harold-not-the-barrel
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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? About seven yrs ago I bought off eBay an Audio-Technica AT20Sla w/ original stylus (according to the seller and it looked that). It didn´t sound so good (sibilant) so I ordered a new replacement stylus, ATN20SS from LPGear.I thought I had in my ha... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? The nature of audiophilia is upgrade indeed, for me at least over the decades. I have tried a few of the cartridge of the month, used and NOS, but very seldom got excited of my "new toy". A couple of exceptions such as ASTATIC MF 2500 have been a... | |
| Dynavector cartridges, old and new Your Linn combo is a mediocre performer, no more no less.You would be amazed when hearing a true quality turntable/tonearm and you Karats will start to shine. For a belt drive deck I warmly recommend a vintage ORACLE DELPHI MK III at most with ori... | |
| Best MM? Excellent. Thanks for posting. Superb trackabity at 1.2 g, always a good sign. Is this really from the 70´s ? I have also this vintage cart in good working order so I will give it a try. | |
| Any advice on buying quality vinyl ^ Great story, well written, ending up with an über Cleaning Machine: ) Very funny indeed ´cos you never know what lurks there inside the groove on secondhand/used/virgin records and it´s always recommended to clean your records, old and new befor... | |
| Any advice on buying quality vinyl Discogs is the database for sure, but ruined by careless/dishonest/ignorant users IME. I have hardly got a satisfactory deal from them, only 5 % at most have been exactly as described, unfortunately. The biggest problem is lack of photos of actual... | |
| Camel – Under Age – which to choose - Italian or German pressing? ^ Second everything. Beware Discogs ! Tendency is overrating, mostly very overrating nowadays IME. My nightmare: I ordered NM/NM BÖC debut US orig for $30 + postage to Europe, but got G+/VG+ instead. Seller acted poor choir boy and offered a full ... | |
| It was 50 years ago today.... Mapman says: I am a huge long time fan of Procol Harum, Moody Blues, King Crimson, you name it late sixties early prog/art rock act, but you gotta realize non of that may have ever happened when it did without the Beatles.That´s your fantasy and ... | |
| It was 50 years ago today.... Ignorance and prejudice never fails to surprise me. It´s always funny actually : ) Seems only me and Eric realize the brilliance of their 1965-66 albums, THE best pop albums from incredible 60´s ? Their pinnacle, all their other albums before and ... | |
| It was 50 years ago today.... So what. Pop music, no more no less. Procol Harum´s debut 1967 and "Shine on Brightly" 1968 in particular with the very first true progressive rock epic music "In Held Twas in I" are serious pop/rock music, with true intelligent and psychedelic ly... | |
| Mahogany Rush Sure he was one of the moustache guitar gods in the incredible 70´s, alongside Mick Box, Tony Iommi, Carlos Santana, Frank Zappa, etc ...namely the Gibson SG moustache gods :^)Yes, it was Frank Marino who was the first to truly shred, and I still... | |
| Music similar to Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells II - live at Edinburgh Castle, 1992https://www.discogs.com/Mike-Oldfield-Tubular-Bells-II/release/9898576This is a Laser Disc release with analog/digital sound.His finest hour, takes TB theme to higher levels. TB III kinda drawback ... | |
| Beyond the sound of things, and into the soul of things. Digital is a series of sliced pieces of the original analog sound flow. Analog on tape is a natural flow. Digital tries to mime that analog flow. Original analog on tape is the best. | |
| Dragon, RX-505 or DR-2 ? Dream on | |
| Dragon, RX-505 or DR-2 ? AKAI GX-95 MK II (TOTL) is another excellent choice w/ both level and bias calibration, and is usually cheaper and equals RX-505 in SQ. I have both and I highly recommend them. |