mansson66
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Heh - will have my Boulders volumes for ca $15. They're not common but I think the sound is a ripoff so...
I have a Goldring 2200 cartridge that I think sounds fine
Chronology of garage comps
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Heh - will have my Boulders volumes for ca $15. They're not common but I think the sound is a ripoff so...
I have a Goldring 2200 cartridge that I think sounds fine
axel
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I bought the Boulders box for about $ 40 two years ago. I haven't listened to all 11 records yet, because of the unstable sound quality. I like the idea of the collector releasing his 45 collection on vinyl just for the heck of it. The sequencing is very arbitrary though. But there are surely lots of gems which deserve better treatment.
There are quite a few tracks that sound like 1968 or even 1969 to me, but good stuff with lots of drive. The kind of thing you usually don't hear on '60s comps or anywhere else.
I've got the 1st seperately and that does sound pretty good. And has a great selection, too.
There are quite a few tracks that sound like 1968 or even 1969 to me, but good stuff with lots of drive. The kind of thing you usually don't hear on '60s comps or anywhere else.
I've got the 1st seperately and that does sound pretty good. And has a great selection, too.
axel
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Thanks. Yeah, but not what I'd call a reasonable price.
The cartridges look kinda handmade in an amateurish way, if I may say so. Looks as if they taped it underneath so the stylus won't fall off. Funny.
But I have no doubt they sound awesome.
Thanks for the input. Yeah, another thread for cartridges etc. would be great.
I'll check out Grado and Goldring.
Mr.Segment
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Anyone have any advice/recommendations regarding this:
http://www.lpgear.com/product/ATC01.html
I'm in the market for a new cartridge, this being the top end of my budget really.
http://www.lpgear.com/product/ATC01.html
I'm in the market for a new cartridge, this being the top end of my budget really.
Even that's out of my budget reach not that I'm in the market at the moment...
A couple of years ago I bought a mono Ortofon cartridge for $200 and it seriously transformed how vintage 45s sounded on my set-up
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It's Japanese Washi paper, placed there to prevent dust and debris from contaminating the moving coils and magnets. The ultralight, acoustically permeable paper provides an almost completely non-resonant protective shield for the delicate components underneath. The open architecture is about keeping resonating surfaces away from the coils.
eargasm!
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The Battle of The Bands album pictured here is not a 180]w comp..It's a near exact reproduction of a hopelessly rare album released on Onyx Records in 1966...It was held at The Frost Arena in Lawrence, Mass..The shame about this album is that an opportunity was missed to record The Citations (of Pre- Sav fame) or The Primitives who were both regarded as the two best bands in the Merrimac Valley scene by most of their contemporaries. They both performed live at the original event, but were considered to be a cut above the rest. They both booked as special guests. The live recording was not done very well, so each band that was at the event was marched into Pat Costa's studio and in rapid succession recorded a song they had played that night to make an odd document of a previous event! Originals can be discerned from fakes by label design, deadwax numbers, and there is no 1966 printed on the jacket...that was printed there specifically to be able to identify a real from a fake while it was sealed..anyone who says different is unaware of the facts.some more
eargasm!
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I got the same result from my Denon 160...fantastic sound on original vinyl.. cost me around $150 or so..have to admit that hearing The Boss's, Expo's and Mr Strauss's forum comps years ago forced a significant upgrade upon me for equipment..my records sounded like crap after i heard their compilations!
TheOriginal1966BadApple
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Of course my memory might be playing tricks (or I suffer from confabulations), but I recall:
1. Nuggets being re-issued by Sire in '76
2. Pebbles Vols. 9 and 10 released in 1980. I first heard of them while I was still in High School (class of '80, eh). A band I knew (The RoadRunners / Mellobeats) used to do "Not Trying to Hurt You" in 1980. They obviously learnt it off Pebbles.
