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Vinyl Digging
RMAF 2008
Stephen Mejias  |  Oct 13, 2008  |  0 comments
Old and young—I mean, young and younger—dirtying their fingers and nourishing their souls, digging through the crates of vinyl.
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Vinyl Flat: An Affordable Record Flattener?
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Stephen Mejias  |  Jun 10, 2011  |  13 comments
Do you own any warped records? I do, unfortunately. It’s always a major disappointment to find that a promising new record is warped. You could take it back to the store, of course, but who’s got time for that? Most often, I wind up keeping those sad, warped records, but I rarely play them. No fun, no fun.

I’ve often wondered about the Furutech Disc Flattener, but $2000 is a lot of money to spend on what is, essentially, an accessory.

So, I’m anxious to learn more about the new Vinyl Flat Record Flattener ($129.95). From the website:

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Vinyl Lovers
SSI 2009
Stephen Mejias  |  Apr 03, 2009  |  0 comments
A large and constant crowd surrounded the bins at the Aux 33 Tours booth. Men, women, and children were all diving in, happily.
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Vinyl Man
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Stephen Mejias  |  Jul 02, 2009  |  5 comments
Um, Vinyl Man's favorite colors are orange and green, obviously. This photo was taken by intrepid crime photographer, Michael Lavorgna, outside the old Justice League Europe Headquarters in Paris, France.
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Vinyl Man's Digital-Proof Shield
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Stephen Mejias  |  Jul 02, 2009  |  1 comments
If Vinyl Man had a shield, it would look something like the Thorens TD 309 turntable. But it would be orange. Or green.
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Vinyl Record Day
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Stephen Mejias  |  Aug 12, 2008  |  22 comments
Today is/was/forever will be remembered as: Vinyl Record Day. August 12th, the day Thomas Edison blessed us with the phonograph.
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Vinyl Rules & New Blogs Rising
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Stephen Mejias  |  Jun 25, 2010  |  3 comments
In this nice piece, Arlen Schweiger, managing editor of Electronic House, describes the great amount of fun he’s enjoyed while getting back into vinyl. Even on a modest analog rig ($50 Technics turntable and $100 Cambridge Audio phono preamp), Arlen has had no trouble noting vinyl’s virtues, which in his experience include wider soundstages, better focused images, and tighter bass. Most of all, it seems, Arlen is enjoying hunting for outstanding bargains on used LPs and sharing his discoveries with friends and family. Be sure to check out the slideshow.
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Vinyl Sooner
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Stephen Mejias  |  May 07, 2008  |  5 comments
Recent CD purchases that I need to buy all over again on vinyl, in alphabetical order (obviously):
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Vinyl, Vinyl, Vinyl
T.H.E. Show Newport 2012
Stephen Mejias  |  Jun 08, 2012  |  2 comments
AnalogPlanet’s Mikey Fremer has already mentioned that vinyl was HUGE at T.H.E. Show Newport. And, for once, he’s not exaggerating:
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Vitus and Amphion
RMAF 2010
Stephen Mejias  |  Oct 16, 2010  |  1 comments
Here we see the Vitus Audio SIA-025 integrated amplifier ($20,000; 100Wpc running class-A/B) and SCD-010 CD player ($20,000) and Amphion’s Krypton 3 loudspeakers ($20,900/pair). Amphion is now distributed in North America by VMAX Services. This system was very easy to listen to. Even at low volumes, there was no lack of drama, scale, or drive. It was a pleasure catching up with VMAX’s Richard Kohlruss and meeting Vitus’ Hans-Ole Vitus, who tells me he’s got a new phono preamp that Michael Fremer will love.
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