noromance
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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Lotte Lenya – September Song And Other American Theatre Songs Of Kurt Weill1958 mono Columbia MasterworksAlways blown away by this record. The music is wonderful and sound quality is like they used to make before they lost the plot. | |
| Our Responsibility @oregonpapa Was that before of after you spent five big ones on The Gate? 😉 | |
| Review: COINCIDENT STATEMENT PHONO STAGE Tube preamp Thanks @audiofun | |
| Gentleman, get yer credit cards ready... The guy on VA rang AmEx to see where the funds were going to. Obviously, he was expecting some outfit in Uzbekistan, but it turned out to be a US address. The scan is likely a US-based scammer pretending to be a suspicious but viable vendor. | |
| So this is probably a really stupid question! Um... so you're happy with switching off the left speaker and with it, the left channel part of the recording? Then leave it like that. If you have a mono button on your amp, turn it on. That way you'll get both channels through the one right spea... | |
| Best cheapo Cartridge @rauliruegas It's the 540SH - $400. | |
| Best cheapo Cartridge The Audio Technica has great depth and etched high frequencies. But there's some grain or slight harshness in the rendition.So I compared my AT VM540SH with my Decca Super Gold/Paratrace and Decca Garrott Export and both Decca's really are in anot... | |
| Seeking tube 12AX7 recommendation for a Conrad-Johnson Premier 3 Search for 12AX7 on the forum. | |
| Amp sound occasional momentary cut out Sounds like an intermittent fault in the power stage causing a protection circuit to disconnect speakers or turn off the power transistors. There are relays on the board for the speaker outputs. With the cover off and music playing at low volume, ... | |
| Cadenza Bronze to Winfeld ti or Other? Some Soundsmith cartridges come in high compliance versions suitable for lower mass arms. You should call them to discuss. | |
| Best cheapo Cartridge @chakster is right. Except, the old classics are hard to find and relatively expensive considering you are looking for "cheapo cartridges." The 540 has a microline stylus. | |
| Best cheapo Cartridge You can't go wrong with either an Audio Technica VM540ML (brighter) or Nagaoka MP110 or 150 for bang for the buck. | |
| Why No McIntosh Recommendations? @noble100 said it! I find the stuff pretty ghastly to look at -the green LEDs lighting up the small signal tubes being the nail in the coffin. | |
| which car is sitting in your listening room? Both are modest. But they're paid for. | |
| advice for mono cartridge @saxman73 Look at a Jelco TK-850S tonearm. $795 from George Merrill. I use a few with Decca cartridges. Excellent performer. |