@mammothguy54
Thanks Joel, yea, I saw that one too. |
Sir Neville Marriner conducts Bach - The Art Of Fugue. The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. Philips 2LP box 1975, Europe release
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Antal Dorati conducts Haydn - Symphonies No. 97 & 98. Philharmonia Hungarica. London Treasury collection 1976
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John Lennon - Mind Games. Apple 1973
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Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat. Verve reissue, early 70’s, originally 1968
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Can’t believe this, but have been contemplating either a Soundsmith Zephyr MIMC Star ES, or a Hana ML MC cart to get a low output cart into my ‘fold’. Decided on an open box demo MIMC from HIFIHeaven for $1,275, regularly $1,999. Talked to them about it yesterday and ordered it.
Had ordered something else from them, got a shipping notification, but called to clarify when the MIMC would ship out. Seems, after checking their stock, didn’t actually have an open box left, even though it was on their site, so are awaiting a new shipment from Soundsmith next week. And, will honor the demo price for a brand new one, and ship it out when they get it in.
Those guys are screwy, but I must say, they stand by what was ordered, and willing to make things right. Not a bad deal 😉 I’ll be patient for a $700 savings. |
@slaw
I know you do 👍🏼
You know what’s really crazy? They (HIFIHeaven) did the same thing when I bought my Zephyr MKIII high output cart, and got that brand new for a demo price. So, for both the MKIII and MIMC I’ll have spent $2,275. List price $3,499 new. Crazy. |
Miles Davis - Greatest Hits. Columbia 1977 compilation
Charlie Parker - 20 Golden Greats. Deja Vu 1984 compilation |
McCoy Tyner - Fly With The Wind. Milestone 1977
With Hubert Laws, Billy Cobham, Ron Carter, and some orchestration.
Haven’t listen to this for a long time. Some real 70’s fusion jazz stuff. But, McCoy, like Ahmad Jamal at times, can actually pull it off. Does not sound too bad actually. |
Modern Jazz Quartet - Blues At Carnegie Hall, live. Atlantic reissue 1968-early 70’s. Originally 1966. |
@mammothguy54 It's a warm Spring day here so… Man Joel, wish I could say the same for Cleveland. 55, very windy, and has been rainy the last couple days. Thus, I don’t feel so bad hanging inside all day, listening to LP’s, and watching things get blown all over the place outside. Actually had to turn the heat back on yesterday. Yikes….hello June. |
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Between Nothingness & Eternity (live). Columbia 1973 |
We see you Jim 😉
…..and….if the Cuyahoga was burning now, hell, I’d drive over and warm my butt up. 😁 |
@tomic601 warmth was everywhere.... ha Yes there was, in more ways than one. My uncle was a Cleveland PD Detective. His beat for years was mafia ‘activities’ in the Flats. |
Something different….
Sade - Diamond Life. Portrait 1985 |
@mammothguy54 Brian, enjoy that new phono cartridge Thanks Joel, but not sure when I might actually get it. Chatted with a builder at Soundsmith today, and he told me he hasn’t built those carts yet, and they are way behind fulfilling dealer orders. So not sure why HiFiHeaven told me they are getting a shipment from Soundsmith next week. But, as it is such a good deal, I may end up just being patient. Heck, there isn’t anything wrong with my Zephyr right now. I am just incredibly curious how a low output cart will work with the Hagerman vs my Zephyr. Plus, it does have many attributes of the highest costing Soundsmith low output carts….and a sapphire cantilever to boot. |
Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Everyone Knows This is Nowhere. Reprise reissue mid-70’s. Originally 1969. |
Canned Heat - Hallelujah. Liberty 1970
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George Szell and The Cleveland Orchestra - Wagner Orchestral Music. Columbia Masterworks 1973 3LP box set. |
Szell conducts Schubert - Symphony No. 9 “Great”. The Cleveland Orchestra. CBS Great Performances remaster 1981. Originally recorded 1959. |
