whart
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| Very best sounding Vinyl @fjn04 -Bloody Sabbath was not released on Vertigo but their first album on the WWA label- the first four albums were on Vertigo and the cheap trick was to find those earlier albums on the WWA label bearing the Vertigo matrices that had been cross... | |
| Very best sounding Vinyl The "audiophile" dilemma-- buying records that make your system sound good, or because you like the music? Granted, some records are great music and great recordings, but part of that depends on your taste, your pocketbook and where you are in acc... | |
| Why cuts into vinyl covers? I never looked for hole punched records to find early pressings- I usually looked for white label promos or went by the matrices in the dead wax. @yaluaka- I don't think I disagree with anything you wrote- I'm aware of one distributor who will go ... | |
| Why cuts into vinyl covers? Richard Carlin wrote what is probably the best bio of Morris that was published a few years ago, entitled Godfather of the Music Business. It has lots of stories and backs up some of the stuff I heard about as a young lawyer in NYC who was doing a... | |
| Why cuts into vinyl covers? or records that were returned by the stores to the distributor/manufacturers as dead inventory that didn't move- a/k/a "cut outs." (Labels don't take returns from stores like they used to, except possibly for defects- but stuff that didn't sell? T... | |
| Question For Those In The Know About Audio Research Power Amps @minorl -thanks for correcting me on the vintage of this amp as it relates to warranty coverage. I'm obviously not up to speed on current or even recent models--- I was a long time ARC customer in the early days, from the SP-3-a-1 up through the S... | |
| Question For Those In The Know About Audio Research Power Amps One thing to take into account as you sort this out is that some unapproved "mod" by the dealer (if in fact the dealer did anything and isn't just blowing smoke) may render whatever factory warranty you otherwise have invalid. One possible approac... | |
| One-stop solution for vacuum record cleaner? Buy yourself a second wand and wand pillar from VPI. This will enable you to swap out the cleaning fluid and pure water rinse wands in seconds and avoid cross-contamination.(Mark the wand pillars to avoid confusing them). Keep the velvet lips clea... | |
| Minus k Technology BM-8 Isolation Platform Yep, had the HRS made shortly after I got the table- which is the original model, two AC motor job. The presence of the HRS does change how the Minus K sees the weight since it is distributed but man, I can't tell you how many hours I put into tea... | |
| Minus k Technology BM-8 Isolation Platform I have the BM-1, which was spec’d for a 250 lb load. I am in an old restored Victorian with springy wooden floors and the Minus K does work to effectively isolate the table- a Kuzma XL with an Airline am- from footfalls. Where I ran into problems ... | |
| I'm here for the enthusiasts, not the snobbery Erik- If you like motorcycles, you should visit the Barber Museum in Birmingham, AL. Most of the bikes in the Guggenheim show came from his private collection and the building he commissioned to house it has an interior layout similar to the Gugge... | |
| Cool it! I'm now in Austin, which gets very hot in the summer. My listening room upstairs is cooled by a separate HVAC system from the rest of the house, but it was still a tad warm in the summer when temps easily exceed 105F during the day and don't drop ... | |
| Your One Bullet Point Solution; Electrical Upgrade Doug- presumably, your electrician opened an application so that the work done will be inspected by the local authority. If he hadn’t planned on doing that, ask. (I was in a small town in West Texas at Christmas time and what I saw in the hotel wo... | |
| can anyone recommend a person in LA area to pay to install a tricky Koetsu cartridge Scot won’t do outside work at this point as far as I know (he’s good). Brooks’ son is probably a good bet. Stirling Trayle is good, but up in the Bay Area.I don’t think the Koetsus are the easiest cartridges to install. The stylus guard is kludgey... | |
| Manufacturers pushing their products and agenda in the forums. I'll tell you a short story about my experience at Audiogon and leave it at that. I lurked here for several years but signed up in around 2005 because I had a question about transitioning from Crosby Quads to horns. Fred Crowder was kind enough to... |