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  • Ghost
    Just popped my RT85’s Blue Note cherry with a 1977 King pressing of Art Blakey’s Moanin. IT SOUNDS GLORIOUS, my poor LP60 could never.
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    Yer Ol' Uncle D
    Yer Ol' Uncle D
    It did the best it could with the hand it was dealt...
    duke86fan
    duke86fan
    once you go to mid fi there is no going back

    i dunno if id use my LP60 again after i got my Uturn


    now my bottleneck is my amplifier (dunno whether to get a magni 3+ or heresy.. i dunno anything about standalone and op-amp)
    Ghost
    Ghost
    @duke86fan i can’t even geek out on the possibilities of amps until I upgrade my speakers. Currently using Klipsch R-51PMs (powered) so cant even toss an amp into the chain. Next up I’m getting a proper pre-amp, then a cart, then speakers! The upgrade path looks bright. You should pop into the Hardware Recommendation thread, I’m sure @HiFi Guy can point you in the right direction!
    Ghost
    What was the consensus on the VMP pressing of Jeff Buckley’s Grace
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    Mather
    Mather
    It's not the Kevin Gray remaster. Which they told me it was. It's not great.
    Mather
    Mather
    Follow up: By all accounts the best available is the 2 LP 45 ORG but it costs a fortune, the second best is the 2010 pressing that KG mastered and that can be had for about 20 bucks. If I were you I'd grab that one, just make sure it's the 2010. It's the only one he did.
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    Hollywood
    Hollywood
    My copy sounds great 🤷‍♂️
    Ghost
    Just watched Little Women with my lady and gotta say. I absolutely loved it, beautiful acting across the board, beautiful cinematography, storytelling and did I mention the score was B-E-A-UTIFUL?
    Ghost
    Just bought the MOFI Jefferson Airplane - Surreal Pillow! Any one here in love with it?
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    Mather
    Mather
    It was between that and the Joplin "Pearl" Mofi. I grabbed Pearl, gunna get Pillow next.
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    TheMythOfSisyphus
    I’ve had it for a while. It’s great
    Mather
    Mather
    Also, I feel like the person who decides what albums MOFI should do is about 70 years old. They choose some strange stuff.
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    My fiancé decided to just give me $111 for the RT85 instead of getting me whatever she was gonna get me for Christmas. IM HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE IVE JUST ORDERED A BRAND NEW RT85! WEEEHHUUUUUU. Now the question is: will it get here by Christmas? Unlikely, but apparently possible. Dear Banana Yellow AT-LP60, thank you for all the memories but I’m on the bigger and better things.
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    djdavedk
    djdavedk
    Was on their site today, man - to have some FU money for a new table...
    Ghost
    Ghost
    @djdavedk If you don’t have it already you should download Digit or Qapital, both are incredible apps that help you save towards goals as optimally as possible. Digit is the only reason I was able to save up for this deck in less than 6 months while making a baristas salary (my fiancé and Christmas also helped :$).
    AnthonyI
    AnthonyI
    If you REALLY want to upgrade your equipment you'll find a way to do it, shaving a little off the LP budget is probably the easiest thing to do............you just gotta want to do it ;)
    Ghost
    Only have to save another $111 until I can FINALLY upgrade my AT-LP60 to the Fluance RT85! Haven’t been this excited for anything since I got a puppy :D. I’ve actually stopped spinning my favorite records these past couple months in a paranoid effort to preserve them and not let the supposedly treacherous tracking force on the LP60 hurt my babies.
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    Ghost
    Ghost
    @duke86fan thanks for sharing and very good to know! I just placed an order for the RT85 though so the paranoia has receded on many levels! Can you explain what wow is? I’ve heard that term around but never understood it.
    duke86fan
    duke86fan
    it is slightly faster than 33.33
    HiFi Guy
    HiFi Guy
    Good move. 3.5 grams isn't horrible with a properly designed arm and cartridge. Of course, the LP60 has neither.
    Ghost
    Do you guys put outer sleeves on records that are stored in box sets?
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    feesrevenge
    feesrevenge
    Depends if I take them out the box or not. I have before but they are all back in boxes now, so not currently
    Yer Ol' Uncle D
    Yer Ol' Uncle D
    If they fit, yes. With all the other stuff I do this seems like a ridiculous place to draw the line.
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    TheMythOfSisyphus
    I think I have one box set I have individually sleeved; usually they won’t fit like that
    Ghost
    Chet Baker boxset is scheduled to be delivered today and Dave Brubeck’s Time Out (33RPM Analogue Productions) is scheduled for Wednesday. So excited for this week!
    Ghost
    Got secret Santa paranoia. Want to buy two records off my wantlist rn but for some reason I’m convinced that I’m gonna get one of them in the mail 😬😬😬
    Ghost
    Am I missing something or is Sleeve City shipping stupidly expensive?
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    duke86fan
    duke86fan
    so dont buy in bulk then (because im only getting fed ex shipping but have like 6 things in my wishlist/cart)
    Ghost
    Ghost
    Yeah, I had four packs of 50 5 mil outer sleeves and it didn’t give me an option for media mail so the cheapest option was $17 on top of an already hefty $72 for the sleeves. I swapped out the 5 mil for 2.5 mil and Media Mail option presented itself. All sorted out, glad I asked before spending $90 on outer sleeves lol
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    duke86fan
    duke86fan
    Tbf my wishlist cat was 160 bucks I'm now nervous about having to sign for my shipment
    Ghost
    My fiancé said “No forum today, it’s Thanksgiving!!” So I guess that’s it for me today folks. Happy Turkey Day to all and to all a good night! Giving Charlie Brown Christmas it’s first inaugural spin tonight :)
    Ghost
    Which Tone Poet should I buy right now? Cornbread, Chant, Tina Brooks, Kenny Burrell, Or Grant Green
    Ghost
    Got a great month of records coming up Aretha Franklin VMP, BB King VMP, Billie Holiday Songs For Distingue Lovers AP 45RPM, CHET: Legendary Riverside Albums Boxset, and 2-3 Xmas albums I have yet to settle on. Maybe Chance The Rappers Acid Rap will make a surprise appearance too
    Ghost
    Boutta bundle Christmas albums on amazon and bulk up that holiday cheer. Favorite classic Xmas albums that aren’t Vince Guaraldi? Go!
    Ghost
    Anyone have favorite record cleaning solutions? Or any effective DIY recipes?
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    LeeVing
    LeeVing
    75% distilled water
    25% isopropyl (99% if you can buy it)
    Dawn dish soap (amount depends on how much you are making...use enough so you get some suds, but not too much that can't rinse / vacuum off easily.)

