rushton
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| Categorizing records My 4,000 LP collection is 85% classical, and, with multiple composers and multiple works on a single LP, filing and seeking can be a bit challenging. My solution is a combination of (1) filing on the shelves largely alphabetically by composer (of ... | |
| Advice for my first turntable/arm/cart please help Hi Doug, I'll respectfully disagree just a bit with one comment you made: I don't hear any speed inconstancy issue with the VPI Scout in my listening experiences to them in other people's systems. Speed always seems very constant to my ear. But, t... | |
| Senior Audiophiles - Audiophile since the 60-70's? I'll confess to being hooked on a desire for high quality audio since about 1967 in high school. The faculty advisor for our school yearbook was an audio nut recently graduated from college. He still lived with his parents at the time, but the bas... | |
| Help What do the buttons mean on my Sumo Tuner The Yahoo Group "SAE_Talk" has the Charlie Tuner Manual in its "Files" as a downloadable .pdf file. You'll have to join the group to gain access, but that's simple to do -- I just did it to check to make sure it's there and that the descriptions o... | |
| Wondering about jumpers.. Sdatch, I've owned two speakers over the years that were bi-wireable: Vandertseen 2Cs and Celestion SL-700s. In the case of both of these speakers, each sounded much better bi-wired than single-wired with a good quality jumper cable. Designers, an... | |
| Advice for my first turntable/arm/cart please help The VPI Scout and Scoutmaster are hard to beat. I would have no hesitation buying one of these models used, they're well built and there's not much to go wrong. The integral JMW-9 tonearm is quite good. On a budget, keep in mind that you can buy t... | |
| Please Recommend a Contact Cleaner Enhanser? Best combination I've found is to use is 92-97% isopropyl alcohol as a cleaner, followed by Walker Audio Extreme SST contact enhancer. If the contact is corroded, use Caig Deoxit followed by a thorough cleaning with isopropyl alcohol to eliminate ... | |
| Best Quality Recording On Vynil Sdcampbell's comments are right on target for me, and I'll largely just add "ditto" - including the recommended labels for classical music. My additions would be: (1) many of the reissues of the RCA, DECCA and Mercury classical LPs are superb, and... | |
| Vinyl Reason I suppose I'll chime in here as someone who also prefers vinyl for the quality of the sound: good vinyl just continues to sound more "real" and more natural to me than the best digital I've heard. Unlike some others, my musical preferences lead me... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Yep, Esoxhntr, these bad habits are hard to kick. ;-)And my turntable complains for lack of exercise on these nights. Cheers! | |
| Wondering about jumpers.. It's definitely worth replacing the metal plates: good quality wire will almost always out-perform them. The Cardas jumber cables are good and not very expensive. And I've heard really good results with just some solid core silver wire connected d... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Nothing on the turntable, resorted to the Philadelphia Orchestra, with Christoph Eschenbach conducting, live at the Kimmel Center:Smetana: Dances from the Bartered BrideGrieg: Five Orchestral Songs (with Barbara Bonney, soprano)Dvorak: Symphony No... | |
| Philadelphia area audio club? Our next gathering is Saturday, March 19, from 2-5 p.m. in the Norristown area just west of Philadelphia. If you'd like to join us or would like more information, send me a private email with your full name name and telephone number and I'll be ha... | |
| What is a Transcription Turntable Just going from recollection on the playing time, Eldartford. Longer may well be true, and my recollection may be for 16" 78s. The speed issue was also all over the map from 16 rpm to 90 rpm, and playback allowed for all of that variance. Interest... | |
| What is a Transcription Turntable Glad it was helpful - my father did work for radio stations for many years, and I remember seeing these big rigs when I got to travel with him (all sitting idle by that time in the early 1960s). Here's a picture of an old RCA transcription turntab... |