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Phono Cartridge Review: The Forgotten Audio Technica AT-110E
Audio Technica rival Ortofon as today’s most popular phono cartridge and stylus manufacturer, and I personally deeply appreciate that they continue to offer a wider variety of options than much of their competition, allowing you to find the right fit based on budget, tonearm and sound preferences. While they continue to offer an impressive array,…
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Gear Spotlight: The Trusty Realistic Minimus-7 Speakers
Has there ever been a more popular speaker in history than RadioShack’s Realistic Minimus-7? I’ve heard a number of speakers claim ownership of that title, ranging from the Dynaco A-25 to Original Advent Loudspeaker – but I’d have to imagine that the Minimus-7, in production for two full decades and selling at an unrivaled budget…
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Phono Cartridge Review: The Ortofon OM10
THE HISTORY Danish phono cartridge manufacturers Ortofon survived the waning dog days of the vinyl record industry, and have grown significantly during its comeback, establishing itself, along with Audio Technica, as the preeminent leader of the phono cartridge world over the past couple of decades. Like many of my favorite phono manufacturers, their roots go…
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Now Spinning: Grateful Dead – Olympia Theatre, Paris, France (5/3/72)
It’s been a long, cold, lonely winter, as George Harrison might say, with months of chilly gray skies finally giving way to warm spring temperatures about a month later than usual, which means the Grateful Dead are starting to pop into my listening rotation with an inevitable regularity (much like The Band do in the…
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Now Spinning: Robey, Falk & Bod – Kentucky Gambler
Sometimes I think we forget that Crosby, Stills & Nash were, for a moment at least, the closest thing to America’s answer to The Beatles – partially evidenced by the proliferation of imitators in the years immediately following their formation. While Woodstock served as only the second official public performance from Crosby, Stills and Nash,…
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Now Spinning: Sonny Rollins – Freedom Suite Plus
A quiet Monday feels like the right atmosphere for some classic jazz, and it doesn’t get more classic than Sonny Rollins. As one of the titans atop the pantheon of American jazz, Sonny Rollins career featured many high points – from 1956’s genre-defining, hard-bop classic Saxophone Colossus, to multiple, surprisingly effective comeback reinventions in the…
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Now Spinning: The Best Of Rod Stewart
A Rod Stewart compilation in the dollar bin might not catch your eye, but that would be quite the mistake here – as this, and the following Vol. II, are low-key two of the better damn rock and roll compilations out there. If you’ve made your way to this site, you’re probably well aware that…
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Now Spinning: Five Man Electrical Band
Between the band’s completely insane Five Man Electrical Band name and the British Invasion-inspired styling on the LP cover, it sure is clear that this one comes straight out of the 1960s. As someone with a soft spot for the era and open ears, especially for those lesser known bands that may not have made…
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Dust Cover Restoration
I spent a good chunk of time this past weekend restoring a turntable that arrived to me in grimy cosmetic shape, including a particularly nasty dust cover that featured decades-old decaying packing tape and its sticky residue covered in dirt and dust. But after an hour or or two of intensive scrubbing, we had it…
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A Diamond In The Rough: The Goldring G800 Phono Cartridge
Out of all the twists and turns on the long and winding road to audio nirvana, as a vinyl enthusiast, my favorite little corner to explore is the world of phono cartridges – particularly that of overlooked vintage cartridges that may be forgotten and easy to find on the cheap. The Goldring G800 certainly qualifies,…
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