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Quandry
Newbee, you’re right, it’s already begun.   But this time, my eyes are open.  
Quandry
Sorry for the spelling error.  I should know better.  
Old records.
I’m currently dumbfounded and relieved.   I spent a lot on putting a decent analog side together not that long ago, and have been less that thrilled with it ever since.  It never lived up to what i hoped and expected..  I think finally now it’s r... 
Old records.
Vintage recapped preamp.  No remote😩  
Old records.
Just a little fiddling with the anti-skating, and now (with increased volume) good records sound at least on a par with digital!     Who would have thought such a tiny adjustment to the anti-skating would make such a big difference.  
Old records.
Coltrane1,  I have that exact device.  Perhaps I should use it more.  
Old records.
It seems to be working!   ‘Can’t explain why it didn't before.  
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Dweller, interesting that you should say that. My dealer said the same thing. it’s just that it gets too loud sometimes.  
Old records.
One final observation. The inequity between vinyl and digital seems to be more noticeable in classical records. In popular. Jazz, folk, rock, etc. the SQ is at least as sharp as digital. It’s with classical that I notice a less detailed presentati... 
Does a particular musician’s songwriting and artistry speak to you above all others?
Sergei Rachmaninoff   James Taylor  
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I think the consensus here is that records are maddeningly inconsistent.    
Pictures at an Exhibition
Newbee, if you don’t like it, there’s spectacular performances of Ravel and Stravinsky to listen to.  
Pictures at an Exhibition
@mahler123   I’m glad you mentioned the Khatia performance.  I’m just re-listening to it, and indeed it is special.  Just a pensive browse through the exhibition, not a race.  
Old records.
Interestingly, when I compare Reiner’s RCA .5 mastering LP of the Mousorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition it sonically blows away the Idagio stream of the same performance.  But this is a rarity.  Normally the Idagio streams sound better in compariso... 
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The other thought that occurs to me is that I have an old Conrad-Johnson (recapped by CJ) tube amplifier which matches wonderfully with my super accurate Benchmark equipment. Perhaps the mellowness of the CJ is just not a good match for the analog...