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I took the little cones out of my resomat and stuck them directly on to my tt platter with a little silicon mastic. A really simple upgrade which improved clarity on my AT.

I've been following this thread with great interest because it reflects my own experience so closely (this is mostly about classical music btw). For me there's a sort of hierarchy of listening. Most...

Recently I've been thinking about what gives me most listening pleasure. It's simple - it's two channel hi-fi. I've listened to a few five channel set-ups in the last year, just to see if I was...

Had a pair of AR6s for about 20 years. Loved them. Bought them in the Tottenham Court Road and carried them home on the train to Sussex - not an easy carry at each end, and I couldn't afford a taxi!...

Just a reminder that this excellent experiment ends in a few days time. I think the Prom broadcasts, if not quite all the performances, have been uniformly very good. Grab it while you can, and make...

Just to chuck in a side issue - original pressings cut from master tapes often sound better than audiophile pressings made from digitally remastered versions of the original masters. Some Beatles...

I've been using foobar 2000 to play mostly FLAC files from a PC and a portable hard drive for a couple of years now, and I'm very pleased with it. I control it with the Android app from an old...

Brilliant - listening to The Planets from the Proms as I type. Proper dynamic range at last. Everyone should hear this. Had to turn the wick up about 25%. Also love the way the integral volume...

I've been thinking about this for a couple of years and I have to agree. Objectively I'm prepared to believe CDs have a greater dynamic range, but subjectively in my system (by no means top end)...

I had one with an AT120e from about 1980. I thought it was pretty good - I couldn't afford an SME and the Lustre worked well with a Shure M95ed, a V15, and the AT. No complaints at all at the price...

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35 years ago I built a Connoisseur BD1 into a heavy ply plinth mounted rigidly to a 45cm square paving slab. I had an Acos Lustre arm (possibly the weak link) with an AT120e cartridge - which I still...

The only FM problem I have is with some live concerts on BBC Radio 3. The programmes where they play recorded music are usually fine, as are those with live music in the studio. But some of the...

Right. I'll explore that option. As I understand it, if it has optical it's via the headphone socket which doubles as an optical output. Or have I got that wrong? Thanks for the advice.

I'm happy but ignorant as far as digital music is concerned, so opinions will be helpful. I've been using a small new Asus laptop (4Gb, 500Gb) as a source for digital music, all flac, through a...

Yep, from the little white card in the LP sleeve. My first post was ambiguous there - sorry. Do you think the half-speed cut thing adds anything?

I'm interested in this because I finally bit the bullet and bought Peter Gabriel's remastered "So" on vinyl last week and was blown away by the quality of the sound and the quality of the vinyl -...

Just bought a copy of Peter Gabriel's "So" - 180gm, half speed remaster. Amazing. Shows how good a modern pressing can be. I'll be using this to show off my set-up from now on. Stylus goes down,...

Agree about Audiophile pressings. Can be great, no guarantee. Just like all vinyl. What pisses me off is the way that some very thin old albums sound better than their audiophile reissues. I'd cite...

There used to be a good second hand record shop at the bottom of Church Street, Brighton in the '60s and '70s. As a skint student I bought lots of LPs there, some of which were like new, but most of...

Shirley Collins and Davey Graham! Two track recording, no manipulation - wonderful!

Going to annoy the belt drive fans but I'd go for the direct drive ATLP120USB. Just under £200, reasonable phono stage, good AT95e cartridge fitted, easily upgradeable with a better cart and phono...

Paul Simon "Graceland". Such a clear, sharp record!
Vaughan Williams "London Symphony", LPO conducted by Sir Adrian Boult. Huge dynamic range from this analogue recording.

Does anyone else have a problem with a ringing distortion when listening to a choir with soprano voices giving it some real welly? I've had this for years; an example is Beethoven's 9th last movement...

I listen to a lot of classical chamber music, and I'm fortunate in living in an isolated and very quiet rural spot (except when the combines/tractors/sprayers/seed drills are operating!). I find even...