jamesV Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 I picked up a new Music Hall mmf 5.1 and I absolutely love it! I am playing LPs that I have not played in many years - its wonderful! That's great to hear.... [Y] So what cart do you have on that Music Hall? James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesV Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 4) daammmmd, it looks good (bling, bling)! Man I have to agree, that thing looks great, where are my shades.... [H] James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o0O Bill O0o Posted December 6, 2009 Author Share Posted December 6, 2009 Hey all, New York Times published an article about how Vinyl Sales are increasing. I am super excited to get back home and raiding the vinyl stores.. I think the magic is that not only do they sound great, but the massive album covers,footnotes and the whole physical expirence is fun. Sure beats Compressed Music. _Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete H Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 daammmmd, it looks good (bling, bling)!That looks fabulous! WOW! I didn't even know they had one that looked like that, and now mine looks like crap! Let the madness continue, now I have to look for one of those.[:'(] LOL. Nice Rig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 ...Sure beats Compressed Music... There is a lot of "newer" music that suffers from loudness wars (Wikipedia Loudness War article). However, I find that most of the CD titles that I listen to are not noticeably compressed. So some of this phenomenon is wrapped up with genre and date of music. Most popular/mass appeal music produced or remastered after the introduction of the iPod with its self-limiting loudness circuitry (...about the year 2001...) typically has loudness war problems. LPs produced after this date CAN have loudness compression issues. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete H Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 ...Sure beats Compressed Music... There is a lot of "newer" music that suffers from loudness wars (Wikipedia Loudness War article). However, I find that most of the CD titles that I listen to are not noticeably compressed. So some of this phenomenon is wrapped up with genre and date of music. Most popular/mass appeal music produced or remastered after the introduction of the iPod with its self-limiting loudness circuitry (...about the year 2001...) typically has loudness war problems. LPs produced after this date CAN have loudness compression issues. Chris I'll drink to that??????????? LMAO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 I've got some late '60s to mid '70s LPs that are very compressed. One I don't have anymroe wasa Stones album... almost no dynamics at all. Last night I listened to Carole King / Rhymes and Reasons. It's pretty squashed as well. Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audio Flynn Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?anlgtabl&1264811066 Nice VPI http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?anlgtabl&1265421924&/Music-Hall-MMF-7 MMF 7 has always sounded excllent at the NOS Valves Lab http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?anlgtabl&1265135380&/Rega-P25--Modded- This Rega P25 is a little high priced but a long term keeper http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?anlgtabl&1264526378&/Music-Hall-Mmf-9-with-feature-MMF9.1 Pretty reasonable price for MMF 9 with a very nice cart. http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?anlgtabl&1263560467&/Michell-gyrodec-se-mk-ii Michell; gotta love a company that only makes turntables! I have heard all of these or a close relative in each companies product line. I am not a huge fan of DJ tables but have heard a few sound quite nice. Michell, Rega, Music Hall and VPI are darn well built audiophile tables that are real values for around $ 1000 USD. Styling and performance. Happy TT hunting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerwoodKhorns Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Flynn, Those are all very nice TT's. I would start with either a Technics or a Rega, each really retain their value and are plug and play. I started with a VPI Scout and did not like it. JUst leveling the thing make me want to pull my hair out an dsettign up the arm is a pain in the butt. Its no SME arm, that is for sure. Then I bought a Technics and loved the simplicity and added a Rega P9 after that. They make listening to multiple records a breeze. I really like the Technics because you can always get your money back out or add a very quiet cart and use for noisey vinyl as a secodn table (like I did). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gartenman Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 I already own a Garrard 301 but was going to some neighborhood yard sales when i picked up this Garrard RC-98 c.1955 for $50. After a good cleaning and new cartridge I swear this diamond in the rough sounds better than my 301. I did a little research to find out the history behind this unit and found out Jackson Pollock owned one and loved to play his vinyl, especially loud when his wife was out of the house. Go figure?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerwoodKhorns Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 To All: A far as I know the Technics turntable package is sold as per my previous post and it sold in about 1 hour. Please stop emailing me. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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