Wow. So, I have this little iFi Mini Tube ‘device’ I’ve been using for some time now. A real ‘Swiss army knife’ device which I like a lot. Well, I haven’t messed with its tube signature settings, (or any of its settings), since adding the Hagerman. But, since adding the Gold Lion 12AX7’s to the Hagerman, yes, everything is more heightened and balanced across the audible range, but actually, at times, at the expense of the tube ‘depth’ the stock Mullards had, and at times, on the edge of being a tad too bright…..for me. Well, I’ve been thinking of swapping the stock Mullards back it just to check them out again, when it hit me…’how about changing the Mini Tube settings first’. So I did. For months now I’ve used the ‘default’ “classic tube” setting on the iFi. So I tried the SET (single ended) setting; better, richer, deeper, took the edge off, but that also took some of the ‘life’ and dynamics out of the system. I used to use that setting with digital playback before getting the Denafrips DAC and a better digital cable to calm digital playback down. So, I then tried the ‘Push-Pull’ setting and was gobsmacked at how much better everything sounded almost immediately; depth, definition without too much brightness, better soundstage, imaging, everything. Now, I never used the ‘Push-Pull’ setting as it always seemed too ‘aggressive’ to me before, and a bit too bright and forward for my taste. But for whatever reason, with the Hagerman (and current tubes) in the chain, it now sounds fantastic in that mode. I’m sitting here in amazement. Everything all of a sudden sounds ‘right’ with a flick of a switch. Strange but true. Crazy ‘hobby’. The little iFi ‘Swiss army knife’ baffles me again at its capabilities, especially on a system as mine. |
Szell conducts Grieg - Peer Gynt & Bizet - L'Arlesienne Suite, No. 1. The Cleveland Orchestra. Columbia Masterworks 1966 |
Vladimir Ashkenazy conducts Strauss - Ein Heldenleben. The Cleveland Orchestra. London 1985.
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@tgilb Miles Davis - Bitches Brew. Sealed Ebay find of the 2015 reissue Nice 👍🏼 |
@puffball08
The Mullards I spoke of are the stock tubes (Russian) that came with the Hagerman. They are the current production long plates. Not bad tubes (for the $) at all really, but just lacking in some mid-hi clarity. The Gold Lion’s are an improvement in that regard.
But, I’ll keep the Gold Lion’s in with the iFi setting set as ‘push-pull’ as the combination, collectively, has ever sounded this good just by changing that setting. And that really surprised me, as I never expected it to have such a big effect.
My twitchy fingers are looking for NOS Telefunken’s, and I’m close to pulling that trigger….But really, right now, I’m pretty pleased with how everything sounds together.
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Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Walter Piston - Symphony No. 2 & William Schuman - Concerto For Violin And Orchestra. Boston Symphony Orchestra with Paul Zukofsky, violin. Deutsche Grammophon 1971
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@tomic601 & @big_greg
Fantastic 👍🏼 |
@noromance Is that iFi unit some sort of sound processor? Seems at odds to getting a ’pure’ sound. No? No, not really. It’s what you might want to call a ‘tube buffer’, (a military GE JAN 5670, and I have it between my pre and amp), but really, that is doing it an injustice, as it does much more. Thus, yes, it has a tube which changes sound signatures, but with various options. Those options are actually ‘switching’ analog options, not a digital filter for the ‘SET’/standard/‘Push-Pull’ sound signatures, as example. I’m sure you can find more detailed info on the web. it wasn’t cheap, and picked it up used when attempting to get better 2 channel sound when using my AVR as my preamp (gasp), and also try to take the ‘glare’ out of digital playback. You can actually set it up with dip switches as a preamp itself (with volume control), which I did, and by doing so realized my AVR had to get out of the 2 channel set-up…..pronto. It’s actually a pretty cool device, but not something you would need, or others with a complete tube chain. iFi does some pretty neat engineering with their products, and are very clean and transparent when used. For me, it has a place, for the time being. |
@noromance @bkeske I remain skeptical that you need it now especially with vinyl. Try removing it. I have bi-passed (removed) it. But, after ‘in and out’ testing, still prefer it in the chain. My ears don’t lie 😉 |
Sir Adrian Bolt conducts Ralph Vaughan Williams - Pastoral Symphony (No. 3) & In the Fenn Country. The New Philharmonica Orchestra. Angel 1968 |
@tgilb @bkeske. I lived in Buffalo when Michael Tilson Thomas was the Music Director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra when he was barely 30 years old. What a great career! Very neat! Hopefully you had a chance to see him conduct. |
@mammothguy54
You too Joel, enjoy! |
Tokyo String Quartet : Bartók - The String Quartets (1-6). Deutsche Grammophon 3LP box 1981
Fantastic recording. Done with yard work, so may spin the whole box. |
First up, and the lone non-classical of the 23…..
