Vinyl & Audiophile

After some deep diving, I pulled the trigger and treated my room (what was a double garage)

And for all the comments I have had about treating your room, and I always went nah…

Let’s just say I get it.

It’s not finished yet, the big cloud has to be attached to the ceiling then I will do some REW readings.

It takes a bit of getting used to at first, the room is now very quiet.

But the sound….wow. Literally feels like I have just put headphones on.

Like I say. I get it. 👍

Meant to say All done by George at Homeward Sound, for literally half the price of GIK. And he was a true pro.

Before you ask I paid $500 for them all "his asking price". I had absolutely no fucking clue what i was doing but spent the last week researching. Some of the big hits in pics. Kinda shocked at what these are bringing

Hey everyone! I’ve posted a similar vinyl guide for my favorite band on a few other sites, and today I finally found the time to share it here on Reddit as well. I hope many of you find this useful. Cheers!

I've been going through a rough patch in my life and been kind of anxious lately. These albums have helped me calm down. Any other ones you recommend in the same genre?

Klipsch La Scala AL5s paired with four SVS SB-3000s. La Scalas currently (and hopefully temporarily) powered by a Yamaha Aventage RX-A8A, which I already know is more than likely not doing the La Scalas full justice, so open to alternative suggestions to consider from those with real-world experience on these. Music normally enjoyed is all over the place, no genre pigeonholing, and do enjoy true, concert-level, visceral volume at times. Room these are in is approximately 30'x40', with 12' ceilings, and fixed center listening position is 15' away.

This guy has achieved Reddit Diamond in terms of... something

Well All,

Here is the system that ends summer of 2K26 - After Many Hours of Fussing About. ( Let me know thoughts or recommedations

This is where i've ended up - Least for now - Speakers May Change

Turntable: Oracle Paris MKV with Dynavector 20-X2A Low Output on a Zazen II

Phono Preamp: Leahmann Audio Black Cube Statement SE w/ PCX sitting on Norstone Vibration Plate and IsoAcoustics Mini Pucks

Preamp/Streamer: Eversolo DMP-A8 Sitting on a NorStone Vibration Plate

Amplification: 2x Topping B200 Monoblocks

Speakers: PMC Twenty5 22i on Custom Filled Stands on Gaia III Feet

Rack: Norstone Spider in Bamboo filled with NorBeads

Speaker Cables are Wireworld Helicon 16XXX Speaker Cables

RCA Cables are Wireworld Equinox 10 1 Set with Ground and 1 without

XLR Cables are Wireworld Equinox 10

Power Cables are Wireworld Stratus X / Stratus Mini X

All Being Fed from a Wireworld Spaceport Star Wired High Current Conditioner

Mainly play my Jazz records nowadays but also have Roon with a Personal 4TB Libray of DSD and Tidal and Quobuz if desperate

I like finding the best combos of headphones and amps and leave them plugged in. Avoiding switching back and forth between, maybe I'm being lazy. I've landed on the Arya Organic with my schiit stack, (mimir, lokius, jot2) and ZMF Aeolus with the bottle head Crack and upgraded tubes. Also like the audeze LCD-2 classic with my apos merlin/gremlin stack with rca clear top tubes. My sennheiser hd6xx and 560s do well anywhere, usually just with my MacBook.

What have you found to be amazing combos with gear under $1000?

First time i heard it was on Mark & Lard while at work.. was everything you wanted it to be.. blew away all the pretenders.. i've never stopped playing it.. and it still sounds brilliant!! see you on My Star! 🙌

For the newer collectors out there, here's a piece of history: an album cover made out of another box.

When times were tight and companies needed to save money where they could, record covers were printed on the blank side of shipping cartons. This was especially prevalent in Jamaica, but not limited to that market.

Here's a Studio One Showcase comp cover printed on the back of a dandruff shampoo package.

Of course, there are examples of other records where printing on the inside of the jacket was done on purpose (Neil Young "On the Beach" comes to mind), but one doesn't see examples like this too often these days.

Remarkably, the record itself is in pretty good shape. Looking forward to playing it at the next Yardsale (at which point it'll probably sell pretty quickly ;-)