Eels - Earth To Dora (She Belongs With The Gentle Souls). E Works Records 2020 |
Paul Kletzki conducts Mahler No. 1. Wiener Philharmoniker. Angel reissue late 70’s, originally 1962
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Playing a little hooky.
When I bought my Treo’s, literally thrown into the deal were a set of AudioQuest Comet bi-wire cables. Quite the deal as they went for 3-4K new. But, they had BFA banana connects on the amp side, which my old Belles binding posts will not accept. So, just arrived today were some AQ 300 spades to replace/install on them. Been running my 1950’s NOS Western Electric cables I had made for me. I’m going to keep these in for a while, but man, they sound very nice. There is some silver in the design, so they add a bit of sparkle and midrange clarity. To be decided whether they stay or not, but right now I’m pretty impressed, and makes the Treo deal all that much better. So, to check them out….
Sade - Promise. Portrait 1985
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Cowboy Junkies - The Caution Horses. RCA 1990 |
Szell conducts Sibelius - Symphony No. 2. Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam. Phillips 1965 |
@noromance As good as they promise, tinned copper can't allow all the info through compared to OCC/OFC/silver etc. The NOS WE are pretty good. All subjective I guess, but regardless, pretty impressed with the AQ Comets thus far. The DBS pack technology is interesting as well. |
@reubent
Heck of a deal regardless. Congrats |
Dang Steve, leave some for the rest of us 😁 |
Reiner conducts Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade. Chicago Symphony Orchestra. RCA Victor Red Seal 1960
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@noromance @bkeske BTW, congrats on the Comets. Thanks man, to be perfectly honest my intent was to probably sell them, as they are worth about 40% what I paid for the Treo’s. But….after listening to them, I don’t think I can sell them. They are pretty damn good. |
Dzhemal Dalgat conducts Franck - Psyché: A Symphonic Poem & Prokofiev - Sinfonietta In A Major, Op. 5/48 (3rd Edition). Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra. ABC Westminster Gold/Мелодия 1974
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@puffball08 Human Switchboard “who’s landing in my hangar?” Faulty Products/I.R.S. 1981 Wow man, that takes me back. I had a couple of their 45’s. They used to record at the same studio as Pere Ubu outside Cleveland in Painsville. |
Raymond Leppard conducts Dvořák - "Legends," Op. 59. London Philharmonic Orchestra. Philips 1971
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@mammothguy54 Brian, I highly recommend that you send the new AQ speaker cables to Audioquest for terminations. They have the proper spade connector for Vanderstein speakers. And for those cables you really should get the 1000 series spades. Also, the method for termination is far beyond a solder joint. They do a process that "co-mingles" the metals of the speaker wire and the termination. Bill Low, owner of Audioquest, told me about this many years ago. You can contact them to inquire on the cost and any other questions about the terminations. Again, highly recommended. Your new speakers deserve it. Good points all Joel. The Comets were already terminated for the Vandersteen Treo’s, so no problem there at the speaker side, as they were owned by the previous Treo owner. I was going to buy the 1000’s, but really didn’t want to spend that much if I was going to turn and sell them. I just really wanted to listen to them first, so for $50+/- got the 300’s to check them out. Gotta tell you though, taking off the stock BFA banana’s (which was very easy), there were very similar to the 300 in terms of the cold weld set screws size and setup. The new 500 and 1000’s seem updated and different than the originals I removed, and have much smaller screws as I understand. As I say, my originals look like the new 1000 series from the outside ‘body’ except function more similar to the 300 in the screw connection. I contacted AQ, and they wanted about $250 to terminate them. With a 1000 series cold weld connection? I can do that myself, it’s very easy. Seriously, I didn’t really pay anything for the Comets given what I paid for the Treo’s. So to me, they were essentially free. So yea, unexpectedly, now that I’ve heard them, (which was my goal out of pure curiosity), I will probably keep them. They are really that good. Honestly, I’m quite surprised. I can always get a set of 500 or 1000 spades, but to be honest, I’m not sure it’s necessary right now. |
Neil Young - Comes A Time. Reprise 1978
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@sbank
+ 1,0000 Spencer 👍🏼 |
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 OR De Chambre Michel Martin. Cybelia Unknown date, but believe mid-80’s. French release
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Mediterranean Reflections. Robert Hull conducts Castelnuovo Tedesco - Concertino For Harp And Chamber Orchestra / Rameau - 1st And 2nd Rigaudon (And Reprise) / Debussy - Danse Sacrée Et Danse Profane. Arizona Chamber Orchestra. Klavier Records 1973
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The AQ Comet cables required additional speaker placement tweaking. Closer. Very close.
Charles Dutoit conducts Ravel - Ma Mère l’Oye (Complete Ballet) / Le Tombeau De Couperin (Suite D’Orchestre) / Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales. L’Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal. London 1984
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Jean Martinon conducts Saint-Saëns - Symphonies No. 1 & 2. Orchestre National de la RTF. Angel 1974
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Jean Martinon conducts Saint-Saëns - Symphony In A & Symphony In F "Urbs Roma". Orchestre National de la RTF. Angel 1975
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@puffball08
Oh man, that sucks. At least you figured it out quickly, and the tubes are OK.
