les_creative_edge
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| Turntable on a $5k budget? Here is my 2 cents and I will stand by it no mater what some may say.Honestly you will get all you want and more while staying within your budget. Her is my list.1: Technics SL-12xxmkII series of table from KAB USA appx. $475 - $625 depending on v... | |
| How much were vinyl records selling for? In Canada back then LP's sold for $9.99-$12.99 Cdn. as typical. My first CD cost me $24.99 Cdn. in June 1984. | |
| Record Clamps? Want to try an inexpensive clamp?Go and buy a hockey puck, then pick up a bunch of smal round lead fishing weights. These are usually sold in small bags. Get the puck home and carefully measure out to find DEAD CENTRE. Then take a protractor and r... | |
| KAB 1200 vs. everything else. One must factor in what an SL-12xx series would cost to manufacture if it were developed today? The price for base 1200's today are around $500 US. Add some KAB mods and they go closer to $800-$1000. But it's not that these take on in competition ... | |
| What is your cartridge and tracking force used Denon DL-110 on a Technics SL-1200mkII, tracking force set at 1.9 grams. | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 Well I have been playing around with my steamer setup and a finding a general level of it working. Albums I have cleaned are sounding a little quieter, most are used and steam cleaning does not repair groove damage but dirt and dust can be allevia... | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 When blasting a layer of steam vapour, how wet should you make the LP? I just bought a steamer and put an LP on my lazy susan style platter and used it to spin the LP as I spray the vapour but I m not sure how wet should I make it and how long sho... | |
| Chime in.What's the Best Cassette Recorder ever ? Nakamichi DragonNakamichi ZX-9TEAC Z-7000TEAC V-8030SJVC DD-9 JVC DD-V9REVOX B-215just to name a few. | |
| Turntable selection advise I will add to the Technics SL-12XX series. For the money they are no brainers. Look you will find most who have had these with an open mind will state they are knockouts to anything you can remotely get in their price point. Add some KAB USA mods ... | |
| Thrift store finds? Mechans,If a guy like that did that to me, I'd say you can grab the box AFTER I go through it as I saw no name on it nor saw it in your hands before I started to look through it.On another note a couple of other thrift buys...A technics M258R cass... | |
| Looking for ACCURATE SPEED turntable/tonearm combo Another Technics convert here...Look I left vinyl back in 1987 you know 'perfect sound forever' came back in 2003 but the snobbery of many vinylphiles steered me away from direct drives and I stupidly did not look into either a Technics Sl-12xx mk... | |
| The disappearing $500 turntable You can buy Technics SL12xx MKII series. You will be hard pressed to find another table in its price range or double that to compete with it.Don't rule out good used vintage stuff from the late 70's and early 80'.s Japan Inc. made some very good t... | |
| How Many Turntables Have You Owned 1st: JVC LA-11 ( 1981 model) belt drive semi auto. Nice basic Japan Inc. unit for a young teen at the time.2: Hitachi PS-38 (late 70s' and used) Direct drive full manual. Typical of many Japan Inc. direct drives. Good performance and my dad still ... | |
| $ 2500 -- Best Way to Spend It Today ? How I would spend $2500.00 today?1: Buy a KAB USA modded Technics SL-1200MKII with Carads arm rewire and fluid damper. about $1,000.002: Buy a Denon DL-160 H.O. M.C. cartridge which will fit nicely to the Technics about $200.003: Buy a Sumiko head... | |
| Good sounding 70's live LPs... Yes I agree that Paris from Supertramp is one great 70's live Lp set. I also like Led Zeppelin's The Song Remains the same LP set. It's not the best recorded live album but the music was great. |