noromance
Responses from noromance
| Your 3 Favorite Songs It changes all the time.Death is not the End - Nick Cave (cover of Dylan)The Denver Grab - Sixteen HorsepowerParty - Aldous Hardy | |
| Platter mat insanity Steve, I have done some more tests using different recordings (including my aforementioned spouse in the listening session). The results as you suspect do vary depending on the recordings. Older live recordings sound excellent. Newer mixed recordi... | |
| Best MM? Cue @chakster in 3...2... | |
| Home grown turntable platform/base? As maple and walnut are the same density, the thicker maple is better value and at twice the thickness, more effective at damping etc. | |
| Platter mat insanity @terry9 I tried the Boston graphite mat. Beautifully made but killed the sound - sucked the life out of it. Sent it back.@sleepwalker65 Rubber sounds like rubber. Rubbery and like rubber sounds. | |
| Phono cable advice. It was actually these I tried. No good.https://www.proaudiola.com/mobile/Product.aspx?ProductCode=1-M2534-RCA-XLRM-1 | |
| Phono cable advice. No. I tried other cables using 2534 for a second arm. It was substantially inferior to the Jelco. I do not know why other than it didn’t sound good.Tell you what. Buy the Jelco RCA for $88. If you don’t like it, I will buy it from you. | |
| Phono cable advice. @asahitoro Mine has a DIN plug but it's the same pink OFC cable. | |
| Phono cable advice. Jelco RCA-RCA cable here for $88 with 30 day return.https://www.usahifi.com/products/jelco-jac-pp19e2-rca-rca-tonearm-cable | |
| Your 3 Favorite Songs They Are Not Like Us - The WalkaboutsWhen the May Rain Comes - Current 93North American Field Song - The Innocence Mission | |
| The current best band in the world? For those who like their country with a bit more edge, consider Jay Munly. Jay is a banjo player, guitarist, singer, and songwriter based in Denver, Colorado. He has played a significant role in the development of the "Denver Sound", music that mi... | |
| Anyone have feedback on Audiogon's Insider membership? Does it have Internal Server 500 errors too? | |
| Have you ever reversed your opinion on a piece of gear? Yeah. My Decca (London) Super Gold cartridge. I was actually going to throw it away after mothballing it in 2000. It never worked well on my LP12. Ten years later, I refurbished it and put it on a 401 and love it and would never part with it. | |
| Buying large audio equipment Paid $1000 to ship Quad 57s. Arrived in huge boxes bolted to pallets. No issues.REL subwoofers by USPS with no issues either. | |
| A Dimes worth of Improvement Three dimes in a triangle has got to be better? |