tubes and analog

15 years should be enough to decide what's "best."

To everyone (especially Thom),

I’ve just started writing a book about Docsavage — an homage to a great hero of mine. It has been so interesting/beautiful/emotional to read all his old posts on here. Re: Raul, it sort of (sorry) made me laugh because Doc wasn’t like that. He was a very brilliant, kind, and forgiving man. It’s surprising he would say that on the internet. He was a great teacher though. He once advised me to read the book The Four Agreements. That book changed my life. As he led my horse to water (he might muse), Doc said: “Don’t take anything personally and never make assumptions (pass judgment) because you can’t know the road another has walked.” I think that fits well here, no matter the timing. 

And Thom, this might be better suited for a direct message, but I heard a few years ago (2020) you liked some of the same music. In response to ‘Is marketing mad?’, may i suggest some songs/records? 

Ben Howard, ‘Small Things’ (I Forget Where We Were) 

Maggie Rogers, ‘Overnight’ (Heard It in a Past Life) Esp for Raul ;) 

Marc Cohn, ‘Ghost Train’ (Marc Cohn) 

Ondara, ‘Lebanon’ (Tales of America) 

Van Morrison, ‘Rough God Goes Riding’  (The Healing Game - Doc’s favorite Van record) 

Van Morrison, ‘Into the Mystic’ (Moondance) 

O.A.R., ‘The Architect’ (The Rockville LP) 

City and Colour, ‘Meant to Be’ (The Love Still Held Me Near) — a perfect song on a great record.

Diane Birch, ‘Forgiveness’ + ‘Ariel’ + ‘Rewind’ (Bible Belt — another Doc favorite) 

Trevor Hall, ‘Forgive’ (Kala) 

Bon Iver, ‘Wash.’ (Bon Iver) 

Bears Den, ‘Agape’ + ‘Elysium’ (Islands) 

Van Morrison, ‘So Quiet In Here’ (Enlightenment) 

Aimee Mann, ‘Lost In Space’ (Lost In Space)  - his ultimate. 

…in his memory… 

Thank you for everything, Thom. 

I plan on buying my own Gavia II after I graduate and save up my own money. It’s my main mid-life goal. Truly a special turntable. That system was like a sibling to me. I’ve been on here trying to figure out the amps he had (not the tubes) as I only referred to them as “R2 and D2”. 

Rest in Paradise Docsavage. 

Best wishes, 

A

Mab33, based upon a view of your system you appear to be one of his customers. You have a fiduciary interest in the product so your remarks are tainted.

Can you say "shill" with me?

If this were a correct attitude, the last people to be able to comment on an item would be those who own and know it. I would think them the best able to talk about it, allowing for any dissonance reduction they have to perform to cope with the fact they threw money at it. All the same, shall we listen to the opinions of those who don't own it, or those that do? Seems the latter camp might know best.