noromance
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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Miami Chamber Trio - S/T (Audiophile 1977) Good binaural recording which makes it a good listen. | |
| Magico A5 or KEF blade 2? Tannoy Kensington for a lifetime. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Jim and Tim, I rarely recommend the Decca. It’s fussy about tonearms. I also think it works best on an idler but that could be my bias. It also works best into a good tube phono amp. My SG has a John Wright fitted Paratrace stylus and a Decapod en... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? The Milk Carton Kids – Monterey (Anti- 2015) @slaw recommended this last week so I bought it. He's right. I’m gonna second that rec. | |
| How long do you or should you keep your gear. I'm happy with my vintage (mostly) gear. Sometimes envy the guys buying new toys but I've no idea what I'd buy. Feel free to suggest ideas. | |
| $1,500 phono upgrade worth it? That would rightly piss me off. I've no hum. If when playing music at whatever level and sitting wherever you usually sit the hum is audible only when the music isn't playing, ie gets drowned out by groove noise, then no worries. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Bridget Saint John – Songs For The Gentle Man (Trading Places 1971) She's the one who sings on the Kevin Ayres' song; The Oyster and the Flying Fish. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Fleetwood Mac – Mr. Wonderful (Blue Horizon 1968) | |
| Jelco sa 750e Notwithstanding your next steps, upgrading your 750 to 850 will yield a nice improvement. They're hard to get now but worth it. Drop in replacement. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Bobby Dukoff His Tenor Sax And His Orchestra With The Ray Charles Chorus – Sax In Silk (RCA Victor 1956 mono) | |
| Next TT That bites. I felt that MF did indicate the arm was basic in its VTA adjustment. Quote: "Locking and unlocking the collar-fixing screw and manually raising or lowering the pillar, which is unmarked for height, sets VTA/SRA. It's basic but super... | |
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| Whats on your turntable tonight? @noromance 12” vs. 9” too…? @spiritofradio I know there are differences but I move things around a bit and am used to the differences. The cartridge difference surpasses the arm length and the phono stage. Thanks. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Orriel Smith – A Voice In The Wind (Columbia 1964 mono) | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Lost Nation String Band – Lost Nation String Band (Dodo 1982) |