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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Tonight:The Who, Who's Next (Classic Records reissue in great sound.)The Doors, Morrison Hotel (German 180 gram reissue, mastered by Willem Makkee)Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Gershwin Songbook, Volume 4 (Speakers Corner reissue)Bach, Cantatas (BWV 1... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Foster, I forgot to confirm that this is for the Atma-Sphere MA-2 amps, as you surmised. We also have an older home with thick oak flooring. Our speakers (Eidolons) are also spiked using Walker Audio Valid Points on resonance control discs, to ver... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Hi Foster! We've been thinking about amp stands for some time, but have never moved forward until now. We're testing out some of Lloyd Walker's amp stands: 3" maple butcher block and Valid points. For a picture, see the 2005 Brutus Awards article ... | |
| I'm New To Vinyl - Which Turntable Should I Buy? George3,Yes, "cart" is short for cartridge.If you have wood floors over floor joists, wall mounting is preferred, generally speaking. Be sure to bolt into the wall studs or masonry. See the recent www.6moons.com article on wall mounting, for examp... | |
| Avalon Eidolon Diamond with Ron, I run the original Eidolons with 220w OTL tube amps from Atma-Sphere with great success and they have the same electrical ratings as the Diamonds. A friend has a pair of Diamonds that he runs very well with a pair of 150w BAT 150se amps. I do... | |
| SOTA Star, Grado Refrence arm and XTZ MKV Cart Congratulations! This should be a nice sounding analog front end once you get it broken in and dialed in. If the cartridge and phono stage have not been played recently, plan on giving them about 50 hours of playing time to break in again, then do... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Warming the system up this morning preparing to check out some amp stands, here's what's been playing:Buxtehude, Organ Works Vol. 1 with Michael Chapius, Telefunken 6.42001Bill Evans, Portrait in Jazz, Riverside 1162, Analogue Productions 45 rpm r... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Hmmm, I haven't listened to my copy of America in years. Thanks for the suggestion to pull it out again to listen!Tonight...Bill Evans Trio: "Portrait in Jazz" Riverside 1162 (Analogue Productions 45 rpm reissue) (simply superb!)Doors: "Morrison H... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Smw30yahoocom (Sandra), Congratulations! I'm happy to have you with us in the world of vinyl-lovers. Cleaning your records will absolutely give you better sounding results and will protect them from unnecessary wear. My recommendation for superb c... | |
| Trying to get back into Lps, I seem to be throwing All good additional suggestions. I absolutely agree about the break-in time for the cartridge of 50 hours or so, and the possible need to break-in the phono stage on the preamp (as much as 100-200 hours). Power55, don't worry about where you have ... | |
| Trying to get back into Lps, I seem to be throwing Power55, the Blackbird's electrical characteristics should match up fine with your preamp (2.5mv output and 47K ohm loading), so I don't think that's your problem. What I would wonder about for you is the set-up/alignment of the cartridge. Is this... | |
| Large Classical Record Dealers Hi Mre2007, the question you're struggling to answer is complex and not answered in any simple way or in any way that gives one a consistent formula for case-by-case decisions. With respect to DGG issues... First, DGG does not have a good track re... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Smw30yahoocom, congratulations on getting your turntable! If this is your first venture into vinyl welcome, hope you will continue to share your music explorations with us.Tonight thus far...The Julian Bream Consort: "Elizabethan Music", RCA LSC 3... | |
| Best tube amp s for magnepan 3.6r Wolcott Audio P-220m monoblocks. I've heard them in Audiogoner Slipknot1's system with his Magnepan 3.6r speakers and it's an outstanding combination.. | |
| Large Classical Record Dealers Mre2007, congratulations on getting on the road with vinyl. eBay can be a good resource, but prices often can be bid way beyond rational expectations and you do have check out the seller before diving in too deeply. There are many good and reputab... |