What records are you listening to tonight?

[wataru330]

I've tried a few carts on my turntable and I still think the M44-7 is amazing. The 9.5 mV output just does it for me. I had 4 other carts before and I gave away 2 of them and I still have a Shure m97xE that this asshat wants 550 bucks for:

Shure M97xE phono cartridge

Check out the deal on Shure M97xE phono cartridge at LP Gear

www.lpgear.com

I always thought the m97xE was wayyyyy overrated

Shure going under, fucked many a working DJ up. Everyone wants a ton of loot for the limited number of M97/M44s left out there.

Luckily…this happened:

44model – JICO

www.jico-stylus.com

JICO got the old factory tooling…Shure, in everything but name. Made in Japan.

 

[terry.330]

The M97 isn't a bad cart, I've used it in the past and still have a new one somewhere around here, but yeah definitely overrated.

I currently use a Sumiko Rainer and find it to be just as good as the Blue M2 or M97.

 

[roker]

Shure going under, fucked many a working DJ up. Everyone wants a ton of loot for the limited number of M97/M44s left out there.

Luckily…this happened:

44model – JICO

www.jico-stylus.com

JICO got the old factory tooling…Shure, in everything but name. Made in Japan.

Yeah, I saw that. When my stylus needs replacing I'll definitely get a JICO, but at the prices they want for the cartridge, most people I know ended up buying a used M44 on eBay.

I think Shure still makes microphones, they just stopped manufacturing phono cartridges.

 

[SignOfGoob]

Shure going under, fucked many a working DJ up. Everyone wants a ton of loot for the limited number of M97/M44s left out there.

Luckily…this happened:

44model – JICO

www.jico-stylus.com

JICO got the old factory tooling…Shure, in everything but name. Made in Japan.

That’s good to know. We tried some of the Chinese ones at WCBN a few years ago and they were shiiiiiiiiiiiittttttt.

 

[wataru330]

That’s good to know. We tried some of the Chinese ones at WCBN a few years ago and they were shiiiiiiiiiiiittttttt.

Neither I (take w/ a grain of salt) or DJ Rob Swift (take as gospel) can tell much of a difference between the JICOs and Shures.

He did a Pepsi challenge set on FB, and that’s what convinced me to go JICO.

 

[smokey]

 

[prof]

I like 'Girls in Peacetime Like to Dance.'

 

[kernow]

O.2mv output here

 

[smokey]

I like 'Girls in Peacetime Like to Dance.'

I don't think I dislike any of their albums. So good.

 

[arbormatt]

Really enjoying this remix. Sounds so different from RTJ4. Loving it actually.

 

[kernow]

Would be lovely if this thread could be pinned

 

[SignOfGoob]

I think I already posted Tigermilk and Girls in Peacetime at some point…

 

[SignOfGoob]

The Denon DP-300 is back in its box, testing showed that a severely tired 40 year old Panasonic beats the shit out of it. Will be buying the Thorens instead.

 

[roker]

I had 4 turntables before I got my Audio Technica 120. My only regret is not jumping on a new Technics 1200 when I had a chance in 2010, but otherwise, yeah there are definitely better turntables out there. I like direct drive stuff and I don't feel like paying 1000+ for the new 1200 or going vintage looking for an old school Denon DP47, etc.

The Denon DP-300 is back in its box, testing showed that a severely tired 40 year old Panasonic beats the shit out of it. Will be buying the Thorens instead.

yeah, I don't think they make high quality autos these days. I liked the look of the 300 but never trusted it as a product because of that.

 

[smokey]

Did everyone start listening to Belle and Sebastian because of me? Am I an influencer now?

 

[kernow]

 

[SignOfGoob]

Yep. I went out and got those records brand new just to follow a trend on this forum. I have no idea why I’m buying OSTs for a 1981 kids anime that isn’t Gundam but whatever, I have to be accepted.

 

[smokey]

It was a decent video of Belle & Sebastian at Amoeba records weird that it won’t load:
https://youtu.be/S8HY9vE6JbY

 

[Kristian Meller]

Been watching Pistol, the mini-series, so Never Mind the Bollocks.

 

[SignOfGoob]

Recent clear purple reissue. I’m not a big fan of the Mac but this, their first single, is honestly more my thing. More classic/pysch/prog than the hits. It’s not amazing one way or another though.

 

[SignOfGoob]

Very pretty looking but very ugly sounding wax for this one…

 

[SignOfGoob]

We’ve all been there…

 

[SignOfGoob]

I need to get a juke box…but aren’t they all either locked to big hole or small hole? Seems impractical with my cosmopolitan collecting habits.

 

[SignOfGoob]

Will buy any output from this duo. This is the true soul of cracker culture. As real as anything Woody Guthrie ever made.

 

[SignOfGoob]

Split Verdict!

Side A: stone cold masterpiece forever.

Side B: pour superglue on it.