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Elusive Disc has a 10% off coupon if that makes it easier

Love those guys but haven't played them in a while I need to give them a spin, thanks for the prompt.

Deadly week for me, do not read the Hoffman music forums in the vicinity of your credit card. I subscribed to the Music Matters Blue Note 45 RPM series, ordered the Miles Davis Analogue Productions 45 RPM box set and picked up a copy of the Beatles White Album on the advice of the guys over at the Analog Room in San Jose.

You are on your own CJ but hey the room is only $89 + tax and if you find a roomie you are not going to do better price wise anywhere in LA, well except maybe in Inglewood .

Nice work I'll be there with a bottle of Staggs bourbon

Grahame great point, I'd say it would be pretty nice if people did not schedule major meets say 60 days out or closer. Minis are fine and at the end of the day people are going to do whatever they want but it would really be appreciated if members would hold on big gatherings as the date approaches.

Because people who are into the community try not to hold meets that step on the annual.

Blues Dream and Have a Little Faith along with Unspeakable

Bill Frisell's Unspeakable, a great cd and probably a top 3 Frisell cd for me

Cedar Walton at the Village Vanguard in ten minutes:o

Ok I saw you have a thorens so I would get the mofi disc to set overhang and a digital scale this was money well spent when I had the lp12.

It ain't that hard particularly if you have a Sony. Affix the cart to the headshell, set vtf, set overhang, reset vtf and let it rip.

Also for an inexpensive stylus cleaner try mr clean magic eraser and steam cleaning for lps, check out threads on audiogon on these

If you buy a table pre set up like Al did then you will require less stuff also VPI tables generally don't use mats, many tables pretty much require one. I would recommend any analog fan learn the basics of table set up.

I would avoid the bubble level and get 2 regular small levels from home depot. I like the mofi alignment tool, what table did you get? Get a digital scale there is an audiogon dealer that sells them for 95 bucks

Mike most likely that is word length if you want them to be iPhone compatible then go 16. I think I have used switch in the past for this but I do not recall it asking that.

a bunch of steeplechase jazz records great stuff when you find them Chet Baker Jackie McClean Niels Pedersen ( my fav bass player) Boulou Ferre Quartet (great acoustic guitar)

I'm spinning Roy Eldridge Rocking Chair and up next is the Trumpet Kings Live on Pablo Records featuring Dizzy, Roy Eldridge and Clark Terry.

Man I love that CD

Oscar Peterson Jousts, amazing record duets with John Faddis, Diz, Roy Eldridge, Harry Edison and Clark Terry

ok where to begin this was to be the year of no new gear that resulted in a fabulous FAIL within 60 days (not sure of the exact date ) Well I dove into stats picking up the lambda pros X2, had sig for a short while, picked up Koss 950s, stax srx mksll, sigmas, an SRM 1 mkll amp and an srd mkll pro energizer. Only the 950s (currently at Koss), the SRX and the Pros remain powered by the SRD7 pro. Sold the Eddie Current HD2, man that was a tough one but I can only have so much gear and the Stacker ll was on order and I have moved to mostly speakers. Sold the HP-2s to Ken and the RS-1s (brown leather red mesh screen) to Ken and Al I will miss both of these but they did not get the listen time that I needed to justufy ownership. I bought the AD2000s, these are my favorite full sized headphones. I also picked up a really nice pair of 2002s (thanks Gene). I also re-entered the domain of the 650 and will probably just keep my pair this time. Sources were a wild ride this year, sold the wavelength cosecant,traded it for a VPI super scoutmaster then sold the VPI, had the Kora Hermes dac for a while (nice dac but not detailed enough), picked up a modded Sonic Frontiers Trans Dac (thanks Filburt) and it is now my go to dac and also picked up the duet (really nice and a no brainer for the price and the ADCs). I also picked up 2 sony direct drive turntables (ps-x7 and a ps-x500) and sold my CJ Walker turntable. Parted out the lonn but still have the plinth and may resurrect it in 09. Traded Mike for the Berendsen IPA-80 nice intergrated amp that has served me well as a speaker amp, headphone amp, and powers the k1000s and SRD7 pro nicely. Bought a McCormack DNA1 rev a power amp and am in heaven best tied for best buy with the trans dac. Sold the JLTI phono pre and picked up the Mod Squad phono drive. I am sure I left some stuff out

bloated sounding mid range nice for some recordings but may not serve your total collection as well as other amps would

in this economy cash is king I'd offer 3500 while these are great headphones prices north of 3000 pass my personal threshold for their value to me. I know other disagree and feel their value is higher, look out folks deflation is on the horizon. Also sometimes even with a good size fit headshape may be off as well I've seen people do odd things to get a good seal with these. The SP headband while ridiculous in price (IMHO) fixes most fit issues.

buy it compare against the current amp of choice then sell the loser

you misunderstand calling someone out for BS as hatred. Just because HA is called out for his statements doesn't mean he is hated. If I am out at the pub and I say something inane and my friends call me on it, it does not mean they hate me it just means they expect better of me and it also means they shouldn't have to stand idle by while I spout inane crap. Same holds true here or for that matter anywhere else. Truth sometimes hurts