Category: News

April Fundraiser

Hi BTG supporters!

It is April! time for our first fundraiser of 2023 this fundraiser is important because it helps to keep the doors open at Burning The Ground.

For those that are new to the site, we have a fundraiser every six months to keep funds in the Burning The Ground PayPal account to go towards site hosting, website security, monitoring & protection, buying records that are requested, and maintaining equipment.

Our goal is to raise $1000.00 this will ensure that I will be able to pay website hosting $190 (every two years) as well as a yearly payment of $199 to Sucuri for website security, monitoring, & protection. If everyone that visits BTG chips in we can reach our goal.

I do realize that we are living in a very difficult time so any amount that you can chip in will be very helpful. I also understand completely if you can’t give anything right now.

All you have to do to make your donation is click on one of the yellow DONATE buttons anywhere on the site. I use PayPal. It’s safe and secure, and you don’t need an account to make your contribution.

Thank you so much for chipping in.

-DjPaulT



How Do You Listen?

So just for fun, I am curious how everyone listens to what you grab from Burning The Ground. Do you listen with your dad’s old Fisher rack stereo system or maybe your boombox? Or maybe your phone with AirPods or a thumb drive in the car. Whatever way you listen, I’d love to hear about it in the comments below.

Stylus/Cartridge Change

I upgraded the cartridge/stylus to an Ortofon 2M Black PnP MkII. I enjoyed the Ortofon Concorde Elite but wasn’t quite satisfied with it so I returned it. I was able to find a 2M Black plug-and-play edition brand new for a great price so snagged it. The sound quality to my ears is night and day compared to the Concorde Elite. I was previously using an Ortofon 2M Black on my last turntable and loved it. I went with the 2M Black PnP MkII version for its ease of use no aligning etc just plug it into the tome arm set the tracking force and anti-skate you’re ready to go. I think I am now super satisfied with my new Technics SL-1200 MK7.