hipsterjefe

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Thoughts on the Linn LP12 turntable
Let me chime in as a very happy Linn LP12 user. My "Pandemic Project" was building my own LP12 plinth out of walnut I seasoned for two years, and rebuilding my turntable with a combination of old/new parts. Since the LP12 is, as previously describ... 
Best turntable for the buck
Perhaps a Rega Fono MC phono preamp (roughly $550) or a Rega Aria MM/MC phono preamp (roughly $1,700) and the rest of your budget spent on the best MC cartridge you can find might improve things. Personally, I'd get a Linn Majik LP12, as previousl... 
I'm at the pearly gates and they tell me I can only bring in one jazz cd
wsrrsw: "How many of you listen to these suggestions and add to your digital or 33&1/3 collections?" Me! I am spinning three Art Blakey albums this week, newly procured after reading another comment on this forum last week! One album for Hea... 
Miles Davis "Kind of Blue" drove me insane almost
2022...I completed my Pandemic Project, a complete Linn LP12 build (I made my own walnut plinth to the latest specs), new Karousel bearing, the works. The very first vinyl album I played was "Kind of Blue." Exactly on cue, the distortion in the op...