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| Are there any albums you consider perfect? Just saw Steve Hackett (and Renaissance) live here in Albany. Hackett had a great band that could turn on a dime, but I felt they had too much PA for the room (The Egg). I generally don't require earplugs at this venue, but now I know...Beyond tha... | |
| Which cost more: your system or your car? System, by several times over. | |
| New arm DaVinci, TW-Acustic or? I do, I do. Sometimes, though, you just gotta say...and get away for a day. ;-)-Richard | |
| New arm DaVinci, TW-Acustic or? Sounds like a road trip is in my future. #9, #9, #9, #9..... | |
| Amp for Coincident Super Eclipse I concur with both Jax2 & R_f_sayles. While I too have not heard the Coincident Frankensteins in my system, my Total Eclipse certainly want more than SET power especially in the low end. Tubes are essential, but I would consider 25-30 watts a ... | |
| What's your best audio "find" While doing some cleaning here at work, we ran across the following:(2) Crown D150A power amps, (2) Crown IC150A preamps, (2) Tandberg TCD 310 cassette decks, (2) Dynaco FM-5 tuners, a Technics SL1300 and a Revox A77. All completely mint.They were... | |
| Project Align it CartridgeAlignment Gauge is good? Orionpcgames,I'd recommend you do a search of this site regarding protractors. The pros and cons of each design has already been thoroughly debated (many times). | |
| Project Align it CartridgeAlignment Gauge is good? Buy a Mint LP "Best Tractor" custom made for your arm and be done. The Project is crudely marked, with lines too think to be of any true accuracy - it's made for their tonearms on their tables, and the markings on the protractor itself merely corr... | |
| K&K phono break-in period While leaving the unit running initially is a great idea, you really need to run signal through it for 200-300 hours to fully break the unit in - that's quite a few records! Several people I've recommended the unit to have commented that it takes ... | |
| Recommend Your Top 5 Pipe Organ LPs Thanks folks! BTW, I have nothing against a label like Opus 3, since they have a vast catalog of original releases. We were in Passau, Germany last summer and had the privilege of hearing an organ performance at St. Stephen's cathedral. This being... | |
| Does "perfect alignment of cart" eliminate 100% ? I agree with Dan_ed and Onhwy61. I too can play 99% of my LPs with no IGD. Unless there's a great deal of wear on the disc, all is well. Of course, alignment is only absolutely correct at the two null points (given Loefgren or Baerwald) - every ot... | |
| Best Rock Album in 2010 Synthfreek,Agreed regarding the new Phosphorescent LP. Good stuff and a nice progression of their sound. I've been enjoying the Mimicking Birds LP which is wonderful both sonically and musically - a bit in the Bon Iver meets Joanna Newsome vein. R... | |
| What Step-up transformers are best value? Having directly compared the two, the Lundahl LL1931 is considerably better than the S&B TX-103/Bent Audio Mu SUTs. They do, however, require several hundred hours of break-in to sound their best. Merely my opinion (and my system) and the usua... | |
| New music In regular rotation (all on LP)-2009 leftovers:Allen Toussaint: The Bright MississippiOld Lights: Every Night Begins the Same2010:Hoquiam: S/TBalmorhea: S/TThe Besnard Lakes: Are the Roaring NightJoanna Newsome: Have One on Me | |
| Soundsmith's turnaround time? A lot of folks in the UK use Expert Stylus. Most seem to indicate they do a fine job; there's a lot of testimony over at pink fish media. Alas, I don't think they have a website. Expert Stylus CompanyPO Box 3AshteadSurreyKT21 2QDTel: 01372 276 604... |