whart
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| What is best turntable for listening to Rock from the sixties like Led Zeppelin? So, Wolf, have you gone to hear David Lindley do his one man shows? He is out and about again. Killer player, great range of stringed instruments. (And, not too loud, which always kills it for me- he used to use a Dumble but I think he just uses t... | |
| What is best turntable for listening to Rock from the sixties like Led Zeppelin? I know, as I guess any Zep fan does, that Page used a Tele on Zep 1 with a small overdriven amp. When he started using Les Pauls, I think he overdrove them by using the Echoplex preamp into the amps- Marshalls? Live -very loud.Reproducing that at ... | |
| What is best turntable for listening to Rock from the sixties like Led Zeppelin? I remember playing Zep 1 shortly after it was released on a system cobbled together by taking a suitcase stereo my parents owned, and jacking the output into an organ amp and a PA column that I set up in my bedroom when my parents weren't home. Si... | |
| New Vinyl or Old Vinyl ? MoFi, is your UK first an A2/B2? Do you find it grainy? I've had some early UKs, not a true first, and the B2 sides always sounded less good than the B3. My go to is generally the UK A3/B3, but like you, I have a bunch of copies. Never owned the U... | |
| Who in the North New Jersey area. to set up and dial in turntable? Do you have a stylus pressure gauge and the protractor for the arm, at a minimum? I don’t know enough about the Reed arm to advise on specific set up issues peculiar to it, but you want to make sure you’ve got overhang and alignment in the arm (ze... | |
| Who in the North New Jersey area. to set up and dial in turntable? JerryG and String- have no axe to grind re Mr. Rutan, but are you suggesting that the OP take his turntable to the dealers and schlep it home with the expectation that the 'set-up' done in store will be sufficient? Obviously, if Audio Connection m... | |
| Who in the North New Jersey area. to set up and dial in turntable? Mike Trei. | |
| What's happened to Taters ? I also thought he was French Fries here, but may be wrong. He does seem to have a thing for the edible tuber. | |
| Does dry-brushing really do anything... I’ve pretty much reached the same conclusion- that they don’t do much but push the dust around. The techniques for the Decca/Deema/Audioquest seem to involve pushing the brush sideways or at an angle --one person suggested that contact with the sp... | |
| How do you prepare for a record show? Slaw- it may be like asking a gambler how they 'win' but my experience is, if you go with a set list in mind, you will miss the jewels that are there. I collect certain UK pressings, and many of the shows in the States don't have the ones I'm afte... | |
| TheVinylPress.com Slaw- thanks for the kind words. I’m going to equivocate a little in saying that the Wilson remix is my ’favorite’ - i think what I concluded was that it was a ’no brainer’ given the improvements SW made by remixing the album. Some of the early US... | |
| TheVinylPress.com Slaw: It really does bring a different perspective to the recording; I think I also re-ranked the old DCC as a really good listen (but that one is costly). Wilson’s remix of Benefit is also a huge improvement over the original in my estimation. I ... | |
| Record Cleaning - Ultra Sonic or My old ways r_f_sayles: I'm currently using the KL, a finished commercial product, not a "DIY," so far less flexibility on frequency. I've been advocating the DIY ultrasonics (and may buy one myself) b/c it permits you to remove the ultrasonically washed rec... | |
| Record Cleaning - Ultra Sonic or My old ways When I first started using ultrasonic several years ago, I was delighted at the ease of use- no toiling over a noisy machine, no real labor. I cleaned more records as a result. But, I also found that with older pressings of uncertain history--I bu... | |
| Premium distilled water for ultrasonic record cleaner When I had the Audio Desk, I reduced the amount of factory fluid based on input from other long time users. I could still see the effects of that fluid residue afterwards- water spread across the disc fairly evenly, as if there were still a surfac... |