Yes it is! Forgot how good "Eyes Of Silver" is. This is one of a few bands where its very difficult to pick a favorite album or even song.
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Poco-A Good Feelin' To Know Side 1 Emmy Lou Harris-Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town Side 2 SQ Audiophile Steven Stills-Live Acoustic Side The Marshall Tucker Band-Together Forever Side 1 SQ Audiophile Peter, Paul And Mary-Late Again Side 1 Hank Williams JR.-Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound Side 1 The Doobie Brothers-What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits Side 1 SQ Audiophile Oak Ridge Boys-Greatest Hits 2 Side 2 Turned out to be an "Americana" music night. Marshall Tucker Band gets the SQ crown tonight which was mastered by Bernie Grundman. "Vices" is also excellent in SQ my thrift store (early pressing) copy needs upgrading.
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@boxer12 Your Welcome!
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Teddy Pendergrass-Life Is A Song Worth Singing-Side 1 Margie Adam-Songwriter(Pleiades Records HB2747} Side 1 John Cougar-Nothin' Matters And What If It Did Side 1 Joan Sprung-'Ballads And Butterflies"(Folk-Legacy Records FSI-60) Side 2 Gene Watson-Between This Time & The Next Time Side 1 Peter Frampton-Where I Should Be Side 1 Miriam Makeba-Sangoma Side 1 SQ Audiophile The Charlie Daniels Band-Simple Man Side 2 Only 1 recording made Audiophile status tonight. If you have room in your collection for a female version of "Graceland" Miriam Makeba delivers a harder core version with Audiophile sonics. |
Lou Rawls-All Things in Time Side 1 SQ Audiophile Judas Priest-Unleased In The East Side 2 Van Morrison & The Chieftains-Irish Heartbeat Side B SQ Audiophile Gary Morris-Plain Brown Wrapper Side 1 SQ Audiophile Bryd/Kessel/Ellis-Great Guitars At The Winery(CJ-131) Side 1 Sea Level-Ball Room Side 2 SQ Audiophile The Bernie Leadon/Michael Georgiades Band-Natural Progressions Side 2 SQ* Frank Sinatra-Come Fly With Me(Capitol SW 920) Side 1 All recordings were above average regarding SQ. Unexpectedly Concord Jazz was the weakest recording maybe due to the live recording. *Leadon/Georgiades would have the SQ crown but the vocals were to recessed. The SQ champ tonight goes to Lou Rawls. Everything was in balance and the vocal/instrument separation was excellent.
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Rachmaninoff-Symphony No.2(MS 6110) Side 1+2 SQ Audiophile Anne Murray-Talk It Over In The Morning Side 1 Brenda Russell-ST Side 1 SQ Audiophile Lynyrd Skynyrd-Second Helping Side 1 ABBA-Greatest Hits Vol,2 Side 2 A Taste Of Jazz-(VA) CJ-93 Side 2 SQ Audiophile Joe Walsh-"But Seriously, Folks..." Side 1 Peter Sprague-Musica Del Mar(CJ-237) Side 2 SQ Audiophile 4 recordings with Audiophile SQ makes for an enjoyable night even if the power quality tonight was subpar. I would have to give Rachmaninoff the SQ crown tonight, I even played both sides! It was the first album played and was at least the equal of the 3 other Audiophile records, as the power quality slowly improved.