3. Pebbles Vols. 11 and 12 were 1983
4. Pebbles Vol. 13, 1984
5. Seeing Ear Pearcing Punk before 1982 for sale at the legendary Scorpio Records, on 10th Ave., Vanc. BC and at D&G's in Burnaby
6. Seeing EVA LP's in 1983 or even 1982 at these stores, and Friends Records in N. Vanc.
1. Nuggets being re-issued by Sire in '76
2. Pebbles Vols. 9 and 10 released in 1980. I first heard of them while I was still in High School (class of '80, eh). A band I knew (The RoadRunners / Mellobeats) used to do "Not Trying to Hurt You" in 1980. They obviously learnt it off Pebbles.
3. Pebbles Vols. 11 and 12 were 1983
4. Pebbles Vol. 13, 1984
5. Seeing Ear Pearcing Punk before 1982 for sale at the legendary Scorpio Records, on 10th Ave., Vanc. BC and at D&G's in Burnaby
6. Seeing EVA LP's in 1983 or even 1982 at these stores, and Friends Records in N. Vanc.
buckeyebeat
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Nothing like checking actual sources from the time.....A Disques Du Monde ad from Goldmine June 1980 , lists Pebbles 5-8 as 'late additions' - apparently new releases. Psychedelic Unknowns #3 was in the general list. A July 1981 GM has a listing for Off The Wall 1 as 'limited addition'. A December 1981 GM lists Boulders 1-3. The last two ads were from Midnight Records.
gregk25
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let me second that! a non-esoteric (is that possible?) sound-gear thread would be great, preferably aimed at different income and knowledge levels. For example I'm so clueless about this that I wouldnt even know what happens if a stereo record is played with a mono cartridge.
I seem to remember the old Forum years ago had a thread on this and Bosshoss uploaded pictures of his set-up....one word.....awesome.....lol
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for those with an under $500 budget, I highly recommend the Goldring cartridge series. I have the C-1006 series, costs about $300, and the soundstage is amazing for the price. It brings out sounds often buried when played on other cartridges, like the over-rated Grado, or Shure M447. Highs are bright, and not tinny. Low end is resonant and full, not boomy.
reyes
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MopTopMike said:
Good to know. Very helpful recommendations from people using cartridges being used for this kind of music.
reyes
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I was thinking maybe upgrading......
http://www.needledoctor.com/Koetsu-Coralstone-Platinum-Phono-Cartridge?sc=2&category=270
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http://www.needledoctor.com/Koetsu-Coralstone-Platinum-Phono-Cartridge?sc=2&category=270
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My pal dates his Off the Wall Vol 1 as May, 1981 - he wrote the date on the inner white sleeve. Since both of us bought comps right when they arrived at the record shop, I would trust his scribings.
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It outputs 2 identical mono channels of the mixed stereo signal. However, a stereo cartridge is set up to detect both lateral (side-to-side) and vertical (up-and-down) motion, because that's the way stereo records are encoded (at 45 degree angles on opposite walls of a V-shaped groove). A mono cartridge is deliberately set up to detect only the lateral component, because mono discs only have lateral encoding. Therefore the signal level of the output generated by a mono cartridge playing a stereo disc is theoretically not optimum, resulting in a lower signal-to-electronic-noise level for the amplified output. In practical terms, it sounds reasonably ok.
A stereo cartridge playing a mono disc also results in a weaker signal to noise ratio, for a different reason. The stereo cartridge will detect dust and vinyl imperfections in the vertical plane, rendering it as noise mixed with the lateral mono signal. A mono cartridge will ignore all vertical movement, which on a mono disc is not part of the music anyway.
depravedskippy66
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Could have sworn it was on Timothy's Brain; my bad. Sounds like the CD reissue was taken directly from the vinyl comps, then. No need to bother trying to find a copy.
I know both albums, or Vol. 2 at least, were to have come with inserts, which were not in my copies. Several years back I was able to download the information contained on both inserts via the Cutie Morning Moon website; perhaps the information is still accessible there although it has been a long time since I have checked that site out.
mr. splendid
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Keeping the audio thread inside this thread going - I was wondering if anybody owning a MC cartridge has tested out this http://www.musicdirect.com/p-207-aesthetix-abcd-1-cartridge-demagnetizer.aspx . I can understand the logic behind it , but it seems kinda pricey
soundog III
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I have one, I suppose it works OK, not a mindblowing difference. To err on the side of caution seemed a reasoned gambit.
