... Kgturner, Laphroig 10 is my staple as well,but I would say that it is a malt that folks either love or hate.My significant other has a friend that says it tastes like ass!LOL!!!If you like Islay malts you need to try the Bowmores. If you can find ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Just got two boxes of LPs for free! All classical and some are old RCAs.tonight:Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello Heifetz/Piatigorsky/Wallenstein RCA living stereo Red SealPablo Casals: Eight Choral Works Choir of Montserrat Capella /mono with... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Rush, I have been doing the same thing. I only wish it was ABC instead of NothingButCrap NBC.e | |
| New favorite VINYL Album? My newest fav is my sealed Benjamin Britten "War Requiem" with:Simon Rattle/Burlington Phil. Robert Tear, Thomas AllenA sonic blockbuster, and amazingly a digital LP from 1983.Amazing piece and a great recording.e | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Nice to see you back Rush.Tonight:Beethoven Symphony #7 Berlin Phil/Keilberth TelefunkenLizt "Las Preludes","Mazeppa"/Wagner "Die Meistersinger Prelude"/ Tchaikovsky "Marche Slave" Mehta/ Vienna Phil,LA Phil. LondonBritten "War Requiem" Rattle EMI... | |
| which is better ? MC phono stage or MM+step-up ? My pleasure Nolitan.e | |
| Help with Pre-Amps lol! I am sure you are right. Talk about pompous!e | |
| Help with Pre-Amps I would listen to as many systems as possible before going any further with ANY decision. Since you have started with a good front end, I would now find what speakers you like. I would not listen to what the rags or anyone has to say.Listen,but be... | |
| Cartridge Loading I have been told by a friend with a Benz Lukashek phono stage that the stock loading is 22k.If so I stand corrected. | |
| which is better ? MC phono stage or MM+step-up ? That explains why I like the SUT, because I don't have SOTA equipment. Far from it. Ralph on the other hand makes state of the art gear and I am sure is well versed in the potentialities from the various methods of vinyl playback.Being a old audio... | |
| which is better ? MC phono stage or MM+step-up ? No, SUTs are usually better than pre preamps. I have not heard one but the ZYX pre preamp, or also called "head-amp" is very good. Most of the pre preamps I have heard are not nearly as good as a good SUT. They tend to have hum and noise and a lim... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Jennifer Warnes "Famous Blue Raincoat"Dave Brubeck "Two generations of Brubeck" AtlanticAllegri "'Miserere mei, Deus,"/Kings College Cambridge/Willcocks Argohappy Ash Wednesday?! | |
| which is better ? MC phono stage or MM+step-up ? SUT= step up transformer. this is a passive device.The signal from a low output moving coil (lomc)is sent into the SUT and then sent to a preamp with a moving magnet phono section (RIAA). The low output is "stepped up" so that the MM section will ... |