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I have a Simply Vinyl fancy reissue of Alladin Sane from about four or five years ago, and the vinyl is intolerably noisy. And I mean really, really noisy. It appears perfectly clean too, so I assume it was poorly pressed. I took a break from the copy for many years, last night tried again to...

This is an interesting read. I particularly like that the separate power supply is tube rectified. Not only that, but you can use a large 5U4G tube for the job as an upgrade, and according to the review it makes a big difference. The overall aesthetics and especially displays on the Oppo...

From "Listening" in the March 2013 Stereophile: "A Good Enough Time is Guaranteed For All" Art reviews the new Beatles stereo lp reissue box set, comparing them to various original vinyl versions of the bands' albums in his personal collection. His main complaint is that they were not mastered...

I've seen it listed on in the classical play list thread, but off-hand the only one I can remember is the version played by Starker on Delos (1992), which is currently at the top of my list for these pieces. Please note I've never heard the music in question before, so that might affect which...

I'm one of those people who's easy to buy gifts for, because I have a never-ending list of classical music on my Amazon wish list. Seriously, it just goes on and on... :nutz: Anyway, I'm interested in what classical music other AK members gave or received. Today I got a 6 CD box set of Paul...

I've been meaning to bring up this review by Art Dudley in the forum here since I got the July Stereophile, but haven't gotten around to it until tonight. It's been a while since I've been so excited to see that a specific product is reviewed in one of the audio magazines I subscribe to, even...

I was surprised to see the $5000 DAC8 from Audio Research heavily criticized by Alan Taffel in the current issue of The Absolute Sound. According to Taffel the DAC8 "represents a step backward" from its predecessor, the DAC7, suffering - among other things - from an elevated noise floor, and a...

It's a little long-winded in the beginning, so you might want to jump to the second page. This is a modded Rega RB300 tonearm. Edward Barker does some nitpicking but seems impressed with it in the end. One thing that puzzles me is his suggestion that this thing could be improved with...

I'm not really a fan at all of metal in any of its 5001 different forms, but I've always really liked Iron Maiden, so this caught my eye. It's an interesting take on things IMO: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/9723774.stm

In the interest of candor I'll just note I'm a relative and close friend of the author, but please feel free to state your own opinions. I think you guys will find this entertaining: http://www.noisey.com/blog/vinyl-must-prevail ...

This is the penultimate Cocteau Twins album, and because the album was released in 1993, the vinyl version is a PIA to find. I got really lucky on the auction site years ago and grabbed this copy from a U.K. seller (it's a U.K. pressing, I don't think they released the vinyl one in the U.S.)...

This is something I've been meaning to try for quite a while. My Wright 200C tube phono preamp was designed with a standard 47k ohm impedance and no option to change that value. Of course, this can be changed by soldering an appropriately valued resistor across the positive and negative of...

Fans would already know, but this "band" was created by the founder of the 4AD label, and featured lots of 4AD artists famous for their participation in other bands, like Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, Clan of Xymox, Pixies, The Breeders, and a lot more. This is from the 4AD website: This...

To clarify, by "coolest" I mean according to you, regardless of what other people generally think about a particular example. If you're able to post pictures of the records in question, that would be nice too. And no, it doesn't matter if they play at 45rpm or 33rpm, nor does it matter if...

This one has always cracked me up. For those who don't know, Schulze is a German composer of electronic music, and he was a member of Tangerine Dream when they wrote the album Electronic Meditation in the late sixties. Body Love is the soundtrack to a pornographic movie of the same title...

Although I've heard some Stockhausen and read about him, I've yet to add a single work of his to my collection, resulting in what seems to me a gaping hole that needs to be fixed. I know we have more than a few members around here who are familiar with his works, so I'd like some...

With this thread I risk possible accusations that our new magazine forum is actually the Art Dudley forum :D, but I was struck by the quote in the thread title while reading the newest issue of Stereophile earlier this evening. For the February 2012 "As We See It" column, Dudley ponders the...

^^^ I can't tell you how elated I was to see that glowing indicator of proper operation today - and to see it stay on for more than two minutes (I'll explain in a moment). About four and a half to five years ago, I was all about vinyl, all the time. CDs were a necessary evil in my view, and...

I've been looking forward to this 15 disc box set of Puccini operas for months :) : And I got this CD of Saint-Saëns' first and second piano trios for one of my parents (my copy pictured): I also got a biography of Alban Berg, but that's sort of a different thread topic. So let's hear...

After a little online research I've figured out there's an easy fix for a problem with an old Rega Planet CD player I'm having. The specific issue I'm having can be solved (according to quite a few reports of users online) by replacing the bridge rectifier diodes in the CD players power supply...

Seems a controversial tweak, although every review I've read of them concluded they make a very audible difference. The guy who designed them used technology he originally developed for the U.S. military. Apparently there are a few different types to be inserted into various points in the audio...

This problem has seriously been driving me nuts. Here's what's happening: Right now I do all my music listening through headphones, so the so-called "black" background is more important than ever because everything is audible. I don't recall exactly how long ago this started, but there's a...

Preferably for an RM-5, or if any of their other models have the 9c carbon fiber tonearm. Or maybe it's the same for all of them. I've lost my manual. What I need to know is the recommendations in the manual for anti-skate settings. There are three notches. Currently I need to know what...

First of all, this is not a review, just an in-the-moment excitement sort of deal. I feel a little bad about the fact that I promised some AK members a review of this cartridge many years ago and never delivered (Mark, I'm talking to you). So I will get to that. Years ago, when I bought...

Just wondering because I'm eye-balling a 6Z31 tube for sale, but wonder if it's definitely a drop-in replacement for a standard 6x4 rectifier tube. Will be used with a Wright 200C phono preamp, if that matter - made in the U.S.. Thanks.