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| Best of the Best: High Fidelity, True Classics For movies I love the original Robin Hood with Errol Flynn.Also love most of the Bogart movies, especially the African Queen.Dracula with Bela Lugosi, Frankenstein with Boris Karloff, and The Wolf Man with Lon ChaneyIndiana Jones and the Raiders o... | |
| HELP Electrocompaniet stole Christmas Just to be clear, I didn't make the statement that mods are a waste of money. I don't believe that, and make alot of mods myself. That statement can be attributed to another member, not me. | |
| what tonearm for sota/shelter 501 ? I am using an Origin Live Silver Tonearm with my Shelter 501, and it is a great match. The OL arm is alot like the Shelter, in that they are both really great values for the money.I personally think that there is no arm under $1k that can touch it... | |
| HELP Electrocompaniet stole Christmas Ernie, did you buy this player used from an Electrocompaniet dealer in this country? If so, that dealer should handle this situation.If you had this player sent over here from Denmark as a demo, or whatever, in order to circumvent the markup that ... | |
| Best of the Best: High Fidelity, True Classics Hi CW. I'll nominate Madonna's Immaculate Collection, for the image and soundstage.Also, Rickie Lee Jones' early albums for overall emotional content and recording quality. Makes for superb demos, and just plain enjoyment.Best of Bread, will knock... | |
| Backing Away from Stereophile Class A Stereophile rankings are little more than marketing tools for the major audio manufacturers. It doesn't take much more than a decent product, and some advertising money spent in the right place, to achieve a Stereophile ranking. I have seen some r... | |
| The best Carl Orff Carmina Burana? Nate, the Parliament PLP(S)161 recorded in the 1960s is a very awesome version. Carl Orff "Carmina Burana" with Vaclav Smetacek conducting the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and the Czech Singers Choir.This LP has it all. It has fantastic miking, wh... | |
| Alternative to Avantgarde Uno? Maybe try some Oris Horns? | |
| Next upgrade for vinyl rookie Well, Trip your arm clearly exceeds the capability of your table. I'd look at that option, and if you have to wait a little to save the money, do that. The table will yield the most sonic benefits. | |
| LP mailers As Lugnut above shows, better quality boxes cost a little more, but may be worth it to protect the records in shipment. The 50 cent ones are kind of flimsy. | |
| Best music for romantic interlude The kind of music that gets me into the mood, is whatever kind of music gets her into the mood! I'm well into the mood before we ever even make it home to the house!Seriously, there are alot of different things that can push the button. Properly d... | |
| LP mailers Quite often, they can be found on ebay, in the used records section, along with inner and outer sleeves. There are a couple of different kinds, and they may offer more or lesser protection, and have different mailing weights. They commonly are abo... | |
| Best device for adjusting cartridge overhang. Bob, I use the Turntable Basics model, and I feel it does the job. Only $20. | |
| Shelter 501 II - what to use to clean tip?? Screw in from the bottom with the nuts on top. This gives you the ability to hold the nuts from turning when you tighten the cartride. The only cartridges you install with the screws on top is one with a threaded body. Keep the stylus protector in... | |
| Shelter 501 II - what to use to clean tip?? Yes, RWD, you should see the looks on my friends faces, when I use the cartridge to fire up a Stogie! Just kidding!I do get some looks, though, when I use this method, because people think that it will damage the cartridge. Hasn't happened in 20 y... |