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| Get yer Alice at Axpona "Love it to Death is one of the great rock guitar albums." whart- with the exception of "Pretties For You" I have up to BDB. Always been an early Alice fan. "early "Straight" label" That's always been on the "look for it, whenever bin diving" l... | |
| Technics 1200G vs VPI Forever Model One "What about tables that don't use or require a platter pad? My mofi table, VPI tables, etc." As mentioned-"most" VPI is in the no mat group. Some owners prefer one-bare for me. To my ears just get a cartridge to your liking and get all the setup... | |
| Billie Holiday's Best Vinyl Recordings? Morning coffee, and revisited side from the "Golden Years", and then a much later Verve " All or Nothing at All" No comparison- after getting a refresher course on Billie's life, you can imagine..a tired, abused and a "going through the motions" ... | |
| Billie Holiday's Best Vinyl Recordings? "MONO Cartridge, it can make a small, medium, huge improvement, ' That's a good description of how a mono cart could present itself in one's own setup. In this case, it would be interesting to hear what might be missing. These recordings were d... | |
| Billie Holiday's Best Vinyl Recordings? Billie's early material(her peak years before addiction took over by the late 50's) in this 1962 compilation is fantastic. Billie Holiday – The Golden Years | Releases | Discogs I pull mine out now and then. | |
| Technics 1200G vs VPI Forever Model One "Dang, listing ended before I even saw it" Looks like it's relisted. GRAB IT! MoFi Electronics - Masterdeck Turntable an... For Sale | Audiogon The assesment of your Ultradeck being a sideways move to the Technics or VPI? Everyone has their o... | |
| One of the most pleasurable aspects of this hobby! We are living the best of times(at least for listening/discovering new music) Just hit the microphone icon on the screen, moments later... Access to just about any detail about the music. AMAZING! It's not 100% identifying everything-yet, but... | |
| Technics 1200G vs VPI Forever Model One displayname- Look what dropped: https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisbd8cc-mofi-electronics-masterdeck-turntable-and-tonearm-20-off-only-1-at-this-price-turntables Just because it's discounted, doesn't mean price ISN'T further negotiable! See... | |
| Technics 1200G vs VPI Forever Model One billstevenson, Why more turntable designers don't incorporate real time speed management is baffling. The Phoenix RR system isn't groundbreaking. VPI blew that one. 'Sometimes simple designs work quite well. Hence wooden ones from Germany f... | |
| Technics 1200G vs VPI Forever Model One "Are any of the arms you mentioned really better than the one it comes with." "have set up Tri-planars twice over the course of time and they do not perform measurably better than it does." billstevenson- Your comments could raise eyebrows for... | |
| Technics 1200G vs VPI Forever Model One billstevenson- what is your opinion of the HW40 as a platform of something like a Tri-Planar, Shroder, Graham...? Thinking the HW40 could be a fun project base for such extravagance | |
| Source of Fremer's "1 arc second" claim? "I can hear 2–3 cent difference" oberoniaonia- I'm with you on ability to hear subtle differences. I play my guitar along with my favorite artist on LP, and find by way of the tuner, recordings are sometimes a couple of cents higher/lower than ... | |
| Technics 1200G vs VPI Forever Model One "PLX-1000 in the same category as the 1200G" Comparing a base model sedan with smallest motor and hand crank windows to turbocharged, computer controlled everything flagship. Perhaps underneath everything the core used is made by same manufactur... | |
| Technics 1200G vs VPI Forever Model One " You are making the1200G feel like a bit of a goldilocks here. " Reality, it's going to be your call and ears. I truly enjoy my VPI Classic. Would I ever buy another VPI? With the exception of the HW40, doubtful. I do like the traditional loo... | |
| Technics 1200G vs VPI Forever Model One 'I can’t help but think if they’ll lower it to $4,500 in a year." Funny you mentioned that... I was going to write something similar. The UD is a fine table at the adjusted price. MD price probably will drop in a couple of years due to many ... |