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| Garrard 301 - Project Joe Williams was wonderful but not at all like Nat King Cole, who was also wonderful, IMO of course. To begin with, the two sang in different vocal ranges. Joe was a baritone and sang a lot of blues tunes, some of them quite obscure. His improvi... | |
| Vintage Japanese DD Consult and Suggestions Please Isn’t “GT5000” a reference to Yamaha’s latest TT (not vintage) which is belt driven? With respect, none of the TTs on your list is top drawer among vintage Japanese DD TTs. Here’s my list of the best, all of which are still worth north of $4000: ... | |
| Garrard 301 - Project Those are Pablo recordings. Very high quality but small group recordings made during the twilight of Basie’s career as a big band leader. His big band stuff is on lesser labels, like Roulette. Try Count Basie and Joe Williams, on Verve. | |
| Garrard 301 - Project I guess I have written this many times, but for me the TFK ECC803S must be so rare by now that I would demand quite a bit of documentation before spending so much money. Even a TFK ECC83 is in the realm of caveat emptor. I bought my quartet of T... | |
| Tube Tester What Dave said. Also, it’s “Amplitrex”, not Amplitron. | |
| Tube Tester If you must buy a tube tester first learn about the features and capabilities of all the various Hickok testers. Then buy the best you can afford that has been refurbished, calibrated, and guaranteed by the seller. And keep in mind that most canno... | |
| Vintage Japanese DD Consult and Suggestions Please Yes, a discerning ear would hear differences between 301 and DP80. The 301 is noisier. The DP80 would likely measure better in every way. | |
| Tube Tester Agree with Viridian that you want a tester that measures transconductance. And that usually means Hickok or B&K (often made by Hickok.) Transconductance of a given tube varies with plate voltage and current. Unfortunately very few vintage test... | |
| Tube Tester Budget? | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? My point is that the absence of a Microgroove label on a post-1948 LP does not necessarily mean the LP doesn’t use the 0.7mil groove width. | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? “Microgroove” was likely a patented trade name, which is probably why you don’t see that exact word on all mono LPs dating from 1948 or later. Perhaps not all labels were licensed to use that term. | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? Read the Miyajima website on w hy they offer cartridges with 1.0 mil styli. But keep in mind they’re trying to sell those cartridges. | |
| SUT Interconnects Yeah, sure. If it makes you happy. The first thing I said is that the dielectric can affect capacitance. As to your other point, what temperatures do you have in mind,given that most of us maintain our listening rooms at between 66 and 72 degrees ... | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? Because it makes very little difference UNLESS you play mono with a 1.0mil stylus, I would guess. In that case there may be a slight issue with playing the micro groove, loss of extreme treble. Maybe not a big deal. | |
| How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl? Bill, my experience is entire different from yours. Most MC cartridges do not accurately reproduce piano in either of my systems. My Koetsu Urushi and Ortofon M2000 being notable exceptions. The others are inferior to my best MMs and MIs in reprod... |