rdk777
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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Steely Dan Greatest Hits mastered by RL. Sounds awesome. | |
| New Dire Straits 45RPM reissues from Mobile Fidelity I ordered my copies last week - wasn't aware they had sold out DOH. Music Direct said ~4 weeks, but didn't sound certain. The waiting game... | |
| Unsolvable Woofer Pumping (Phono only) I had a very similar issue occurring at higher volumes and and only at the beginning of the track as soon as the needle dropped (before the music played) - the woofer seemed normal once the track started playing. Brand new Stabi R - so it bugged t... | |
| Extravagant shipping charge I learned my lesson too - just paid $60 shipping for a cable. Will only buy once I have shipping costs. | |
| ZYX Compilance I agree - seems like the calcs aren't coming up with the right values or ones that make sense. I've attached a link to a thread where GT Audio (I believe is the UK Rep for ZYX) says that ZYX recommends tonearms with effective mass of 12-20 gms - ... | |
| Cat jumped on turntable This should make the list for Top 2109 Posts - the title says it all. | |
| ZYX Compilance I'm currently using the ZYX Universe II Silver base (8.2 gm) w/ the Kuzma 4P (effective mass - 13 gm). Also had it with Cornet 2 tonearm (effective mass = 12.5 gm). Worked well with both tonearms. | |
| ZYX Compilance Here's an article that might help you calculate RF: https://www.remusic.it/EN/The-Compliance-of-a-Cartridge-and-the-Resonance-Frequency-of-the-TonearmCartridge-Combination-05728c00 | |
| Has anyone gotten a good discount from dealer on new technics turntables? @stereo5 That advice sounds like its for your kids. This place is for regular people trying to enjoy a hobby. Keep that in mind in the future. | |
| Turntable/Subwoofer Ground loop Make sure your subwoofer is secured properly to the floor. I had serious resonance feedback/hum when I put the REL subwoofer on a Subdude Auralex platform. It took me some time to figure out it was the platform - then ended up blue tacking the s... | |
| Turntable cost:benefit I don't think that's even a consideration. I spent $10k on table with 0 vinyl because I wanted to get back into vinyl - grew up listening to vinyl. Now I have a 100 or so albums and just upgraded my turntable to the Kuzma Stabi R with the 4P ton... | |
| What are your top three live concerts of all time? Pink Floyd - The Wall @ the Colosseum, Los Angeles Lyle Lovett - Joshua Judges Ruth Tour - Rialto Theater Joliet, ILHuey Lewis and the News - Sports Tour - SIU Arena Carbondale, IL | |
| Favorite cover? oh and Viva Las Vegas - Shawn Colvin | |
| Favorite cover? In no particular order-Rolling Stones - Cherry oh BabyDavid Grey - One With the BirdsWhat a Wonderful World - The RamonesHallelujah - Jeff Buckley | |
| Abbey Road 50th Anniversary Thanks for the links to the video reviews. I listened to the album on Qobuz - the 96 Hz/24 bit hi-res version. Great sounding mix - the outtakes were my favorite. White Album, Sgt Peppers and now Abbey Road on hi-res...keep em coming. |