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will The Circle Be Unbroken. UA 3LP gatefold. So many versions, but checking, this may be a 1972 pressing.
Looking forward to this, have not heard it in over 40 years. |
Received 23 LP’s in the mail today. Should be a good evening….and no, I won’t be able to spin them all tonight 😁 |
@boxer12
Lol…well, somebody has to buy these old classical LP’s…..and bluegrass too 👍🏼 |
Welcome @flennon
keep’m coming |
Roth String Quartet : Kodály - String Quartet No. 1, Op. 2. Philips World Series reissue, early 60’s, originally 1956. |
György Lehel conducts Bartók - Symphonic Poem "Kossuth" Sz. 75a, Bb 31 / Scherzo In C Major From Symphony In E Flat Major Dd 68, Bb 25 / Scherzo For Piano And Orchestra. Budapest Symphony Orchestra with Tusa Erzsébet, piano. Hungaroton 1971, Hungarian release.
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Karel Ancerl conducts Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra. Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Parliament, unknown release date, maybe early 70’s. US Release of an original Supraphon Czech release in 1963. |
Sir Adrian Bolt conducting Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 9. London Philharmonic Orchestra. Everest reissue, date unknown, but probably mid-60’s per label. Originally recorded in 1958.
Man, this is very very nice. |
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky conducts Prokofiev - The Stone Flower. Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. Melodiya/Angel 1968
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Harold Farberman conducts Charles Ives - Orchestral Works : Robert Browning Overture For Large Orchestra, The Circus Band March, Set For Theatre Orchestra, & The Unanswered Question. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Vanguard Cardinal Series 1967
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@flennon Sense a Dvorak trend here. 😉 just got a bundle of used LP’s from a guy I’ve bought a lot from before. And he always has some very nice Supraphon LP’s available. This time I grabbed a couple Dvořák offerings. This Smetana & Dvořák LP is very nice indeed.
I have the Szell/Cleveland Orchestra Slavic Dances box set, which is also very nice.
Good to see some other classical selections here. @spiritofradio and I won’t feel so lonely. |
Von Karajan conducts Dvořák. Symphony No. 8. Wiener Philharmoniker. London 1965 |
@flennon Enjoy the discussions regarding everyone's choices. And you can't be accused of being wrong.😉 Not in this thread. 👍🏼 |
Karel Ančerl conducts Smetana - From Bohemia’s Woods and Fields & Vltava / Dvořák - In Nature’s Realm & My Home. The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Supraphon 1975 Czechoslovakia
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Michel Martin conducts Debussy - Epigraphes Antiques & Roussel - Le Marchand De Sable Qui Passe. Orchestre De Chambre Michel Martin. Cybelia, Musique Française Du 20e Siècle Series. Unknown release date, but going to guess the 80’s. French release
Oh man, this is fantastic. |
Martinů & Roussel - Compositions For Cello And Orchestra - Eduard Fischer conducts Martinů - Concertino For Cello And Orchestra, Op. 57. Prague Chamber Soloists
- František Vajnar conducts Martinů - Concertino For Cello, Wind Instruments, Piano And Percussion. Collegium Musicum Pragense
- František Vajnar conducts Roussel - Concertino For Cello And Orchestra, Op. 57. Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Supraphon 1977 Czechoslovakia Wow, I can already tell, this is going to be a great LP. Great recording. |
@spiritofradio @bkeske, Brian, I would have been skeptical about records pressed in the cold of the Eastern Block. Are they allright? Is Supraphon a thing? I’ve found Supraphon from Czech to be pretty darn good, with one qualifier, they seems to like to release quadraphonic records in the 70’s, and some…some…of those seem to suffer in stereo playback. Others not. But other than that, the pressing and recording quality is really pretty darn good. Another is the Hungarian pressings of the Hungaroton label I have picked up. Those are really superb, at least the ones I purchased. |