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Mtume-You, Me And He Side 2 SQ Audiophile Asia-ST Side 1 Sue Raney-Ridin' High Side 1 SQ Audiophile Santana-Shango Side 2 Kiri Te Kanawa-Potrait Of Kiri Te Kanawa Side 1 SQ Audiophile Stevie Ray Vaughn-Couldn't Stand The Weather Side 2 SQ* Queen-A Day At The Races Side 1 Delia Bell-ST Side 2 Another well balanced night playing different genres. All recordings were above average regarding SQ. Asia had the weakest SQ which caught me by surprise as well as Mtume being the SQ champ just edging out Sue Raney. If you will consider sophisticated R&B/Funk/Fusion as interesting give this recording your time. SRV* I have heard this recording sound better then tonight. This is my original pressing bought new could be anything from power quality to room acoustics? |
Michael Hedges-Aerial Boundaires Side 2 SQ Audiophile The Alan Parsons Project-I Robot Side 1 SQ Audiophile The Black Sorrows-Hold On To Me Side 2(record 1) George Benson-Breezin Side 1 SQ* Elton John-Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player Side 1 No Nukes-(VA) Side 6 Sting-The Dream Of The Blue Turtles Side 2 David Crosby-If I Could Only Remember My Name Side 2 SQ Audiophile Since many have been playing David Crosby... so why not join in. I knew of the album but was not searching for it. This summer it appeared at a garage sale with a M- cover and VG++ vinyl(scuffs on side 1) it appears to be an OP? The SQ was forward and somewhat aggressive but very enjoyable. "Breezin" was borderline when regarding Audiophile SQ not sure if OP. SQ champ was to close to call I would rate both I Robot/Aerial Boundries a 4.6. |
Mainly buying used or sometimes sealed original pressings from the 70's and 80's from all genres. My 90's to current music is 98%+ on CD which is fine. Many releases from the CD era 1992 and later do not sound any better on an OP or even when reissued/remixed on vinyl. The current problem with newer/recent recordings on vinyl is the availability(pre/back order) and then add cost/pressing and sound quality. FWIW-Have about 1600 vinyl records including duplicates/poor condition and no longer want. Eliminating these would drop it to about 1475. An estimate would be I have played close to 60% of at least 1 side of my entire vinyl collection. |
Thx for the kind words. "Soundscapes" has a very well balanced relaxed SQ. This recording is almost unknown to many audiophiles and collectors, $25 might be enough for a sealed copy? If your not familiar with Yellowjackets "Mirage A Tois" its a "fusion" jazz album but performed in good taste with demo level SQ. You might be surprised with the amount of quality jazz in the 1980's...fusion/acoustic and vocals. |
Ernestine Anderson-When The Sun Goes Down Side 2 Santana-Lotus(Mo Fi Gain 2 SIJP 46-8) Record 3 A Mel Torme/Marty Paich-Reunion Side 2 Gordon Brisker-"About Charlie" Side 2 Cedar Walton-Soundscapes Side 2 Joyce Collins Quartet-Moment To Moment Side 2 The Yellowjackets-Mirage A Trois Side 2 Richie Cole-Alto Madness Side B Felt like a "Jazz" night I wanted to avoid the obvious! There is much more to ’Jazz" then Miles/Trane and Brubeck. All recordings were Audiophile SQ level with performances to match. Could not determine the weakest SQ recording tonight, but Cedar/Yellowjackets stood out and are easily demo level recordings.
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Deniece Williams-I’m So Proud Side 2 Ratt-Out Of The Cellar Side 1 Tony Bennett-The Art Of Excellence Side 2 SQ Audiophile John Cougar Mellencamp-Uh-Huh Side 1 SQ Audiophile Pat Benatar-Tropico Side 1 Night Ranger-Midnight Madness Side 1 Ricky Van Shelton-Wild-Eyed-Dream Side 2 SQ Audiophile Linda Ronstadt-Mad Love Side 1 SQ Audiophile It was not planned but it turned out to be a 1980’s playback night. All the recordings were above average in SQ with Night Ranger being the weakest. Ratt was a surprise just missing Audiophile status mainly due to the VG+ condition. A near mint copy should qualify. The SQ champ was Uh-Huh a digital recording but it avoided the vocals having a sharp edge to them. Bennett/Van Shelton had that slight digital edge on vocals. Ronstadt was recorded with the JVC 3M system(Doug Sax) but it had a somewhat "hazy" recessed vocal presentation. Not what you expect on a Linda Ronstadt recording.
