ihcho
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| How old is your cartridge? Current cartridges under my possession:SPU Gold reference - almost 10 yearsSPU Silver meister MK ii - 3 years Ortofon SPU mono - 4 years Ortofon SL15e -?? needs to be retippedOrtofon SL20Q - ?? needs to be retippedOrtofon MC100 -?? hardly used sin... | |
| Does Age Matter? I do think age is a factor on the preference of digital or analog. A few reasons why: older generation has more money to invest in analog; older generation does not benefit much from the convenience of digital; older generation does not fully know... | |
| Purchased "New Orleans" set on Newvelle Records, all I can say is wow! Hmm, interesting. They only release music in vinyl, not in CD or streaming. | |
| Thoughts on a cartridge Audio-Technica AT150SA may also worth a consideration at slightly lower price. | |
| Top Jazz & Pop/Rock Groups/Artists you listen to and the best recording you have on vinyl Jazz: These are my list from my collection. I like the sound and music.Sonny Rollins. Work Time (Original mono, Prestige LP 7020)Patricia Barber. Nightclub, Cafe BlueBill Evans Trio. Waltz for Debby (reissue, OJC-210)Radka Toneff. FairytalesMuddy ... | |
| Purchased "New Orleans" set on Newvelle Records, all I can say is wow! $200 for a collection of 4 LPs?That's pricey. They must be real nice.Did they release in CD or streaming?I can't find it. | |
| Rega Planar 3 : Heavily upgraded yet produces a sound that I don't like It may be worthwhile to identify the weakest link. With the weakest component intact, it does not matter how much you spend on elsewhere.It could be the turntable itself. Maybe the speaker or speaker cable. Or the Rega amplifier or the interconnec... | |
| Does Anyone Think CD is Better Than Vinyl/Analog? When both are good recorded and well pressed, in general LPs sound better than CDs. In my experience, the variance of the quality of recordings and pressings on LPs are much wider than CDs, which make some badly recorded and pressed LPs sound wors... | |
| Recommendations for a modestly priced analog system Technics SL1200G seems to be a real nice no fuss table for $3K used. Adding Allnic H1202 or Heron Herron Audio VTPH-2A will complete the job. I was eyeing on Allnic H1202 at $2175 in Agon, but gee, it is already gone.BTW, SP10R with plinth, arm, a... | |
| Speaker upgrade for classical music I’m not sure I can hear the difference between digital and vinyl. Analog folks would chuckle. LOLTo feel the depth and width of orchestral music and to get accurate timbres of all orchestral instruments with digital media, you would need to spe... | |
| Speaker upgrade for classical music For string chamber music, Hartbeth Compact 7ES3 would be pretty good. Recently I bought Jungson power/pre amp, and they sound pretty good for the price. You can try their integrated amp Jungson JA-88D. | |
| Recommendations for a modestly priced analog system If you decide for an MC cartridge, I would buy Allnic Audio H-1202 phono preamp now in Agon. It won’t last long. I don’t have a direct experience with it, but Allnic phono stage is almost universally liked by all users, and its price is at your gr... | |
| Speaker upgrade If somebody has a room and amps for Apogee Diva or Full Range in very good condition, they would never think of getting other speakers. The only thing is, it is hard to find one for sale nearby. | |
| Recommendations for a modestly priced analog system There are several different ways of spending $5-7K for turntables (including plinth, tonearm, cartridge, headshell, tonearm cable, phono preamp).The easiest way is to buy one as a whole package. There are cons and pros of buying the whole or separ... | |
| Phono stage or pre Amp? which is most important. $150 phono stage and $500 phono stage can be absolutely the same, but with different label and different box. Price is nothing in this case (in this category at least) and can’t be a guide. I agree. There is always an exception. Same thing app... |