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| New Ortophon Tonearms? Well, I'm not neccesarily planning on keeping the cartridge forever either. I keep a running list of equipment that I'd like to have in my system someday. If I were to upgrade the arm, naturally I'd want to contemplate a cartridge shortly thereaft... | |
| SOTA cosmos turntables With Sota's in general the big difference is the vacuum. The house sound is often described as a little dark, but the vacuum, especially when paired with the reflex clamp, makes for rock solid imaging. I've heard the Avids and my recollection was ... | |
| New Ortophon Tonearms? Thanks for the responses. Any reason not to use on a suspended table? | |
| What makes for a GOOD turntable. Turntables are rounder than they were twenty years ago. I think I read that in TAS.Seriously, get yourself a good used table and you'll have everything you need. I went with a SOTA and I love it, but there are lots of great ones out there. $1,000 ... | |
| Duk Ellington Money Jungle - 200G Classic Records I suspected it was the recording quality. I'll therefore pass on the vinyl. On the other hand, if you're looking for great recordings of Duke in small group Piano in the Foreground on Columbia and Duke's Big 4 on Pablo are excellent. | |
| Sun Ra saturn re-issues I didn't say I don't listen to it, just that it isn't a great pressing. In fact side A is worse than side B for some reason. I'm guessing QC wasn't a high priority at the pressing plant. | |
| Sun Ra saturn re-issues The Saturn reissues are pretty good. I've got 'Super Sonic Jazz' that I'm fond of. The recording isn't great, but the music is compelling. By comparison, I've got a very-mint original 1965 copy of 'The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra Vol.1' and the ... | |
| Cartridges - what have you owned and your opinion Being relatively new to this I've only had two, but I liked both of them. I started with a Shure M97xe which was super starter cartridge. Great timbres, warm sounding, and IMHO a terrific overall sound for a cartridge that only cost $50. Not a lot... | |
| New Ortophon Tonearms? Sorry, I guess thats spelled "Ortofon". | |
| Coltane Track - Which Album? Yep, indeed it is the Complete Live at the Vanguard set. The recording is nicely done and, as CDs go, the sound quality is excellent. (I'm typically a vinyl guy)The track in question is on the first disc. Thanks for everyone's help. | |
| Turntable selection advise If you're not looking for the ultimate hi-fi experience the Technics 1200 (or 1210) would be excellent choices. They're really easy to use, dead stable and very reliable. There are also a lot of mods available from KAB if you ever do want to upgra... | |
| uncompressed RVG My impression - which may differ from other folk's - is that they more recent the remaster the better the sound quality. It seems that on some of the earlier ones they weren't paying much attention. I have a couple that are very good. Tina Brooks'... | |
| SOTA Star/Electronic Flywheel? Your best bet would be contact Sota directly on this one. The owners actually answer the phone and they're very helpful. | |
| Cisco Records out of business? Their recent reissue of Dexter Gordon's One Flight Up is exceptional. Get it while you can. | |
| Coltane Track - Which Album? Ok! Thanks! I'll see if I can track that down. |