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Supertramp-Crisis? What Crisis? Side II Shakti With John McLaughlin-A Handful Of Beauty Side 2 Susannah McCorkle-How Do You Keep The Music Playing Side 2 SQ Audiophile 4.7 Jefferson Starship-Spitfire Side B Dionne Warwick-Hot Live And Otherwise Side II Rimsky-Korsakov-(MS 6080 Six Eye) Side 2 SQ Audiophile 4.6 Pat Benatar-Get Nervous Side 1 George Benson/Earl Klugh-Collaboration Side 2 SQ Audiophile 4.7 Very disappointed with the SQ on Crisis? What Crisis? It appears to be an original pressing its flat/dull sounding but I did like the content. Benson/Klugh and McCorkle are near reference level SQ recordings. I would give McCorkle the slight edge for sounding more organic(less polished) but both could be used as demo recordings. |
Carole King-Music Side 1 Gerry Mulligan Meets Scott Hamilton-Soft Lights & Sweet Music Side 1 Peter Frampton-Breaking All The Rules Side 2 The 5th Dimension-Live!! Side 4 An Abbreviated vinyl night usually play 1 side of 8 recordings. Nothing made Audiophile SQ tonight. Mulligan/Hamilton and Frampton were very close. |
Jo Stafford-Sweet Hour Of Prayer Side 1 Al Martino-A Merry Christmas Side 2 Tony Bennett-Snowfall Side 1 John Denver-A Rocky Mountain Christmas Side B Frank Sinatra-The Sinatra Christmas Album Side 2 Alabama-Christmas Side B Carpenters-Christmas Portrait Side 2 Emmylou Harris-Light Of The Stable Side 2 Some of my favorite Xmas albums unfortunately non were Audiophile SQ. Emmylou Harris was the SQ champ just missing Audiophile status. Happy Holidays to all on this thread and yes the Audiogon administration they keep this the best audio site!
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Paul Simon-One Trick Pony Side 2 SQ Audiophile Judas Priest-Hell Bent For Leather Side 1 Starland Vocal Band-Rear View Mirror Side A George Shearing And Hank Jones-The Spirit Of 176 Side 2 Boz Scaggs-Silk Degrees(CBS Half Speed Mastered) Side 2 SQ Audiophile Michael Franks-The Art Of Tea Side 2 SQ Audiophile Jethro Tull-M. U. The Best Of Jethro Tull Side 1 Teena Marie-It Must Be Magic Side 2 Judas Priest and Jethro Tull recordings were average at best regarding SQ. Paul Simon and Michael Franks were the SQ champs tonight. Which was better? Not sure would have to analyze the playback several times IMO both rate a 4.6/5. If your not familiar with Starland Vocal Band’s "other" songs give ’Norfolk" 5+ minutes of your time. |
Eurythmics-Sweet Dreams(Are Made Of This) Side B William Ackerman- Childhood And Memory Side 1 Tony Bennett-Bennett/Berlin Side 2 SQ Audiophile The Moody Blues-The Other Side Of Life Side 1 Roxy Music-Manifesto-West Side SQ Audiophile* Arnold Bax-English String Quartet(Chandos ABRD 1113) Side 2 SQ Audiophile Earl Klugh-Heart String Side 1 SQ Audiophile The Mama’s And The Papa’s-If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears Side 2 All the recordings SQ were above average with the exception of Mama’s/Papa’s. The mono version might sound better? Manifesto* was the weakest of the Audiophile SQ group. Clarity and Resolution was there but it sounded a little "sleepy" not sure if mine is a 1st pressing(no barcode). The all digital Bennett/Berlin was the SQ champ with no edginess or a mechanical digital sound. White Christmas with Dexter Gordon is sublime, Ralph Sharon exclusively plays a Bosendorfer and Bennett/Berlin was mastered by Bob Ludwig. |
Classics IV-The Very Best Of Side 1 Scott Hamilton-ST(CJ-42)barcode Side 1 Rod Stewart-Every Picture Tells A Story Side 2 SQ Audiophile Freddie Hubbard-Super Blue Side 1 SQ Audiophile Shirley Bassey-In Person Side B Van Morrison-His Band And The Street Choir(barcode) Side 1 Art Blakey/Messengers-Jazz Corner Vol.2(1972 Blue Note) Side 1 SQ* Steely Dan-Katy Lied Side 1 SQ* With the exception of Classics IV and Shirley Bassey the other recordings were above average in SQ. Super Blue had a a very big sound(Bernie Grundman) only surface noise(tape hiss) was a flaw. (I Know) I'm Losing You is a great rock demo song!!! *The 1972(repress) Blue Note captured the "live" Blue Note sound and was very enjoyable. Katy Lied is a tough recording to judge it sounds great and average at the same time! The bass and PRAT are audiophile quality. The problem in my system is a midrange veil and soft treble attack. This is an original 1975 ABC pressing could be system dependent? A Japanese pressing might have more forward mids and upper frequency energy? |
