Lamb – Cross Between (Warner Bros. 1971)
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Jonah Tolchin – Clover Lane (Yep Roc 2014)
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Lucy Ward – I Dreamt I Was A Bird... (Betty Beetroot 2015)
Rosalie Sorrels – Travelin Lady Rides Again (Philo 1978)
~ Sorrels album is superb. High marks for the other two.
Nancy Harrow – Anything Goes (Audiophile 1979)
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Lester Flatt And Earl Scruggs And The Foggy Mountain Boys – Hard Travelin’ Columbia 1963)
Richard Strauss – Also Sprach Zarathustra Tone Poem For Full Orchestra, Op. 30 (Angel 1963)
Pug Horton – Don’t Go Away (Bodeswell 1979)
~ Pug is great. Solid record.
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Sidney DeParis' Blue Note Jazzmen / Sidney DeParis And His Blue Note Stompers – DeParis Dixie (Blue Note 1969)
The Dew Drops With Stuart Foster And Fifi Barton – Rain (20th Century Fox 1960)
Al Stewart – Year Of The Cat (Janus 1976)
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@bkeske Enjoying the Dead album art. I was late to the band having got turned on to them from the Freaks and Geeks show.
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The Good Life – Everybody's Coming Down
(Saddle Creek 2015)
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Carole King – Touch The Sky (Capitol 1979)
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Porcelain Raft – Strange Weekend (Secretly Canadian 2012)
Seismic bass and spacial vocals. Wonderful. |
Lots of records all day today.
So I added a vintage all tube rectified and regulated power supply to my Croft phono amp. Basically replaced the HT power transformer and cheap rectifier diodes with the output from a high-quality lab supply.
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@tomic601 I'm going to add a DPDT switch so I can switch between both supplies. I'll then get a better perspective. It's interesting. Changing the power tubes makes huge differences to the presentation. It's a definite improvement in some areas - more holographic, more texture and authority. The downside seems to be a muddling of bass/ drums on more complex material. |
Lotte Lenya – September Song And Other American Theatre Songs Of Kurt Weill (Columbia Masterworks 1958 mono)
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Julie London – Love Letters (Liberty 1962)
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Alison Kinnaird – The Harper's Gallery (Temple 1980)
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Doc Evans, Knocky Parker, Albert Nicholas, Earl Murphy, Gene Juckem - Reminiscing In Dixieland, Stomps & Blues Vol 1 (Audiophile 1959)
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Natalie Lamb & Sammy Price – And The Blues
(G.H.B. 1980)
Been playing this a lot recently. Recommended. |
David Whitfield – Alone (London 1961)
Fine English tenor. Passed at 54 from a brain hemorrhage.
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Marty Robbins – Just A Little Sentimental
(Columbia 1961 mono)
What a voice. And the SQ is so... musical. Magic. |
@slaw Interested in your Pods outcome. As you know, I’m a big fan of Nobsound springs with sets under everything (turntable, tube phono, tube power supply, tube pre, tube power amps) except speakers with very good results.
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Kodály, Prokofieff, Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra – Two Favorite Musical Fables - Háry János / Lieutenant Kijé
(RCA Red Seal 1976)
Rumbling timpani. |
Maurice André, Marie-Claire Alain - J.S. Bach - C. Gervaise - G.B. Viviani - T. Albinoni – Œuvres Pour Trompette Et Orgue Vol. 1
(Erato 1971)
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Brian, I knew you’d get a kick out of that!
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Heifetz Plays Bach – Concerto For Two Violins, Concertos No. 1 & 2, Chaconne
(RCA Red Seal 1972)
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Saint-Saëns – Greatest Hits (Columbia Masterworks 1970)
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Bix Beiderbecke - The Bix Beiderbecke Story: Volume 2, Bix And Tram (Columbia 1952 mono)
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@slaw Thanks for the update. Glad to hear there's an improvement. IIRC, you had single large open springs. Ever tried the Nobsound pods?
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Wall Of Death – Loveland (Innovative Leisure 2016)
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Doc Evans – At The Gas Light (Audiophile 1967)
Stunning SQ. Recommended.
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Iron + Wine – Our Endless Numbered Days (Sub Pop 2016)
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Marcy Lutes – Debut (Decca 1957 mono)
Thanks @boxer12 Subtle changes... but faster, better color, more realistic soundscape. You know how it goes.
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Spent a few hours rewiring the connection from the vintage tube power supply to the preamp. (Basically, it replaces the sand diodes) Replaced plain old stranded with 12gauge OCC in Teflon. It’s almost coat hanger stiff and difficult to work with. Also used 16gauge in the B+ feed. Nice improvement.
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Olivia Chaney – Shelter (Nonesuch 2018)
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Doc Evans / Knocky Parker / Albert Nicholas / Earl Murphy / Gene Juckem – Reminiscing In Dixieland, Stomps And Blues Vol. 1 (Audiophile 1959 mono)
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@spiritofradio
Squirrel Nut Zippers – Hot
(Mammoth 1996)
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The New Black Eagle Jazz Band – At Symphony Hall (Philo 1982)
The New Black Eagle Jazz Band – Fantasies
(The Black Eagles 1979)
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Eddie Condon, Wild Bill Davison, Ken Davern, Dick Wellstood, Gene Krupa – Jazz At The New School (Chiaroscuro 1972)
~ nice live album.
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Schubert - The Fine Arts Quartet And Members Of The New York Woodwind Quintet With Harold Siegel – Octet In F Major, Opus 166, For Strings And Winds (Concert-Disc 1961)
Love this. Sweet recording but the music is just great.
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Earlier.
Russ & Becky Jeffers – Russ & Becky Jeffers At Opryland (Lee Ann 1975)
~ Solid country music.
Pearl Bailey – The One And Only Pearl Bailey Sings (Mercury 1957)
~ Wonderful. Historic!
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Great selection there @mammothguy54 . Look for more Basie, Sims, Edison and Gillespie on Pablo.
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Beethoven, Vienna Festival Orchestra Conducted By Kurt Adler – Symphony No 5 In C Minor, Op. 67 (Whitehall 1959)
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@bkeske Back at you. I bought the The Gabrieli String Quartet!
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Ralph Sutton, Ruby Braff – R&R Quartet (Chaz Jazz 1980)
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The Rolling Stones – England's Newest Hit Makers (London 1964)
Neil Young – Comes A Time (Reprise 1978)
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Tim, I've been streaming Bardo Pond when I get the chance. I can see the appeal. Quite a mix of moods.
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Blood and Thunder: Colorful Music of the Romantic Era / Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Vienna Symphony - Flying Dutchman Overture (Sine Qua Non 1974)
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Robin Williamson – Winter's Turning
(Flying Fish 1986)
Back to the Celts. |
Sylvia Woods – The Harp Of Brandiswhiere (Tonmeister 1982)
More Celtic harp for the day that's in it. |
@bkeske Interesting to see you experiment with tubes. Also makes me nostalgic for when I started doing the same thing back in the 80s! I’m still messing around with them!
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@tomic601 Re the phono psu: Replaced the aging rectifier tube with a new 5AR4 which tightened and cleaned up the bass, and improved image and stability. Gonna replace the ancient 6SJ7 driver tube tomorrow.
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