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I can't speak from personal experience, since I haven't tried any isolation techniques on my 1200, but the general consensus I pick up with regards to the mounting is similar to what Torpedo has suggested: place the TT on a high mass surface. However, many report that using the sorbothane feet sold by KAB completely deadens the sound, so vibration absorbing feet might not be a good idea. Currently my TT sits on a dedicated (but cheap and light) wood table. It does fine, but I've often thought of buying a thicker amp-stand affair for it, maybe with an additional wood slab for the 1200 to rest on. Then again, it seems you can never go wrong with a wall shelf, which is what I've been thinking a lot of recently.

to fix the hum, I suggest you upgrade to a nottingham hyperspace, like the one mike is selling.

happy birthday vicki!!

I got out of the 'stat thing and went back dynamic.

My dad owned a regional commercial bakery for most of his life, but the actual hands-on baking is still one of his passions. You and him would have a time talking. I'd be curious to see if you could whoop my cousin Donny's sourdough. he has a sour that is a few decades old and is the bomb. to faust3d: when I owned the O2 thats just how I wore mine. The crease in the pad was just in line with the rim of my glasses.

Whoops, I was just being a smartass. This SVS sub is huge and costs ~$70 to ship. just grab my address from your rolodex.

old school abercrombie flannel is great. Makes me want to go digging in my closet to see if I still have mine. I also had a pair of cords from a&f about 10 ten years that were awesome.

in the spirit of naamanf's generosity, I'm going to start an SVS sub loaner program.

pfft...

I'm going, but I have no idea where I'm going to sleep. I might end up having to get a room that is a good drive away. Anyway I put in for the lottery, and will try my chances with ticketmaster, but I've also already paid for a broker ticket from ticketsnow.com for Friday, but who the hell knows if that will be any good. I just really really really want to be there for that first night. The place you want to see DBT is at the 40 watt in Athens, GA. With Jason Isbell. amazing show, one of the loudest damn concerts I've ever been to. yeah you go on and lecture Dan on Phish. My last concert was Phil & Friends with the Allman Brothers Band at The Infamous Wharf in Orange Beach, AL. Phil opened and put on a solid show, but his sound man should be fired and replaced with whoever did ABB's. When Derek came out to jam with Phil his guitar sounded tinny, bright, and horrible. And the keys and bass were hard to hear as well. ABB sounded smooth and marvelous, with Oteil's bass shaking my chest, and the organs and guitars all had that midrange magic. Very refreshing to hear such awesome sound at a show. Watching Warren and Derek swap licks was just too cool. Derek's sheer technical ability is pretty awe inspiring, even if he doesn't have Haynes' soul and experience. Next up, Opeth in New Orleans, a week from today.

The exact same thing happened with the one Mac I owned, I think the line was called the iBook line. I loved the computer when I had it, but one month out of the 1 year warranty my screen went black. Took it to a Mac repair center: faulty lobo, $800 repair cost. I told apple to stick it up their ass. This was years ago. I'm of course now willing to own an apple again, but if I do I'll buy the extended warranty.

I'd love to go on the Buffalo list.

have you looked into the primaluna stuff? Might be outside your price range but they have an integrated folks seem to like. I've never heard one.

X2

i have the book, its great.

happy birthday!

quicksilver - stephenson reaper's gale - erikson

I owned a Platinum briefly. Good cartridge. The bass can be a bit woolly but I still thought it was lovely. If you like the Platinum's midrange you'll LOVE the Sonata's midrange.

Well my Bugle just returned from a vacation in Texas. It had some surgery done on it, some new opamps rolled in and the loading switched down to 100ohms, per the desire expressed in my OP. Basically my suspicions were correct: 100ohms is the perfect loading for this cartridge, at least for me, in my setup. Here is a paste of the PM I just sent Marc: Anyone curious about revisiting the DL-103 who felt it was too bright, I encourage you to try the loading at 100ohms and see how you like it. I'm tried lots of tweaks in my system to tame the brightness of the DL-103, but never have I been able to nail it so that every recording sounds correct in the treble. Finally, with the proper loading, I've found the magick tweack. Zero brightness, all fantastic old school broadcast standard goodness. If you're into that kind of thing.

I've yet to buy a southern lord vinyl that doesn't sound marvelous. And I've bought quite a few!

so what's the word on this MacBook refresh?

Phish tickets. March 6, 7 & 8, Hampton, VA.

Looking forward to your comparisons. Professional reviews seem good, while the overwhelming opinion at sh is they suck. Since my last post in this thread I've picked up an original Elektra vinyl of AJFA, but I'm still missing MoP, RTL, and Black Album (which is essential to me, anyway). The midrange guitar tone on the megaforce Kill 'Em All is so righteous. to hungry: this is a wild guess, but I'd say not much of a difference. Sounds like a 45 is king when one has a revealing system and wants to scrounge that last bit of audiophile oomph from the sound. The argument is that with a 45 there is less chance for distortion all around, but the argument seems about as strong as the whole 180g vs standard weight thing, which is to say not strong at all. it may FEEL nicer to have a 180g vinyl, but we all know we've heard normal weight vinyls that rock house and 180g that fall short (and vice versa!)