To the OP, I'd like to reinforce that YES, you can enjoy vinyl sound very adequately with a cheap, used, vintage TT and a new cart. I personally own a Dual 1237 from the 70's and just recently purchased a Grado Prestige Black cartridge for it. TT cost me 20 bucks and some elbow grease to...

Spending the day digging for cheap vinyl at yard sales, or record shops and coming home to play through them with a beer from a local brewery.

SuperDuper by shirtpocket software is also nice. Makes an exact clone of a drive and makes it bootable.

nullstring, I doubt this will help you too much, but Indianapolis isn't too terribly far from SE Michigan. If you feel up for the drive, Ovation on the Northside of Indianapolis has a great selection of Headphones. I know for sure they have Grados and Sennheisers, and I'm sure they have a few...

@Baines93: Thanks man. I love my Les Paul's too. @monolith: Yep, I think we furnished the entire room in IKEA. Have to save money for more records! The LP shelf you are asking about is the EXPEDIT turned on it's side. I also added the drawer units from ikea. I think you can get doors for it...

Happens to me. On a Mac, browsing with Safari.

Quote: Originally Posted by limpidglitch Please explain. It's the flag of Sweden. Given to me by my mother-in-law who lived there for a short while. I think she just thought it would look nice in the room. Oh, and the european vanity plate was a gag gift from a co-worker.

Here is my listening room. Sources are an old DENON CD player, an Onkyo Integra turntable, or an Apple Airport Express, streaming my digital collection. This all goes through my NAD C340 and then to either my Grado SR-80 or my vintage Bose 2.1 speakers. This is my favorite thread on head-fi...

Been drinking a lot of the Three Floyd's autumn Brew Doo. I figure I better drink it while I can.

Congrats on snagging that old Technics. I love it when I find old vintage gear at a value. Once you decide on a cartridge, you should head over to Vinyl-Engine (if you haven't been there already) and download a cartridge alignment protractor. I was able to track one down for my vintage Onkyo...

I had luck deoxidizing my vintage turtable cartridge contacts using a q-tip and some isopropyl. You might try De-Oxit, which is a deoxidizing agent that can be found fairly easily. I've seen it at Radio Shack, Best Buy, Fry's, etc... DeoxIT®

Yep, I'm a fairly long time Bonnie Prince Billy / Will Oldham / Palace Music fan. I've always found his albums to have the same sound you describe... you really feel like the stuck one nice microphone in the room and had everyone gather round it. Love that stuff. I found this quote from his...

1. Bon Iver - "For Emma, Forever Ago" 2. Anathallo - "Canopy Glow" 3. Deer Hoof - "Offend Maggie" 4. Fleet Foxes - "S/T" 5. Loney, Dear - "Loney Noir"

Ok, I'm around here, so I guess I can go against the grain. PET SOUNDS wins, hands down. I mean, Paul McCartney even said it's his favorite album of all time, and Sgt. Peppers was written in response to it. If you aren't a rabbid Beach Boys fan, it's important to know that most of us...

Based on your preference for Rufus Wainwright, I'd suggest picking up the second album by Antony and the Johnsons, "I am a bird now." It's very haunting, and great through headphones. Antony Hegarty has a really unique singing voice, which you'll either love or hate, but I still think you should...