fightingwords
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| Record-playing Rituals? Total ridiculousness. :) | |
| Music Hall MMF-7 roy hall is factory pre-set, with the 'its factory pre-set' response. wouldnt pay mind. I think hes just really confident in his product and a non-tweaker by nature. (IMO)ive never adjusted the VTA on my MMF7 so other than being snarky I cant add ... | |
| Music for "Tough Times" Eric Bachmann -- To The Races, has become my new favorite 'sad-bastard' music. | |
| Donald Byrd -- "Mustang " -- A First Listen RE: RhljazzThanks much for the recommendations! | |
| Donald Byrd -- "Mustang " -- A First Listen i dont have any Hancock, but he's top on my list to get when I'm picking up some new jazz. I appreciate the recommendation. | |
| New favorite VINYL Album? Recently got my pre-order of DoMakeSayThink -- Other Truths. Glass flat super heavy vinyl. As for the music -- they just get better with every record they release. The music just burns out of the grooves. Such a unique group doing what they do ver... | |
| Record-playing Rituals? run a brush along the record for a few rotations before playing. open a bottle of wine. run a brush along the record fora few rotations after playing. repeat. | |
| Picture Thread mmf7 spinning a 2nd Nature Records test pressing | |
| Will Old MAC outperform Cambridge 640 Azur V2? i want to revive this thread. I'm in this very same situtation. Currently have a marantz 2215, definately want to upgrade. Looking at the Cambridge 550a integrated w/ the Cambridge 640P or 540P phonp pre's. Also, looking at a McIntosh MC2505 and a... | |
| The first-best-last analog item you ever bought First: Technics SL1900 Best: Music Hall MMF 7 Last: Ortofon 2m Redthe SL1900 was my first turntable. I bought it from some crazy dude on Vine St in Cincinnati like 7 or 8 years ago when I was in college. The Music Hall MMF 7 is still the best buy ... | |
| Wish List For Vinyl Pressings Personally, I would love for some of the 90's pop like:Counting Crows -- August and Everything AfterSmashing Pumpkins -- Mellon Collie and The Infinite SadnessBeck -- Mellow GoldBen Folds -- Whatever and Ever, AmenThe prices eBay are a bit wild, a... | |
| Horrible Squee-gy Noise from Stylus After much effort, Music Hall requested that I send my Eroica back for evaluation. I sent it insured 3 day UPS on Thursday nearly a month ago. Since the request to send the cart directly to Music Hall I've gotten a response from anyone (dealer or ... | |
| Budget Cartridge: Grado Green vs Ortofon 2M Red Patrick, I'm 25, just getting into the hobby too. I'm glad to hear this convinced you to get 2M (red or blue). It seems to have gotten great press from a lot of people on here lately. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. | |
| Budget Cartridge: Grado Green vs Ortofon 2M Red Johnnyb53 -- Thanks for asking!I couldnt be more happy with it. So far in my audio adventure, I contend that its my "best-bang-for-the-buck" purchase. I'm sold for now.As its gotten more play, the room-filling body that I said it was lacking in ha... | |
| Best Ortofon? If thats your price range. I'm currently sold on the 2M Red, I know its not a nude eliptical, but I am blown away with its performance. and Like Ekobesky said, when you out grow the Red you can just upgrade the stylus to the Blue or Bronze with pr... |