mammothguy54
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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Yesterday, end of day...Emerson Lake & Palmer S/T, their first album. I got that new while in high school and played it probably 50 times on my parents Magnavox console stereo. Cleaned it up and, surprisingly, not too bad. And the music is... | |
| Downside to "revealing" system? I agree with most of what is stated above. Over the past 2 years I have built the most resolving system in my life (and I have had a few very, very good systems). There is no doubt that for all recordings you will find differences between them. ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? I only use a clamp when the LP is significantly less than flat. That seems to help matters. Otherwise, I find that no clamp does sound the most "open". I chose the Record Doctor clamp because it is light and places no real downward force (via m... | |
| Your most indispensable "tweak"? Symposium Acoustics Rollerblock Jr+ under my turntable and this all on a Symposium Acoustics Segue ISO platform. Stunning improvement on bass notes, all percussion, and a wider/deeper soundstage overall. So much so that I have since added more R... | |
| Has anyone compared old to new Audioquest Cables??? I'm sorry, but I failed to answer another part of your question. That is, regarding new Audioquest speaker cables compared to previous generations now selling as used for much less cost. I can't make that kind of comparison, only to more recent ... | |
| Has anyone compared old to new Audioquest Cables??? After having Rocket 44 for about a year I made the change to Rocket 88. There was an improvement in that it did provide a blacker background to music. I tend to believe this is primarily due to the 88 including the Black DBS devices more than an... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? I almost forgot... Abbey Road, original copy in NM/M- condition, MoFi Abbey Road (Excellent), and the latest released, Anniversary Edition of Abbey Road. Yeah, I like that album! | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? You're a good group of guys. James (tomic601) is only about 1 1/2 hour drive for me and he invited me over to take a listen and have a few sips. I'll be sure to take him up on that fairly soon.FYI, I have an original copy of Revolver that is in ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @bkeske I am envious of your Beatles collection. I wish that I still had my original copies of Meet The Beatles, Beatles 65, etc. They became thrashed as I was too young to understand how to take care of them. I have replaced many with reissues... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? I understand your feelings about the owner. But heck, the vinyl production is superb. I don't know the guy and likely never will. Maybe for the better? Either way, Analogue Productions and QRP make outstanding vinyl and I do my best to purchas... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Slaw, I played the first two, both in mono. The first album is OK for SQ but not what I was hoping for. The music, however, is wonderful as it always has been. I will certainly be playing it many more times. The second album, "Again", is excel... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? You guys made me think to look for Leonard Cohen in my collection. I thought that I have one, and I do. Haven't played it in years so I'll play it this weekend. "Songs From A Room" Original pressing, Columbia, perfect condition.This is the alb... | |
| Power Conditioners I added a Niagara 1200 last year and experienced an immediate improvement in SQ. Blacker background to music, individual instruments were more distinct, the slightest nuances of music became much more defined. I'm now changing my system layout b... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @bkeske try the 25th Anniversary Edition release of Graceland. The SQ is incredible, way over the top. Sit in the sweet spot and your jaw will be on the floor. Mine was the first time I played it a few months ago. Awesome addition to my collec... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Got to hang up the system for the night so I can plastic cover everything in the electronics room. I am having a dedicated 20 amp line pulled into the electronics room tomorrow. That and a new Audioquest Niagara 3000 ought to help my system sing... |