markmoskow
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| Looking for more advice on purchasing a new turntable. Merrill Superpolytable used with Jelco 12" or the current arm, either with a used Benz Micro RubyH or comparable Benz or Lyra. Or VPI Super Prime or comparable model with the 10.5 uni arm, I think it is JMW10, and slightly used cartridge of choice... | |
| YouTube Indicates What the Future is For Audiophiles - Interesting Demographics. It’s cultural, as many comments say. Many 65+ were the buyers back in the 70s and 80s of higher end gear because we valued music, rock, jazz, blues, in a time when music was a leading cultural, social, even political art form. Not just physical me... | |
| Anyone remember the days before bells and whistles! I like her expression. Wondering if the wallpaper was the right choice for that rug. He, of course, is oblivious. As far as lamp cords goes, 14 gauge was still good stuff even in the 80s when I ran it under subfloors and in walls in a house I bui... | |
| New Cartridge advice @ jasonbourne71 Have to agree about those 3-series carts being best bang for the buck, and then some. I wish I could find another 304. I also have a NOS S1 sitting around I've never used. | |
| New Cartridge advice If your Q-damping is working well it may not matter. In general, the Denon 3-series carts are light and go well with lighter tonearms, like the short one, while the S might work better with heavier carts, but the Q-damping should make them relativ... | |
| New Cartridge advice I have several Denon DDs, 59L, 60L, 61F, 47F. I have swapped a Grado RS with a micro line retip and a Stanton 881 with vivid line and a finer retip that kept its vtf at 1 or less on the 47F back and forth. And a retipped micro line Denon 303 and t... | |
| UPGRADE PATH FROM CHORD QUTEST I agree with the suggestion about tubes or even the preamp. I felt the same issues in one of my systems compared to others. I swapped speakers. Then I upgraded DACs. Finally I swapped my tube amp to a ss (all of this from stuff I had in other syst... | |
| Looking for a great front ported bookshelp speaker recommendation I have same setup. I tried Mirages. Good. Guru's better. Linn Sara Isobarik, good as well. But the best I found and still use are Audio Note K. I have them horizontal on iso puck minis. | |
| Help with high end bookshelf speakers Audionote, the smaller less expensive 2 ways, I think K's. I had same issue. You can put them on a set of iso acoustic mini pucks on a cradenza or bookshelf against wall, vertical or horizontal and sit 6-7 feet away. Or, of course, stands. That ma... | |
| Is there a cheaper alternative to this: I have 2 sets from Etsy. One welded steel like these and the other solid oak. Both about half price or less. Once set up feel the base. If it vibrates a little then use some flat thin rubbery wedges, like Herbie's or even cheap ones, or you can cu... | |
| How much should I expect with a warranty issue from a large retailer/distributor? The warranty lies with the mfr, not distributor or retailer. In this cast a S Korean co. The USA has exceedingly strict warranty laws with intl companies. Warranty breaches can suspend trade here or even shut them down. Many don't know how tough ... | |
| Streamers under $1500 I went through various stuff under 1000 and settled on Raspberry pi w Allo digione card or equivalent. And their LPS or Nirvana power supply. Add an SSD for files. I use Volumio with it but there might be better. Small footprint, and I think soun... | |
| A great video on an artist you may not be aware of. Participants include Elvis Costello. Jim’s film shows the heart and soul of this whole era. Jim, Buddy, Larry, all those guys had the rare talent to both do the music they wanted and not let the music business run them in circles (too much, although Larry’s Dylan days, who knows). @b... | |
| A great video on an artist you may not be aware of. Participants include Elvis Costello. Larry Campbell https://www.itwasthemusic.net/ | |
| I don't get it...Exile on main Street-Blue I agree with OP. Especially his Stones albums. I would add For the Roses to JM’s best other than Blue. @jmalen123 makes sense to me. I know many professional musicians. Some have just a boom box for CDs. A few have good systems. But most, li... |