Post Your Needledrops (Part Three)

24/96 FLAC. The National - "Conversation 16" (60 sec sample). From "High Violet".

AT440Mla cart / AT-LP120-USB TT
Furutech GT40 for the phono stage and ADC / Audioquest Forest USB cable
Audacity (under Ubuntu x64) to FLAC.
ClickRepair 15 10

I managed to get the LP on the cheap care of bestbuy.com last month, and I think that this is an LP that can really benefit from the brightness of the 440. Just my personal preference.

 

Outstanding clarity and detail. It does seem to be a bit light on the bass, though.

 

Light on the bass?..compared to what?

Here is my old rip from the same pressing using an AT33PTG

Genesis - Dance On A Volcano (Japanese LP AT33PTG)

 

The AT33PTG! But, the new cart sounds miles better, IMO!

Do you still use the AT cart?

 

Here is a bit of "lie awake" from Alison Krauss- paper airplane. I just tuned up my old Well Tempered WTRP to sell and was spinning this and it just sounded so good.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ga8lpe

This was done with the Benz Ruby 2 and an experimental tube phono stage into my inspire card at 24/96 > 24/44.1. No other processing.

 

I'm selling my copy of "Electric Jimi Hendrix" and as I was doing soundclips for it I thought I might as well share a needledrop of "All Along The Watchtower" with you as it is a rather scarce LP.

The source is a Van den Hul MC2/Michell Techno Arm/Michell Orbe, phono stage is a Trichord Dino/Dino+ and it was recorded as a DSD file on a Korg MR-1000, I then converted it to 24/96 PCM using AudioGate other than that there has been no processing and what you hear is the original recording.

http://www.divshare.com/download/17382973-58a

 

24/96 FLAC. Freni / Pavarotti - "O Soave Fanciulla" (60 sec sample). From Puccini's "La Bohème" (1973, Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker).

AT440Mla cart / AT-LP120-USB TT
Furutech GT40 for the phono stage and ADC / Audioquest Forest USB cable
Audacity (under Ubuntu x64) to FLAC.
ClickRepair 20 50

Here's a perfect situation where the 440's clarity/surface noise is a tough call - this track really "pops" with the 440, but I had to jack up the CR settings to reduce the surface noise. It is what it is.

 

Just did a drop of an obscure lp by midwestern Head East....

Really a strong album that flew under the radar

 

Here's a rip from Grant Green's Solid

Rega P3/24
Dynavector 10x5
Simaudio LP3
Apogee Duet
No post processing

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1949378/minor league.wav

 

Wow, I am outta my league

 

I feel that a lot when I spend quality time listening to others' needledrops here.

 

I just did a drop of Jimi Hendrix "Rainbow Bridge" Japanese pressing....really happy with it

 

NIIICCCEEE. Liking the highs on this one.

 

Here is a minute sample from Bazar's Drabantbyrock, a 70's Norweigan band

 

24/96 FLAC. The Doors - "Waiting for the Sun" (60 sec sample). From "Morrison Hotel" (Rhino re-issue).

AT440Mla cart / Technics SL-3200 TT
Furutech GT40 for the phono stage and ADC / Audioquest Forest USB cable
Audacity 1.3 (under Ubuntu x64) to FLAC.
ClickRepair 15 10

New (vintage) turntable, so all my future drops will show up with the SL-3200 most likely. I also got a Grado Green cart which I haven't really gotten a feel for, yet. I also need to start testing Audacity 2.0 soon.

 

Here is a sample from the LP Lighthouse LIVE! and their version of Eight Miles High (Live)

Sanyo Full Auto Direct Drive Turntable TPX3
Berhinger U-Phono UF0202 Preamp
Audacity 1.3 on a Win 7 machine
Saved to Wav, converted to FLAC
Declicked as best by hand, Normalized or Amplified to 0.0db, no other processing.

 

Don McLean Great Big Man sample

Sanyo Full Auto Direct Drive Turntable TPX3
Berhinger U-Phono UF0202 Preamp
Audacity 1.3 on a Win 7 machine
Saved to Wav, converted to FLAC
Declicked as best by hand, Normalized to -0.4db, slight Smily EQ but dropped the highest frequency on the band to help soften noise.

 

Holy cow, this is fantastic!

 

You really shouldn't have to do all that.

 

Awesome clip. Thanks for sharing

 

Here's a short sample of Yes Starship Trooper UK First Press http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2271070/Starship ND.wav

ClearAudio Champion TT W/ trans-Fi Audio Linear tracking arm
Shelter 901
Ayre PX5 Phono
Benchmark @ 96khz
Adobe Audition on MAC
Manual De-click W/Izotope
Norm to -0.7

 

Samples of "Search and Destroy" and "Gimme Danger" from today's Record Store Day release of Iggy & The Stooges' Raw Power. These are from the 2nd LP in the set, the "Iggy Mix" which, in its CD version, is one of the most notoriously brickwalled releases of all time. Well, not any more. This release sounds GREAT.

AT-LP120
Nagaoka MP-110
ART DJPre II
Audacity at 16/48
Declick 10, reverse, simple

"Search and Destroy"

https://skydrive.live.com/redir.asp...DABF476BB2A81CF6!176&authkey=!AMdGfbpvRvYvRsQ

"Gimme Danger"

https://skydrive.live.com/redir.asp...DABF476BB2A81CF6!176&authkey=!AC_gBpGsZOsytt8

 

Here is a quick sample from the new 45 RPM issue of "Fleetwood Mac" for anyone who is interested. I haven't had a chance to do a careful needle drop, but this should give a good idea.

My turntable is a Rega P3 and I have a Denon DL-301 Mk II mounted on it right now.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/vb4ov2