sokogear
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| Clear vinyl vs. regular black vinyl @petg60 - great album. It is actually a Miles Davis album - same crew as Kind of Blue without Trane. There was an argument with the record label so they had to bill it as a Cannonball Adderly album.It's my second favorite Miles album.Unfortunately... | |
| Clear vinyl vs. regular black vinyl @bdp24 - The clarity vinyl is what is being used on a new release of Kind of Blue marketed as a UHQR (although not the same as the UHQRs made by MFSL in the early 80s) they're selling for $100 as the best re wording of KoB ever. I won't bite thoug... | |
| Uber expensive repair at United Radio @dasign - you have options - take it or leave it. If the market for their service was significant enough, other places would offer it (authorized or not). What about if you had something that you couldn't get parts for and that couldn't be fabric... | |
| Clear vinyl vs. regular black vinyl Donald Fagen was a fanatic about the recording and production process and I seem to remember them saying there was some advantage to them producing Sunken Condos on clear vinyl. It is also a unique record in that it only has music on 3 sides, whic... | |
| heat Even if turning it on and off doesn't break the amp, it will cause premature wear and sound degradation. | |
| Uber expensive repair at United Radio It's called a free market. Places charge what they can get, what the market can bear. Places that charge too much will lose business and those that charge too little will get more. They will then adjust and business volumes will adjust. This assum... | |
| What do $2500 speaker cables sound like? I keep mine off the hard wood floors especially the speaker cables. It certainly can't hurt, and the vibration from the speaker right there is definitely not good for the sound. | |
| Uber expensive repair at United Radio That's why car repair places I deal with just tell you how much to do a job. Forget about the hours. It's irrelevant. If they don't know how much it will cost, either get a narrow range or go somewhere else.Don't complain about the hours and the r... | |
| Inheritance ($100K) with a caveat @mrklas - see above - misspelled your name | |
| Inheritance ($100K) with a caveat @mrklass - you must be doppelgänger for me. Just ordered a new stressless chair after the 16 year old one is almost worn out, but my son can't wait to get it. I have a P8 which I think is the best value for the buck in any turntable - no changes (... | |
| heat You should leave amps on all the time. What stresses them is turning on and turning off - the surges in the system which reduces their life (I am talking solid state here - I know nothing about tubes). Many preamps and most phono stages have no on... | |
| What do $2500 speaker cables sound like? Hey @nonoise Any idea what the reason is for needing to have cables 8" off the floor? The need to have them off the floor is due to vibration from the floor from the speakers, which need to be touching to affect the cables. Unless maybe with stati... | |
| What do $2500 speaker cables sound like? Saying proper cable management is crucial is making it sound complicated @jasonbourne52 it’s really not. Keep cables off the floor. Avoid having them touch each other, but if they must, make sure they intersect perpendicularly. Don’t let them loo... | |
| Turntable mat journey @tablejockey - no worries - I don't read all the posts when I respond all the time. Cork tends to crumble over time, but I know it sounds ok, that's why I didn't seriously consider it. Music Direct has several and recommended a cork/rubber blend t... | |
| Turntable mat journey @bkeske - as @slaw stated he sold out of the MyMats.@au_lait - as I believe was previously mentioned, the Funk Firm requires attaching it to the platter, which is what I tried to avoid doing with the felt mat to prevent it from lifting off the pla... |