Whats on your turntable tonight?

Benjamin Britten conducts Britten - Symphony For Cello And Orchestra, Op.68 & Haydn - Concerto In C For Cello And Orchestra. English Chamber Orchestra With Mstislav Rostropovich cello. London 1964

Reiner conducts Brahms - Violin Concerto In D, Op. 77. Chicago Symphony with Heifetz. RCA Victor Red Seal reissue, date unknown, shaded dog label, guessing early 60’s. Originally 1955. Canadian release

Natalie Merchant - Motherland. MOV 2013

@big_greg

John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman

Fantastic album. Only have the digital file. Need to find that on vinyl.

Ahmad Jamal - Live At The Montreal Jazz Festival 1985. Atlantic 1986 2LP gatefold

damn, I love this album. And seemed perfect for a Friday afternoon. Feels like I’m there….

Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um. Columbia/MOV European reissue 2015. Originally 1959

Happy Friday Jim, and everyone else too, of course

Second spin…

Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon - Noon. ATO Records 2020

Joni Mitchell - Court And Spark. Asylum reissue, 1976? Originally 1974

Janáček Quartet : César Franck - Quintet In F Minor For Piano And String Quartet. Eva Bernáthová , piano. Arita Records, unknown release, originally 1962

George Harrison - All Things Must Pass. Apple 3 LP box 1970

All this talk, decided to spin it for the first time in a while.

Nice system you have there Joel. 😄👍🏼

The Band - Music From the Big Pink. Capitol 1968

As I said Steve, even with all its flaws, I can still spin it and it still daws me in. Enjoyably so.

I have a remaster on CD. Don’t play it much, probably only played a couple times. Still go back to the original on vinyl.

Personally just not sure I want to pony-up the cash for the newest remaster….right now. Perhaps in the future.

……Just put a downpayment down with Johnny R for a new Belles Aria Signature preamp, so, trying to temper a ton of spending all at once. Famous last words….

All Things Must Pass…..good SQ, bad SQ, Spector’s heavy hand, etc. 

This album(s) still draws me in, regardless. Did when I first listened to it, and still does. But must admit, always liked George, a lot, from the first time I saw him on Ed Sullivan with the Beatles, right on through the day he passed.

Johnny said that the Belles will be 3-4 weeks out, David is trying to fulfill orders the best he can. I’ll definitely keep you posted. Heck, it will be somewhat a surprise to me too, the Signature version isn’t posted anywhere, not even pics of it, anywhere. I’m trusting Johnny R’s recommendation. He said it’s well worth the cost over the ‘standard’ Aria, so I leaped….

Nice Jim, congrats on the recovery…..keep getting better man.

BTW, finally snagged a Ray Brown Soular Energy LP, fingers crossed….and also three Monty Alexander/Herb Ellis/Ray Brown Trio LP’s. The original from 1981 (I think) which is self titled, then the original Triple Treat, and Triple Treat II. I have Triple Treat III on CD, but on the war path for that on vinyl as well.

None have arrived yet, but on their way. Will be nice to have all those.

Santana - S/T. Columbia 1971

Steppenwolf - Monster. ABC/Dunhill 1972

Jim, I was ready to call Andy before I found the Dynaco/Telefunken’s. @noromance suggested I go for them, and the rest is history 😉

I’m pleased, but the NOS RCA are also intriguing from what I have read.

Another day…..I’m excited about the Belles next….and my Soular Energy copy arriving 😁

Zappa - Hot Rats. Bizarre/Reprise 1969

Damn this sounds good.

I’m diggin the Telefunken’s Steve. They sound great. Great detail and definition. Silky smooth. And very good tonality and soundstage.

Only have the Telefunken’s, the Gold Lion gold pins, and the ‘stock’ Mullard long plates Jim included. Ya know, I’m now somewhat surprised Jim picked the Mullards. Good tubes, but a couple weeks ago, just for giggles and interest, put the Mullards back in to check out. Immediately the music was a ‘thicker’ and darker ‘tuby’ presentation, and the soundstage really closed-in compared to the Gold Lion’s. Then tried a mix of those, and finally put the Gold Lion’s back in complete. I think Jim may be better served with a new Tung-Sol or JJ maybe, or even the Gold Lion non-gold pin version. The cost would be similar to the Mullards.

The Gold Lion’s are pretty good tubes though in comparison to the Telefunken’s. But, twice the cost of the Mullards, and half what I paid for the Teles. Comparing the two though, the Gold Lion’s do sound more ‘grainy’ than the Telefunken’s, but still not bad. And not bad for the money.

