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| Anyone else having trouble getting cartridges back they sent for repair? You need to take into account that a cartridge repair can take a very long time nowadays, even with a professional. A few of years ago I sent my Audio-Technica AT-20SLa + another cartridge to Dominic Harper at NorthWest Analogue in the UK for repa... | |
| New Mag-Lev Turntable Thanks to Vic the Magician, I´ve been enjoying the benefit of maglev spindle/platter for nearly three years now and there is no returning... | |
| Goldmund Studio - still relevant today? The LUXMAN PD444/Terminator T3Pro smokes Studio in my room. So does it with SME III. Now I vividly remember how wrong everything was with that stock Studio. Just sounded awful. So I did the right thing to get rid of it 26 years ago :)The LUXMAN PD... | |
| Best and Worst Rock Concert Moments 2nd best: COLOSSEUM at Keitele Jazz Festival, Finland 2010. They were heading for seventy but played and sang like young men, and Barbara Thompson was absolutely brilliant, with her style of her very own that fitted the music nicely and just perfe... | |
| Tonearm for Luxman PD 441 SME III with top MMs (high compliant) like SHURE ULTRA 500, Audio-Technica AT-180ML/OCC and Grace F-14 fits nicely the LUXMAN PD444 in sound quality IME. Indeed you would need a special arm bracket for SME arms. Good luck. | |
| Worst record ever? ^ in other word: noiseDid I mention current Yes ? The mightiest of Prog Bands ? Remember "Astral Traveller", stunning cover of Beatles´ "Every Little Thing", "In the Heart of Sunrise", incredibly beautiful cover of Paul Simon´s "America", "Roundab... | |
| Worst record ever? ^ exactly :) Can´t stand his voice anyway. And can´t stand him on Crosby, Still & Nash´s brilliant "Déjà vu" too. What a shame :/ | |
| Favorite Genesis Tracks? Harold the Barrel ;) | |
| Worst Rock Band Ever !!!! I take one back (sorry for that):Buck Dharma and thus BÖC is always awesome, whoever stands beside him on stage.But dear Albert & Joe, why did you leave BÖC is a mystery to me ? | |
| what's your favorite album cover? "Very ´eavy..... Very ´umble". Great late David Byron behind cobweb. In a way the best of all gothic/heavy rock album covers. RIP David you are the best."Demons and Wizards", "The Magicians Birthday" & "Tales from Topographic Oceans" by Roger ... | |
| what's your favorite album cover? Uriah Heep "Look at Yourself" is actually a mirror that reflects your image a bit differently.Mick Box´s idea. Brilliant, the best alum cover ever. | |
| Worst Rock Band Ever !!!! And especially:Deep Purple after Ian Gillan, so 1973 alreadyUriah Heep after great David Byron, Spring 1976 alreadyBlue Öyster Cult after Albert BouchardProcol Harum after B.J. WilsonBlack Sabbath after Ozzy Osbourne and especially WITH Ian Gillan... | |
| 3 versions of "The Captain and Me" compared Thanks for info ! The Nautilus is also great. I love "What Were Once Wises Are No Habits" too. The US original is the best I have heard. Is there another one ever better ? | |
| Worst Rock Band Ever !!!! KissRolling StonesDylanSpringsteenAerosmithStyx after 2nd albumpunk Patti SmithNew York Dollsmost SANTANA after Gregg RolieJourney after Gregg Rolienew waveElvis CostelloStingGENESIS since Dudeskareggae most metaldeath metal LOL | |
| worst sounding great lps Is the original US edition (Reprise?) of Hendrix´s Axis any good ? The UK reissue (Polydor) from 1983 is too trebly /peaky to me.As the original UK editions of "Electric Ladyland" go for astronomical prices, what later editions (UK or others) wou... |