Be careful with headphones. Pete Townsend attributed his hearing loss to headphones in the studio, not from loud amps (although I'm sure that added to it). I use loudspeakers primarily.

In my opinion, if you play with vinyl, the cartridge and phono stage are up on the list. With that said…the biggest change you can make to your sound, would be changing your speakers. Hands down

Any audiophile worth their salt, will tell you that you can get the sound your looking for …with tone controls

Knew that if I held out I would snag the vinyl box set for a good price. Hit the jackpot today. 75% off at B&N. $64. Happy days.

Shout out to Light In The Attic and The Nimero Group for bringing these songs back in print.

this is child's play compared to what came after, starting w/ ascencion imo

do you need to try this with sony headphones or earphones, starting from 20$ and high... the sound quality it's much better.

My Alltime Favourite forever in Jazz is here Scott La Faro's Jade Visions - it's absolutely magic!! 😊

I didn't support your voice till the end , sorry!

That song on the intro reminds me of Mystery Meat's "Profiles." Looks like these LPs you're talking about here are already sold (souled) out. And I spy a Thee Midnighters LP in the background. I think The Cramps talked about how the East LA bands added Thee extra "e" to let people know where they were from. The Premiers' "Farmer John" also comes to mind.

This guy must’ve been really pissed from the outcome of the 2024 election results?😅

ortofon probably also has a test disk for setting track force. at least they have in the past I've also watched on KZbin how he shows how to set up a record player as precisely as possible

Pro-Ject Debut Carbon RecordMaster Hires. is apparently made for red or blue. if you put something else, maybe the recording will sound strange? . So it is a record player where you can rip your vinyl records to DSD or PCM 24

Then you could, for example, compare with cartridges from other manufacturers or brands in the same price range

Then there should be record players that include Ortofon 2M Black. it's probably just a matter of Googling or maybe checking a price comparison site

There can maybe also be vibration between the record player and the furniture ? . I have seen that can buy to turntables that you put between the surface and the turntable to reduce vibrations

Was definitely wondering why you was switching out your tube amp for this amp instead. . . Until you said headphone amp lol. Definitely down the road gotta invest in some headphones and headphone amp. Much love brotha man

It's $849.00 on ebay at least on the ebay site I'm on . However, I live in Sweden

Another question could be how precisely the record player is set from the factory, for example the position of the cartridge. so that it follows the track as precisely as possible across the entire disc

Fluance rt85 probably also has ortofon blue. And it still costs about 500 dollars right? . then when you talk about the price of the record player it should be with the cartridges. If you test with a more expensive cartridge then you must add it to the price

It makes me so happy to see Lowrider Oldies, Lost Soul, and modern soul of today is growing. I was entertained for this podcast sit down the whole hour brotha man. I hope you do more round table talks like this. Much love to you brotha man

Is the Pluto's light always on?

I’ve noticed that you use a compact amp instead of a traditional AVR. What lead you to that decision and do you feel like you get the same volume/quality out of the compact? Thanks in advance!

I have the original unit, all good so far. The extra functions here are not worth the money imho, as you can do multiple cleans (without draining) and multiple dries already. The main improvement needed is a higher power transducer so that the micro cavities have more energy and therefore better deep cleaning. I’ve also had a few records that don’t rotate properly, due to minor warpage. This needs to be improved. Overall, it’s doing a great job but as an Engineer I always look for improvements!

No Way would I pay $850 for an Audio Technica TT. Thats Too much for a table of this calibur. No auto stop/lift, detached dust cover, only comes in black, etc., etc., No thank you. I’ll stick with my RT-85 until I find a real contender at this price range. Rather spend just a little more and get a Dual. As for aesthetics, This is Super cheap looking too

I only started buying from VMP in 2021 when a friend told me about the Quincy Jones anthology box which I picked up on pre order (I’m in the UK), based off the quality of that which was first class, I then started buying one anthology box each Christmas and picked up a few solo titles, mainly hip hop and electronic as nowhere else really caters for this genre like VMP. A few weren’t great like the Aretha Franklin - I never Loved a Man and the Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde Mono, but in the main they’re all superb and justified the money. I was very much a fan until I saw the price for the recent Alicia Keys - Diary of Alicia Keys which was $140 for a 3 Disk album, sure it was nice, but that price just didn’t add up in any way shape or form and was competing against the likes of a MoFi OneStep or AP UHQR, and while VMP are certainly better than normal quality, there’s absolutely no way they’re at that tier. It was shortly after they announced the price hikes and then news hit about the pressing plant debacle and it started making sense, and I haven’t bought any since december last year because I got a 40% off voucher which I applied to the Miles Davis Anthology (which otherwise I never would have considered as the price was far too high). The change from their peak to being too inflated to then having to take emergency cut backs all happened over a very short space of time, and unfortunately now from reviews I’m seeing, their customer service which was one of the things I appreciated so much about them, has all but vanished. It’s an absolute shame because they catered for genres that other labels didn’t. But now Rhino has really started pulling out the stops on some high quality hip hop releases and are starting to fill that void for me at equal quality to VMP. The Anthology boxes are some of the best box sets available on the market, I now have 4 of them and prize them extremely highly, they’ve even introduced me to genres like latin in the Ghetto box that otherwise wouldn’t be on my radar. It’s going to take them a while to regain trust, and they have to reduce prices, they just don’t command their new price structure at all.

