larsman
Responses from larsman
| Market Stabilization? Vinyl and CD sales have been on the upswing for quite some time now; just check out the industry trade publications, increase in number of pressing plants, etc. | |
| Technics SL-1210G Headshells, Record Weights, and Mats I've been using a Stein platter mat since I got my 1200G and I'm quite happy with it, as I am with my Clearaudio Charisma II MM cart.... | |
| Seeking Bookshelf Recommendations Another great thing about Fritz is you get to talk to the guy who makes the speakers, and he's happy to talk for hours about speakers or anything else and happy to answer any questions you might have... | |
| Anyone listen to entire albums? If I'm playing vinyl albums, yes, unless I just feel like hearing one side at one time and the other side a little later.. When I put in a CD, I'll generally play the entire thing. When I stream, I would generally do it by playlist and put it on '... | |
| Best way to sell a record collection If you want to get maximum value for any of your records, you have to go the Discogs/eBay route and try to find a collector; you certainly won't get the best value from a retailer who has to turn around and re-sell it again. There isn't really a p... | |
| A SHOCKING DISC-OVERY TANITE NO KIDDN!!! I never heard of 'em either, but the only 'fusion' music I've ever paid attention to was 'Inner Mounting Flame' and 'Birds of Fire' by Mahavishnu Orchestra. | |
| REAL MUSIC VS. SHOW MUSIC PERFORMANCE AT AUDIO SHOWS. PRESENTATION V. PERFORMANCE? WHY? Personally, I could not care less how well a system plays Diana Krall as I don't listen to this kind of music; I don't need a system that plays everything well, if such a thing and room environment exists, as I don't listen to 'everything'. I'd ra... | |
| What if a high end speaker measures really badly? I don't have robots and machines in my place listening to music so I don't care what they have to say, so I use my ears and brain for measurements. If I like how it sounds, it measures great for me... | |
| Picture Discs @baylinor - 👍 | |
| Seeking Bookshelf Recommendations I've had the Fritz Carrerra BE's for several years and they are superb speakers for the money, and Fritz is a great guy to talk to. I ended up selling them when I moved up to Marten Parker Duo's last year which were a whole lot more expensive.... | |
| Picture Discs @baylinor - Black vinyl is just as colored as swirly paisley. Vinyl comes clear before it's colored. I don't know why you would want to stay away from those, often put out by Audiophile labels like Acoustic Sounds. | |
| Are You a Swifty? Just gave the Taylor Swift album a first listen while doing some photo work at my desk; I quite liked it; reminded me of Lana Del Rey, actually, and I like Lana. Good tunes, good lyrics, often quite dark. 👍 | |
| Picture Discs Colored vinyl is not just a 'novelty' like picture discs are. Vinyl is clear to begin with, so black vinyl is colored vinyl, too, and colored vinyl does not sound inferior to clear just because it's colored. I don't like non-black colored vinyl, b... | |
| Music first or sound first? I don't separate 'em. Can't hear music without sound, so both are of equal importance to me these days. Of course when I was a lot younger and listening to music on handheld transistor radios back in the 60's, that was not the case! 🤣 | |
| Should we care if a piece of equipment comes from a pet-free, kid-free, smoke-free home? @hilde45 + 1 |