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| How do you know what your weakest link is? had a dealer tell me there isn’t going to be a major step forward going from my $1500 Nova III to the Modwright 9.0/x. At double/triple the pricepoint from 9.0/x how can this be? Anyone else please feel free to help educate me."The tube phono pres... | |
| Why is science just a starting point and not an end point? Getting things to a minimum "technical spec" level that everyone agrees on is one thing. What the ears actually like is another. Science/technical data will be of no help otherwise. Subjective, subjective and subjective.Be more concerned about yo... | |
| How do you know what your weakest link is? The weakest link is the one YOU think is the weakest link.The Modwright will give you a tube perspective(flavor) to your LP playback. Try it, you may like it. Many here do. Tube units subjectively sound more organic. You just put up with a little... | |
| Speaker in car boot on hot day You have likely damaged the kniffle bearings. Operator error-no warranty claim for you. | |
| New Kiseki blackheart cartridge not sounding right. Try all the excessive sibilance troubleshooting recommendations. If that fails, time to have it looked at by a shop, or someone who makes house calls.I have a Blue and have been curious about the Blackheart That's a $4K cart-it better sound like one! | |
| The birth of a new thread dedicated to sharing our newly-acquired "old" LP's. Found a mo betta copy of Beach Boys "Deuce Coupe"This one- a REAL good copy!https://www.discogs.com/The-Beach-Boys-Little-Deuce-Coupe/release/8244192A friend of my father had a 64 Impala 409, and I still have the vague memory of riding in the ba... | |
| Feeling the Spirit! "It sounds incredible for a 1969 recording."Good, reference quality recording started a decade or so earlier. For R&R/pop, maybe a few recordings start showing up mid 60's? | |
| Bobby Whitlock on All Things Must Pass. Great perspective on what was going onhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui2VSY6OTXIMaybe ATMP will be one of my rare reissue buys this year? When a musician, and NOT a producer type talks about liking an upcoming reissue, that catches my attention.I... | |
| Blindfold Speaker testing So the point source was 1 speaker(1 box)r vs 2 boxes of the other brands playing a mono recording?If that's the case, doesn't surprise me. | |
| Joni Mitchell, BLUE album is 50 years old, NYT Article Just thought to add some Blue history to this threadhttps://www.yahoo.com/news/those-congas-jonis-blue-thats-130047527.htmlI'm sure bdp24 can add additional color to this. Just another period of music that will never be matched. | |
| Ortofon Century Turntable…Any thoughts or experiences? Your two other considerations are likely much better performers.The Concorde was just a spruced up $1K Project Classic. | |
| The Hungarian is here and staying for ever. "KT170 took this thing to an all new level."That's a lot of tube! Happy listening. | |
| Buying used: how old is too old? You could request the serial numbers then contact the manufacturer to find the born on date.Not always possible, but doesn't hurt to try. | |
| What's up with the quality control on MFSL UD1S Just another reason I don't bother with them. Those pricey RI's (but not so much compared with buying a "stamper") just haven't proved more convincing to my ears. If it all starts with the record, still makes sense(at least to me)to get as close t... | |
| Mahogany Rush Thought I'd bump this thread because I found a copy of "Maxoom" in a box of freshly acquired "throwaways" at my local store. Also picked up "World Anthem". I dumped these 2 along with MANY others in the 80's as my music tastes were evolving bac... |