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| Cream — Stormy Monday "Played as a generic I/IV/V, the tune always sounds oversimplified/truncated to me" "That’s a poor choice of words. He hasn’t taken “ownership” of the song any more than any other guitarist or band has — it’s just their interpretation" LOL! GOOD... | |
| Cream — Stormy Monday There's plenty of great blue guitarist doing their cover of Stormy Monday, and there's Eric Clapton taking ownership of the great T- Bone Walker classic. The 2 other guys aren't bad either. | |
| Seeking Legit Cartridge Expert? I'd spend half of that amount and just get a "better" cart. Your setup just needs to be optimized. I've heard VERY NICE VPI setups with $5k+ /unipivot. | |
| New TT : Balanced vs. Unbalanced Connection? gemoody- my comment was stepping up from your existing phono amp. If you're playing the long game-$2K+ will get something that will take advantage of future table/cart changes. | |
| New TT : Balanced vs. Unbalanced Connection? Parasound Z-Phono : Phono Preamp Step up your game in the phono amp. More important that the cable connection concern. | |
| Seeking Legit Cartridge Expert? "contemplating replacing my tonearm, here we go , Hifi rabbit hole approaching again.." Are you thinking of the drop in VPI gimbal or a REAL nice arm? You can at least transfer a pricey arm to the future REAL nice $ table. You'll probably have to... | |
| Seeking Legit Cartridge Expert? "I keep hearing mixed opinions about the ART9XA vs the ART9XI ." No real "bad choice." If you listen carefully, you might hear the differences. Audio-Technica AT-ART9 vs AT-ART9XA vs AT-ART9XI Moving Coil Cartridge (youtube.com) Too bad this w... | |
| A Nice repair story Looks like you got a workout! I've had a few things repaired there. Recently GM AV refreshed a tube phono stage,and it came out performing better than new. "meet the owner George Meyer" You spoke with the owner Morris. GM is long gone. The ori... | |
| best AC/DC Back In Black pressing Discogs is your best friend. It's all in the deadwax. https://www.discogs.com/release/5000860-ACDC-Back-In-Black | |
| What affects front to back depth in room/ system? "Listen to the infamous brilliantly recorded later Steely Dan recordings...one of the first things you notice is the utter lack of reverb" I'm listening in my head... Skunk Baxter's "Bohdisahttva or Walter Becker's "Josie" solo would have been ... | |
| Does anyone know what the thickness is of the standard VPI felt mat? Huh...mat on a VPI? And I always believed LP on bare platter was the rule for great sonics. The VPI police will be notified. | |
| Seeking Legit Cartridge Expert? AT ART9 has fans nearly 10 years https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/audio-technica-at-art9-phono-cartridge?highlight=Art9 IMO a cart that will give you a taste of what the super carts do for "cheap" limited to whatever the setup is. By mo... | |
| Seeking Legit Cartridge Expert? "Better" is infinite in these audiophool threads. Someone else can chime in on the "better" between the XI/XA. THE $$ uber exotic carts use the air core (XA)build. Your Allnic has the gain, so you can use it. Either, likely will be a good choi... | |
| Nordost repair thecarpathian- Analysis Plus-I considered trying their speaker cables some time ago. Guess it won't hurt to find out if they do other brands. Thank you. | |
| Seeking Legit Cartridge Expert? Look forward to at least 10 brand/models suggested as being "the best" Audio Technica ART9@$1500. IMO spending more should go to a "better" table/arm. I've had good luck with used for considerably le$$. ART9 on VPI CLassic. Presently Kiseki Bl... |