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| New Rega Planer 8 (P8) Turntable - Apheta 2 Cartridge Combo - Thoughts fsmithjack-That system certainly wasn't entry level, although I personally would have gone tube phonostage.Still curious if you've heard a table based system you liked?20K worth of table,cart, and phonostage.No fancy cables and doodads, can sound... | |
| No one actually knows how to lculate what speaker cable they need This has been an entertaining read.The thread title was enough to know what's coming...What kind of "relavent data" is necessary? What is a manufacturer expected to answer?5 pages of comment, and no real direction from the OP.Just subjective opin... | |
| Unexpected Tom Petty "stamper" discovery wlutke-I looked at my copy MCA 2015- DJ- 55.3cryptic stuff. Gold embossed on cover, has me thinking its some kind of promotional copy? I have many albums like that.Bases on what I posted earlier, TP's albums just aren't in demand. It's not a Beatl... | |
| Unexpected Tom Petty "stamper" discovery bdp24-cool R&R history as always-thanks! millercarbon & anyone interested in 3 "stamper grade" presses, this is the skinny."Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers" Shelter SRL52006 "You're Gonna Get It!"- Backstreet MCA 371"Damn the Torpedoes ... | |
| Unexpected Tom Petty "stamper" discovery shadorne-Yes, just being anti-reissue, stamper geek while thinning the herd.Revised comments of SQ of TP's debut on the Shelter label. After playing side 2, it is maybe another notch below in sound quality. Still quiet, but doesn't have the impac... | |
| Where's the love for my RP-10 and Apheta 2? Stay off audiogon or any audio forums and listen to beautiful music. Toss the audio mags as well.Play with your room treatment while enjoying your clean records.With that setup, you won't need affirmation from a bunch of audio wackos!If you can't... | |
| Unexpected Tom Petty "stamper" discovery millercarbon-It is mind blowing and depressing to realize the "value" of our hard earned cash these days.I have a small stack of double/triple buys of albums from the cull.A DTT is in the pile. It is a later, MCA rainbow. Since you'll just have to... | |
| Unexpected Tom Petty "stamper" discovery millercarbon-I would be terribly conflicted,if I had to give up TP's debut or "Damn the Torpedoes.TP's music was caught up in the 80's MTV movement, and I thought that was the "jump the shark" period. Also, Rock radio was turning into what is now-... | |
| Power conditioner and high end power cord Looks like the thread is going along as expected...gvprint6559-I mentioned the PC into your conditioner, because I follow SOME of the Nordost philosophy, and that includes starting with power cords. Follow the signal with them. http://www.nordost.... | |
| Unexpected Tom Petty "stamper" discovery I meant to only link a couple of photos from that long, poorly written article.http://nightflight.com/wp-content/uploads/LICORICE-PIZZA-42.jpghttp://nightflight.com/wp-content/uploads/LICORICE-PIZZA-121.jpg | |
| Unexpected Tom Petty "stamper" discovery slaw-I've read somewhere that Tom was mindful of his recordings quality, and he was into listening to good hifi.The "stamper" surprise did remind me, that album several FM staples that took me back to a less complicated, simple period of time. Bp... | |
| Power conditioner and high end power cord "If you switch all the components to a higher end AC cables is the sound any better."That's probably the WORST question to ask on a cable forum.How is ANYONE here,qualified to tell YOU, what subjectively sounds "better" to YOUR ears?You've set the... | |
| best mm/mc preamp under $200 and best mc cartridge under $500 for an SME 3009 S2 arm ? "yeah, with pocket size Bluetooth speakers"what does that even mean, Chakster?Your often know it all response doesn't address the OP's question.The OP can go to the Schiit website to see the recommended unit IS below his threshold,and read the s... | |
| best mm/mc preamp under $200 and best mc cartridge under $500 for an SME 3009 S2 arm ? Schiit Mani for less than$150 shipped.The subject is LOW BUDGET + performance.That's a tough nut to crack. Search the reviews.Great for the money, and ,competes with units many times its price. I used one to pass time while my "proper $2500 unit w... | |
| Primaluna Prologue Classic The Prologue Classic is essentially an upgraded Prologue 2. Plenty of positive reviews, do a search.I used a Prologue 2 for many trouble free years, and went the PL food chain to the Dialogue HP. The only possible negative no remote.PL build/qual... |