@bkeske
Do you find the majority of the Deutsche Grammophon pressings to be of good sound quality? I have just a few that sound very good and am looking at picking up a few others that I'm interested in. Thanks.
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Amadeus-Quartett
Schubert - String Quartet In G Major
Deutsche Grammophon 1974, Australian release
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Mireille Mathieu – Mireille... Mireille (Barclay 1969)
When the table can track this, you know all is well.
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Jackson Browne - The Pretender
1976/1984 Asylum Records Reissue
Another great mastering job on Asylum.
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The Nash Ensemble
The Chamber Music of Malcom Arnold #1
Violin Sonata No 2, Op 43 / Five Pieces For Violin & Piano, Op 84 / Viola Sonata, Op 17 / Violin Sonata No 1, Op 15 / Duo For Two Cellos, Op 85 / Piano Trio, Op 54
Hyperion 1986 UK release
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Jody Miller – Wednesday's Child Is Full Of Woe (Capitol 1963 mono)
Kid with great voice.
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Sara Watkins – Under The Pepper Tree (New West 2021)
Sweet record.
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Steely Dan - Two Against Nature ( RSD 2021 release )…. in a word superb !
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Eagles - Hotel California
1976/2017 Elektra/Asylum Reissue
I always thought that the original Eagles pressings were very well done with great SQ. This reissue takes it up a notch. Well balanced with great dynamics but not overdone.
Eagles - On The Border
1974 Asylum Records - Early pressing.
As I said earlier. Very well done. Great SQ.
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1st UK Rough Trade pressing of For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder? by the Pop Group.
As is so often the case with this period of late-70s, early-80s UK Rough Trade releases, the sound quality is awesome, and my goodness, what a strikingly original, great, great album this is!!
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Brian my stacked Quads were high passed w caps installed in the two CJ MV-45a amps driving them…it definitely increased clarity. The sub filters were more complex. Take a look at what all goes into a Vandy high pass filter, great parts are just part of the equation IMO.
Brother in law has the small REL. Good to great w His Dynaudio mini monitors.
Have fun ;-)
Jim
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Dire Straits- Making Movies ( MoFi ) inspired by @tgilb , thanks !
Joel - It will all be worth the wait ;-)
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Good stuff, Jim. Nice to see Brian over there too. Interesting how the high pass cleaned things up. Now, you have me thinking if my ESL need a pair of small RELs.
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Dire Straits - Making Movies
1980 WB
SQ holds up to the Dire Straits gold standard.
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Tyrannosaurus Rex - A Beard Of Stars, nice promo import.
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Jim, thanks for asking. It's a looooooong build-to-order process. About 8 to 9 weeks still to go (including shipping time). Really looking forward to them. Should have some pictures fairly soon, once the inlays are completed.
Enjoy your new subwoofer. Really nice stuff!
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Joel - great tunes! How many days to new speakers ?
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Lou Rawls - All Things In Time Thanks to dayglow for giving this an Audiophile SQ rating. It's a wonderful album and it sounds great!
Dave Mason - It's Like You Never Left slaw played this the other day and that gave me the thought to play my copy. Very nice album.
Procol Harum - Broken Barricades I just can't get enough of this album. Robin Trowers' guitar playing signature is so strong on this. So sorry that Gary Brooker passed away a couple of months ago.
ELO - Eldorado MoFi issue on Supervinyl. This is an excellent album from ELO and MoFi certainly did it justice. My copy arrived yesterday. Someone stated here the other day that the bass is a bit heavy, or thick, or something like that. I tend to agree but I also believe that is the sound character ELO wanted and is part of what this album is. I did find that turning the subwoofer down one click made for a better listening experience, though. The vinyl is superb! I wish that my entire collection was as quiet as this vinyl compound.
