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http://www.head-case.org/index.php/topic,1282.0.html

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i know its an oldie, but I'd never seen it before. I know I've seen this cat face in other pictures though. classic stuff though, i love the internet so much. i want a wifi in my brain.

MSRP $3600? Wow, that is spendy!

http://www.headphile.com/page7.html Check deal 4.

I've done lots of A/Bing, since my source has two parallel outs this is easy. But I still have a hard time putting my finger on the exact differences. I guess this does say a lot in favor of the Dynahi if I have a hard time differentiating between it and the "ultimate synergistic" amp for the HP-2. Its still pretty much like I said before, the Melos is more evenly distributed across the whole audible spectrum, and there is a smoothness and a gentleness that is just fantastic. But hell, if the Melos went kaput today I probably would be just fine with the Dynahi. If the Melos really is insanely superior to the Dynahi, either I haven't gotten that yet, or my inexperienced ears are none the wiser. But still, give me a bit more time, I might get it.

I can't stop buying vinyl. Its the ultimate impulse purchase. Like I saw a sealed copy of Rollins Band "Weight", which is pressed on clear vinyl, $30. Well when the hell I'm I going to see that again?! Snag it! Even new production vinyl can go OOP so fast, I feel like I have to buy it.

lol, true. I'm never home when its on anyway, so really I shouldn't care. But when I was 4 years old it was my favorite show on TV. My mom used to tape it for me everyday and I'd watch it when I got home from preschool. Plinko was my favorite.

yes, I'm against rosie on the price is right as well. you think regis could do it?

^ ^ ^BuMp Up tO tHe ToP^ ^ ^

I thought I'd bump this thread up since I just ordered: Talking Heads - Remain In Light - Rhino 180g vinyl, Kevin Gray Yes - Fragile - Analogue Productions 180g vinyl, Hoffman & Gray Pretty excited about these two.

huzzah! congrats! can't wait to see pics! i don't know you but I'm glad you are back as well, since you are going to share sweet ass vpi pics with us.

dude you cannot pwn nubs with a trackpad.

you left him in your avatar over there to the left, with the cheese there.

^^BUMP, make offers, I'm willing to entertain interesting trades and all that entails.

Thats some good horse sense right there.

Absolutely. I also want to make clear that this isn't a "your a chump if you don't listen to vinyl!!" post. And the setup is a huge pain. In fact I've ordered another integrated cart from Kevin at KAB because I love feeling confident that my cart alignment is perfect, and I am pretty sure something is amiss with my AT440MLa alignment, even though it sounds fantastic. This time I sprung for the Ortofon, since it supposedly has a bit more of the brightness I was missing with the Groovemaster. I have to hand it to Kevin, he has done a lot to make vinyl playback as simple as possible. Plus it helps that he is great about responding to emails and giving honest responses.

free shipping though.

To answer "Is it really that bad?", the answer is no. The 999es is a fine player, and I hope to continue to get lots of enjoyment out of it. I wasn't trying to knock it in my OP. I am just finding that more and more often, I am craving and growing into the vinyl sound. This didn't happen as soon as I got my TT, it has taken a few months of listening. When my first cart busted (due to my own ignorance) was when I realized how much I liked that vinyl sound. And I didn't even LIKE my first cart, not enough treble "sparkle". I actually thought my table was to blame for this dullness until I got the AT440MLa in last week. Regardless, in the interim I really was missing spinning records, and this past weekend I have had many enjoyable listening sessions. But perhaps the price for my vinyl rig is a bit misleading, because vinyl is such a money sink. In addition to the costs detailed above, I also have to consider the record cleaning machine, shure stylus gauge, hi fi news TT setup and test lp, spendy disc doctor brushes and fluids, onzow zerodust stylus cleaner, audioquest carbon fiber dry brush, and of course all the storage supplies from Bags Unlimited: four corrugated plastic storage boxes, hundreds of plastic lined paper sleeves, and hundreds of resealable plastic sleeves. Not to mention the crazy high prices of current production vinyl, though the majority of my records are older.

Vinyl Source: $400 direct drive turntable first manufactured in 1978. It has gone through no changes since then. It is generally believed that there is too much rubber in the design, and the tonearm is obsolete. $200 phono stage with a 12ax7 tube from some company called Bellari $85 Audio Technica cart. Total: just shy of $700 Digital Source: Modwright Sony 999es. The mods alone cost $1150, I don't know what the 999es goes for on the used market. Mods include: So what we are probably looking at is the digital source runs roughly twice the cost of the analog, and it just doesn't sound as good. There is a realness, a presence, and a delicious liquidity all swirling in a limitless black space with the vinyl. I don't even hear the pops and crackles on my old crappy records anymore. I remember these used to really bother me, but now they don't. I think my ears are being spoiled. On the other hand, the sound from the 999es, at least with redbook, very much exists in a space. Sometimes I feel like my recording has been placed in a 16-bit box and when I put on my headphones and hit play I am just looking down in that box, "hey, there is my music there." Whereas with vinyl I am there with the music in infinite space, sharing in the universal groove, weaving in and out of all the sounds. About the only time the 999es approaches vinyl is with a very well mastered SACD. I'm not trying to make any kind of grandiose statement here, or put either of my sources up on some kind of pedestal, I'm just telling you what I'm hearing. In my system, to my ears, my budget-priced, outdated vinyl rig sounds better then my heavily modified digital rig, and for half the money. An aside: I really need a new redbook player with a satisfying, analog-esque sound. Will I find my answer in the Rega Apollo? Dare I pull the trigger?

Shit man, I'm stumped. Returning the silver records is probably the best idea.

Basically you need a 1200. There is not enough rubber on your turntable. More rubber = more playable media. also you need those little red lights there, those are crucial for playing the shiny silver records.

what cart ya got on that mmf-5?

I propose there be a rule that no one can start a thread with a title indicating that something "has landed" or "is in the haugh".