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Nakamichi TX 1000 turntable Rpeluso, kindly explain how it is that my referring to that music as not particular serious is any more of a "transgression" (!!!!) than you referring to me as a "snob". "Putdown" ? C'mon man, lighten up. I don't know the person who posted that vi... | |
Interesting analog experience The best test would be: do what you did on two separate occasions; once with the cd playing and the other time with the LP actually playing. Use a recording of great music that you have on both cd and LP; you have to have a table with food in the ... | |
Nakamichi TX 1000 turntable Re price: And this is for the TX-1000's LITTLE BROTHER which I believe sold for about $3000 vs around $7000 (don't quote me). Wow!http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nakamichi-Dragon-CT-Computing-Turntable-/221324038168?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3387... | |
Nakamichi TX 1000 turntable Thanks, Chris; much better :-) | |
Nakamichi TX 1000 turntable No sense of humor-ism. | |
Nakamichi TX 1000 turntable Told you the coffee hadn't kicked in. Sorry I wasn't clear. I was not referring to the quality of the sound (can't have high expectations of Youtube); I was expecting music a little more, well.... serious, to come out of such a serious looking mac... | |
Linear tracking tonearms..... This is what you want :-) (no affiliation with seller)http://www.ebay.com/itm/Eminent-Technology-ET-2-Tonearm-New-Never-Mounted-/181296809289?ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:CA:3160 | |
Nakamichi TX 1000 turntable Thanks for the link, Chris. Maybe the coffee hasn't kicked in yet, but somehow, when the stylus hit the groove, that was not the music I expected to hear come out of an awesome machine like that. Even more awesome tonearm. | |
Chuck Mangione - Feels so Good I just found that the link I provided does not work; sorry. Here it is again:http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HwaI_byysr8 | |
Jazz for aficionados You are always welcome to ask questions and I would be glad to answer if I can. It's a particularly busy time work wise right now, so my responses may be a bit slow. | |
Jazz for aficionados ****He should rank at the top of Jazz composers. Right up there with Ellington.****You're in good company.Gunther Schuller on Mingus' "Epitaph": "a musical summary of one of the great jazz composers of the century"****How does he do that?****You m... | |
Jazz for aficionados Of course, it should be Adolphe, not Adolf; hate this spell checker. | |
Jazz for aficionados You may find this video interesting; it ties together a few themes covered in this thread: the saxophone, Johnny Hodges, Frank Wess and his recent passing, and instrument repair technicians and their love for the instruments.My saxophone repair te... | |
Jazz for aficionados Happy New Year to all! Glad to see the thread alive and well with some great music clips. Hadn't checked the thread in quite a while, and while not intending to post, this subject is a little too close to home to let a factual error slip by:The sa... | |
Turntable suggestion -- budget.. or not? ****I listened to the RP8 and RP3 through the same system****Same cartridge? If not, all bets are off. |