noromance
Responses from noromance
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Karen Dalton – In My Own Time (Paramount 1971) | |
| Hear my Cartridges....🎶 TT1 sounds better - more detail retrieval, deeper insight into the music. Better drive. A little coarse but clean.TT2 duller, further back in the auditorium. maybe nore space between instruments but loss of detail makes this a drag.TT3 sounds bett... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Busy all weekend so no records on the table. We have a small community theater. Good fun but exhausting. | |
| Jazz Fans-- Name some of your favorite, less well known recordings Try some Dixieland and New Orleans Jazz like:Thomas Jefferson – Dreaming Down The River To New Orleans (1962)The New Black Eagle Jazz Band In New Orleans (1974)Etc. | |
| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? The green bling. The green LEDs under the tubes. Otherwise, the old MC275 is a classic. | |
| Considering ditching 5.1 for a soundbar; suggestions? FWIW, I’ve a soundbar and wireless sub in an upstairs room and it’s reasonably good for TV. | |
| Well Tempered Labs Record Player, thoughts on a used one? @dean75 https://www.hifishark.com/search?q=well+tempered | |
| TT and cartridge choice The Project Pespex is dull and needs more detail and transparency according to What HiFi. I would stay away. The Technics 1200GR (1210 in black) with an AT760SLC mentioned above would be a great table under budget and you’ll have mons left over fo... | |
| Speaker Upgrade ... Please Help Me Notwithstanding the narrowness of your room, which would preclude me spending that sort of coin on new speakers, you might look at Spendor D9.2, set up 6’ from front wall and at least 2 feet from side wall on window side. Does Tidal streaming meri... | |
| What are the current useless terms in this "audio world" @edcyn @millercarbon -- I've auditioned every car I ever bought. They call it a test drive. It's always nice to know if the seat is comfortable, you can see out of it, and if the controls...as they used to say...fall readily to hand. You didn't... | |
| USPS records delivery delays The nice vendor on Discogs refunded me the loss. We've no idea why USPS didn't just send on the records they claimed were damaged. The only one in the box was perfect. The well packaged media mail oversized box looked fine so hard to comprehend wh... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? The XX – XX (2009)Arcade Fire – Funeral (2005) | |
| What comes after Harbeth 30.1s? In summary, the bass of the Parker Duo is superior to the Duke 2 and SHL5+. The 30.1 is far behind.The Marten has a 9" passive radiator on the back which may not play well in your space. The 30.x is a monitor and is never going to have a lot of ba... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? +1 Kate Bush / Hounds of LoveBought it when it came out. Remember being blown away by the side with And Dream of Sheep etc. | |
| Speakers Damaged via FedEx, A Neverending Love Story @j-wall I'm speaking from experience. QUAD ESL57s bolted to 2 pallets and completely bubble wrapped 12" thick, and boxed! Cost $1000 with insurance. |