whart
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| Who has made a move and did you let movers take Hi-Fi Sounds like you’ve already made up your mind. How far a distance are you moving? I moved a fair sized household, multiple hi-fi, sizable record collection, art, books, etc. from NY to Texas last year. We did use a professional mover- but for the r... | |
| CD/Vinyle Estate sale question @viggen900 - the only other thought that might make sense is to ask the family if he had any "audio buddies"-- often hobbyists consort with like-minded individuals. One of them may be able to provide more immediate guidance on the gear and records... | |
| CD/Vinyle Estate sale question Are you in a large city or near one? Most record dealers will give you pennies on the dollar for used vinyl even if there are some records within that collection that are worth far more. The alternative is to find a local collector who is willing ... | |
| Black Sabbath - Master of Reality which one? UK Vertigo Swirl. Condition of record is more important than the cover or the poster (which is rare). Not cheap. | |
| Dire Straits : what is your favorite pressing? @marktomaras - you will have fun doing this comparison. I've found that such comparisons often, not always, reveal different strengths and weaknesses in pressing/mastering with no clear winner. Probably not a bad idea to have an SPL meter to check... | |
| Audiophile LP's Victor Feldman also worked as a session guy with the so-called LA rock mafia in the '70s-- he played with Joni Mitchell, James Taylor and also appeared on many Steely Dan albums. | |
| Audiophile LP's I think the OP’s question was directed to LPs marketed as "audiophile" rather than the not so simple task of finding a "best pressing" among various commercial releases.To the OP’s question, many of the direct to disc records sound fabulous-- the ... | |
| Vinyl - Hearing The Beginning of the Song One Revolution Earler Remember the Shelby Lynne album, "Just a Little Lovin’" that was an homage to Dusty Springfield? The initial release on Lost Highway was horrible, but Chad re-did it a while ago. A profound amount of pre-echo, to the extent it almost sounds delibe... | |
| Can you ever get perfect alignment? I use the Kuzma Airline (linear tracker). I don’t know that any third party protractors or other alignment tools (apart, perhaps from azimuth) would be useful- the arm comes with a simple gloss cardboard ’card’ with appropriate markings. I use a m... | |
| Beware the audio guru I took the Buddhist thing to mean humility and open-mindedness, not anti-science. To me, the true sign of an expert is someone who is willing to take account of multiple, conflicting views, reconcile them to the extent that is possible and be able... | |
| Beware the audio guru @david_ten - very Zen. If you think you are enlightened, you are wrong. Trust no one, not even yourself. :) | |
| Beware the audio guru @cleeds- probably a fair warning to the uninitiated, but my sense is that most people that stay on this site (as opposed to the person who posts as a newbie saying "I just inherited X, how does this work or is it any good?" and then disappears) ar... | |
| Theory behind well tempered tonearm? @dangcaonguyen - why not contact Well Tempered? Or a dealer within your locale that handles the table and provide further info? | |
| Theory behind well tempered tonearm? @dangcaonguyen - don’t remember what tools came with the table, at that time, I was having help on turntable set up, particularly once I moved up in the cartridge world-- I had set up plenty of turntables in the early ’70s, but the Well-Tempered r... | |
| Theory behind well tempered tonearm? I owned an original Well-Tempered Turntable many years ago and don’t really remember any shift of the arm fore and aft. The fluid in which the paddle (now, I guess a golfball?) was suspended was fairly viscous (thick) and acted as a damper as well... |