Have a back-up? I've always thought I should have kept my B&K amp as a back-up instead of selling it after buying the Belles. Now I routinely look at the same/similar amps in the US Audio Mart listings just for that purpose.
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Zubin Mehta conducts Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3. Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. London 1971
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Welcome back Jim, nice to see you had a safe trip south.
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Grateful Dead - Wake Of The Flood. Grateful Dead Records (GD-01) 1973
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Grateful Dead - "Skull and Roses". WB 1971
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Richard and Linda Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights. Hannibal 1982
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@j_husker
Congrats on the Mac, must have missed it last night....enjoy man!
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Been side-tracked, but finally.....music. 3 new arrivals today. First up...
Mehta conducts Wagner - Orchestral Music From "Der Ring Des Nibelungen". New York Philharmonic. CBS Masterworks 1983
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Another new arrival
Ignaz Moscheles - Piano Concerto In G Minor, Opus 58 / Etudes, Opus 70 / Characterstic Etudes, Opus 95.
Othmar F. M. Mága conducting Philharmonia Hungarica - Piano Concerto
Michael Ponti, piano
Candide 1969
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@sourpuss123
I've got an r1100s, and a Guzzi sport 1100i. My other "2 channel" obsessions.
Very nice, both. My last bike was a 1970 75/5. Loved that bike. Stripped to the basics, and fun to scrape the heads once in a while
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Another new arrival yesterday
Juilliard String Quartet : Aaron Copland - Quartet For Piano And Strings / Sextet For Clarinet, Piano And String Quartet / Vitebsk — Trio For Violin, Cello And Piano (Study On A Jewish Theme). Columbia Masterworks 1970
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Isaac Stern and Alexander Zakin : Franck - Sonata In A Major & Debussy - Sonata In G-Minor. Columbia Masterworks 1960
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Benjamin Britten conducts Purcell - Chacony In G Minor For Strings / Elgar - Introduction And Allegro For Strings, Op. 47 (Quartet And Orchestra) / Britten - Simple Symphony For String Orchestra / Delius - Two Aquarelles / Bridge - "Sir Roger De Coverly" For String Orchestra. English Chamber Orchestra. London 1969
Trying to figure out this image option. Will try again later
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@tomic601
Brian the image option is dark ages imo. First you must put image at webhosted site like imgur or flickr, then pray it need not be resized, then use image url....
ugh...
Yea, I'm no dummy when it comes to this, but as I do not have imgur or flickr, or similar, figured I could use them as links from DropBox. But not sure that will work. Unfortunately.
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Hans-Dieter Bauer & Siegfried Schubert-Weber, piano : Grieg- Symphonische Tänze Über Norwegische Motive Op. 64 / Walzer-Capricen Op. 37 / Symphonische Stücke Op. 14. RBM Records 1983 German release
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@tomic601
Brian...sorry, i am the technology village idiot....
Ha Jim, we know that isn't true
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@noromance
I like the now functional user @lookup but not a fan of the non-mobile responsive view at all. There's no text wrapping so the page view width is all over the place.
I'm finding the same no text wrapping issue in iOS as well. Drives me crazy. A few reloads, or close and reopen solves it.....sometimes.
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Panocha Quartet : Martinů - String Quartet’s No. 2 & 3. Supraphon 1983 Czechoslovakian release
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Taneyev Quartet of Leningrad : Taneyev Quartet No. 2 for two violins, viola, and cello. Мелодия USSR
Very nice recording
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The Gabrieli String Quartet : Britten - Temporal Variations / Phantasy In F Minor (For String Quintet) / Alla Marcia / Three Divertimenti / Two Insect Pieces / Phantasy Quartet Op. 2 (For Oboe And Strings). Unicorn-Kanchana 1983
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The Music Group Of London : Vaughan Williams - String Quartets Nos 1 & 2. EMI/His Masters Voice 1973
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Sir Adrian Boult conducts Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 9. The London Philharmonic Orchestra. Everest repress. Date unknown, but believe early to mid 60’s.
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Boulez conducts Ravel - Daphnis Et Chloé Suite No. 2 / Pavane For A Dead Princess / Rapsodie Espagnole / Alborada Del Gracioso. The Cleveland Orchestra. Columbia Masterworks reissue.
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Ahmad Jamal - Crystal. Atlantic Jazz 1987
snowing in Cleveland right now......ugh
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@tomic601
RM-9 out, MC240 in. Amp hasn't run in a year, so suspending any serious judgement .... for now..
Alright Jim, I'm curious. Why?
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Tom Petty - Wildflowers & All The Rest. Warner Records reissue/remaster 2LP gatefold 2020
holy crap....this album with the Treo's.....🙀
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The Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead. WB 1970
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