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[SEAWOLF97]

just home from Washington ..drug home a new record spinner ..hope it lives up to expectations

here is an ad for someone else's
http://www.canuckaudiomart.com/detai...le_turntable_/

speeds are exactly right on...with NO variance ...has both arms, overhang gauge, manual , box, mounting hardware for second cart...if you didnt know it was pre-owned , it wud be hard to tell

pretty good specs

Drive system: direct drive by AC servo motor
Speed control system: servo control with frequency detection
Speeds: 33.33 and 45rpm
Speed deviation: less than 0.002%
Wow and flutter: less than 0.015% WRMS
Rumble: less than -78dB
Starting time: less than 1.5 sec to 33.33rpm
Platter: 300mm aluminium die-cast
Tonearm: straight and s-shaped type
Effective length: 244mm
Overhang: 14m
Stylus force: 0 to 2.5g
Cartridge weight: 4-10g (straight tube), 12-18g (s-shaped tube)
Dimensions: 485 x 180 x 410mm
Weight: 13kg

[MikeBrewster77]

I've almost pulled the trigger on one of these Denons countless times. Really interested to hear your thoughts on the sound!

[SEAWOLF97]

I've almost pulled the trigger on one of these Denons countless times. Really interested to hear your thoughts on the sound!

the seller did not have an active setup to demo it on...its been double boxed in his garage a couple of years...we did pull it out , give it power and let a record spin....dead quiet, silky operation....it just oozed quality during normal operation...return privileges

may get it hooked up tomorrow..gonna read the owners manual tonight....will report then.

(obviously got some cleaning to do)

[Krunchy]

A good disney . pixar movie with really good music...go figure.
My kids love this movie and after watching it a few times I can see why, wish they made more movies like this, really quite wonderful even if it is computer animated.
The soundtrack is actually pretty exceptional with the added bonus of Peter Gabriel's song Down to Earth which is a fantastic song in its own right.

[Cactus Bob]

Herbie Hancock ~ Mr. Hands

Columbia

[Cactus Bob]

Jaco Pastorious s/t

[SpeakerLabFan]

Bonnie Raitt - self titled
(1971, Warner Bros) 1973 Palm Trees label pressing



The debut record for the 21 year old slide-guitar folk blues singer-songwriter. Love the Robert Christgau comment on the record & Raitt at the time: "renders all the Collins/Baez melodrama superfluous". Recorded at an empty summer camp on Enchanted Island, about 30 miles west of Minneapolis on Lake Minnetonka. "We recorded live on four tracks because we wanted a more spontaneous and natural feeling in the music," Raitt wrote in the album's liner notes, "a feeling often sacrificed when the musicians know they can overdub their part on a separate track until it's perfect." Leads off with a cover of Stephen Stills' Bluebird.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Deep Purple - Machine Head
(1972, Warner Bros) Artisan symbol in the deadwax



recorded in Montreaux, Switzerland December 1971 with the Rolling Stones' mobile unit. Made In Japan was my first Deep Purple LP, and includes many of the songs originally released here, including one of the most recognizable guitar riffs of all time in Smoke On The Water. Leading off with Highway Star, there's great energy, and great guitar and organ soloing, from start to finish here.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Freddie Hubbard - Polar AC
(1975, CTI) VAN GELDER in the deadwax



with Ron Carter, Lenny White, Hubert Laws, Billy Cobham, Jack DeJohnette, George Benson, Airto. Another in a series of great records that Hubbard made on the CTI label. includes versions of "People Make the World Go Round" and "Betcha By Golly, Wow". a 25 cent pickup at a local flea market last weekend.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Larry Coryell - Barefoot Boy
(1971, Flying Dutchman)




includes a scorching 11:50 version of Gabor Szabo's Gypsy Queen, which was covered a year earlier on Santana - Abraxas. with Steve Marcus, sax; Roy Haynes, drums. Flying Dutchman was a label started by Impulse! records founder Bob Thiele, who produced this record.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Various Artists - Jazz Super Hits Vol. 2
(1970, Atlantic)



A sampler of Jazz artists on the Atlantic label with 7 tracks including stuff from John Coltrane, Jack McDuff, Charles Lloyd, Ray charles & Fathead Newman, Yusef Lateef.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Janis Joplin - I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!
(1969, Columbia)



Soulful arrangements with horns backing some tasty rock singing from Janis. includes a cover of Bob Dylan's "Dear Landlord". with Mike Bloomfield on guitar on a few songs.

[SpeakerLabFan]

Cheap Trick - All Shook Up
(1980, Epic) TONE in the deadwax; Trutone mastering?



Produced by George Martin and engineered by Geoff Emerick who previously teamed up on some records for an obscure Liverpool band.

[SEAWOLF97]

The acquisition of the big Denon TT started a massive sliding puzzle

3 TT's got relocated
2 amps got moved
as did the pre ..and the MD and CD

2 unused pieces were removed ..etc...etc

so now the Tech Q3 is on the PC system , which now runs my sons L100's ( at least till he returns )..... had forgotten how good early Bad Co. is ....twas right at home on the Centuries..

YES..there are 4 active turntables in the house..2 Denons, Tech and Pioneer

[SpeakerLabFan]

Queen - Jazz
(1978, Elektra) STERLING in the deadwax; mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound



with the three-panel "bicycle race" poster insert.