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| Mono reissue of 'A Love Supreme'? Many Many thanks to Casey for sending me a mono copy of ALS. It does sound great, as suspected. | |
| Ringo Starr or Charlie Watts??? Charlie Watts by a mile! He's a subtle drummer but he's rock solid. I figured out how good he was when I was in a band in college. We were covering Honkey Tonk Women and our drummer kept on slipping the downbeat into the wrong part of the melody. ... | |
| Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus - best LP? I can believe the original Prestige version sounds great, but the for the price - which would be close to $500 for a NM original W. 50th label, you'd be afraid to actually play it for fear of damaging it. Be careful with E-Bay sellers too. Grading... | |
| Worth having my SOTA Sapphire refurbished? The fact that you can call Sota and speak with the owners - Donna will likely answer the phone - is part of the beauty of owning a Sota. They stand by their product. Try to get the owner of technics on the phone. Really, try it.Plus they really do... | |
| Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus - best LP? the 200g reissue of the bridge sounds pretty good too. | |
| Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus - best LP? If you like Colossus try "Way Out West". Also a really great recording on Contemporary. Its a trio date - Rollins with, if I'm not mistaken, Ray Brown and Shelly Manne. Another amazing performance and very well recorded. If you can find one, I mig... | |
| SOTA, soft feet or cones, when to use either? If you don't already have one, get yourself a Sota reflex clamp. In my table it noticibly tightened up the imaging - just brought it into better focus - even with the stock rubber feet.If I haven't mentioned it before: I love my Sota! Very easy to... | |
| Any idea what this goo is on my record? "Water/Armour-All solution"?!! Played wet?! Good grief! That sounds like something out of the dark ages. What on earth was that supposed to accomplish? | |
| Any idea what this goo is on my record? I may try the steam. I'm pretty sure there is someting on the record because the dead wax is also hazy and it looks like there are liquid marks. Dullness from wear would usually be limited to the grooves. What about using something stronger, like ... | |
| Any idea what this goo is on my record? Steam clean it with what? | |
| Duke's Big 4 - Vinyl Reissue Well, actually, the problem got solved for me when I found a really really clean original copy for $4. Sounds great. Way better than the CD. I'm happy with that. In the end it's not worth it to me to spend $50 for a record that a)I am going to pla... | |
| young and new to analog update You know that adage about getting what you pay for? For $40, and if you can get a cartridge that works for a while, and it will play, you're probably in good shape. I'd start saving for an upgrade now though. There are a couple of decent entry tab... | |
| Regular Blue Note reissues quality? I'd have to respectfully disagree with Jaybo on the CDs. Some of the newer ones - issued in the past four years are pretty good, but the older ones going back into the 90s are very hit and miss. Some sound awful. There are other BN vinyl reissues ... | |
| Entertaining A - B Comparison Yeah, I just read that article last night and I did make note of it. I don't have a lot of experience in this. I wonder if that mid-range thing is more of a MM vs MC thing? I can't imagine why it would be since everyone seems to swear by their MCs... | |
| Entertaining A - B Comparison Well, Like I said, I wasn't unhappy with the Shure. I actually like that lush midrange. I know its not very hi-fi, but it sounds nice. I wonder if the now deceased V15's had that same quality? An NOS one might be an idea if one comes up.In all hon... |