grimace
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| lps sound bad Records are like any other media. Some pressings are excellent and some really stink. If they all sounded great we'd never have gone digital in the first place. | |
| Cartridges for Grace 707 I know some of the real hard core a-philes sniff at it, but I had a Shure M97xe on a 707/Thorens TD-160 Super and I thought it sounded a heck of a lot better than it should have for an $89 cartridge. I understand - sort of - that as a low mass arm... | |
| understanding phono cartridges I used an M97 on a Grace 707 arm, which is pretty low mass. Its a good all-rounder for a starter setup. Sounded very nice. | |
| understanding phono cartridges Try a Shure M97xe. They're less than a hundred bucks and they have a very nice warm sound. Not the last word in detail but a very satisfying listen. | |
| Shure M97xe stabilizer brush question There are some folks on here who would probably tell you the brush is very un-hifi. Personally I found it to be very useful and the M97 is not so sensitive a cartridge that the brush will audibly impact the sound. The brush has a clicked-up and a ... | |
| Japanese Vinyl? I think my tonearm is ok. Its an AQ PT-6 so it really only has two adjustments - VTF & skate - and I've got other piano recordings that sound fantastic. That particular record was purchased used, so it may just have some wear. Buying vinyl is ... | |
| Japanese Vinyl? I dod have one Toshiba pro label - Ray Brown, Shelly Mann and someone else... recorded, mastered and pressed in Japan. The sound is very spacious and the bass and drums sound amazing, but on any loud piano passages the record distorts. I don't thi... | |
| What is the difference in a 2 eye and 6 eye record If you want to get really fancy you can look for six-eye monos and six-eye stereos. red label with black eyes on the monos, inverted on the stereos. I'll second Narrod that the two-eyes are hit and miss and the later no-eyes and everything else ar... | |
| Japanese Vinyl? Well there is no danger of me finding out about the Yes album first hand... just not my bag. I am buying jazz ablums almost exclusively. The noise floor on these things is amazing, even compared to some more recent 180 or 200g reissues I've got. D... | |
| what concerts do you wish you attended? I missed an opportunity to see Milt Jackson at a now defunct club here in Pittsburgh because my wife thought "that music" was stupid. She also fell asleep about ten feet from Clark Terry.Have a new wife now.... | |
| Jazz artists for late starter. Art Blakey! Don't forget Art Blakey! In fact, try Thelonius Monk, Monk's Music. Blakey takes a solo on - I think - Off Minor where he taps the high hat for a rock solid beat the whole way through but plays an absolutely arythmic solo around it. It... | |
| Jazz artists for late starter. For some great drumming, and a really good recording, try Duke Ellington's Big Four on the Pablo label. Its a quartet date, extremely well recorded with Louis Belson on sticks. Both cd and vinyl are nicely done and Pablos are usually very reasonab... | |
| Duke ellington/Count basie.... All of the Basie big band recordings on Pablo are great. Especially 88 Bassie Street if you're into vinyl, and its available as a 180g reissue. There are - I think - three Duke Ellington records also on Pablo. Duke's Big Four is especially well re... | |
| Coleman Hawkins encounters Ben Webster long For another great Hawk solo, get a copy of Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins on Impulse. Mood Indigo serves essentially as a frame for a full song-length solo thats got to be one of the most amazing things in recorded jazz. | |
| SOTA vacuum or no? The Sota vacuum system is really special. You can't go wrong with it. Seriously stable images. Tomb quiet. Great product. They're also very reasonable in the used market. If you're not sure you want to make the plunge pick one up used and play it ... |