Tubes are fascinating, but confusing as hell, lol. Yep, nice to have folks here be able to point me in the right direction. The Trumpet is my first tube equipment, so a ‘tube babe in the woods’ 😁

Country Joe and The Fish - Together. Vanguard 1968

Canned Heat – Boogie With Canned Heat. Liberty 1968

Martinů : ‘Flötenkammermusik’ - Sonate Für Flöte Und Klavier / Madrigalsonate Für Flöte, Violine Und Klavier: Poco Allegro / Madrigalsonate (Forts. V. Seite 1): Moderato / Sonate Für Flöte, Violine Und Klavier. Alexandre Magnin, flute / Ralf Gothóni, piano / Philipp Naegele, violin. Da Camera Magna 1977, German release 

Bloomfield/Kooper/Stills - Super Session. Columbia 1970

@noromance 

Lamb – Cross Between (Warner Bros. 1971)

I have that LP Brian. I figured I was the only one 😁 I should take it for a spin soon now that you reminded me

Morning wake-up music…

Joni Mitchell - Hejira. Asylum SP 1976

Cowboy Junkies - Trinity Sessions. RCA 1988

The Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead. WB 1970

The Byrds - Sweetheart Of The Rodeo. Columbia reissue 1972, originally 1968

@noromance 

+1 👍🏼 

New Riders Of The Purple Sage - S/T. Columbia 1971

Pearls Before Swine - The Use of Ashes. Reprise 1970

Tír na nÓg - A Tear and a Smile. Chrysalis 1972

Take care of yourself Jim, be careful man.

Horslips - Happy To Meet...Sorry To Part. ATCO Records 1973

Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking. A&M reissue 1973, originally 1969

One thing I noticed today….how quiet the Telefunken’s are as far as minimal ‘hiss’ coming from the speakers between LP’s with the sound up, and also that they have zero microphonics. My other newly manufactured tubes suffered a bit with microphonics. You could hear it even when tapping on the headshell slightly, more so by tapping the tubes themselves. The Telefunken’s are just dead quiet. Hard to believe they can not make newer tubes ‘in mass’ with the same properties.

Cowboy Junkies - The Caution Horses. RCA 1990

Fairport Convention - Full House. A&M 1970

@noromance

@bkeske Good times. Have you tried the Nobsound springs under the amp?

I have them under the Hagerman. Only three, with a single spring in the middle of each.

My Belles 400A has cones.

Oh, now just stop tempting me @noromance , I just got the Tele’s 😁

Taneyev Quartet : Taneyev - String Quartet No. 9 for two Violins, Viola, and Cello. Мелодия 1979 U.S.S.R. release

Szell conducts Beethoven - The Nine Symphonies. The Cleveland Orchestra. Columbia Masterworks 7LP box reissue 1974, originally 1964

……start with No. 1 and see how far I go.

@spiritofradio 

Oh, lol, no. Simply copy and paste from Discogs.

 

@j_husker 

Jim may have other ideas, but as this *is* a large room, you might want to consider adding a subwoofer now (I believe you have 7" drivers and a bass port on the rear). To get any bass, I think you may be trying to keep the speakers close to the 'back' wall for your ports to provide that for you. With more bass energizing/pressurizing the room you might be able to get your speakers to fill in the space 'above' a subs 'sonic base' providing you a 'foundation' as they should (you have a lot of volume), and could then pull them out closer to you.

I have found soundstage is a combiniation of vertical (front to back) and horizontal (side to side) placement. With Vandersteen's (as I have), Richard has a very good setup guide to follow in getting you close, then fine tune. Doing a bit of digging, your manufacturer recommends the width/spread should be 3/4 of your listening distance. Not for your particular speakers, but may be a guide to use.

Or, try something extreme. I had someone once recommend pulling the speakers out as close to the listening position as possible, then, incrementally, move them back until the soundstage begins to form. Once you acheive that, play with width/spread and fine tune the center image. It did work, but found I was essentially placing the speakers in my room as Richard recommends in his manual anyway. But, a neat experiment.

@slaw 

Hey Steve, PopMarket was having a 15% off sale today, so finally picked up 3 Eels LP's (on vinyl), and also Leonard Cohen's Thanks For the Dance LP. 

@spiritofradio 

No keyboard in the Taneyev Quartet. Are you asking if I have some?