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| How do you avoid buying new LPs that sound just like CDs? FWIW the New West label is very good and sell for around $20.00 and have some great artist to pursue, take a look at their 20 Anniversary 6 album box set, best $99.00 I have spent in a long time. Enjoy the music @tooblue I got it out of curios... | |
| Phono stage or pre Amp? which is most important. My experience tells $500 phono pre and $1000 preamp will be a better choice than $250 phono pre and $2000 preamp.The difference between $500 and $250 phono pre will be considerably bigger than the diff between $1000 and $2000 preamp. | |
| It's the stylus... I have finally come to the absolute conclusion that the stylus is the most critical part of any vinyl setup.Amen. | |
| How do you avoid buying new LPs that sound just like CDs? I have not thought about Japanese pressing. I will look into it. Spoiler alert: not cheap! Ouch! Right, it is a bit over my price range. But I will give a try for at least one album to find out how good they are. Close to Sheffield Lab records? O... | |
| How do you avoid buying new LPs that sound just like CDs? For $20-30 you can buy ORIGINALS instead of reissues. Right.I would much better go for used originals which is in VG+ or Mint- as long as I can get them at under $30 shipped. Occasionally I buy new albums. Diana Krall, Taylor Swift, Kasandra Wi... | |
| How do you avoid buying new LPs that sound just like CDs? Yes, I’ve bought a few from Discogs. Most of the vinyl’s rating seem to be accurate. If not, I could get an easy return. Sometimes I feel like going to a record store and buy either new or reissues. Most I bought Blue Note reissues were pretty goo... | |
| How do you avoid buying new LPs that sound just like CDs? In my case I only buy vinyl from analog sources. Where? Do you have a link? The sound quality of many releases, vinyl and digital, is often discussed at the Steve Hoffman Music Forums. Great. Good know know. Stop buying newly released music... | |
| Why is there no love for Prima Luna? Before I had a chance to read this post, I thought everybody loves PL. Well, I guess not. I sold PrimaLuna ProLogue 3 preamp at $1050 two years ago, which was about $1300 15 years ago. Are there many tube gears that hold that much of values?Well, ... | |
| Rega P10 v Complete rebuild Garrard 401! My Garrard 301 was fully refurbished by James Campbell jec@afo.net in Pennsylvania. I also use his unfinished wood plinth for 12" arm.My arm is the original Ortofon RMG 309. I use SPU cartridges -- Silver Meister MKii, Gold Reference, and a mon... | |
| How Long Did It Take You To Build Your Dream Setup? Had a mini component systems in the middle school. It’s been 20 years since I got a real job, and it’s been 20 years been building and upgrading hifi systems. Never had a dream system or a goal. Just been upgrading as needed. Wilson Puppy was my d... | |
| Brief comparison of AT150mlx, Ortofon MC20 super, Denon DL303 and DL103r Thanks for your response. I would say these models belong to an entry level of very high end audio. Their price range is $400 ~ $800. AT is a bit aggressive in mid-high and DL303 sounds a bit too modest to my test. What I value most is the sound s... | |
| Distilled water rinse after ultrasonic cleaning l give it a few turns in my SpinClean after the USI do too. My US is a cheap $100 one. I guess it does it’s job. I see residues even after cleaning about 50 brand new records. (I had bought about 100 sealed classical albums mostly from late 70s an... | |
| Turntable? Arm or cartridge? For non techie buyer, it is always safe to go for the whole package, rather than going for separates.If you want to go for the separate route, as suggested by others, the best bang for the buck would come from tonearm+headshell+cartridge combo.I a... | |
| Upgraded turntable - is my current setup sufficient? I would assume your turntable is dp300f.The Marantz turntable dwarfs rest of your components. I think the biggest bottleneck is the phono pre. Then, your speakers, and preamp, and then amp.Your turntable and cartridge deserve at least $300 phono p... | |
| Matching Cartridge + Headshell + Tonearm combination You can use whatever you want until you can balance the arm, do you know what i mean ? Yes, I do. That’s the simple part. For more information read this! Thanks for the link. This is the hard part.I’ve seen similar Math behind the calculation of ... |