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Thanks Jack, Unfortunately, my car is S.O.L. That ends my tube amp venture. I'm selling most of my HT equipement on the HTF Market Place, if anyone's interested.:frowning: So long, Tube dreams of glowing tubes and analog warmth!

The reason I was looking at it was because it would reduce (or effectively eliminate) wear and tear on my vinyl. I also thought that it might eliminate some of the pops and hiss associated with vinyl. I didn't know if it would reduce the sound quality or not. Oh, yeah. On reading back my...

5 or 6 figures! Good God! Now I can see that I've picked the wrong hobby! I'll probably have to sell a lot of my HT equipment soon, as my car threw a rod, and I have exactly $673.32 to put towards repairs. With the glowing Central Ohio economy, that might be enough to get my oil changed:) ...

By the way, is anyone going to answer my question about the needle that doesn't touch the record?

Larry B- In answer to your question about face-to-face meetings, who needs cards? With all these "retro tube amp" fans and guitarists, I'd say it's safe enough to assume that the smiley faces (as well as swirly colors and "tasty" sounds) never leave the periferal vision of many of us. If you...

Does anyone know where and for how much I can get one of those needles that doesn't touch the record? I think that they use a laser or something similar, much like a CD player. If anyone has one, what does it do to the sound quality, as far as pops and hisses are concerned?

Ah, yes...this old debate! How is vinyl inferior to, say CDs, DVD-As, SACDs, HDCDs, etc.? How can you get better than the original? Answer-you can't. Sure, vinyl has hisses and pops, but that's part of the experience! As I've said before in other threads, digital is great, but when you...

Saurav-My receiver doesn't have a phono stage, if you are asking about that. The Eq I'm using has a sensitivity regulator (correct term? It's called a direct box in the studio). I read somewhere that vinyl has a natural mid boost (low and high dampening/run off, I believe). If not, how...

Hey! I wear Bellbottoms...and spikey bracelets...and strange colored hair...and Converse All-Stars...I must be pushing some crappy 18"ers through a Technics receiver! No, just kidding. Interesting debate-very philisophical. Would one be better of reproducing musical tones as accurately as...