The Steve Miller Band-Book Of Dreams Side 1 Seals & Crofts-Sudan Village Side 1 Little Johnny Taylor-Open House At My House(Contempo COLP-R-1003) Side 1 The Manhattan Transfer-Coming Out Side 1 Rita Coolidge-Anytime...Anywhere Side 1 SQ Audiophile Gino Vannelli-Nightwalker Side 2 SQ Audiophile* The Moody Blues-The Present Side 1 The Doobie Brothers-Livin’ On The Fault Line Side 2 Started off with a real turkey 3x platinum nonsense! My wife even commented this album is awful! Why did I play it? Was curious about the SQ which is just average. The SQ star here was Rita Coolidge. Mastered at The Mastering Lab-Mike Reese. The sound is tight/clean/focused/direct and detailed. Gino Vannelli has a slight digital edge that’s why the*. Dynamic would be the best way to describe this recording mastered by Bernie Grundman. Yes, I’m one of the few that enjoy watered down Moody Blues recordings from the 1980’s! |
@waltersalas Thx for the input. Since I'm not partial to SS or Tubes, do you consider the Luxman quiet enough running 7 tubes? When my Goldring Legacy(.3mv) is on it's last leg considering a Dynavector Karat 17DX as a replacement. |
@boxer12 Thx! Found "The Visitor" at a garage sale this past summer. With the reputation of good SQ of Fleetwood Mac and at $3 M- it was an automatic purchase. |
@spiritofradio Thx! That was one my wife's surviving college albums that I played for her. According to my wife my playlist went downhill after that ending with a blanket over her head(ears) with the beautiful, soulful, and gritty tones of the Staple Singers. |
@tomic601 Thx for taking time to reply! |
Dead Or Alive-Mad, Bad, And Dangerous To Know Side 1 Jefferson Airplane-Volunteers Side 2 Mary Travers-Circles Side 1 Mick Fleetwood-The Visitors Side 2 SQ Audiophile Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio-Dedications Side 2 SQ Audiophile Jefferson Starship-Red Octopus Side B Peter Frampton-When All The Pieces Fit Side 2 Staple Singers-City In The Sky Side 2 Update-Replaced 1 pencil tube 6119? on my Allnic H 1200. Still desire an upgrade either a Rega Aura or what is claimed to be a quiet tube phono stage a Luxman EQ 500. I avoid talking gear on this thread with this exception. Any EQ-500 owners on this thread? I would appreciate any feedback.
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Steve Winwood-Arc Of A Diver Side 1 Joe Williams-Live Side 2 West , Bruce & Laing- Why Dontcha Side 2 The O'Jays-Live In London Side 2 Cheap Trick-At Budokan Side B Tchaikovsky(1812 Overture MS 6073) Side 1 SQ Audiophile Carmen Mcrae-The Great American Songbook(reissue) Side 3 LA4-Just Friends(Direct To Disc) Side 2 SQ Audiophile Power quality was lacking today even with 2 dedicated lines? Your always at the mercy of DTE and the recording engineer. I also had a tube acting(noise) up in my Allnic H 1200 phono stage time for a SS upgrade. So not the most enjoyable playback session. |
@slaw From Discogs the reissue is ST 200 year unknown. LAB 2 must be the original pressing. |
@bslon +1 Thelma Houston & Pressure Cooker. This recording belongs in the "Super Disc" category. What stands out to me is how dynamic and uncompressed this recording is. One of the best! |
Nicolette Larson-Radioland Side 2 SQ Audiophile Claudio Roditi-Gemini Man Side 1 Jerry Reed-The Man With The Golden Thumb Side B Angela Bofill-Too Tough Side 1 Chris Conner-Live(Applause APLP-1020) Side 1 SQ Audiophile Firefall-ST Side 2 SQ Audiophile Concord Super Band-In Tokyo Side 2 SQ Audiophile Janie Frickie-Black & White Side 1 A very good sounding playlist tonight with 4 Audiophile level SQ recordings. I was on the fence with Claudio Roditi would need another spin on both sides to decide. Radioland had superb SQ.
