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| Turntables with warm/smooth mids and highs A VPI HW-19 Mk.3 would do quite nicely. It sounds just like you described and is available in your price range. I used one for many years and it is still going strong in my son's system. | |
| Is a vinyl rig only worth it for oldies? But Mapman what you described just highlights the potential for improvement in the sound of LPs. If somebody has a "typical consumer" phono playback system, he can still buy records and enjoy them, but later on if he upgrades his phono equipment t... | |
| George-Warren Turntable Kentg,Do you have any photos of your table? I can be reached through the Audiogon email system. Thanks. | |
| Moving coil with a bit less leading edge I second the Benz recommendation. Your description of how you react to certain MC cartridges is why I chose a Benz Glider M2 over a Dyna 17d2 in a direct comparison at my dealer (Deja Vu Audio). Since then I went to a Benz L2 and then the Benz LP.... | |
| SME 312S versus SME V-12 Halcro, that's interesting about 2juki. A yeaar ago I bought a supposedly NOS Orsonics headshell from him that doesn't fit any of my cartridges without a shim and has a misaligned metal bayonet. From your account, I suspect that it must have been ... | |
| Is a vinyl rig only worth it for oldies? Let me give a couple examples of LPs with organic sound. "Meet the Jazztet" is a 1960 recording on Argo that's available in both mono and stereo. Get the mono version since it sounds much better. This is the recording that first opened my eyes to ... | |
| Is a vinyl rig only worth it for oldies? I have a somewhat different take on the issues raised by the OP. The issue that matters to me is not ticks and pops, which I am able to ignore for the most part, but rather the quality of the sound. The key point by the OP is when he said:"It wasn... | |
| ARC's new REF-75 Kana813, You asked 213Cobra for an alternate amp in the same power range as the REF75 that is more musical. Although I don't claim to be 213Cobra, I can certainly recommend the Emotive Vita monoblocks to be a highly musical alternative in the same... | |
| Granit amp stands are they killing my sound? Richard,Are you using the Vibraplane under your Galibier or for something else? | |
| Granit amp stands are they killing my sound? I have tried many different materials under my amps, preamps, cd players and turntables. My 3" granite slab is among the worst sounding of them all, no matter what type of couplers or damping materials are used. I don't believe the problem is as s... | |
| Early digital recordings on vinyl vs. CD? There are no black and white truths on this issue. Some digitally mastered LPs sound very good; some sound nearly as bad as early CDs. The earlier the digital mastering the greater the risk of bad sound. No surprise there. Mastering engineers foun... | |
| Listening habits and LP storage My records are stored in floor to ceiling shelving units in a room next to the listening room. I tend to pull out a handful of records at a time based on what I think I will want to hear, which then get scatterred around the room until I eventuall... | |
| Preamp or power amp has more impact to resolution? Over many years, my experience has been the priority ranking is Linestage first, then Power Amp, then Phono stage. Obviously you don't want to get too far out of balance by, for example, pairing an entry level power amp with a top-of-the-line line... | |
| Ortofon --- A90 or SPU 90th? Is the SPU 90th Anniversary still available? If so, where can you buy it? I thought it had been discontinued. | |
| Who listens only to vinyl? I am almost 100% vinyl. I do have a CD player which I keep around for the occasional new CD and to play music that I like but don't have on LP. Of course, I also listen to CDs in the car, but for my main system CDs probably get less than 1% of my ... |