re: Audiophile/Vinyl Thread - Post Pics, Advice, Questions, Setups, etc.

Holy shite this album is killer!!!!....UP THE IRONS!!!







Maiden, Brah...



...it’s stupid loud in here...the meters on the Mac amps are continuously peaking over 1000w!

I went up in the attic last night to check on the condition of the albums I have stored up there. They're all in pristine condition. Looks like it's time to build out that system. This is the first one I pulled out. There's a lot of vinyl in that attic. 500-600 albums of the 70's and 80's mostly.

I typically use imgur these days. Photobucket is apparently old and tired.

Hit copy on Direct Link. I usually choose large size.

I haven’t played this album in forever. Usually I listen to Harvest or On the Beach. I had forgotten how much I love this record, and how much “southern man” kicks.

Question - Do you just have all your old cassettes from the 80s or are you buying new ones?

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Question - Do you just have all your old cassettes from the 80s or are you buying new ones?

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I have about 100 pre-recorded albums on cassette, all of which were purchased over the last couple years or so. I go to Amoeba Music in L.A. a couple times a year, and they usually have a couple thousand used for sale for around $2-3 apiece.

Some artists will release a new record on cassette to appease the hipster crowd, so I do have a couple new Ryan Adams albums on cassette (they don’t sound as good as I hoped they would—some that I have from 25 years ago are better).

Most that I pick up are 1978-1994 era stuff. I buy them just because...a nostalgia thing. And, I am now amazed at how a really high end deck can bring the most out of a cassette (notice—I didn’t say cassettes are sonically awesome—just that this Nakamichi deck is the best I have ever heard a pre-recorded cassette sound).

I do not have any pre-recorded cassettes from my high school years (‘85-‘90) as I was an early adopter to CD—I had the first commercially released Sony CD player in 1985. I went right from buying LPs in 6th & 7th grade to buying CDs from 8th grade (1985) onward.

I did, however, have a couple cassette decks in my high school era audio rig, as I made a bunch of my own cassettes. I was the guy who had all the music, and CD players in cars were not out yet, so I would record my CDs onto cassettes for when we went out on Friday and Saturday nights.

Since I was an audio geek back then too, I only bought metal bias blank tape (Type IV) from the likes of Maxell, TDK, Denon, and Sony. I never used “normal” position (Type I) tape. I used a JVC deck, an Aiwa deck, and later, a Sony ES deck (I couldn’t afford a Nakamichi deck back then—they were $1850 in 1986!). All my decks were single well. If I wanted to dub a cassette, I did it in real time through the preamp from one deck to the other. These cassettes sound a hell of a lot better than any pre-recorded one on this Nak deck.

On now...






The Lovin’ Spoonful—“Daydream”...Sony Music/Sundazed Records, 180g reissue, 1966/2015.

Btw been meaning to ask you if you recommend a certain product/method to clean/polish VPI aluminum platters? Mine arrived with its fair share of fingerprints and smudges, would like to get it looking new. Wasn’t sure if there were specific products to avoid due to residue left behind and getting on records.

Also, I notice you use tidal too. Have you had any issues with their mobile app? About 1.5 weeks ago the app just stopped working on my iPhone when connected to ATT LTE network. Works fine when I’m on WiFi, it acts like it’s permanently buffering when connected to LTE. and I know it’s nit the LTE speeds because I’ve measured those at anywhere from 25-50 mbps, and all other streaming apps work fine on LTE. Just thought I’d ask, since I don’t know anyone else who has tidal.