I am really not in the mood for jokes, Herandu.

Any other opinions on this? I'd really like some other options to compare with.

I'm not interested in DJing, as...well, I'm just terrible at it! This setup will be purely for playback and copying vinyl tunes over to my laptop.

I think I'll just stick with the 1200, then. Any other opinions on a cartridge and phono stage for it?

I've been really considering a 1200, but I'm unsure what model to choose. I'm also not interested in upgrading anything; surely the tonearm is just fine on it already, so long as a good cartridge is attached?

Uncle Erik: I can already tell the Rega won't work for me. I need to be able to switch between 33 and 45 rpm easily, since I'm going to be spinning a lot of the berlin and detroit schools of techno, dub, progressive house etc. The used receiver/amp is a good recommendation, though. I actually...

So I finally came to the realization that I just cannot go any longer without a turntable since most of my favourite music is pressed on twelves or intended to be played on 'em. My budget is a little over $600, though I'd like to have some left over to pull some new records off of Discogs and...

Quote: Originally Posted by VicAjax i know what you're trying to say, but it requires a tortured connotation of the word 'recording' to get there. Then you are missing the point, I'm afraid. Quote: Originally Posted by Sherwood Your logic here doesn't hold up, Coco...

Quote: Originally Posted by PWilson Similarly, great music is great music, but the difference between hearing it out of a handheld portable tape recorder with a 2" speaker and hearing it out of a dedicated high end headphone/speaker rig directly influences my enjoyment. If it's recorded...

Quote: Originally Posted by Sherwood Most of my rap is of the lilywhite rap nerd variety (Common, Talib Kweli, J5, etc.) but I get around. Please tell me that was not a serious comment...

Quote: Originally Posted by Iniamyen That's kind of a blanket statement, don't you think? I would be respectful of both opinions if I wanted anyone to take me seriously. I'm sure some musicians would even disagree with this statement. Blanket statement or not, it is one that I...

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Quote: Originally Posted by mercbuggy It does seem that if Ambient is a 'modification' of an environment or space then perhaps in a pure sense it isn't supposed to be a fully active experience? That would make sense, but perhaps this is now an archaic definition for the style.

Quote: Originally Posted by VicAjax but that's not the question. Once again, good music yields a good recording. So I believe it still helps in answering the question.

Quote: Originally Posted by VicAjax i beg to differ. there's some music that i absolutely love, but which is horribly recorded. conversely, there is plenty of well-recorded crappy music (see: Jazz at the Pawn Shop). But it's still good music, isn't it?

I know this is an old post, but it just irked me: Quote: Originally Posted by silverrain Musicians do their thing for MONEY -- every one of them hopes to someday make a bundle, and best of all, be ABLE to "sell-out". Musicians in it for the money are there for all the wrong...

Good music defines a good recording.

Quote: Originally Posted by davym Good Music can be ruined by awful sound quality Hardly; good music is good music, regardless of how it was recorded.

Quote: Originally Posted by Sabrage I probably listened to it about once or twice, and I never really got into it... I'm not against checking it out again. Does it have vocals? I think that's what turned me off the most. There are some heavily processed vocals on "Killing All the...

Sabrage, have you listened to Mogwai's Happy Songs for Happy People? It is to me their only essential work.

I have a major love/hate relationship with the style. One the one hand, it has contained some of the best musicians of the past several years, yet it is also full of so many tiresome clones and yawn-enducing projects. I'm even inclined to believe that the best post-rockers are the ones where...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bonta Question for all you guys, whose flow do you dig the most? I have to say I really like Black Thought. Without a doubt, Q-Tip; I've yet to hear anyone more smooth.

Quote: Originally Posted by DavidMahler Why is it unimportant? And how do you know its unimportant Because musical quality trumps everything; audio quality is merely a bonus.

Quote: Originally Posted by DavidMahler I didn't know we weren't discussing music? Well, it has to do with music, but a rather unimportant factor of it to say the least.

Quote: Originally Posted by jsaliga I think we need a dedicated "Pink Floyd" and a "Vote for Your Favorite" forum so that everyone else who wants to discuss music actually has a place to chat without it being drowned out by either of the above. --Jerome Also this.