johnnyb53
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| Personal turntable/cartridge evolution Down in the bowery:1972: Garrard SL95B with Shure M93 4x7 elliptical cart. This was perched on top of an Altec-Lansing "premium" compact system receiver.1973 or so: Upgraded to Shure 2x7 elliptical M91ED1976: Hitachi all manual direct drive turnta... | |
| best "entry level" audiophile TT? There's probably not a "best." It's a matter of what compromises you're willing to have at the $400-700 (+ cartridge) price range. A local store stopped carrying Music Hall TTs, citing motor reliability. Pro-Ject 'tables are also made in the same ... | |
| Should I upgrade? 04-16-07: Jaybokeep your denonMy sentiments exactly. The TTs you mention don't have near the build quality of the Denon you have. I don't know what cartridge you've been using, but you could get a Denon DL-110 HO MC cart and a Creek or Bellari VP ... | |
| Should I upgrade? Have you ever oiled the bearing of your Denon? According to the manual for my SL 1210 (another DD TT), the bearing should be oiled about every 2000 hours (which would be about 2 years for me). As Piedpiper asked, What do you hear (or not hear) in ... | |
| Looking to start a vintage jazz collection, 04-14-07: Jayboi just want newbees to know what they're in for. the music is the thing anyway, not the format....this coming from a man who just spent $700 for 3 sealed jazz originals....yowzaWell, for me the issue has become the format to some ex... | |
| Looking to start a vintage jazz collection, Jaybo, I'm really puzzled by your response, unless are trying to discourage competition when hunting for jazz LPs.I just came back from a used record store yesterday with two Modern Jazz Quartet albums, one for 99 cents and one for $5. In the past... | |
| Looking to start a vintage jazz collection, I've been a jazz enthusiast for well over 40 years. I am sure that a lot of people out there love to hear jazz played on their P3s, but I don't think I'd be one of them. According to even their most ardent supporters, the sub $1K Regas evidently r... | |
| Technics SL-BD20D? I agree with davidpaulleague. I got back into vinyl by picking up a Yamaha YP-128 (or some such) at a garage sale for $2. It looks like it may be a rebadged Technics SL-BD20D. Whatever it is, it really sounded pretty dang good. I have the good for... | |
| Is analog & vinyl anoying? Is it worht it. 04-09-07: CipherjurisThis is a more interesting thread because it focuses on whether the extra cost and labor required for a performance vinyl system is worth the result, rather than whether analog or digital sounds better.Exactly! There's no poin... | |
| Is analog & vinyl anoying? Is it worht it. 04-09-07: Viridian...For me, the reason that LP replay is essential is not the sound quality, but that so much of our rich recorded history is simply not available on any other format, and probably won't be.Very true. In addition to that, there ar... | |
| Is vinyl still a "perfect" source? 04-08-07: R_f_saylesThere is still good vinyl, great vinyl, and yes, bad vinyl today as there always was BUT, again, most of the time itÂ’s the turntable that is lacking, not the vinyl IMHO.I'm finding this out more and more with my first TT rig in... | |
| Tweaks for turntables? 04-08-07: CmoHerbie's Audio makes some nice TT mats if that's something you are looking for.I'd like to hear some opinions here about the Herbie's.I just got a turntable 5 wks ago (Technics SL1210 M5G); I hadn't owned a TT in nearly 25 years and h... | |
| Do you think you need a subwoofer? In the golden age of vinyl playback (1965-1985 or so), subwoofers were practically unknown. And yet, my LP playback system uses little Mirage Omnisat satellites and a matching LF-150 150w 10" sub. These sats have the advantages of being linear dow... | |
| Is vinyl still a "perfect" source? 04-07-07: ElizabethLP is just a "nostalgia" medium.Things were never better than in the 'old days'.To me, CDs and LPs are analogous to shirts made of no-iron polyester vs. 100% cotton.The no-iron polyester is more convenient as it doesn't require ... | |
| Technics SL-1200MKII and AT-440MLa, very good The Bellari VP 129 lists at $300, but most places still sell it at $249, including Audio Advisor, Needle Doctor, and Music Direct. Recently I got a mailer froM Audio Advisor who had a demo VP 129 for something like $217. Hard to beat for a Stereop... |