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Best Integrated. Krell, Bryston, Creek, others?
Good advice re: thinking abt speakers first, or at any rate at the same time. Synergy makes or breaks. That said, I have a Naim Nait3 and *love* it. It's just so engaging -- rythmic, in tune, dynamic. Not quite so airy or sound stagey as some, but... 
Garrott P77?
Hi Wolff,Thanks for the response, but too late. Got a Dynavector 10x5, $215 new, and am really quite happy with it. Full solid presentation, quiet in the groove. Not brittle anywhere. Sounds like music.Envy your 'table/arm. Of course, now I want t... 
Stuck in a Rut
Advice above is good, especially concerning classical -- Beethoven 7 and Tchaikovsky 6 and that's it? Sheesh. Go buy yourself recordings of the Bach's Goldberg Variations, Brandeburg Concertos, and Violin Partita in D minor, Haydn's Cello Concerto... 
Amazing Solo Piano Recordings
Radu Lupu, Brahms late piano music, plus ballades, on London. RNM 
apparant pitch instability
Time to put this thread to bed. It was in fact the belt. I fished the old one out of the trash -- luckily it was unsullied -- and put it back on. Stable pitch is back. Surely not perfect, TWL, but not a distraction either, so I can enjoy my new Dy... 
apparant pitch instability
Y'know, i'm thinbking it must be the belot. My wife just listened to it -- she's been away -- and noticed the problem right away. Of course I may have given her the suggestion. but anyway, she claims it sounds warbly, and that it didn't before I m... 
apparant pitch instability
Stafanl,Thanks, and I will check the pitch with the strobe. I am disinclined to file away at anything. I don't quite follow your instructions for the tape solution. Anyway, I am not finding the table to run fast, but irregularly. A too high pitch ... 
apparant pitch instability
Hi TWL, and again thanks for the advice previously, re: the cartridge. Despite the issue I raise in this thread, it is yummy.But why, I wonder, have I not noticed the pitch instability before now? I've had the deck for many years. Is there anythin... 
How much does your system retail for?
What a God-awful vulgar thread. 
Cartridge for Rega planar 2
Thanks jc -- I've seen that review. It's what got me interested in the Denon to begin with. Looks like the Dynavector may have sold while I slept:(. Twl is hot on the Goldring 1042. How does it compare with the high output version of the Goldring ... 
Cartridge for Rega planar 2
Well then. Looks like I am headed for either Goldring 1042, if still available at $185, or Dynavector 10x5 at $215 -- with Denon DL160 still in the running. I'll sleep on it, and hope for a bit more advice that'll clinch it -- advice of any kind: ... 
Cartridge for Rega planar 2
I think the Denon is an MC, no? I just found an allegedly new Dynavector 10x5 on ebay, for $215, from a guy who also advertizes on the 'gon -- named Juki. How about that? BTW, the dealer I bought the Nait from seems to think that it can handle a h... 
Cartridge for Rega planar 2
Thanks Twl, but I guess I messed up my post, so not all of what I had to say appeared. I need to keep cartridge replacement cost in the $200 range. That rules out the Goldring that you recommended, and explains my interest in the Denon DL-160 and ... 
Blues /rock: music recommendations?
Allman Brothers Band, "Live at Fillmnore East". Get the new remastered CD, or vinyl, even better. Never beeen improved upon in the genre, to my knowledge.RM 
Best female vocals on CD
Sorry, that capital J "James" (she deserves the respect).