grimace
Responses from grimace
| Miles Davis Prestige albums... Dig and Miles Davis and Horns are are not especially hi-fi. Neither of them were recorded by Rudy Van Gelder, although he did the masters for pressing. I have both of these on original vinyl and the sound is about what you'd expect out of early 50... | |
| New ECM Vinyl Yeah, some of ECM's recordings are downright unlistenable because the music is so obtuse, but when they put their recording skills into something that is listenable they are excellent. Kieth Jarret usually falls in here. Enrico Rava is generally p... | |
| Who is that incredible jazz bass girl? We saw her playing with joe Lovano at Manchester Craftmans's Guilde here in Pittsburgh last year. She was by far the coolest person on stage, and that includes Joe. She can play the hell out of that bass too! | |
| Polish? In Pittsburgh we'd use two Pierogies, a pound of kielbasa and a half-barrel of Iron City. | |
| AT OC9 tracking problem. Worn out? I think its fixed. Actually, Bill figured it out. The anti-skate was way over-cooked. I never thought to look at it because I hadn't adjusted it. I must have brushed it with a dust cloth or something and turned it way up. the little wheel is ideal... | |
| Cartridge Suggestions I've had one of those already, and it was good. But there are better. | |
| AT OC9 tracking problem. Worn out? Tracking problems are skips where there are no mars in the vinyl. I've got this happening on a couple of records - both relatively new high-quality pressings. Its only happening on the far inside tracks. I'm going to go play them on a buddy's tabl... | |
| AT OC9 tracking problem. Worn out? I agree with you're point. At $350 its the cheap enough to just replace it. Although I'll probably try a different cartridge of some sort. | |
| AT OC9 tracking problem. Worn out? Eko - Would a worn stylus account for the bad tracking? It actually still sounds very nice. Tfk - You are right about the upgrade thing, but I've been very happy with the sound of the OC9 so there hasn't been any compelling sonic reason to do it. ... | |
| Best Album Purchase, or Best Evaluating Record The best ablum you could use in evaluating a system is the one that best represents what you like to listen to. If it sounds good that would be an indicator that you're on the right track. | |
| How we clean records in Texas In Pittsburgh we actually hate Dallas more than we hate Cleveland (that's just in good fun). How many rings do you guys have now? | |
| How we clean records in Texas No, no man. You're using the wrong part of the cat: http://cgim.audiogon.com/i/vs/i/f/1232026599.jpg | |
| Vinyl NOOB questions I'd second the Project Tube Box. I'm very happy with mine. I've still got the stock tubes in it too. Very smooth and natural sounding. As for the MM vs. MC thing: I've had both in my system and my current MC is definately better, but my old MM was... | |
| Sota Reflex Clamp Loses Contact with Record All good suggestions. While we're at it, anyone have any problems with their cartridges bouncing off the clamp in the dead-wax? I have an AT OC-9 that hits the clamp on 90% of my vinyl. Its the body, not the stylus, but still, its a pain. | |
| Sota Reflex Clamp Loses Contact with Record Hmm. OK. That sounds like a reasonable solution. Half-a$$ed for such a well made table, but workable. I'll try that. |