Whats on your turntable tonight?

Kris Kristofferson "The Austin Sessions"

Jackson Browne "Late For The Sky"

Got in SRV "Couldn't Stand the Weather" MFSL UD1S today.

Arrived today,

PJ Harvey "Let England Shake"

Carol King "Tapestry" MFSL/UD1S 

The Mason Williams Phonograph Record , 

Warner Bros. 1739/pp

The Budos Band "III" 

Mott the Hoople "S/T" 

1970/Atlantic/pp 

Lorena McKennitt "To Drive the Cold Winter Away" 

1987/QuinianRoadMusic/#001773 

Waylon Jennings "Are You Ready for the Country", 

1976/RCA/pp 

The Electric Prunes "S/T", 

Reprise/Rhino/Scorpio

 

I hope so James.

Got in Mike Flanigin "West Texas Blues" from Experience Vinyl. Pre-ordered it months ago.

Warming up with"Middle Cyclone"

Back to work on Monday after 11 months.

Lenny Kravitz "Let Love Rule" 1989/Virgin/pp
This is a great lp.

Installed two ADD/POWR eau2 today, one on each dedicated line. Playing "Middle Cyclone", an lp I'm very familiar with, there seems to be an ease to the overall presentation, kind of an additional dimension to the soundstage and lower piano registers are more clear and defined. More listening needed.

More records arrived,

Lucinda Williams "Tribute to The Rolling Stones" 

Dave Mason "Alone Together, Again" 

The Blasters "Live 1986"

@mammouthguy54,

In your situation, I do a deep steam then a US clean.

Brandi Carlisle "The Story"
Another great one!

Broken Bells "After the Disco"

Nice Brian!

I own Timbuk 3 "Eden Alley" always loved it.

Ex Hex "Rips"

James,.

He was a good man, great boss.

I chose those descriptives carefully.

Kapt. Kopter and the (Fabulous) Twirly Birds  1972/2017 Epic/ Kevin Grey/QRP 

Thanks Jim, it is with a heavy heart though. My boss passed away unexpectedly at work a couple weeks ago. Tried listening yesterday but all music brought up my remembrance of him. Had to call it a night.

@boxer12,

You're welcome.

Van Halen  "Women and Children First"

Thanks Brian.

"TMSB" rings a bell for me. Will have to look him up to find out why.

Yep, 80's radio rock

Mike Flanigin "West Texas Blues"

Been looking forward to this one for months......

Keb ’Mo’ "S/T" PurePleasureThis lp sounds damn good.

Don’t know about you Brian, but mostly when I make a significant upgrade, I find reviewing my sub settings is necessary. Of course my room is small so any change is noticed easily.

PJ Harvey "Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea"

2000/Island- UNV

@mammouthguy54,

I'm having an issue with the Brandi Carlile lp I played yesterday. I bought it new years ago and it has an in and out swoosh sound when played. In my experience this happens because of noisy vinyl not a pressing issue. Usually, this issue can't be repaired. I put it through a slow steam and a long US clean, so we'll see if that helps.

BTW, another positive the ADD/POWR plug-ins are providing is clearer, more taut, punchier bass.

My favorite lp so far this evening...a close second Sophia Pfister.

Joel,

Using a handheld steamer found fairly inexpensively on Amazon with some cleaning fluid.

When all considerations are taken, IMO, steaming a record is THE most effective way to clean a vinyl record. The problem is it's more time consuming, and it requires a small learning curve. With logic as a guide, the learning curve is small.

I'm on my third US cleaner.....Audio Desk, Chinese DIY, now the Vibrato.
I find I still benefit from steaming on certain ticky records. ( now this may not be the case with your 120 khz  Degritter?) I started with the Mapleshade steamer over 10 years ago and have run through 4 or 5 since. 

I use Audio Intelligent "Down With Dirty" concentrate dilluted with distilled water to spread over the record, then steam off.

I can go through my process and guide you towards a steamer if you're interested further on a PM.

I've got my VTA right now after adding another MyMat. I do this by experience and listening now that I've don't it so much..

BTW, there's a Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men on youtube that's awesome!

James,

You West coast guys turn in early????


It's 2:30 here

Santana III ?

I hope your WOW tt is sounding great?

I hope all of you own "Okonokos". Such a Great live set.

Recently ordered "At Dawn" 20th Anniversary

Brian,

" Don't we fuss with stuff just because" 

Regarding sub settings/placement, I don't mess with them until I feel there's a need.

Now with accessories, there's a wanting to see if an improvement can be had. For me, if I have a strong feeling that I'm missing something, I think it's more than "just because">😅

Thanks buddy.

Actually, I found her by accident, by watching some Stereophile videos with the Asian girl, their videographer. She mentioned "SP". Then I did my search.

I love this Lucero record!!!!

Bettye LaVette "Blackbirds"

You got this one Jim?

So the SRV "CSTW" MFSL UD1S sounds fantastic!!! The problem with my copy is 80% visual & 20% audible. There are 1/4" fine surface scratches all over each side. In addition, there are many scuff marks. This translates to an unquiet pressing. In addition, side 4 was extremely dished.

Gonna put on my Pure Pleasure "Texas Flood now to compare at the same volume. Why "TF"? Because I passed on that UD1S release because at the time, my copy was one of THE best sounding rock albums I owned.

Listened to lp 1 of "TF". By comparison, it is less dynamic and muffled.

My job is done.

@spiritofradio, @boxer12,

I mentioned this one last year...such a great record...

Sophia Pfister "Birdcage"

Available only through her website

Lucero on now...

James,

The Ides of March "Vehicle"  is a hidden gem!

Get it!!

Broken Bells "S/T"

James,

I wrote something similar recently about the "Maude" theme song, sung by Donny Hathaway.
I think he sung another as well.

Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women

"California Burning" a standout

You were hiding it from me. Let us know what you think.