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6 hours ago, MarkhantonioYeatts said:

CHET BAKER TRIO w/PHIL CATHERINE

...Chet never really got his just due respect as a trumpeter....for me, he rates right up there with Armstrong, Davis and Gillespie....the best combination of technical proficiency and feeling in jazz....

Good trumpeter I agree, but not on the level of the legends, I think.  His singing was god-awful.

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8 minutes ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

Yeah, he must've been listening to Chet Baker the plumber.

 

 

The Grail - Black Craft, US Raw Blackened Doomy Punk

 

 

 

Ancient Mastery - The Chosen One, Austrian black

 

 

 

Pâlemort - Tour du Nord, Quebecois noir

 

....WhiteNoise....you always say that I supply you with loads of new music...while that may be true, here is an instance when you got me with three sweet picks....I've heard of all three bands but have not heard the new PALEMORT or THE GRAIL records....all three very nice picks....

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8 minutes ago, navybsn said:

Dig the vinyl setup Señor Yeats. I'm a Sony man myself (PS-X600) but that Technics is sweet.

Today:

Cold Cave - Full Cold Moon

Warmoon Lord - Battlespells

SevenSins - Legends of Kazakhstan

Metal Race - Excrutiation by Silence

Clandestine Blaze - Secrets of Laceration

.....I agree....that is a nice Technics table....I believe it's an SL1200GS...but it's not mine...I have a Rega Planar 6, that I'm pretty happy with....would love to move to a V.P.I. or an E.A.T., but what I've got right now does the job...

...however, the vinyl shelves set-up looks scarily similar to mine...except I'm pretty nerdy about sleeves for all of my vinyl....I've spent way too much money on protector sleeves....

...what's even scarier is I probably have all the same records in my collection as that guy does....at least from what I've seen from him....

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I buy those protector sleeves in bulk as well. No sense spending all of that money on vinyl and not putting them in sleeves.

I'm very happy with my Sony and can't say I will ever upgrade as long as I can keep it running and in good shape. If I did, I might go for a Trio or a Kenwood KD-5000. I like auto/semiauto direct drives. 

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7 hours ago, navybsn said:

I buy those protector sleeves in bulk as well. No sense spending all of that money on vinyl and not putting them in sleeves.

I'm very happy with my Sony and can't say I will ever upgrade as long as I can keep it running and in good shape. If I did, I might go for a Trio or a Kenwood KD-5000. I like auto/semiauto direct drives. 

...belt drive and direct drive both have their plusses and minuses...I just like the platter isolation you get with belt drive because my cartridge picks up the slightest rumble and having belt drive keeps her happy....I have a Soundsmith Carmen cartridge and she's very temperamental....I might try a Grado cart the next time I buy one but I don't see getting a new one for quite a while....

...those wood Grados seem to do well with direct drive tables from what I've been told...I think it's called Grado Sonata, that I've heard does well with direct drive....

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48 minutes ago, MarkhantonioYeatts said:

...belt drive and direct drive both have their plusses and minuses...I just like the platter isolation you get with belt drive because my cartridge picks up the slightest rumble and having belt drive keeps her happy....I have a Soundsmith Carmen cartridge and she's very temperamental....I might try a Grasp cart the next time I buy one but I don't see getting a new one for quite a while....

...those wood Grados seem to do well with direct drive tables from what I've been told...I think it's called Grado Sonata, that I've heard does well with direct drive....

I honestly can't remember what cart I'm running. It's an Audio Technica 95E I think. Nothing special, but it does a great job. No rumble at all. It will get upgraded eventually either to a Grado or a Sumiko.

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