I recently was given a copy of Dead Horses “My Mother The Moon”. A friend came over and bought this copy with him. He was complaining that it had lots of surface noise. Since I had just gone down a vinyl cleaning rabbit hole we cleaned it with my new cleaning regime. My cleaning solution is 80% distilled water 20% isopropyl alcohol with about 4 drops of a surfactant in a half liter. I start by cleaning a record on a Record Dr VI RCM using my cleaning solution. Then I put the record in a HumminGuru using their recommended surfactant, I take the record out after the tank empties and before the drying cycle starts. I then rinse the record in a Spin Clean record cleaner with just distilled water. Then back to the Record Dr to be vacuumed. This seems to work for me, hopefully I’m done with that rabbit hole. By the way the Dead Horses album sounds GREAT now.
Other albums I’ve been listening to are Bonnie Raitt “Streetlights “, Dan Fogelberg “Homefree” and “Netherlands”. All three of these albums I’ve had for over 40 years. Last year picked up album by a group called Tiny Habits. They toured last year with James Taylor, I really liked them. To support them I bought their vinyl on the way out of the venue (Santa Barbara Bowl, best concert venue ever). The album was a little pricey $45, got it anyway. Cleaned and put on my turntable immediately realized something was wrong sounded like the recording was defective. Turns out it was a 45 recording, NOTHING on the album or packaging mentioned that. Anyway check them out they’re pretty good. Also been listening to a British band Everything But The Girl “Idelwild” and “The Language Of Life”. I’ve taken a very slow dive into jazz with Miles Davis “Kind Of Blue” and Dave Brubeck Quartet “Time Out”. Last one on current playlist is a reissue of the 1973 of the Buckingham Nicks album “Buckingham Nicks”.
My system consists of : Rogue RP1 preamp, Schitt Audo Aegir power amp, Rega P6 TT with an Ania MC cartridge. I started with a Rega MCFono phono amp, but I am now trying out a Parks Audio Waxwing DSP phono amp using its OPT out to a Topping D90SE DAC (I think I’m going to keep the Waxwing until I’m ready to jump into the $1500 to $2000 range phono amps. A little long winded but that’s what I’m listening to these days Dead Horses, Tiny Habits, Everything But The Girl, Bonnie Raitt, Miles Davis and Dave Brubeck
Which Record makes your system shine?
Hey All,
Been a while since I posted anything and I hope I am posting in the correct category.
So, just curious, which Vinyl Record, do you feel makes your system shine and display it's full potential?
OR, put another way, which record or records would you put on if you wanted to show off your system to someone who has not heard or seen it before?
Of course we know, not all records sound the same but for me I feel (at least on my system), it's the record: "Temptation" by Chantal Chamberland - Evosound Records
Carpenters: The Singles (forgot to check the record label).
On the other hand, I have James Taylor Greatest Hits on Vinyl and that record just sounds a bit veiled to me.
It's funny how one record can sound great and another, not that it sounds bad but just doesn't seem to have that crispness or openness to it.
System at the moment if you're wondering:
- Vincent SV-500
- Mofi Studio Desk w/Hana SL MC
- Martin Logan Motion 40 Speakers
- Sim Audio Moon 110lp V2 Phono
- Cardas Cabling
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