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rather than clutter up the fine music thread here, you can see my sub3 photos, setup, initial listening thoughts on the Vandersteen website forum….. more to come…fun
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The Electric Light Orchestra - The Night The Light Went On In Long Beach, German import
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Genesis - and then there were three
1978 Atlantic Records
Before they went completely commercial. Decent SQ.
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The Doobie Brothers - "Toulouse Street"
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Jimmy Rushing With Oliver Nelson And His Orchestra Featuring Dickie Wells – Every Day I Have The Blues (Bluesway 1967 mono)
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The Doobie Brothers - "What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits"
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Budapest String Quartet : Ravel - Quartet In F Major / Debussy - Quartet In G Minor, Opus 10. Columbia Masterworks reissue, early 60’s? Originally 1953
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Hadley J. Castille – Along The Bayou Teche (Swallow 1985)
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Pink Floyd – Atom Heart Mother (Harvest 1970)
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The Gabrieli String Quartet : Bridge - Novelletten For String Quartet & Three Idylls For String Quartet / Britten - String Quartet In D Major & Phantasy Quartet For Oboe, Violin, Viola And Violincello. London 1979
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Current 93 – If A City Is Set Upon A Hill (HomAleph 2022)
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Bill Evans, Waltz For Debby (Analogue Productions)
Talking Heads, Fear Of Music (1st press, promo)
Talking Heads, Remain In Light (1st press)
Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense (1st press)
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Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman, APP 9135 - Fantastic SQ
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The Alberni Quartet : Britten - String Quartet No. 2 In C Major Op. 36 & String Quartet No. 3 Op. 94. CRD Records 1981
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New arrivals,
Father John Misty "Chloe and the Next 20th Century"
2022/SubPop/dbl lp
Suzanne Vega "Close-Up" series
2022/Cooking Vinyl/EU
4lp book bound
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Thanks Jim. Got it. I did some reading on it.
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hi Brian…just one..the Treo are flat in room to 40 hz ( before the variable high pass ) and the sub 3 is located w Treo to approximate a swarm..plus some other tricks….after i break it in, will measure in room response at listening position and engage 11 bands of EQ as needed..
fun…..
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The Tubes: The Completion Backwards Principle
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Jim, good to hear. One or two?
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Vandy Sub 3, more as it breaks in, but it is very enjoyable….
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Robert Plant-Pictures At Eleven Side 2
Patti Austin-Havana Candy Side 1 SQ Audiophile
Perry Como-It’s Impossible Side 1
Dave Grusin And the NY-LA Dream Band-ST Side B SQ Audiophile
Bizet-Symphony No.1(Bernstein MS 7159) Side 2 SQ Audiophile
Ray Charles-Country And Western Music Side 1
Deep Purple-Nobody’s Perfect Side 3
Steve Winwood-Winwood Side 4
Another night of diversity. Forgot how good Pictures At Eleven is will play in entirety. Mr. Como gets the worst SQ crown those RCA and Dynagroove recordings are best avoided? Dave Grusin and Band take the SQ trophy with a top level fusion jazz recording.
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The Tubes - Outside Inside
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Muir String Quartet w/Jean-Philippe Collard piano & Augustin Dumay violin : Chausson - Concerto In D Major, Op. 21 for Piano, Violin and String & String Quartet 'Unfinished' Op. 35. His Masters Voice 1987, UK release
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Alan Vega, Alex Chilton, Ben Vaughn / Cubist Blues
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@spiritofradio
I have box set III of that Beethoven string quartet collection. Absolutely outstanding recordings! Was actually thinking of playing some tonight.
I really need to invest in the other sets.
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@spiritofradio
I also have the mono version, which to be honest, I think I prefer overall.
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@bkeske +1 on that Brahms. I have that issue too.
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Beethoven • String Quartet in E flat Major, Op. 127 & String Quartet in F major, Op. 155 • Amadeus Quartet • DGG (Germany) 1981 Box Set No. 4
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Jackie DeShannon – New Image (Imperial 1967)
Sounds so good. 50+ years later and new stuff can’t come close.
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