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Jbraswell said:
The KOB45 and Exodus UHQRs are pretty phenomenal sounding.
I give most credit to the mastering, but the quiet vinyl is cool.

The two one steps I have Relaxin and Folk Singer were ok.
I like the Miles but sold Folk Singer back.

I did order the one step of Dookie after saying I was done buying anymore of them.
90s alternative is pretty slim pickings for high quality reissues.

All this to say yeah buy it for the title and not the plating marketing.
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Psyched to hear what you think about Dookie!
 
Jbraswell said:
The KOB45 and Exodus UHQRs are pretty phenomenal sounding.
I give most credit to the mastering, but the quiet vinyl is cool.

The two one steps I have Relaxin and Folk Singer were ok.
I like the Miles but sold Folk Singer back.

I did order the one step of Dookie after saying I was done buying anymore of them.
90s alternative is pretty slim pickings for high quality reissues.

All this to say yeah buy it for the title and not the plating marketing.
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I'd say my favorite one steps have been:

MoFi Dylan BOTT, Mingus Ah Um, Monk's Dream
Craft Eastern Sounds, Black Orpheus, Brilliant Corners
Impex - Getz Gilberto

and for the UHQRs, White Stripes, the two Marleys and Steely Dan - Gaucho are some of my faves. The jazz ones are all great too that I have, but not sure how much of an upgrade they are over the 2x45 APs (Evans and Coltranes). The UHQRs aren't quite as black background as the small batches on my system.
 
MikeH said:
I'd say my favorite one steps have been:

MoFi Dylan BOTT, Mingus Ah Um, Monk's Dream
Craft Eastern Sounds, Black Orpheus, Brilliant Corners
Impex - Getz Gilberto

and for the UHQRs, White Stripes, the two Marleys and Steely Dan - Gaucho are some of my faves. The jazz ones are all great too that I have, but not sure how much of an upgrade they are over the 2x45 APs (Evans and Coltranes). The UHQRs aren't quite as black background as the small batches on my system.
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That Dylan Blood on the Tracks really is just something else!
 
MikeH said:
A bit confused by this...did you get the wrong reel to reel for what you wanted to use?
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That's the machine I was looking at.
It's a Pro Otari Studio model but had to walk away from it because it won't play 2 track tapes like the AP.
It's 4 track heads.

Let me be honest about something.
R2R is a freaking confusing twilight zone if you ever enter the conversation 😂
I should take a course on it before entertaining the thought of buying a machine in the future.
 
MikeH said:
I'd say my favorite one steps have been:

MoFi Dylan BOTT, Mingus Ah Um, Monk's Dream
Craft Eastern Sounds, Black Orpheus, Brilliant Corners
Impex - Getz Gilberto

and for the UHQRs, White Stripes, the two Marleys and Steely Dan - Gaucho are some of my faves. The jazz ones are all great too that I have, but not sure how much of an upgrade they are over the 2x45 APs (Evans and Coltranes). The UHQRs aren't quite as black background as the small batches on my system.
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I tend to like the RTI neotech compound over the UHQR clarity stuff.
 
Jbraswell said:
That's the machine I was looking at.
It's a Pro Otari Studio model but had to walk away from it because it won't play 2 track tapes like the AP.
It's 4 track heads.

Let me be honest about something.
R2R is a freaking confusing twilight zone if you ever enter the conversation 😂
I should take a course on it before entertaining the thought of buying a machine in the future.
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Ah I thought you bought it then realized that it couldn't do what you wanted...at least you could walk away from it!
 
DownIsTheNewUp said:
Anyone with a Technics 1200 upgrade to an acrylic mat? The winter's in Chicago cause mad static problems and I've read they can help. But I'm worried about making sure it's thin enough that it doesn't fuck up my vertical tracking.
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Hudson hifi makes them in a variety of thicknesses. Seems to me when I bought the one for my orbit, you could look up your turntable to determine which size you needed.
 
Nee Lewman said:
Hudson hifi makes them in a variety of thicknesses. Seems to me when I bought the one for my orbit, you could look up your turntable to determine which size you needed.
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I was just looking at their website and don't see that option. But it says they are 1/8th an inch which seems close enough to the 3mm that the stock rubberr mats (according to Google) are that I wouldn't need to change the VTA. Sound right to you? Also, pretty sure my table is a 1500 after some thought. Been like 3 years since i bought it and I was blanking.



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