noromance
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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Astrud Gilberto – Windy (Verve 1968) | |
| Does anyone collect something else other than music. Regrets. | |
| Does anyone collect something else other than music. @millercarbon I used collect/drink craft beer until the guts went south from abuse. Too many 12% quads. | |
| Does anyone collect something else other than music. Nice radios, Al. Although my naive favorites are those big piano key Telefunken Grundigs. | |
| Garrott vs Soundsmith @chakster Thanks for the Garrott post. Good read. I have 2 Garrott Bros Deccas. Superb. | |
| What does a tonearm contribute to the sound of a turntable? @2channel8 The Jelco 850 and JAC501 cable will do what you are looking for. It is a very good arm. George Merrill has the best price. | |
| Subwoofers - Front Firing or Down Firing - Which Sounds Best? @millercarbon 5" is what I have so I only speak from experience.I know you have a lot of concrete in your rack. But if it's sitting on bouncy floors, what then? | |
| Subwoofers - Front Firing or Down Firing - Which Sounds Best? +1 You can't have a good turntable rig on suspended floors. You can bolster it and reinforce it but there's no beating 5" of concrete. I tried once. Now I'm in the basement.Not sure I agree with using any old subs, @millercarbon. I replaced an old... | |
| How much difference do lower mass cartridge clips make in playback? I knew an audio tech who soldered the headshell wires directly to the pins of a Linn Asak. Amazingly, it worked and didn't destroy it. | |
| Frustrated with Vinly @averyclarkMy TT setup is probably Mid-FI -(1200gr/ATvm540ML/Elac PPA-2 Phono) at best. I have that cartridge. It's pretty good. I bought it as a reference point to judge my three $800-$1750 (used) Deccas. Suffice to say, and I was pleasantly surp... | |
| New TT for ~$1500 To keep things less complicated, consider the Technics 1500GR with a Nagaoka MP110/150/200. Obviously, the better the cartridge, the better the sound. These are very musical. Go for it. | |
| New TT for ~$1500 Wow. America's just not as great as it thinks it is. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Joe Williams, Harry "Sweets" Edison And His Orchestra - Have A Good Time With Joe Williams (Roulette 1961) | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Sylvia Syms - For Once In My Life (Prestige 1967)Great voice. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Ella Fitzgerald - Sings The Gershwin Song Book Vol. 1 (Verve 1959) |