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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Nino Rota, "Concerto per archi" - I Musici, Fone 026J (Another in the very nicely evolving series of new all analog classical music recordings from Fone Records - engaging music, nicely performed and extremely well recorded - recommended, but with... | |
| I Just Don't Hear It - I wish I did Tholt, believe me, I know how fortunate I am! :-) | |
| What makes a record collection "great"? I have somewhere around 7000 LPs on the shelves that I've accumulated over many years, but I refuse to call it a "collection." It's simply my music library for what makes me happy and what I want to have available to listen to and to share with ot... | |
| I Just Don't Hear It - I wish I did This has been an interesting exchange. Thanks to everyone who made the effort to constructively contribute. I'll share just one story to the mix, for whatever it may be worth. My listening partner of 30 years is my spouse. We regularly listen to m... | |
| Cleaning LPs: How hard should one 'scrub'? Madfloyd, applying just slightly more pressure than the weight of the Walker pads by themselves is what I've found to work well. The fibers of the Walker pads reach into the grooves without applying significant pressure. Think about this more as "... | |
| What to listen for when setting VTF? VTF and VTA are interrelated variables. As you change one, it affects the other. Once dialed in, minor changes in VTA won't require readjusting VTF (thank goodness for those of us who change VTA for every LP). But changes in VTF always require a r... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Jazz tonight: Kenny Dorham, "Whistle Stop" - Blue Note ST-84063-45 Analogue Productions 45rpm reissue Art Pepper Quintet, "Smack Up" - Contemporary Records S7602-45 Analogue Productions 45rpm reissue. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Russ, all wonderful performances and recordings. Great choices for an evening! | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Danses Du Moyen-Age - Clemencic Consort and Ensemble Ricercare, Harmonia Mundi HMC 2472 (excellent performances of dance music of the middle ages in outstanding sonics) Lennox Berkeley, Quintet for Winds & Piano, Meridian E77017 Vienna 1908-19... | |
| Vinyl beginner frustrations Azimuth and VTA You'll use the alignment tool your ordered from Turntable Basics to set your overhang. Just follow the instructions that comes with that tool and you should be fine.. | |
| Vinyl beginner frustrations Azimuth and VTA Hang in there, Ahochan! Trust your ears, get the alignment tool in hand that you've ordered, then take a deep breath and proceed slowly, step by step. When you have your alignment tool, start with overhang, then azimuth, then zenith. These are lar... | |
| Celestion Sl-700 bolts These bolts on the SL700 are there solely as a security measure in case the stand gets tipped. They should be loose -- not tightened down -- so anything that will fit threads and go through the holes with minimal to no contact side to side should ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? A Rickie Lee Jones evening:Rickie Lee Jones, S/TPop Pop (the ORG reissue)Pirates. | |
| Mystical Performances Ry Cooder's and V.M. Bhatt's collaboration: "A Meeting by the River" on Water Lily APW029-45.. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Beginning this evening with Freddie Hubbard's "Here to Stay" Blue Note ST-84135 (Music Matters 45 rpm reissue). And moving into...Malcolm Arnold's chamber music with the Nash Ensemble on a lovely three volume set from Hyperion (A66171, A66172 and ... |