The Pro-Ject Pergola - Questions, Answers, Advice & Chat

Joe Mac said:
I suppose I just got burned by the whole VMP FOMO machine and ended up with a pile of albums I didn’t like. One of the many things I don't like about that company, but we diagress. I like a nice colour as much as anyone but it’s the whole fake fomo culture surrounding average remasters/presses on artificially limited things. I’m some ways I’ve enjoyed the second hand OGa that I’ve been hunting on discogs much more!
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Yeh I can get that. I caught onto it pretty early and as a result only will have under a handful of albums I'm not sure I'll play much. No point unless the packaging is really something extra, like with Blade Runner 2049, and even then I'm pretty sure that's a bias stemming from my background in design. I only own a couple of old albums still (I really must sort the grabs post tomorrow) but one of them is Albert King's "I Wanna Get Funky", the 1974 UK release, and it's a beauty. Sounds great, looks great. I don't think it would have had the same 'tangibility' if it were a new VMP pressing in blue/purple nebula so it's certainly far from a clear cut "the more frills the better". Sometimes it can be fun and be a boon to it but I get pretty turned off seeing 10 variants for a record, especially if they're staggered in release.
 
Kyuuji said:
Yeh I can get that. I caught onto it pretty early and as a result only will have under a handful of albums I'm not sure I'll play much. No point unless the packaging is really something extra, like with Blade Runner 2049, and even then I'm pretty sure that's a bias stemming from my background in design. I only own a couple of old albums still (I really must sort the grabs post tomorrow) but one of them is Albert King's "I Wanna Get Funky", the 1974 UK release, and it's a beauty. Sounds great, looks great. I don't think it would have had the same 'tangibility' if it were a new VMP pressing in blue/purple nebula so it's certainly far from a clear cut "the more frills the better". Sometimes it can be fun and be a boon to it but I get pretty turned off seeing 10 variants for a record, especially if they're staggered in release.
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Yeah and to be honest beyond tangability a lot of new masters/presses are trash. All my 70s/80s presses that are clean and have been looked after sound infinitely better than almost all modern presses I own.
 
Joe Mac said:
Yeah and to be honest beyond tangability a lot of new masters/presses are trash. All my 70s/80s presses that are clean and have been looked after sound infinitely better than almost all modern presses I own.
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As someone still needing to get a copy of After The Gold Rush by Neil Young this is useful to know as general advice, thanks. Have a number of other old records I've held off of buying from Rough Trade etc. because I wondered if it was a better idea to try and find an original or older pressing.
 
Kyuuji said:
As someone still needing to get a copy of After The Gold Rush by Neil Young this is useful to know as general advice, thanks. Have a number of other old records I've held off of buying from Rough Trade etc. because I wondered if it was a better idea to try and find an original or older pressing.
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Neil Young’s represses are exceptional. He really gives a shit about how his releases sound. They’re a definite exception to the “modern records sound trash” rule 😂
 
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Joe Mac said:
Neil Young’s represses are exceptional. He really gives a shit about how his releases sound. They’re a definite exception to the “modern recorda sound trash” rule 😂
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Oh wow! Fantastic to hear that as a large fan of his, cheers. Will order ATGR tomorrrow!
What were we just saying about orders being under control? 😆
 
Sorry to hear you're having problems with your table, hopefully it's an easy and quick fix. I picked up a copy of ATGR a bit ago and I'm really happy with it (and found a copy of Live Rust this weekend).
 
imtheocean said:
My Debut Carbon - Walnut showed up today. Hooking it up to my Pioneer SX-450 later today, and finally upgrading from my Audio Technica ATLP60. The LP60 has served me well, but really excited to get this new table up and running!
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Let's see a photo when you do! I findi think the walnut had been released yet when I bought mine or I definitely would have gone in that direction!
 
BjorgenFjorgen said:
Let's see a photo when you do! I findi think the walnut had been released yet when I bought mine or I definitely would have gone in that direction!
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Got it up an running last night. I was hoping the walnut would be a solid piece of stained wood from the pics, but it's a laminate. Matches my desk & receiver nicely though. Absolutely love the look & sound of this turntable. The silence might be the most striking thing to me so far. I can really hear the absence of noise on the quiet tracks. Got some louder albums lined up for today to put it through it's paces.

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imtheocean said:
Got it up an running last night. I was hoping the walnut would be a solid piece of stained wood from the pics, but it's a laminate. Matches my desk & receiver nicely though. Absolutely love the look & sound of this turntable. The silence might be the most striking thing to me so far. I can really hear the absence of noise on the quiet tracks. Got some louder albums lined up for today to put it through it's paces.

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Too bad about the laminate, but it's still gorgeous!
 
After some time with searching for the turntable to replace the defective Thorens TD-160, I eventually went for a Pro-ject turntable. My setup current consists of:

Amplifier: Advanced Acoustic X-i 105
Speakers: Tannoy Revolution XT8F with Ogata speaker cables
Turntable: Pro-ject The Classic EVO equipped with the Nagaoka MP-200 cartridge
CD Player: Sony CDP 497
 
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I'm finding that the Anti-Skate weight attached to the microfilament falls off infrequently. Any advice to get it to stick?
 
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