mammothguy54
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| Whats on your turntable tonight? I believe that I told this story some months ago. I worked in the CE industry for 42 years until retiring 3 years ago. I met a ton of people along the way and one of them was the General Manager/Sales Director of Shefield Lab at the time, Mr. An... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @bslon I had a similar experience. Having purchased my first hi-fi system in 1973, then in 1976 I went to a small HiFi retailer in Claremont, CA (Omega High Fidelity Music Systems) and they put on that album for me. I upgraded my turntable setu... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Awesome! I have the Sheffield-Lab 2 issue. Have owned it since first released. In perfect condition, of course. I'll just have to play it this weekend. Thanks guys. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @nicks25 Congrats on the cartridge and enjoy it in good health. I see that you have an Accuphase amp. My biggest system, back in the late '70s and into the late '80s was a stack of Accuphase. I had a T-100 tuner, a C-200 preamp, and two of the... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Just returned from the airport. I received an email from Lou (owner of Daedalus) that he came down with the flu. He had a test for COVID and that was negative, fortunately. Just the flu. So, we postponed my visit for 1 week. I guess that I'll... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Thanks Brian. Yes, I am somewhat convinced but still need to hear them. My present Dynaudio speakers (bought them about 15 months ago) I bought without auditioning them. I got them for dealer cost, brand new model, but they just didn't float my... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Wallpaper stripping completed! Just finished patching all of the wallboard issues. Applied the knockdown texture. Begin painting soon. Whew! Tomorrow I am flying to Washington (state) to spend a day at Daedalus Audio. Owner, Lou Hinkley, is ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Steve Miller Band "Number 5" I forgot how good this album is. Been probably 32 years since I last played it. David Crosby "If I Could Only Remember My Name" Second time to play this since receiving it last week. Really a great album and v... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Last night, after a movie... Doobie Brothers "Minute By Minute" from the new treasure trove. M- condition! Procol Harum "Broken Barricades" Great music! Mingus "Ah Um' There is a lot going on in this album. Kept my attention. Jethro Tu... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Chris Isaak is wonderful! I recently received a copy of Mingus "Ah Um" that is the Move On Vinyl 180 gr reissue. It's in my stack for tonight. Now this is a bonus. My wife remembered a box we had stuffed away that is full of records she had fr... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Happy Thanksgiving to all on this thread. You are such a wonderful group of people. Very kind, to say the least. A day of thanks and reflection to be grateful for what we have. There should be more days like this, everywhere in this world. | |
| Is the Audio Ref-6SE worth 7K more than the BAT VK-80? I have not owned ARC product so I can't speak from that perspective. But I do own a BAT VK-33SE preamp (direct predecessor to the VK-80 preamp) and can attest that the build quality is superb, as is the sound quality. I recently purchased the ne... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Iron Butterfly "Heavy" A very early pressing, just had to listen to it once more before filing it. Not such good SQ, but what a fun filled time of the memory banks. David Crosby "If I could Only Remember My Name" I never bought this when it ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? James, enjoy that new phono cartridge. I am very interested in Soundsmith and will likely be getting one fairly soon. Bravo to you, enjoy it immensely. And yes, the Stevie Ray Vaughan albums from AP/QRP at 45rpm are just awesome. I should g... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? For contact cleaning I use a cleaning cloth supplied from Audioquest. They have one specifically for silver contacts and one for all other metals (typically, copper or gold). Zero residue as there is no solution. I prefer not using a solution. |