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Rod Stewart-Greatest Hits Side 2 Philadelphia Orchestra(MS 6081) Side 2 SQ Audiophile Gordon Lightfoot-Sundown Side 2 Survivor-Vital Signs Side 1 Emerson, Lake & Powell Side 1 Buddy Rich-Swingin’ New Big Band Side 1 The Jack Rubies-See The Money In My Smile Side A Phoebe Snow-ST Side A SQ Audiophile All recordings tonight were above average(SQ) with ELP and The Jack Rubies the weakest. |
The Manhattan Transfer-Vocalese Side 2 Patti Austin-Havana Candy Side 1 SQ Audiophile Hampton Hawes-Playin’ In The Yard Side 1 Molly Hatchet-Take No Prisoners Side 2 Jorge Bolet-Bolet At Carnegie Hall Side C John Coltrane-Coltrane Plays The Blues Side 2 Wings-Wings Over America Side 2 Mac Davis-Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me Side 2 SQ Audiophile Yes, believe it or not the weakest(lyrically/musically) recording played was the best in SQ, just edging out Havana Candy. A very wide soundstage and natural extended treble was a pleasant surprise.
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Luther Vandross-Busy Body Side B SQ Audiophile The Knack-...but the little girls understand Side 2 Martha Davis-Policy Side 2 Playboy Jazz Festival-VA(Elektra 60298) Side C SQ Audiophile ZZ Hill-I'm A Blues Man Side 2 Deep Purple-Nobody's Perfect Side 4 Fleetwood Mac-Live Side 3 Rosanne Cash-Rhythm & Romance Side 2 Luther Vandross and The Playboy Jazz Festival just made Audiophile Status. The bass weight and drive was the deciding factor on Busy Body. Nancy Wilson's vocals were recorded with body and clarity not often heard on a live recording. |
Joan Steele-Looking Back... Earl Brown(AP-239) Side 2 Led Zeppelin-II Side 2 'Til Tuesday-Everything's Different Now Side 1 Paul Simon-There Goes Rhymin' Simon Side 1 Tony Bennet-Berlin Side 2 Isaac Hayes-Hot Buttered Soul Side 1 Kiss-Alive II Side 3 Barbra Streisand-Emotion Side 1 Freddie Jackson-Don't Let Love Slip Away Side 2 Three Dog Night-Hard Labor Side B Nothing made Audiophile SQ status tonight, Paul Simon just missed.
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AC/DC-Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap Side 2 George Shearing/Mel Torme-Top Drawer Side 2 Bloomfield/Hammond/Dr.John-Triumvirate Side 1 A Tribute To Duke(CJ-50) Side 2 SQ Audiophile Rosie Vela-Zazu Side 1 Schubert-Piano Sonata(Lydia Artymiw) Side 1 With the exception of AC/DC the rest of the recordings SQ were near Audiophile level. Rosie Vela and Lydia Artimiw recordings had a slight digital "sheen" ."Top Drawer" and "Triumvirate" were very close maybe on a different day/time? |
Miami Vice-Music From The Television Series "Miami Vice" Side 1 Julie London-Tenderly Yours Side B Mendelssohn-Italian Symphony(MS 6050 Six Eye) Side 1 Sly And The Family Stone-Greatest Hits Side 1 Orleans-Let There Be Music Side 1 SQ Audiophile Egberto Gismonti-Sol Do Melo Dia(ECM-1-116) Side 1 SQ Audiophile Chicago-VI Side 2 SQ Audiophile ELP-Trilogy Side 1 SQ Audiophile MS 6050 Not one of my better sounding Six Eyes maybe the scuffs? Still a near Audiophile level recording. The bass on Chicago VI was excellent, a very well balanced recording.
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