So what other hobbies do you guys enjoy?

[grumpy]

Originally Posted by grandsport

Pacifica jazz sounds good.

Just picked up a couple of cool Les Mcann's that are sweet.

[Andy69]

[QUOTE=grumpy;2269]

Originally Posted by Andy69

and more:

Oh so you like the

Shaded dogs
living presence
Red seals
Decca

and London's do ya ?

I am more of a Blue note, Verve, Pacific jazz and Prestige person myself.

Decca and Columbia have some pretty cool stuff. You can't ever have too much Xavier Cugat, I tell ya.

I'll buy most anything jazz/lounge/big band/latin from the 50s-70s that's in good shape, though.

Even the stuff in bad shape can be salvaged for the music. I wash a lot of LPs in the kitchen sink then once they are on the computer, I use the magic razzle dazzle to get rid of the clicks and pops and the hiss.

I have my turntable, amp, and laptop set up in the basement, as it's the only place the records don't skip.

[grumpy]

Here is a really bad pic of my turntable.

[Andy69]

here's the type of stuff I can't get enough of. Most peopel throw this stuff away

[Andy69]

but no one, and I mean no one, holds a candle to this lady:

[Andy69]

I can't tell, is that a Sota?

I've got an old HK T-35 I bought years ago when I was in college. I was looking at that and an AR, both demo models and the same price, in an American in Appleton, and like a dummy I bought the wrong damn one.

Still, it's been a good unit. I have an Audio Technica cartridge with their "line contact" stylus (same as Shure's hyperelliptical).

So, what do you clean your LPs with?

With that kind of playing equipment, I'm guessing one of these:



alas, with my budget, I'm limited to one of these, which is still better than a Discwasher:

[grumpy]

Originally Posted by Andy69

I can't tell, is that a Sota?

I've got an old HK T-35 I bought years ago when I was in college. I was looking at that and an AR, both demo models and the same price, in an American in Appleton, and like a dummy I bought the wrong damn one.

Still, it's been a good unit. I have an Audio Technica cartridge with their "line contact" stylus (same as Shure's hyperelliptical).

So, what do you clean your LPs with?

With that kind of playing equipment, I'm guessing one of these:


alas, with my budget, I'm limited to one of these, which is still better than a Discwasher:

I used a VPI 16 for years until I broke down and got the 16.5

To put how much I like vinyl in to perspective. My turntable costs more then the car I drive. Mind you not our chevelle but our daily driver. Gotta have your priorities straight ya know.


Nothing wrong with a disc washer but you may want to try one of the mofi brushes.

[Andy69]

Originally Posted by grumpy

I used a VPI 16 for years until I broke down and got the 16.5

To put how much I like vinyl in to perspective. My turntable costs more then the car I drive. Mind you not our chevelle but our daily driver. Gotta have your priorities straight ya know.


Nothing wrong with a disc washer but you may want to try one of the mofi brushes.

pff, if you were really serious, you'd have one of these

http://www.dccblowout.com/product.aspx?pf_id=odyssey

[Andy69]

that's something I got into as a kid, but dropped it after I got into cars.

[grumpy]

Lat time i got a record from DCC it cost close to that much