jlc76
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| Highly Recommended CHILL OUT CDs??? HIA (Higher Intelligence Agency)/Pete Namlook & Biosphere CDs. Also some of the early Pole CDs 1,2, 3 on Matador these are ambient dub...awesome stuff. Get 'em. Others that come to mind are Popul Vuh, Eno Ambient and Discreet music. I can give... | |
| Great sounding new vinyl Hot stampers sounds like snake oil for people with money to burn (unfortunately not me in this economy). I too love the thrill of the hunt. Some of my favorite finds have been at thrift stores. | |
| Great sounding new vinyl I purchased two new Blue Note LPs last week (the cheap $10, not the 45 RPM heavy vinyl) and had to return both. One (Hank Mobley Roll Call) was so warp I didn't even try and play it (I think the shrink was way too tight...as it is on all domestic ... | |
| Album Storage I worked in a record store for 5 years in the late 90's and here were the breakdowns:LPs:Rock (basically 50's to mid 80's)Metal (always an argument whether to put Sabbath in here or rock)Alternative/Punk (all punk/new wave/alternative/indie)Soul (... | |
| QUESTION ON LP I am no expert on 78s but I worked at a record store for 5 years in the late 90's. We had very few 78s and most were classical. In fact if you go to most Half-Price Bookstores (assuming you have these in your area) you will find collections of cla... | |
| How Much Surface Noise is Too Much? I don't know which stores you are shopping at but where I live all the stores give some type of guarantee for defective new records. Usually this involves exchanging it for another copy. I took an LP back to one store this week and swapped it for ... | |
| Store LPs outside of Jacket?? Viridian...you are so right. I quite buying records from ebay because of the gross mis-grading going on. | |
| Great sounding new vinyl Here are two that you should avoid on vinyl:Portishead "Third"Ratatat "LP3"both domestic pressings, both horrible with noise and defects (took one back because it skipped). Also, both domestic...hmmm. | |
| Digital remastering of CD's I recently purchased CCR's Bayou Country on SACD and the most striking thing about it was....the tape hiss!!! It was the worst I have ever heard. Was the original LP this bad? I am thinking of getting their other titles but not if they have this h... | |
| CDP or DAC with DVD player Well, there is a new Benchmark that has one set of analog inputs, but for my setup I would need two (one for SACD, the other for my turntable...which would still need a phono stage). | |
| Need advice on formats for vinyl recordings Shazam, that looks very interesting. It still doesn't address my vinyl recording needs, but that is something I may not have time for anyway. | |
| Need advice on formats for vinyl recordings Thanks for the info. I really don't want the PC closer to my audio setup as it introduces noise. Maybe a wireless option would be best. As much as I love macs I can't use one...the software I use is PC only (use to be Unix only) and I don't want t... | |
| Need rec on $500 preamp Rlwainwright, I am very wary of any of the Hong Kong equipment. I have seen tons of this homebuilt stuff from HK on ebay. | |
| Need rec on $500 preamp I can't completely ditch the tuner unless I can find my three fav local stations through that Squeezebox thing. I have been toying around with converting all my CDs to some type of lossless format (don't know which yet) so having the USB might be ... | |
| CDP or DAC with DVD player Kijanki,Isn't it possible to have the SACD decoded out to analog and then the redbook CD digital to a DAC? This way you don't have to convert the SACD DSD to PCM. I have a Sony 9100 ES and I am thinking of doing this exact setup with a Benchmark. ... |