cdhumiston
Responses from cdhumiston
| Question for the older folks- did you ditch vinyl when cd arrived? I kept my vinyl collection, but it started getting hard to find LP's, so I jumped on the CD bandwagon. I was in Japan and Korea from 1984 until 1999. The base exchange sold only CD's starting around 1986 or so. When I got back to the states I st... | |
| When to give up CDs and TT? That is something only you can answer for yourself. I will never give up my Vinyl collection. I have been collecting since 1967 and have over 3000 LP's. I have a much smaller CD collection in the 100's, but I'll keep those as well. I only strea... | |
| speaker cable that would work under a rug Can you get in the attic to run them? That's what I did, through the attic and down inside the walls. Very Clean! | |
| Favorite Pink Floyd Album Syd Era - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn Gilmour Era - Wish you Were Here | |
| Favorite Beatles Song @larryi Same! ”A Day in the Life”, followed by “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” | |
| Vacuum Record Cleaner Rreplacement I agree with @oberoniaomnia I use a Degritter MKII followed by a Record Doctor X when an album is first brought into my collection. For clean-up right before a play, I use a Keith Monks Discovery One. Buying a lot of used records I also have an ... | |
| Favorite Led Zeppelin Album I grew up during the Zeppelin hey day and was fortunate enough to see them live twice. My favorite is actually III. I mean it opens with Immigrant Song, has Gallows Pole, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp and Tangerine! You really can't go wrong with any of the ... | |
| Favorite Supertramp album? I've always been a big fan of Supertramp and while I like Breakfast in America it was so overplayed on the radio I got burnt out on it. My favorite has to be Crime of the Century followed by Crisis? What Crisis? I just love Easy Does It. | |
| Buying a Luxman L505z from Japan @edubbers it was a onetime purchase. I got mine from tokyo-raps on eBay. Super smooth transaction. I did live in Japan for 11 years in the 80's and 90's and I can attest to the high-quality standards for their equipment. It was all great when it ... | |
| Buying a Luxman L505z from Japan I have the Luxman L-509Z direct from Japan. I use a step-down transformer, and I can usure you it DOES NOT affect the sound in any way! I have 47 years in the electronics industry as a radio technician, and I have built and modified many amps and... | |
| What to do with very low offer on an item for sale Ignore it! People try to lowball me all the time. No need to even respond... | |
| Which Record makes your system shine? My favorites on my system are: Alan Parsons Project - I Robot Steely Dan - All the UHQR releases. Roger Waters - Amused to Death Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms ELO - Eldorado There are many more, but I don't want to go crazy... | |
| Brand new vinyl - what’s acceptable to you? I clean all my new records on my Degritter before I ever play them. I also have a Keith Monks DiscOveryOne that I use before each play. I had a HumminGuru and it worked well, but I just yearned for the Degritter... I also have a Record Doctor X ... | |
| What do you usually upgrade first - cartridge or phono stage ? I upgraded my cartridge first and didn't realize how really good it was until I upgraded my phono stage. | |
| Recommendations for Relaxation/Fall asleep music ? My brain doesn't shut off well when I try to fall asleep. It just goes on endless loops of thought. I have found smooth jazz works well for me and also just plain white noise. Nothing with lyrics... |