Red Mosquito

How much did you pay for that? I'm going to sell mine.

Upgraded my old Rega Planar 3 to the new Rega Rp3:









The difference is night and day with my old table. The quiet passages are pitch-black-silent, with much better speed/pitch than I was used to.

I'm going to try the Denon DL-110 cart next which is currently on my other table, but after that I may consider going back to a proper Rega cartridge.

Ugh. Thats beautiful. Maybe someday ill have enough money for such a turntable.

Looking at these new turntables just makes me want to upgrade mine, but I'm just not sure it'd be worth it...

Is that the LIYYGHNING BOWWWLDT!!! Vinyl you are spinning?

Listen to a good record, Paul.

Simple Torture wrote:Got My Morning Jacket's "The Tennessee Fire" from Discogs today for $9.99--usually goes for $25 or more!

This came today, and it was totally worth it. Both upper corners of the sleeve are busted down, but the media is in great shape, and it sounds amazing (the new table is probably helping with this); I've never heard the bass on this album like this.

cutuphalfdead wrote:Listen to a good record, Paul.

LB sounds fantastic. They did a great job mastering for vinyl.
Yellow Moon is one of the best sounding recordings they've done since All or None. And the song is pretty damn good too!

It was the first song I went to play once I had everything setup.

southp wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:Listen to a good record, Paul.

LB sounds fantastic. They did a great job mastering for vinyl.
Yellow Moon is one of the best sounding recordings they've done since All or None. And the song is pretty damn good too!

Have you spinned the Red one at all?

Rangi Guy wrote:

southp wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:Listen to a good record, Paul.

LB sounds fantastic. They did a great job mastering for vinyl.
Yellow Moon is one of the best sounding recordings they've done since All or None. And the song is pretty damn good too!

Have you spinned the Red one at all?

Not yet but now that I'm up and running again I'm going to compare the red and also the Sevens 45's.
I expect the Sevens box will sound even better but after all this would you believe I don't have a fuckin' 45 adapter?! It's the cheapest accessory you can get for your turntable and somehow I lost mine and never got around to replacing it.

southp wrote:

Rangi Guy wrote:

southp wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:Listen to a good record, Paul.

LB sounds fantastic. They did a great job mastering for vinyl.
Yellow Moon is one of the best sounding recordings they've done since All or None. And the song is pretty damn good too!

Have you spinned the Red one at all?

Not yet but now that I'm up and running again I'm going to compare the red and also the Sevens 45's.
I expect the Sevens box will sound even better but after all this would you believe I don't have a fuckin' 45 adapter?! It's the cheapest accessory you can get for your turntable and somehow I lost mine and never got around to replacing it.

You need an adapter these days?

So is it worth upgrading a cartidge? How big of a difference does it make?

southp wrote: Yellow Moon is one of the best sounding recordings they've done since All or None.

It's not like there's been much competition in that time period.

Strat wrote:So is it worth upgrading a cartidge? How big of a difference does it make?

If you go from a shitty cartridge to a nice one, it'll make a world of difference.

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Strat wrote:So is it worth upgrading a cartidge? How big of a difference does it make?

If you go from a shitty cartridge to a nice one, it'll make a world of difference.

Do I have a shitty cartridge?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002S1 ... d_i=507846

Strat wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Strat wrote:So is it worth upgrading a cartidge? How big of a difference does it make?

If you go from a shitty cartridge to a nice one, it'll make a world of difference.

Do I have a shitty cartridge?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002S1 ... d_i=507846

I don't know shit about them.

Strat wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Strat wrote:So is it worth upgrading a cartidge? How big of a difference does it make?

If you go from a shitty cartridge to a nice one, it'll make a world of difference.

Do I have a shitty cartridge?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002S1 ... d_i=507846

I would say the cartridge on that is probably going to be the weakest link in the table. Not to say it's going to sound bad, but for all the features you get for that kind of price I would say they didn't give you a high quality cart. If you upgrade look into carts from Shure, Audio Technica, Grado, and Ortofon in the $75 or more range and you should hear a striking difference in sound quality. I have the Ortofon Red and it sounds incredible.

I haven't really been that impressed with the Orto Red on my TT, honestly....

I'll soon have my fathers old marantz2250b in play so perhaps that and a cartridge upgrade will suit me just fine.