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Clunky Posted June 15, 2021 Report Share Posted June 15, 2021 I had a P3 about ten years ago. It was an easy TT with a good neutral sound, No doubt it's design will have been tweaked further so it'd be hard to go wrong with one. I currently use a VPI Prime which is whole other level in terms of cost and mass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted June 15, 2021 Report Share Posted June 15, 2021 8 minutes ago, Clunky said: Â I currently use a VPI Prime which is whole other level in terms of cost and mass. One day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted June 15, 2021 Report Share Posted June 15, 2021 8 hours ago, Rabshakeh said: Still thinking it through. The fact is my old one was a fairly cheap starter ProJect and, sentimentality aside, it is time to level up. Probably going to go for a direct drive option. Any recommendations welcome, as I am no tech expert. perhaps it is time to start getting acquainted with the Steve Hoffman crowd… I upgraded a couple of years ago from a basic ProJect to a ProJect X2.  Quite happy with it, plus you can play 45s on it, which comes in handy with labels like Music Matters or Analogue Productions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted June 15, 2021 Report Share Posted June 15, 2021 11 minutes ago, Brad said: ...plus you can play 45s on it, which comes in handy with labels like Music Matters or Analogue Productions. Or Atlantic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted June 15, 2021 Report Share Posted June 15, 2021 7 minutes ago, JSngry said: Or Atlantic! All of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted June 15, 2021 Report Share Posted June 15, 2021 7 hours ago, Rabshakeh said: Thanks! The P3 is one of the ones I am sizing up. I didn't know the Linn LP12 but will check it out. I just bought a P3 with an Elys cart and love it. Hard to beat for the price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted June 15, 2021 Report Share Posted June 15, 2021 (edited) Wasn’t originally going to get this as I have the (then globally rare) CD but I wanted it on vinyl. First impressions - they did a really nice job, admittedly pricey over here but it does include facsimile poster, concert programme and booklet. The music and performance of course is superb. Sound is nice and crisp, matt sleeve is sort of like old style Impulse. Edited June 15, 2021 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted June 15, 2021 Report Share Posted June 15, 2021 50 minutes ago, sidewinder said: Wasn’t originally going to get this as I have the (then globally rare) CD but I wanted it on vinyl. First impressions - they did a really nice job, admittedly pricey over here but it does include facsimile poster, concert programme and booklet. The music and performance of course is superb. Sound is nice and crisp, matt sleeve is sort of like old style Impulse. Yes, I tempted by that too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted June 15, 2021 Report Share Posted June 15, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, mjazzg said: Yes, I tempted by that too Worth getting. This cut has lots of ‘presence’ and the quality is up there. I never heard last year’s vinyl version but this looks to be a better quality issue all round. Even the Hoffman Board RSD review thread is raving about it ! What you get on this one is more of a straight transfer from tape, warts and all. ‘Grandmixer DXT’ (whoever he is) who did the processing on the original issue is short-circuited. The sound to me has more presence and ‘air’. Edited June 15, 2021 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted June 15, 2021 Report Share Posted June 15, 2021 4 hours ago, sidewinder said: Wasn’t originally going to get this as I have the (then globally rare) CD but I wanted it on vinyl. First impressions - they did a really nice job, admittedly pricey over here but it does include facsimile poster, concert programme and booklet. The music and performance of course is superb. Sound is nice and crisp, matt sleeve is sort of like old style Impulse. I still think it's absolute garbage that they now know that the initial release was messed up but rather than send us this new cut free or offer some sort of discount for those of us who spent the money up front, they come out with the corrected version, give it a new subtitle and stand there with their hands out. Screw them. I don't care if this sounds like Monk is in the room with me, I ain't buying this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted June 15, 2021 Report Share Posted June 15, 2021 Mono version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sidewinder Posted June 17, 2021 Report Share Posted June 17, 2021 (edited) Pacific Jazz DG stereo Drummer Doug Sides resident and gigging over here in the UK ! Edited June 17, 2021 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kevin Bresnahan Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 14 hours ago, sidewinder said: Pacific Jazz DG stereo Drummer Doug Sides resident and gigging over here in the UK ! Not that it means that they are right about this, but the denizens of the Hoffman forums are saying that the new Tone Poet reissue of this sounds very good. Several of them are claiming that it's the best-sounding Tone Poet yet. I would take that with a grain of salt because they always seem to elevate each new release above the previous one and because I don't see how the sound could top that Kenny Burrell Tone Poet, which sounds pretty damn good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 21 minutes ago, bresna said: Not that it means that they are right about this, but the denizens of the Hoffman forums are saying that the new Tone Poet reissue of this sounds very good. Several of them are claiming that it's the best-sounding Tone Poet yet. I would take that with a grain of salt because they always seem to elevate each new release above the previous one and because I don't see how the sound could top that Kenny Burrell Tone Poet, which sounds pretty damn good. Sorry to be very naive and childlike, but i had the uninformed idea that Tone Poet was for rereleases of the Blue Note back catalogue. Is whichever megacorp operating subsidiary that has the rights to monetarisation of their legacy IP just throwing in Pacific titles into the mix now too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 Not just reissues either. The recent Charles Lloyd release was a Tone Poet, imaginatively titled 'Tone Poet' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 So do I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Modal Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 1 hour ago, bresna said: Not that it means that they are right about this, but the denizens of the Hoffman forums are saying that the new Tone Poet reissue of this sounds very good. Several of them are claiming that it's the best-sounding Tone Poet yet. I would take that with a grain of salt because they always seem to elevate each new release above the previous one and because I don't see how the sound could top that Kenny Burrell Tone Poet, which sounds pretty damn good. Grains of salt and tons of skepticism are mandatory for perusing that forum. Less than half of what's said there should be believed, and that's probably generous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 6 minutes ago, Dub Modal said: Grains of salt and tons of skepticism are mandatory for perusing that forum. Less than half of what's said there should be believed, and that's probably generous. and on top of that, a grand total of one person has come from Hoffman to my Percy France website.    Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Rabshakeh said: Sorry to be very naive and childlike, but i had the uninformed idea that Tone Poet was for rereleases of the Blue Note back catalogue. Is whichever megacorp operating subsidiary that has the rights to monetarisation of their legacy IP just throwing in Pacific titles into the mix now too? The Tone Poet series is being curated by Don Was and Joe Harley and they have not limited it to the Blue Note catalog. There have been Solid State ("Now He Sings, Now He Sobs"), Pacific Jazz ("Katanga", "Chet Baker Sings" & "New Bottle, Old Wine") and United Artists ("Money Jungle") releases sprinkled in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 14 minutes ago, bresna said: The Tone Poet series is being curated by Don Was and Joe Harley and they have not limited it to the Blue Note catalog. There have been Solid State ("Now He Sings, Now He Sobs"), Pacific Jazz ("Katanga", "Chet Baker Sings" & "New Bottle, Old Wine") and United Artists ("Money Jungle") releases sprinkled in there. Thanks, good info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted June 18, 2021 Report Share Posted June 18, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, bresna said: Not that it means that they are right about this, but the denizens of the Hoffman forums are saying that the new Tone Poet reissue of this sounds very good. Several of them are claiming that it's the best-sounding Tone Poet yet. I would take that with a grain of salt because they always seem to elevate each new release above the previous one and because I don't see how the sound could top that Kenny Burrell Tone Poet, which sounds pretty damn good. Yeah, I saw that. The mania exhibited on that thread is only rivalled by the 2021 RSD thread on that forum. Reminds me of the ‘Messiah’ sketch on Life of Brian. Good sounding session though ! Edited June 18, 2021 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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