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| cartridge output level Marco: Does the Hovland MC stage allow for adjustable impedance loading? If so, try some of the different load settings (particularly lower than your current setting, if possible) to see how it sounds. | |
| Please suggest serene, restful jazz recordings Chet Baker's "Chet" comes to mind as well. | |
| Please suggest serene, restful jazz recordings Gene Ammons "Boss Tenor" | |
| Review: Shelter 201 Cartridge While the Shelter may be a fine cartridge, I can't help but see a bit of "audiophile irony" here: the Shelter, which is probably a gussied up Sumiko Pearl (a $95 cartridge) which may, in fact, even be a gussied up version of an even cheaper cartri... | |
| What was your biggest vinyl surprise for $.99 I've had lots of them, but one memorable day I picked up a dozen albums at 50 cents each plus 45 unused Nagaoka anti-static sleeves for another 50 cents. Pretty much all the records were great but I remember in that batch the Band's "Last Waltz" (... | |
| Nagaoka Dust Roller...Best or Worst Thing Ever? I have one and find that it does leave a film. I use it though, as part of my wet cleaning regime. Record gets a quick clean with the carbon fibre brush, followed by (if it's really dirty) a roll with the Nagaoka, followed by a wet clean. This sim... | |
| Technics SL-1200MKII and AT-440MLa, very good Perfectionist: I'd return the album. You should be able to find a decent used copy of Machine Head for no more than $8-$10 at any used record store. I picked up a mint copy at the thrift one day for a buck. | |
| Technics SL-1200MKII and AT-440MLa, very good I'm assuming it's the Clearaudio Micro Basic at $279. I considered it before purchasing the DB Systems. Not really familiar with it but anything I've read about it has not been very impressive; in written head to head reviews with other similar pr... | |
| Is vinyl still a "perfect" source? Contrary to what has been posted here, I believe that very, very few of the modern re-issues/recordings are 100% pure analog. The great majority of them, even if all analog until the last nanosecond, are subjected to a digital delay in the final s... | |
| Technics SL-1200MKII and AT-440MLa, very good The good thing about the NAD is that it has good name recognition and is readily re-sold without taking too much of a loss. Generally speaking, though, it is considered to be pretty much an entry level phono pre and not one of the better ones at t... | |
| Clearaudio Aurum Beta S Mk II retip Why not just buy an Audio Technica AT 440MLa for $89? You'd be upgrading & saving money at the same time. | |
| Technics SL-1200MKII and AT-440MLa, very good Perfectionist: If you don't want to break the bank, the DB Systems phono pre is a really outstanding phono pre available for $165 direct from the manufacturer, David Hadaway of DB Systems. I have owned both the MM and MC version of this preamp and... | |
| KAB EV-1 record cleaner-what a pleasant surprise Here is a review I wrote on the KAB at Audioasylum:http://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.pl?forum=vinyl&n=494346&review=1It does an excellent job. | |
| Audio Technica AT-120E experience I bought one last year for a system I put together for my 14 year old son, putting it on a Pioneer PL-12D turntable. It is a very good cartridge, especially, as you point out, for the money. The new AT 440 MLa is supposed to be a very good cartrid... | |
| Wrong cartridge for my MMF 2.1 If you are really new at this and don't, for example, have a protractor or anything to align your new cartridge with, I would recommend having it professionally installed (perhaps you could ask to watch so you'll know what to do next time).Among o... |