    I make mine in an old VPI cleaning fluid bottle, i think it is about 8-10 oz. and i use a couple drops.
    AnthonyI
    AnthonyI
    DevonJD
    DevonJD
    Washing machine....on delicate cycle
    Ghost
    Been building a music app with my best friend this past year and it’s almost ready to go into beta! So stoked to share it with you guys, I know you guys are going to love it!
    Ghost
    So the BlueTooth chip in my R-51PMs malfunctioned and made it so I couldn’t pair any BT devices too it, thus rendering that feature obsolete. Klipsch is sending me a new pair thankfully but now I have an extra pair of mainly functional R-51PMs. Are there opportunities here to use them in some surround type of capability or am I better off selling them?
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    Mather
    Mather
    Hmm, I'd have to acquiesce to summertime with more knowledge than me on this one but those RCAs could be useful. @HiFi Guy ?
    HiFi Guy
    HiFi Guy
    You could use a preamp output on. Surround receiver into the AUX input on the speakers. This would work but I'd not do it. The amp in the receiver is likely better. I'd sell them.
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    Ghost
    Ghost
    @HiFi Guy Great response! Thanks for the advice. Sell them I shall.
    Ghost
    Found an OG Miles Smiles on Friday, bought the MoFi Kind Of Blue boxset yesterday, and now I just found an OG Sketches Of Spain in great condition. My Miles collection has doubled in size this weekend 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻. It’s about time.
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    jamieanderson1968
    jamieanderson1968
    I hope 1 of those 6 records is "In A Silent Way"? It truly is one of the most beautiful pieces of music.
    Ghost
    Ghost
    @jamieanderson1968 not yet! The other three are Bitches Brew, Sorcerer and Miles Davis and John Coltrane: The Final Tour, eyeing the MoFi copy of In A Silent Way For next month! I’ve been leaning into Jazz a lot the past two years I’ve been collecting and just realized recently that I have basically no Miles and Trane, or many of THE classic albums actually. So I’m zeroing in on them now
    jamieanderson1968
    jamieanderson1968
    Good plan. I actually came to Miles via the Bill Laswell remix album (sacrilege I know) back in '97 and totally fell in love In A Silent Way.
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