billstevenson
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| Outer Vinyl Sleeves, is it a good idea? @bigtwin I can't tell you where the mold came from on these records. I can tell you that outer sleeves are present in every case. Locale is South Florida and mold is a problem here if you're not careful. I have records I bought dating back to t... | |
| Mono Cartridge Stylus @lewm Re: Bach as the precursor for modern jazz piano. You are on to me my friend, although ironically he didn’t like the piano. Can’t be blamed really, the instrument of his day was not yet fully developed. Also, I am listening to his cantatas... | |
| Outer Vinyl Sleeves, is it a good idea? Years ago I was schooled to remove outer coverings of any kind because they can result in mold on the vinyl. So I just have always removed them. Some people think this is silly, but recently I acquired an estate collection of about 8,000 records... | |
| CD's or Vinyl? Why do I have to choose? | |
| Mono Cartridge Stylus @gooyfoot, I have an AT 33 Mono Anniversary that I have had for years, but used sparingly. It sounds just fine for Baroque and Early Music, but is not a great tracking cartridge. So it sits a lot as I jump around. I will spend a year listening... | |
| Mono Cartridge Stylus Got it. Well now I am going to open another aspect to the mono discussion that had me scratching my head for a long time. That is what shape works best. Miyajima makes a case for their wonderful sounding conical stylus. I have a Zero. Peter Le... | |
| Mono Cartridge Stylus It is not clear to me why you are confused. Actually, I don't believe you are confused, rather it seems you have figured this out correctly. Since the majority of your mono records are Microgroove the best stylus option for you is 0.7 mil. | |
| Mono Cartridge Stylus Maybe we are, but I want to be clear. A 0.7 mil stylus often sounds terrible on a pre-Microgroove record, and a 1.0 mil stylus might jump right out of the grooves of a Microgroove record. This is why Miyajima and others make both and why collect... | |
| Mono Cartridge Stylus Any collector of mono records will probably wind up with a mix of microgroove and pre-microgroove records. Miyajima has catered to this market for many years and makes stylii for both types of records. If you are interested in collecting and pla... | |
| Mono Cartridge Stylus Miyajima is correct. | |
| Cannonball Adderly - Know What I Mean When I was a very young drummer, like most very young drummers I suppose, I was star struck by guys like Buddy Rich and Joe Morello, but today, 77 years old and having done a lot of listening and thinking, I much prefer Connie Kay. Listen to the ... | |
| Why not the piano as a reference for bass Well Tim, I already related the story of the local Yamaha dealer renting the Kravits Center here in West Palm Beach where the Clavinova was definitely on stage. So the only part of not in your lifetime that you can cling to is the relative standi... | |
| Why not the piano as a reference for bass What synthesizer can we hear, preferably on record, that can compare and exceed the rich harmonics of a pipe organ? Why is fast attack preferrable to slow? Does something that is below the threshold of human hearing add to the enjoyment of the m... | |
| Why not the piano as a reference for bass Well timstella, I would never presume to tell you or anyone else what you can hear. I can tell you that in one iteration of my life I was in fact a professional musician. Although I joke about it: How many musicians are there in a 15 piece band... | |
| Why not the piano as a reference for bass While I can agree that no speaker system can fully capture the sound of an acoustic piano, at least within the context of what I have heard from sound systems, Yamaha has carved out something different with their top level Clavinova instruments. ... |