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| What readily available LP's should I consider Mrmb, thanks for the follow-up description of your journey. This all sounds like you're off once again on a great experience with vinyl! Thank you for your kind comments on my contribution to the discussion. | |
| Turntable help for a Newbie Hard to go wrong with a VPI Scoutmaster and VPI JMW9 tonearm ($2300 new) and VPI or Walker Audio motor controller ($950-1700 new), and still have a good portion of your budget remaining for a very good cartridge (e.g., Dynavector Karat 17D2, $750)... | |
| Listening Chairs For years I've sat in a Ekornes "Stressless" chair that does rise in the back to ear level. I really like the chair for listening and I don't find the height of the back of the chair to be an issue, notwithstanding the conventional wisdom on this ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Michael, thank you! | |
| What readily available LP's should I consider Mrmb, if you've never cleaned your LPs, do yourself a big favor and clean them with either the Disc Doctor (my preference) or Record Research cleaning fluids. Do the same with all the new vinyl you buy BEFORE playing for the first time. With the i... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Joe, thanks for your recommendations. I'll add them to my "watch list." | |
| Is table really more importsnt than cartridge? Winegasman, my suggestion is to be careful doing such small incremental upgrades. My experience has been that I've usually been better off spending such amounts on more vinyl or saving it until I could upgrade to something at least double cost. Wh... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Mknowles, if I were to buy two Reggae records (a genre about which I know nothing), would you recommend "Exodus" as one of the two? And what else?. | |
| Is table really more importsnt than cartridge? I agree with Sdcampbell and Aroc... The foundation of a good analog system is the turntable/tonearm, imo, and I'd always start building a system with the best turntable and tonearm I can manage and then work towards a better cartridge. The challen... | |
| What readily available LP's should I consider Mrmb, you're welcome. I'd love to hear what you decide to buy first, and then hear how you like it.. | |
| What readily available LP's should I consider Styx, you're welcome, and glad to hear that you found a couple to order! | |
| What readily available LP's should I consider OK, back with some specific recommendations...CLASSICALStravinsky's Firebird Ballet (Mercury) - 45rpm reissue from Classic Records (the best of the Classic Records Mercury reissues) This LP is no longer in print. Buy it now.Mendelssohn's Scottish ... | |
| What readily available LP's should I consider Mrmb, there is a huge selection of readily available vinyl reissues available today, many of which have been superbly remastered. I may come back to offer some specific recommendations, but allow me to start this conversation with some more genera... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Joe, great news about the results from the VPI Scout/Scoutmaster upgrade! Glad to hear it. What Harry Weisfeld is able to accomplish is pretty amazing. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Ah..., the Starker/Bach reissue is indeed remarkable. Glad you've had a chance to listen to it, Joe! These Speakers Corner Mercury classical reissues are incredibly good; they are doing a great job. I've just seen a preview of what's coming up in ... |