zaikesman
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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Thanks Rushton, I have to admit I've never stumbled across any RR vinyl, probably 'cuz I don't shop in the right kind of used record stores (and wouldn't know what I was doing to order something like that new), but I do see and have occasionally b... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Hi Rushton, I don't know that I'm familiar with the particular Ravel piece you list (recalling the names of classical pieces or placing them with those I've heard not being one of my strengths!), but I don't think I've ever listened to any Ravel t... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? A Borders in our area is closing shop with everything discounted, it was pretty cleaned-out but I managed to pick up several CD expanded remasters and box sets on the cheap, about half of it stuff I already had in one form or another (but not all ... | |
| Why mono? The thought occured to me -- since it stands to reason that stereo CD players can't suffer from whatever ill effect it's supposed to be that's said to make stereo carts less than optimal for playing mono LPs -- that if this alleged deficiency in p... | |
| Why mono? So, would any of the posters who own mono carts care to list which manufacturers in their experience offer 'true' mono carts as opposed to repurposed stereo ones, with distinct generators and suspensions that aren't for use with stereo records, an... | |
| Why mono? Hi Dave: Are you talking about something that can be accomplished in between the cartridge pins and the headshell pins using headshell wires? (No way would I attempt to rewire anything inside a cartridge itself.) Please elaborate, and maybe commen... | |
| Best bargain you've ever missed out Yeah we both played it, but nobody wanted to linger too long for obvious reasons... | |
| Allison One speakers The party's always better in the garage dude. Either Vernneal has never heard a correctly functioning pair of Allison:Ones, or he has no sense of history. Might as well use that Klipschorn for a doghouse while you're at it... | |
| Why mono? OK, now we're getting somewhere guys: Mike and Jazdoc both categorically stated (paraphrasing here) that to their ears in their systems, a mono cart really does play a mono record better than a stereo cart with the channels summed. I'd still like ... | |
| Allison One speakers $300 is not bad at all if the condition is acceptable, and no way would I think that's the BB price of the 'reissues' (which should be much higher it seems to me), so even if the year-listing mistakenly confused the two, the price-listing probably... | |
| Why mono? Mike: Thanks for the link. Unfortunately, due to the language gap but also what I perceive to be a near total lack of genuine attempt at explanation or justification on the part of the author, it doesn't tell me anything useful. But if you think t... | |
| Best bargain you've ever missed out Vintage (circa '60 give or take) sunburst Gibson 225 (thinline hollow cutaway) with black P-90 pickups in great condition with original case (think George Thorogood guitar), original owner selling for only $200, called to let him know I was on my ... | |
| Why mono? Hi Mike. I too own many thousands of vintage mono microgroove records from the 50's and 60's, both on LP and 45, so I need no convincing on that front (and neither does my chick!) -- or that in many cases where both stereo and mono versions were a... | |
| Allison One speakers As has been said, I think you no doubt have a pair of original vintage Ones and mistakenly consulted the BB value of the 'reissues', which were -- general design principles and inpiration aside -- completely different speakers made by a different ... | |
| Why mono? Granting that I've never listened to a modern high-end mono cart, I'd be curious to know whether the posters touting mono carts above did their comparisons to stereo carts as the OP suggests (and as I normally do in my system), which is with a pre... |