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| Linear tracking tonearms..... This is what you want :-) (no affiliation with seller)http://www.ebay.com/itm/Eminent-Technology-ET-2-Tonearm-New-Never-Mounted-/181296809289?ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:CA:3160 | |
| Nakamichi TX 1000 turntable Thanks for the link, Chris. Maybe the coffee hasn't kicked in yet, but somehow, when the stylus hit the groove, that was not the music I expected to hear come out of an awesome machine like that. Even more awesome tonearm. | |
| Chuck Mangione - Feels so Good I just found that the link I provided does not work; sorry. Here it is again:http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HwaI_byysr8 | |
| Jazz for aficionados You are always welcome to ask questions and I would be glad to answer if I can. It's a particularly busy time work wise right now, so my responses may be a bit slow. | |
| Jazz for aficionados ****He should rank at the top of Jazz composers. Right up there with Ellington.****You're in good company.Gunther Schuller on Mingus' "Epitaph": "a musical summary of one of the great jazz composers of the century"****How does he do that?****You m... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Of course, it should be Adolphe, not Adolf; hate this spell checker. | |
| Jazz for aficionados You may find this video interesting; it ties together a few themes covered in this thread: the saxophone, Johnny Hodges, Frank Wess and his recent passing, and instrument repair technicians and their love for the instruments.My saxophone repair te... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Happy New Year to all! Glad to see the thread alive and well with some great music clips. Hadn't checked the thread in quite a while, and while not intending to post, this subject is a little too close to home to let a factual error slip by:The sa... | |
| Turntable suggestion -- budget.. or not? ****I listened to the RP8 and RP3 through the same system****Same cartridge? If not, all bets are off. | |
| Turntable suggestion -- budget.. or not? Some good suggestions above, particularly re getting a better phono preamp. I bought my son the Cambridge that you have for his modest (and pretty good sounding) system, and while pretty good sounding, it's far from high-end; lean midrange with an... | |
| Turn table speed variation question Fleib, we could go much much more in-depth with some of these topics and so far only the surface has been scratched here. But, you are correct in that it's probably "Enough of this for now". If there is further interest on your, or anyone else's, ... | |
| Turn table speed variation question Fleib, electronically generated tones can indeed be a very good way to judge pitch stability. This brings up an interesting issue related to the previous discussion about the tuning of acoustic instruments, and the "improvements" in intonation of ... | |
| threshold fet 10 pc or CJ Motif MC-8 ****Why would you want to get a preamp that old? Generally speaking, preamps have gotten much better overall between then and now.****Because they are both excellent phono preamps, and one would be hard pressed to find similar quality in current p... | |
| Chuck Mangione - Feels so Good Agree about Mangione. Good player and composer with his own sound. While he can fairly be categorized as a "soft-jazz" artist, he is one of the few artists in that genre that has a feel-good sound without the all-too-common "Look how hip I am!" qu... | |
| Turn table speed variation question You are welcome. Happy Holidays! |