rushton
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| Whats on your turntable tonight? An afternoon of music with friends; what a treat!Ray Brown Trio: Soular Energy (Pure Audiophile)Laudate II (Proprius)Menotti: Violin Concerto (Reference Recordings)Rochberg: String Quartet No 3 (Nonesuch)Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8, Borodin... | |
| My VPI Scout has arrived Congratulations, Jsujo. You will enjoy it!For the static, you can try a Zerostat. But I would not add a mat.. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Wow, another LP I need to pull off the shelf and play. Haven't listened to The Wall in years, and the system has changed dramatically over that time... Thanks for the reminder! | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Wellfed - Thank you, I've added the Judy Mowartt and Black Uhuru to my browsing list. It's wonderful to be with group of folks who are willing to help introduce each other to new music!If you're ever in the Philadelphia area, I'd be delighted to h... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Thanks, Spencer. I'll add this to my list. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Life beyond audio this past week: Olympics coverage is taking precedence for my discretionary time! Some incredible stories happening throughout the competitions. Glad to hear you like the Doc Watson and Mendelssohn LPs, Joe. They are awfully nice... | |
| What readily available LP's should I consider Mrmb, thanks for the follow-up description of your journey. This all sounds like you're off once again on a great experience with vinyl! Thank you for your kind comments on my contribution to the discussion. | |
| Turntable help for a Newbie Hard to go wrong with a VPI Scoutmaster and VPI JMW9 tonearm ($2300 new) and VPI or Walker Audio motor controller ($950-1700 new), and still have a good portion of your budget remaining for a very good cartridge (e.g., Dynavector Karat 17D2, $750)... | |
| Listening Chairs For years I've sat in a Ekornes "Stressless" chair that does rise in the back to ear level. I really like the chair for listening and I don't find the height of the back of the chair to be an issue, notwithstanding the conventional wisdom on this ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Michael, thank you! | |
| What readily available LP's should I consider Mrmb, if you've never cleaned your LPs, do yourself a big favor and clean them with either the Disc Doctor (my preference) or Record Research cleaning fluids. Do the same with all the new vinyl you buy BEFORE playing for the first time. With the i... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Joe, thanks for your recommendations. I'll add them to my "watch list." | |
| Is table really more importsnt than cartridge? Winegasman, my suggestion is to be careful doing such small incremental upgrades. My experience has been that I've usually been better off spending such amounts on more vinyl or saving it until I could upgrade to something at least double cost. Wh... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Mknowles, if I were to buy two Reggae records (a genre about which I know nothing), would you recommend "Exodus" as one of the two? And what else?. | |
| Is table really more importsnt than cartridge? I agree with Sdcampbell and Aroc... The foundation of a good analog system is the turntable/tonearm, imo, and I'd always start building a system with the best turntable and tonearm I can manage and then work towards a better cartridge. The challen... |