mm2550
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| Collecting Blue Note Jazz Well, buying up hot stampers at $500 each was really never a financial option for me. But I visit local record stores, and buying up a few to keep the best and trade the rest is an option. Outside of Blue Notes, I bought a few copies of LPs by Joa... | |
| SOTA cosmos turntables Has anyone hear checked out the Spiral Groove turntable. I'm not sure, but I think this turntable is the latest design of a guy who helped design the Sota Cosmos. Has anyone compared the Spiral Groove to the Cosmos?Thanks,Mark | |
| Blues from the 50s/60s/70s For my part, it would be helpful if those posting would suggest some LPs that are great for both LP sound quality and music. It seems to me that if the sound quality is lackluster on so many of these blues LPs, and they are also so rare/expensive,... | |
| Blues from the 50s/60s/70s I really appreciate this post. I'm in the same boat, starting to collect blues. It has been much harder going, finding good sounding blues recordings as opposed to finding good sounding jazz, which seems to be far easier. I was lucky enough to fin... | |
| VPI tone arm set up I have a Scout and the Shelter 501 cartridge. Apparently, the combination is controversial to some on these boards, although I think it sounds good. The dealer added some weights to the cartridge to make the combo work better. By the way, I'm an a... | |
| VPI Rim Drive Has anybody compared the Rim Drive to Teres Verus yet? I have a VPI Scout, but I might eventually might want to upgrade to a Teres/Graham Phantom one day. I think the Verus might be a great intermediate step to hold me over until save up for such ... | |
| Furutech / Air Tight LP Flattener - do they work? What do folks think would be better, a VPI Ring & Clamp or just putting any slighly warped LP in the flattener. It seems to me that the Clamp would be ergonomically a pain to use and I have heard that it can be potentially dangerous to the can... | |
| EAR 834P + Bent Audio Stepups = greatness? Okay. Well, I had been looking closely at the upcoming Bent Audio unit. If not an 834P with normal mods, then what you would recommend to mostly smell just the roses? I've never heard of the K&K, but I'll look it up. Any other ideas would be w... | |
| EAR 834P + Bent Audio Stepups = greatness? Thanks. Well, Dan, some folks, such as myself, who are not wealthy, benefit greatly from the opportunity to get a nice sounding preamp in stock from and later incrementally investing in improvements, as finances permit. Plus, I think the EAR 834p ... | |
| EAR 834P + Bent Audio Stepups = greatness? I am an EAR 834P and am contemplating the same move. I have a nice power cord, tubes, and isolation, but no mods yet. Candidly, I'm surprised by the lack of enthusiasm for the Bent Audio Step up, which has been absolutely raved about by Arthur Sal... | |
| setting azimuth on VPI turntables I have a VPI Scout. Where can a I get a DMM? Which one should I get? Thanks! Mark | |
| 78 RPM - Potential for better sound than digital? Your comments are very helpful. Acusounds comment makes this venture sound intriguing. I appreciate Mags5000's comment about the expense of getting clean copies. I would probably just take an opportunistic approach, picking up 78s I can acquire af... | |
| 78 RPM - Potential for better sound than digital? I am referring to the same material, the music from the 30's primarily, but 40's and early 50's as well. Love the music, hate the sound quality. I just want to get close to the best that can be obtained on this material, understanding that I will ... | |
| 78 RPM - Potential for better sound than digital? Ha! So, I'll take your response as one vote for "really bad idea". Not my first bad idea. Ok. Thanks! | |
| Rim Drive Super Scoutmaster (VPI) I am very interested in this upgrade, but I only have a Scout. What do you think about getting a Teres Verus Rim Drive to use with the Scout? I worry about mixing at matching components from different vendors. In particular, I wonder if it would b... |