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$780.00
from Croak Audio Summary:
Been a vinyl lover from my late schooldays in the 70's, I have not hear a cartridge track a record from start to finish so perfectly. I bought it new, and the first 20 hour run in was quite rough. Basically like driving a S-class Mercedes on a rough dirt road for the first 20 hours, and then suddendly hit a very smooth road. Unbelievable that the sound just opened up. Have heard from another guy that the run in on his Black Bird was not so hectic as mine. Getting better with the hour, with around 50 hours on the stylus, it is just one hell of a nice experience to sit down and listen to your vinyls. Surface noise is extremely soft, just the music taking over, with nice solid base and good soundstage. I'm using the Black Bird on a Linn LP12 with an early 80's Fidelity Research FR 66 tone arm. The FR 66 was well known for good tracking, and both it and the Black Bird compliment each other. Comparing recordings like 'Hell freezes over' by the Eagles on Vinyl, DVD and CD, the vinyl version came totally on tops!! Strengths:
Get absolutely everything out of your vinyl. Just want to go through all your vinyls and listen how every one of them sounds like. Weaknesses:
Absolutely none. Just bare with it the first 20 hours. Similar Products Used:
Linn K9 Moving magnet.
Ortofon MC3 Turbo
Sumiko Special blue point EVO 3
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