What's been playing on your turntable and what turntable is it ?

SInatra - Swing Easy on a Rega RP-10/Apheta 2.

Billy Idol, Vital Idol, Technics SL 1200 MK2 

Fleetwood Mac, Live at the Boston Tea Party, Feb 5,6,7, 1970. All 4. Great set of LPs...Rega RP8.  (This is the original Peter Green Version of Fleetwood Mac by the way...)

Stevie Ray "Soul to Soul" on Rega RP6 w/Ortofon Black.

ZAZ - Recto Verso
on
Michell GyroDec/ SME IV /Cardas Myrtle Heart

  Stevie Ray Vaughan, SME 20/2, Benz Ruby 2.

Clark Terry's "Yes, The Blues," on a Clearaudio Ovation with Dynavector XX-2 Mk2.

Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, Wojciech Kajski and the Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Tacet L 219. New recording, new vinyl release. Walker Audio Proscenium Gold turntable and Blue Electric Magic Diamond cartridge retipped by Soundsmith.

You’ll see more about what people are listening to on their TTs by playing along on the long lasting thread: "What’s on your turntable tonight". But this was a fun query to find out a bit more about the gear we're all using to enjoy our vinyl.

Bach Cantatas No. 196 and 18, Musical Heritage Society MHS 3485.  Played on a Galibier Gavia with Triplanar VII and Benz LP.  I have played lots of records during the past 24 hours as I am getting used to some new speaker cables (Audio Note SPx) but I ended with this Bach recording which has been a favorite of mine for over 40 years.

Buddy Rich & Lionel Hampton's Transition, on Groove Merchant. Woo. And hoo.

SOTA Sapphire,  Graham Phantom, Dynavector XX2 Mk. 2

Foreigner,  Head Games.  VPI Classic Signature, Ortofon 2M Black, through Meridian G02 phono section. 

Monk-Tokyo Concerts; Thorens long base 125 with SME tonearm, Ortofon SPU classic

Monk-Tokyo Concerts; Thorens long base 125 with SME tonearm, Ortofon SPU classic E mksomething! Built and modified by Dave Arbecheaux at Vinyl Nirvana, Exeter NH..

Peter Gun (Mancini) on a VPI Superscoutmaster/rim drive/3D tonearm/Ortofon Winfield cart.  Fabulous

Til Tuesday, Bruce Hornsby and Beatles-Revolver on Vpi traveler with ortofon 2m blue. 

Otis Redding - "Dictionary of Soul" (Sundazed), "Otis Blue" ( Rhino mono), Walter Trout - "The Blues Came Callin' " (Provogue).  TT is Music Hall MMF9.1 with Dynavector 10x5 cart. Phono stage is built in  (Marantz PM-11S3). 

"Jazz Party" on my "ancient' -but still appreciated- Goldmund Studietto.
Does anyone reading this have that album by Claude Bolling? Happy holidays. Pete

Marillion FEAR(F**k Everyone And Run) into Soundsmith OCL-retipped Lyra Helikon> SME 3012R> Luxman PD444.  Probably Marillion's best(and most cleverly titled) album since Brave. My favorite working prog rock band. 

Jazz Party, Claude Bolling,on my 'ancient' Goldmund Studietto. Anyone else have this record. Happy holidays. Pete

Neil Diamond  "Hot August Night" - Mobile Fidelity Original Master Recording; Pink Floyed  "Dark Side of The Moon" - Mobile Fidelity Original Master Recording; Journey "Escape"- Mobile Fidelity Original Master Recording; Al Stewart  "Year of The Cat" - Mobile Fidelity Origional Master Recording

Vintage, Thorens TD105 w/ Audioquest B100M MC

Even though these and several other of my 80s collections are more than 30 years old and played many times over the past years, they still sound incredible. One of my favorite is an early recording of Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass "Whipped Cream & Other Delights" (mind blowing)
Gotta say - I'm still in love with the old analogue.
Happy listening,
Jim

jhills,

I was given, as a very young lad, the Herb Albert (lp) "Whipped Cream & Other Delights". I'm going to pick it up over the holidays from my parents house. Thanks!

Brandi Carlile "Bear Creek"  / Townshend Rock 7/Funk Firm FXR/Dynavector Karat D3

Herbie Hancock - RIVER on my Clearaudio (Marantz TT15) with Lyra Delos MC.

Rainbow Brite Christmas (seriously) Clearaudio Concept with Lyra Delos.
The, um, adult children thought it was funny.

Nothing on my Oracle Alexandria for the past week! My daughter's dog is visiting and guess where the beloved, but shedding beast sleeps. So I've been confined to CDs.

