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help me pick a phono preamp.
I'm hardly 'mr experience' on phono stages, but I went thru this same process recently and ended up with the EAR 834p and really dig it. And rolling tubes is a lot of fun if you like to fine tune the sound you get. Should have plenty of gain for t... 
What kind of music did you/will you get married to
har, odd thread...my bride snuck off to a 'recording studio' before we did the deed and recorded herself singing Allison Krauss' 'When you say nothing at all'. She then had it played for our first dance ......and she's been talking non-stop ever s... 
Where can I hear Teres
Whoa, kewl, I'd love to come hear that thing Laz -- I'm outta Dallas. 
Records are better. I actually heard it
Way to go Matt, and welcome indeed!I had a similar experience to yours not too long ago. I borrowed a friends vintage Thorens rig a while back and was amazed to find that certain thing that flows from those black grooves. That "rightness" about th... 
How can I get back into vinyl very cheaply?
I've got a (nearly new) grado black laying around I'd throw in for free for a soul wanting to get a cheap start into the vinyl sickness. 
List of Unlabeled HDCD's
On a related side note...It appears that the first song on the first dics on Nine Inch Nails "The Fragile" is HDCD encoded, but the rest of the tracks are not (at least according to my CDP, the light goes on only during that one track) A curious t... 
New Scout & MH MM-7 or old Linn Sondek. ?????
Nice table and welcome to the audio addiction.1500$ for all the musical information?? You might wanna bookmark this page for a future chuckle or two :) 
LP12 Setup: Dead & Lifeless: Where's the air?
Sean: Lugnut and I have been emailing, and I've got the setup manual printed out and ready to go -- he's been extremely helpful. I'm pretty happy to just have the thing in the ballpark - it was really bad initially. I do think I'm going to have my... 
LP12 Setup: Dead & Lifeless: Where's the air?
Sean nailed it -- I had incorrectly set the overhang.Simple! That sure beats a trashed power supply...Now this table has absolutely come alive with MUSIC -- it's always just one more track, one more disc ... much better!... and just when I was thi... 
Linn aktiv cards adjustements question....
...it has a very small rotating pot style "dial" with detents with I'm thinking (haven't verified) 8 positions.I actually called Linn this AM, and got right through to someone in their tech dept. I was told position 4 is default (0 db) ... with th... 
Linn's Ninka speaker: Anyone heard it??
...I owned Keilidhs (Ninka predecessor) previously and took them active and thought it vastly improved the performance. Much better control and dynamics, down low especially, but the speaker never satisfied me entirely in the bass department. I li... 
Turntablebasics.com is the BEST
I concur!I've also has excellent experiences with Turntablebasics.com as well -- just got another order in today as a matter of fact... Classy operation and excellent service all around. 
Newbie Question: VTA and Rega P25/RB600
I, umm, err, ahhh ... wired the cartridge outta phase.Oops. Sounds a wee bit better now. Tossed on the new mat and its sounding pretty darn good! (as opposed to just plain bad prior) Thanks all. 
Norah Jones LP from classicrecords.com arrived
Thanks for the steer -- I will endeavor to find that for sure......any chance they let Lee Alexander's bass come thru a bit more on that recording??Norah + a more "Holly Cole-esque" (at least from the upright bass perspective) mix would be quite d... 
Newbie Question: VTA and Rega P25/RB600
The P25 arrived, mounted up the Dynavector 10x4. Nice overall sound, plenty of details in the mix (love that about vinyl), however it's noticeably light in the bass and maybe a tad bright on top -- but the lack of bass is pretty aparent. Spin up t...