JackD201 - Almost Done
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Francisco-I have mixed feelings, but I will stick my neck out and tell you that I enjoy the 33 RPM version better. And having said that, my 33 RPM is not anywhere close to being an original pressing. I bought the 33 RPM version long before I bought the 45 RPM version. I bought the 45 RPM version based on how damn good the 33 RPM version sounded and thinking the special edition 45 RPM version would be much better. Most of the time, I prefer 45 RPM to 33 RPM recordings. I have said before that if we want to compare LPs to tape, that 33 RPM LPs would be equivalent to 15 ips 2 track tapes and that 45 RPM LPs would be equivalent to 30 ips tapes. That is a rough analogy, but I think there is some truth to it.
Leave it to Indiana Jadis to find a near mint 6-eye! Fantastic album indeed Mark. My toes got cramps from too much tappin'.
I'll keep you in mind, Mark.
I myself don't have one, yet. I relinquished my 'own' copy to Jack.
Phil-"What a guy" is all I have to say. I know you made Jack happy.
Don't get me started on collecting Mono carts too. Noooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
I do think it would be cool to have a separate tonearm setup for playing mono LPs. I should have designed my plinth to accept two arms.
Mep- is the 45 you have a Classic Records or an Org issued one? I think it was released by both companies. I assume the 33 you like is a Classic. Now you guys are going to make me go hunting in my stacks- I can't even find records I know I own, let alone one I don't think I've seen on my shelves. But you never know... I have found 6 eyes I didn't know I had. That one would not be easy or cheap to find as an early Columbia.
Bill-I will have to check to see which 45 RPM version I have because I don't remember off the top of my head. I know I bought it from Elusive Disc. With regards to my 33 version, it is not an audiophile remastered version. I picked it up at a local record store and it was sealed. Hell, of all horrors it's possible it came from a digital file. It doesn't matter because it sounds great.
Ha ha! I've got a solution to all you guys set on a mono cart and separate tonearm. This will save you the tears of this extra expense - invest in a Soundsmith Straingauge cart, this will double up for stereo and mono duties. I'm running one, it's the best cart ever in my system. I don't have many mono lps, but the S'gauge really excels at the few mono ones in my collection.
If you read jack Roberts' review of it in the Feb 28th 2013 review on Dagogo, he is gobsmacked at it's performance on mono. A great, in depth, and informative review. And totally accurate if my experience since having it in my system for a couple of months is anything to go by.
If you read jack Roberts' review of it in the Feb 28th 2013 review on Dagogo, he is gobsmacked at it's performance on mono. A great, in depth, and informative review. And totally accurate if my experience since having it in my system for a couple of months is anything to go by.
Back to the Drawing Board
We've just been hit by the most rainfall on record and water has gotten into the listening room
http://news.yahoo.com/floods-cover-more-half-philippine-capital-040620635.html
Everything has been disconnected and eventually almost everything must come down. I am bummed but what I am going through is nothing more than an inconvenience compared to what millions of my countrymen are suffering.
We pride ourselves in our ability to bounce back, smiles on our faces. In a few months I hope to reseal the room with better engineered solutions and get the system singing again. In the meantime please join me in praying for those affected by the deluge.
We've just been hit by the most rainfall on record and water has gotten into the listening room
http://news.yahoo.com/floods-cover-more-half-philippine-capital-040620635.html
Everything has been disconnected and eventually almost everything must come down. I am bummed but what I am going through is nothing more than an inconvenience compared to what millions of my countrymen are suffering.
We pride ourselves in our ability to bounce back, smiles on our faces. In a few months I hope to reseal the room with better engineered solutions and get the system singing again. In the meantime please join me in praying for those affected by the deluge.
Jack, sad to hear bout water going in your listening room. Ouch. Did you have to bring your gears up to your living room for safety? It's a nightmare for water to crawl in the house. I experienced that in the 80s in my old house in which water went in 1 foot and destroyed my HT in the living room. Since then, I have knocked that house, elevated the ground by 3.3 feet and still weary of future heavy rainfalls, I had my listening room built up there in the 2nd floor.
And yes, scenes in the street are depressing. Floods scenes always will be horrible. We live in this part of the world where it is a yearly occurrence. I just visited my good friend who has a resto in the main street here and he had sandbags stacked up 2 feet high in preparation for flood waters. Before, water destroyed lots of his kitchen appliances. Hope the rain goes away quick.
