flatblackround
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| Favorite band or artist of all time? AaronTull. What can you say. So much great music and lyrics. Missed them in their hey day, but have attended two recent performances at the Palace theatres in Greensburg Pa. Great venue.I cannot select one favorite, but JT is right up there. Wh... | |
| Mint LP provides Stevenson Alignment Benjie and RaulThanks. It is obvious that I side with “it doesn’t matter which protractor you use.” Maybe I should look into this more. Nah...I’ll just listen to music. | |
| Mint LP provides Stevenson Alignment First off, I don’t claim ability to enlighten experts here. I have enjoyed my records for a long time without protractors like those mentioned in this thread. The overhang distance is provided by the tonearm manufacturers. I say estimate and e... | |
| GO PATS! Not digging the half time show. Will anyone ever match Prince’s wonderful show? Probably not. | |
| Mint LP provides Stevenson Alignment Eyeballingyes tp the record surface. A good perfectly flat record, selected by eyeballing. The platter is already level determined by....you guessed it... a level. If the cantilever is straight, as it should be, then a 90 degree angle should be... | |
| Mint LP provides Stevenson Alignment I level the platter. Level the tonearm. Overhang as best I can estimate. Eyeball cantilever alignment at two null points. Then be careful with tracking force. Adjust as necessary. Seems to work. What is a protractor? Lol | |
| The truth about why modern music is so awful. lohanimal mentioned “instant gratification”. Got me thinking this is the driving motivation of recorded music. We can play what we want, where we want, when we want. Over and over and over again. The time machine aspect is, well, miraculous. ... | |
| It was 50 years ago today.... Perhaps too many words about the Beatles have been written. They deserved them all. Truly great song writing. My buds and I donned wigs and lip synced to I want to hold your hand in 5th grade. Lol. I am surprised no one has mentioned the Rolli... | |
| 8 track CRUSHES CD,Vinyl and everything else!!! The topic is 8 track.Reel to reel is quite different from the old, back in the day, technology which was indeed mainly intended for car audio. I am stunned at how expensive new r to r music costs. Pretty sure they sound incredible though. | |
| What area or country do you live in ? Great thread nitrobobMusic and gear lovers all over the states and the world. Gives me reason to think things aren’t quite as bad as they seem. I toured the great Mayan ruins site of Tikal in Guatemala yesterday. A bit of culture shock crept i... | |
| 8 track CRUSHES CD,Vinyl and everything else!!! I started out with four track tapes and a Muntz player. Sometimes cars crushed them because I threw them out the window in frustration after they unraveled. Not going back. Nope. | |
| What area or country do you live in ? Ha! Went fishing for an Iris fan and found one. Thanks for chiming in Tomic601. | |
| What area or country do you live in ? Graduate from University of Wyoming. Love it all.Currently residing near Pittsburgh...home of Donnie Iris. | |
| Hey RICH Audiophiles I believe chasing women is a lot cheaper than marrying one. Single women tend to tolerate audiophiles more as well. | |
| How to DIY yourself very nice Class D monoblocks I purchased a Wyred 4 Sound St 1000 mk2 to drive Magnepan1.7s. Excellent. I ran it with the preamp section of my McIntosh MA6900 and thought wow the Maggie’s do like lots of juice.Class D is great and will interest many more young audiophiles. |