Gus is excellent. More like traditional folk on a banjo than the blues. VMP does excellent box sets I'll give them that. I'm always taking swaps on half their titles and getting alternative titles I ordered a year ago and still waiting on. I recommend their "Explorations in Sound" 45 rpm Marantz audiophile 4 LP reference album. Pricey though. The first disc is fantastic, the Marantz guys picks. Second volume is VMP picks which are not as good. I guess trying to appeal to younger people on Vol 2. The sound quality is poorer and music selections are not as good. All selections are unknown artists.

Just as they don’t talk about the AT-LPW50PB for under 500$. Maybe the money isn’t flowing as from the others… I picked it up and I couldn’t be happier theat I didn’t get a Rxxa or PJ 😊. Best 350€ I’ve spent on a TT. Very nice video and review. Keep it up!

Ordered a copy of the celebration splatter variant of volume 3. Looking forward to it!

Thanks for this great video. As a white boy from SoCal I grew up with my Dad listening to Motown and all things 50’s music. The majority of all of my Dad’s friends were Hispanic and I also grew up listening to this incredible Chicano music too, especially when he brought me to his work in East LA and to his friends houses. Thank you so much for introducing me to these vinyl selections. Can’t wait to order them, which I now most definitely will and to spin them often. Thanks again my friend for the terrific video and for making me aware of these.

The vinyl versions should be double gatefolds with all the tracks.

Mike is super cool, I own all three LPs and 2 cds and just won the giveaway he did. Love Oracion records

R. Stevie is the best! Hi Doug from the admin of RSFans, you sent me your Sloppy Joe LP a couple years back. I’m the compiler of Freedom Vs. Fate, the 3LP set from RSD 2021. Great video!

I have volume 2 on vinyl and need to order volume 3 soon. I missed out on volume 1 :(

I'm super happy you did this video! And I'm crossing my fingers that you'll get a interview with Monster Mike to ask all the questions you purposed on this video, that would be amazing! I have all the colored varients for all three volumes, but now I'm debating on whether or not to grab the black versions now lol. I also grew up listening to a lot of those mainstream lowrider oldies that everyone knows amongst souls fans, and the lowrider community. But when you dive in, there is no end to what you find for soul fans. These compilations are a great way to get into what my homies and I would call underground oldies. You made my day brotha man! From the moment I found these, I knew you would love it, and it really makes me happy to see you loving this series as much as I do. Much love brotha man. P. S. Thee Sinseers are gonna be in Philly according to the tour schedule.

have i to refill the Water everytime for each single Vinyl for a Cleaning Circle ? or how Many Vinyls can be cleaned with one reservoir filled ? at the Moment i use a easy Knosti Antistatic Vinyl Cleaniung Handmachine , But its really annoiyng .

Bloody hell....im glad i collect cds. I dont even clean my car with this fuss!

Jealous from England. What a cool scene you folk have.

The 30 sec delay before it stops makes zero sense - Why wait 30 sec ? It should stop at the end - period. Seems like a mistake in engineering to me because it makes no sense at all.

It really makes me happy to see you enjoying this as much as I do. Its a beautiful pressing, and the heart-felt soul on this will make a hard cat wanna cry 🥲. Fingers crossed for a video on the series. Great short, and much love to you brotha man.

"The Peacock Chair" - so true!

Why the hate for FM? I mean, regarding the music not the soap opera stuff. I don’t like many groups and singers but I don’t hate it.

Been a member for a number of years. Love what it used to be for sure, but renewal in Jan. is over $500. Ewwwwwwwwww.

They really are going to price themselves out of the market - again I doubt they will be around in 2 years.

Enjoying the episode 👍

I don’t think it’s the same Johnny Knight

I was a member and loved it but because of shipping pricing they will no longer be serving anyone in the uk 😢

You mentioned the tonearm should be adjusted to match the vertical tracking angle of an Nagaoka cartridge. I have an MP-110 that came mounted on a shell provided by Nagaoka and after doing the necessary adjustments, it sounded awful on my old Technics SL-2900. I tried changing this adjustment and did not work at all. Then I decided to buy another Technics shell and it worked very well. I don't have words for the sound quality provided by the MP-110. Everything is so tight, the bass, midrange, treble and timbre are on spot. And staging is fantastic. Just like you, I didn't buy a very expensive piece of equipment. In fact the turntable is over 40 years old, my DSP based stereo system that has stereo subwoofers and independent midrange and treble outuput is about 30 years old and so are the speakers. I use a Cambridge phono preamp that is compatible with either moving magnet or moving coil cartrigdes. This in fact is may be less than ten years old. And boy I'm so happy with my stereo. And yes, I have a carpet laying in front of my set.

I have my reservations about Vinyl Me Please. They charge a lot for selections you could find yourself at much cheaper prices. And then there is the pesky habit of promoting popular titles - which makes their selection no different from the vinyl section in Target, Walmart or Best Buy.