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  1. 1969 Warner/Reprise Record Show The bass is compressed to fit more tracks, but once adjusted for it sounds good (ECS-U sub-bass and Q added)
  2. Don't blame me for your desire to put holes in your C-11, you told me the same scenario about using it for target practice a week ago. Do what you like, it's your pre-amp. I was just offering to re-use instead of abuse. I'm not sure why you have the need to start a thread asking about rebuilding when you intent was not to rebuild, but to state you are going to use it for target practice to begin with. Personally I think it's a little insulting to the people here who do such meticulous and generous work for those who enjoy Carver equipment, and those who are proud to own them.
  3. Yep, it depends on what Jim wants to invest. It seems to me that he doesn't want to cull through lots of record bins to find gems; so it likely will be high quality (MoFi, etc) new or NM used.
  4. Nearly all of the Johnny Cash stereo recordings, including the new ones are outstanding sounding. I think the mid 60's era are the best, but even the newest ones are well engineered for image/depth.
  5. Yes, I A/B'd vinyl against CD extensively before deciding to buy more vinyl in recent years. There's just something there that can't be duplicated with standard CD's. I can even record the vinyl and get a better sounding copy than a standard CD. The tubed Carver 490t with the right tubes comes real close to vinyl, but still only about 90-95%
  6. The Smithsonian uses the Pittsburgh built Spin-Clean on their collection. I have one. Try looking up 'Music to my Ears' their mother company produces the Spin-Clean and it's a great place to get your can fix. ray My example was in the care given by my family during the 50's to 70's, but yes I'm getting more interested in a vinyl record cleaning machine since I'm upwards of ~600 used records now. Most are in VG+/NM but need deep cleaning.
  7. I've got records that have been played hundreds of times (and not perfectly taken care of), that still sound fine and have more 'magic' than the re-mastered CD of the same album.
  8. I'll take it; you can send it to me and I'll pay the shipping. I need something like a C-11 to do some audio experiments with.
  9. Thanks Chiro, I added some more to my prior post as well. DSOTM will cause my room to resonate, and that's what causes the TT arm to vibrate. It's not the table's fault in this case, it's room response and feedback to the arm/cartridge. If Jim's setup can handle it, by all means use DSOTM. I would use the original pressing, not the digitally remastered version for that one, or a MoFi pressing.
  10. For all of that cost; why not do a BillD update to it? Seems like you'll get everything listed above (except the Alps pot, and SS power switch -why?-), plus the BillD mods for about the same net cost.
  11. Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab pressings. They don't have the surface noise because they use a higher grade vinyl and have better quality control. Since you are demoing a MoFi table you might ask them for some of their re-mastered vinyl recordings to demo with! I would not necessarily recommend Pink Floyd DSOTM to demo with. The heartbeat sound on the first track can be too intense and cause lots of problems with feedback to the TT. It's fine for normal listening but you don't want it to turn a customer off to vinyl. If your customer is into vinyl then let them play it if they bring it of course. There are some recordings I'll suggest that are not at all mainstream, and they might not be anyone's cup of tea for music an general; but they have some incredible 'wow' factor when played on a good TT/cartridge. Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back Soundtrack Cabaret - Original Soundtrack 1972 Fleetwood Mac - Tusk - Particularly Side 4 Blondie - The Best of Blondie Earl Klugh - Finger Paintings (MFSL) Crosby Stills & Nash - CSN Van Morrison - Moondance Pink Floyd - Meddle Frank Zappa - We're only in it for the Money Police - Outlandos D'Amour Good record cleaner - Discwasher D4, D4 fluid (don't ever use VinylStyl it leaves residue). I use two, one for initial cleaning of dirty record/wet, and a second one to finish and help pick up the last bit of dust as it finishes drying. I only suggest vintage pressings. The new ones have quality issues except any MoFi releases. Diskeeper ultimate audiophile sleeves are a must to keep the recordings clean. You might need to play/clean a record with surface noise several times to get rid of any dust in the grooves, don't ruin that by putting them back into paper sleeves. Discogs.com is a good place to look for vinyl; it's a bit more expensive but you can probably track down NM recordings more easily with so many vendors. If I buy via discogs I usually make a few picks from the seller and make a package offer if they are open to negotiation, and it helps reduce shipping cost per-record. If you want me to look for anything here there are several stores with lots of inventory, PM me a list.
  12. Are the high res. services that much better than a CD or standard streaming quality? Do free services like Pandora, etc and Youtube (licensed music) dither their tracks so they are of lesser quality?
  13. Listen for the 'acoustic saw' throughout this song. There are also times when you can hear the player pop the saw to start the resonance but it does not start to resonate. The sound of the saw floats around in the soundstage!
  14. Looks like Blondie noticed long before I did that Buddy Holly had a 'punk' sound too!
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