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| 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... | |
| RCA phono cables to XLR Preamp. I would suggest you skip the adapters and simply have your tonearm leads properly re-terminated with XLR's. Sound quality will probably be better and cost may actually be less, certainly not a lot more. I believe this kind of termination may be pr... | |
| South Florida Record Stores? If you're into jazz, Blue Note Records in North Miami Beach is a good spot with an interesting selection. I bought 8 or 9 records there in early January when I was there; some nice jazz, a sealed early 70's Aretha Franklin and a nice copy of John ... |