rmueller01
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| Are scratch LPs part of the game ? No, but a vacume record cleaner is an essential part of the game. IMO if you rank the importance of TT, cartridge, arm and RC machine, the RC machine is #1 for quality sound. I use a Loricraft today but any good alternative including homemade (whi... | |
| Re-issue vinyl vs. the original pressing In my view, reissues can be devided into 3 catagories:1) Post 1984 digital reissues - these are good but no better than the CD so unless the CD is unavailable, or the LP is cheaper, why buy? (Having said this I own many mint copies of these for re... | |
| Help trying to return to vinyl Thanks for all your suggestions to date!My reason for two systems is that the my other family members (wife and kids) use our Great room (which is where my current system is located) for TV viewing etc. By having and analog only system in another ... | |
| To "Step up", or not? I am dealing with the same issue. I Just got a Michell Gyro SE which I am outfitting with an Origen Live Silver rb250 arm and the Shelter 501 cartridge. (.4MV output)My preamp is a Conrad Johnson PV10 tube unit. It has 48.5 dB gain in the Phono (w... | |
| New Jazz Releases..What Do You Like? Once you get past all the Nora Jones and Diana Krall hype (they are good vocalists but enough already!) there are actually some great new jazz musicians with lots of recent releases. My current favorite is Joe Lovano who is one of the best jazz sa... | |
| The triumph of mid-fi In reviewing the discussion on this thread (which I initiated) to date, it seems like most audiophiles concede that the general public determines what will be available in the audio world and unless high end formats like SACD are adopted by this g... | |
| The triumph of mid-fi I don't agree that the SACD market is too small for high end manufacturers.Consider some of the other products they sell.How big a market can there for a $10,000 turntable like the Walker Procinium or other such high end items? Surely they could s... |