I want to encourage any and all rock and R&B fans to buy INTRODUCING DARLENE LOVE, a 2015 release on Columbia produced by Steve Van Zandt. This album (CD) is truly a labor of love and respect for one of the great ladies of pop music who was basically screwed out of her royalties and recognition. Her first solo single was released as a Crystals song without her knowledge or consent, for example. Her music was an inspiration for the overall sound of Bruce Springsteen's Born To Run album. There is original music written for her by Springsteen, Van Zandt, Elvis Costello, Jimmy Webb, Linda Perry, and - get this! - Barry Mann/Cynthia Weil. There are performances by Costello, Van Zandt, Jake Clemons, Paul Schaffer, and Bill Medley among others.

Even if you've bought all of Darlene's oldies and best of collections; the odds are that she never got a dime of your money. This one is different. It is available from Amazon in CD, Vinyl, and MP3 download. There is also a DVD/Blu-ray of the Oscar winning documentary, "20 Feet From Stardom" featuring Ms. Love and some of her peers that I Think I must get. And by the way, that's Darlene doing back-up on U2's "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)".

Toto IV, Classic Signature, Ortofon Cadenza Red, Mcintosh C1000 phono. 

Sota star, playing David Sanborn. 

John Coltrane, "My Favorite Things" 

LP12, Radikal, Aro, Zu Audio DL-103

Frank Zappa   One Size Fits All 

J A Michell Gyro SE HR Power Supply Moerch DP 6 Benz Ruby Z

Benny Carter, Jazz Giant (Analogue Productions 45 RPM)

Rega RP6, Ortofon Quintet Black into EAR 834P phono.

New day, same setup.  My daughter is home so it is Americana night: Jason Isbell "Sirens of the Ditch", Anderson East "Delilah" and Lake Street Dive, Side Pony.  N

Billie Holiday,"Songs for Disingue Lovers"; Verve Records, (Living Sound Stereo). Using Transcendent Grounded Grid Preamp with the Vinyl Nirvana Thorens Long Base, Ortofon SPU MC cartridge..

Thorens TD-125 Long Base using a Denon 103r and EAR 834P doing justice to Dave Brubeck "Time Out"...

Michaeljbrown...Please tell me your LB is an original!  Or is it one of Vinyl Nirvana's masterpieces?

Ahmad Jamal: Digitalworks. Played on a Marantz Esotec TT1000, SME M2-9 and Technics EPS 305 MC cart. Good stuff! Happy new year all!

Mahler Symphony No.1, Ravel Bolero played through an Artisan Fidelity Technics Sp10Mk3NGS direct drive, Kuzma Airline and Lyra Atlas.  Pure bliss.

Stevie Nicks, Wild Heart. VPI Classic Signature. Ortofon Cadenza Red .  

Cream-Disraeli Gears
Don Henley-Cass County
Tom Petty-Damn the Torpedoes deluxe ed
21 Pilots-Blurryface (excellent new band)
VPI HRX, rim drive, superplatter, 3d arm Lyra Atlas cart.  Re Blurryface:
Sounds superb for what is very likely digitally sourced recording---it beats the cd by a large margin.

My turn again. Yes: Fragile, early press. My buddy brought over the new Radiohead. It's interesting stuff..... May not run out and buy it, but glad he brought it. WTL Amadeus GTA and Emt Tsd-15. gshepardbuster- I have heard the Cadenza RED has a nice balance for Pop/Rock music. Full bodied, bold, yet smooth and rather forgiving in the upper frequencies. Would that be fair to say, in your opinion. Cheers -Don

Abraxas UD1S , Dire Straits Brothers in Arms ,Chambers Brothers  Time has Come ,Country Joe & The Fish  Electric music for the Mind and Body -88'vintage LP 12 , Lyra Kleos 

@fjn04  Yes that is a pretty accurate description of the Cadenza Red. 

gshepardbuster- Thanks very much.

Grateful Dead - Three from the vault

Townshend Rock III - Ortofon M20E

Luna "Pup Tent"

same as before........ Townshend Rock 7 etc............

"Positive Touch" by The Undertones.  "Walton: Piano Concerto" on Nonesuch.

A new Rega Planar 3 with Lejonklou Phono pre-amp, bought a week ago and first turntable in over 20 years.  Now I find myself only listening to LPs.

smctigue1- How is the three from the vault on vinyl. I enjoy both 1 and 2 from the vault on CD, but haven't heard any of these on vinyl.

Sara k waterfall by stockfish Germany. Vpi tnt Jr./ sme5/van den hull colibri xgp

Today I compared side 4 of Tift Merritt's "Traveling Alone" on the initial release at 45rpm vs. the box set at 33rpm.

The 33 rpm box actually sounds the best being more open, more air, bass lines easier to follow and lower registers are more fully fleshed out. Tift's voice here, allows you to hear more into it thus appreciate her natural, mellow, fluid texture than the 45rpm.

Townshend Rock 7, Funk Firm FXR II, Dyna Karat 17D3

Cembalowerke II on the Sota Cosmos and Keb Mo's eponymously named album on  the VPI TNT (different systems).  Impossible to compare sounds as the speakers are so totally different (ML CLS and Wilsons respectively)

Stevie Nicks, Bella Donna, reissue. VPI Classic Signature. Ortofon Cadenza Red.