whart
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| Choosing between Reissue and Original pressings GMC- we are on the same page. I like your wall of vinyl at home.Viridian- excellent point. I did touch on it in my earlier post here, but didn't spell it out as you did. Which may be one reason why mastering engineers have to make dramatic changes... | |
| Choosing between Reissue and Original pressings GMC, the problem with better records is that there are no guidelines other than his ear in picking out the good sounding copies. he trashes most of the well-known reissues which may be right, but after that, he provides zero info on particular rel... | |
| Choosing between Reissue and Original pressings I don't know if there is a general rule of thumb on which pressing or country of origin is best. Others with more or different knowledge are free to contradict me, but here's what I know:on certain records, I suspect the first pressing is more des... | |
| Choosing between Reissue and Original pressings If I had to choose, in the abstract, between an original pressing and a reissue, I'd choose the original (assuming, as you are asking us to, that it is not impossibly priced). Boxstar is a good example. I like Janis Ian's Between the Lines and hav... | |
| Fremer lays an Ostrich egg... Kzhtoo- I'm completely sympathetic to the concerns you are raising, not because I have succeeded in overcoming them for myself, but because I still struggle with the same issues you do, and have been fooling around with this stuff for more than 40... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? Funny, although i care about hi-fi quite a bit, I've gotten to the point where I rarely listen to music in the car. Yes, on a long monotonous highway drive, but in daily driving, I want to hear what's going on around me, including what the car is ... | |
| Fremer lays an Ostrich egg... FF: I would assume that disclaimer - to go do an audition for yourself- is implicit in every review. Kzhtoo: I think relying too heavily on anyone else's opinion, no matter how experienced, in deciding to buy something expensive is probably a mist... | |
| Fremer lays an Ostrich egg... I've been reading hi-fi and record reviews for... a long time. When M. Fremer popped into the thread and claimed that his writing is intended as 'entertainment' (albeit of the 'informed' variety), my first reaction was to say "Hey, wait a minute. ... | |
| Next Phonostage Anybody running old Quads has my vote (at least in the midrange). Good for you, DHcod. | |
| Screw-down reflex clamps vs. record weights My Kuzma XL and factory clamp does use a spindle washer but I am not using it with the Stillpoints weight. I am continuing to experiment, but lost power most of last week due to the hurricane. We are now back up and running. | |
| New level of ridiculousness "Puffery," as I recall is loose sales lingo that no objective person could or should take seriously. | |
| Screw-down reflex clamps vs. record weights The XL mat is some kind of rubberized textile that is bonded to the top of the platter. As far as what's best, screw-down clamp or weight, I don't know- certainly, as I indicated above, Kuzma himself doesn't insist on a screw down clamp for his ow... | |
| Screw-down reflex clamps vs. record weights FrankC- when you said you compared it to the Kuzma XL, were you referring to the turntable? And the factory clamp for that table? | |
| Screw-down reflex clamps vs. record weights Al- I have one like that from the 80's as well. I think, believe it or not, it was branded as a "Monster" product, but I'd have to look. | |
| Next Phonostage Wrm- thanks for the good wishes, i sent you a PM. |