sokogear
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| Tonearm resonance where is @mijostyn when you need him? | |
| Anyone listen to entire albums? Only records and almost always completely through unless listening time is over or there is a song I can't stand - luckily very few out of about 350 records. Double albums are the only potential exception. If I have had enough for a while, I will... | |
| Music first or sound first? Music is most important, and the best is when the stereo enables you to hear more of it or hear it better. There is nothing better than noticing something in a song or album you've listened to hundreds of times that you never heard before. I can ... | |
| Thin Line Between Critique and Courtrooms: A Dialogue on the Recent Audiophile Drama Where's @millercarbon when you need hm? I guess contrary to popular opinion all publicity is good publicity. Are you allowed to say they are super ugly? | |
| Is There a New Record Pressing Machine Out There? Hey @mijostyn - wouldn't that have more vibration/rumble from the turntable transmitted to the record? You'd essentially have all the noise from the platter going there. | |
| Is There a New Record Pressing Machine Out There? That's Bags and Trane (sorry for the typo). | |
| Is There a New Record Pressing Machine Out There? I just happened to be playing Bags and Trade (45) - I'm pretty sure it's Analogue Productions and it's squared off with no "lip", but it still makes a little pop when the stylus enters the groove. I know you are big on vacuum/suction @mijostyn , ... | |
| Kind of Blue Kind of Blue Somethin' Else - Cannonball Adderley (in my mind a Miles album-I keep it with his records) Coltrane - Ballads, Plays the Blues, Giant Steps Sonny - Way Out West, 4 Stan Getz - Stan meets Chet, Getz Giberto, Jazz Samba Milt Jacks... | |
| Turntable Isolation That's why Rega sells a wall shelf BTW. I got the project one which was way less expensive. | |
| Turntable Isolation Townshend does not solve the footfall problem, but eliminated vibrations and improved the sound incredibly. To solve the footfall problem (which interestingly enough, the Townshend platform created due to some wave interference), I had to put the ... | |
| At what point do you... Everything except my turntable and cartridge has been dealer demo or closeout. I like the peace of mind. My power line conditioner was also new (with a nice discount) since it wan't available with any savings used. I did buy a used phono stage f... | |
| Integrated amp: Component weight How about a Plinius Hautonga (AB)? I think it's about $4-5K. I have it's predecessor, the 8200MKII for 19 years and it is a super reliable great sounding amp. The Hautonga is 30lbs and 200WPC into 8 ohms. Their bigger one, the Haito, is 56 lbs and... | |
| Throw it out! I sell any record I upgrade. I am not a "collector" who keeps 6 copies of the same title, I am a music enjoyer. Usually my previous copy is in great shape - I might replace it to get an audiophile reissue (or a special audiophile reissue in the ab... | |
| Stuff You Tried To Love @stuartk - I guess I do miss your point. Penguin Jazz guide rates most very popular titles highly, and some I don't like because they are unlistenable to me (Love Supreme, Eric Dolphy, etc.) but they don't exactly overlap. I like what I like - alt... | |
| Stuff You Tried To Love And BTW @stuartk, I would bet any "greatest jazz recording" would be highly rated by Penguin. |