Building a new system - need advice

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Submitted by sttb on

I'm getting back into vinyl after listening to a friend's newly revised collection.

I know I'm working from the inside out but inserting a turntable into existing stuff but I'm not exactly pleased with my progress and could use some experienced advice.

I now have a Pro-ject Genie 1.3 TT, a HK 3490 rec'vr, Bellari phono pre-amp all running into older Paradigm studio 60 floor spkrs.

New To Me

Submitted by Stephen Mejias on

John Prine is completely new to me, but I feel like I've known his music all my life. The songs feel so important and true to me, it's difficult to understand how I've managed to live my entire life without knowing them. I fell immediately in love with his work and I want to explore it all.

Are there artists or songs that have done this for you?

A Child That's Grown Old

A Child That's Grown Old

Jun 11, 2010

I’m on the N train heading to Manhattan from Bay Ridge and there’s a fat Mexican baby in a dull red stroller. She is screaming her heart out. I’m trying to read an article in <i>New York</i> magazine recommended to me by a co-worker, but I don’t think I’ll make it to the end. I’ve read enough about addiction to know how ugly it can be; I don’t want to live through it again.

A Scotch Summer Mixtape

A Scotch Summer Mixtape

Jun 10, 2010

I’ve told you a bit about my favorite cassette label, Al Bjornaa’s <a href="http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/why_cassettes/">Scotch Tapes</a>, out of Batchawana Bay, Ontario, Canada. In <a href="http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/scotch-tapes-label-sampler">this Impose article</a>, Al goes into more detail, explaining how he built the label, and revealing some of his big plans for the remainder of the year, which include 60-70 new tapes, 4-5 vinyl releases, approximately 20 lathe cuts, a dozen zines, a couple of 8-tracks, and a monster summer compilation. (You can also download a Scotch sampler.)

Stan Getz & Kenny Barron

Stan Getz & Kenny Barron

Jun 10, 2010

A trend of sorts has taken hold the past few years: albums (in most cases, multi-disc boxed sets) capturing not just the highlights of a jazz concert but the whole concert—or a whole week’s worth of concerts, the entire run of a gig at a nightclub—every note of it.

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