Whats on your turntable tonight?

The Jayhawks - "Hollywood Town Hall"

@j_husker 

😁 Thanks man. I’m telling ya, the Shostakovich LP I’m playing right now is just killer with the new amps. My god the SQ is incredible. One thing is for sure, the better the LP SQ really makes these babies shine bright.

@bkeske those amps! Wasn’t sure to use the drool or eggplant emoji. so I’ll just :)

The Allman Brothers Band-Brothers And Sisters 2014 Mofi

E.L.O. - Eldorado, MFSL 

Psychic Temple / Houses of the holy 

Wasn't aware of those @tgilb . Thanks.

@slaw 

Wild Tales is a great Graham Nash album and one of my favorites. Enjoy.

Looking forward to hearing his soon to be released Live Songs For Beginners and Wild Tales.

Rozhdestvensky conducts Shostakovich - ‘From Manuscripts Of Different Years’. Scherzo For Symphony Orchestra In F Sharp Minor, Op. 1 / Theme And Variations For Symphony Orchestra In B Flat Major, Op. 3 / Scherzo For Symphony Orchestra In E Flat Major, Op. 7 / ‘All Alone’, A Suite Of Music To A Film, Op. 26 / Six Romances To Lyrics Of Japanese Poets, Op. 21. Soloists Ensemble of the USSR Symphony Orchestra & The USSR Ministry Of Culture Orchestra. Мелодия 1983, USSR release

@tgilb ,

I think I got that one in.

Cowboy Junkies "The Caution Horses" 

My first time...

Graham Nash - Wild Tales

1973 Atlantic Records

Ain’t that some $#@t! No such luck.  SQ is great!

Lucinda Williams "Ramblin' On My Mind"

2020/Smithsonian/Folkways Recording

2nd pressing, mine arrived with some tiny surface scratches on two tracks. here's hoping? 

Going back to one of my Solti Edition box sets, this time volume #10.

Sides 5-8.

Strauss : Eine Alpensymphonie Op. 64 - Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Ravel : Boléro
Debussy : Prélude À L’Apès-Midi D‘Un Faune & La Mer w/Chicago Symphony Orchestra

DECCA 16 LP box 1981
 

Porcupine Tree "Fear of a Blank Planet"

2007/Tonefloat

Wow! This record record sounds so good now!!!

Buddy Miller & Friends "Cayamo Sessions @ Sea"

2016/New West

Thanks for the heads up James!

Frank Sinatra- Watertown

Maridalen
 

Reading my emails this morning I saw that Joan Shelley has a new record out - “The Spur”. @slaw , & others may be interested. Not sure how this got in under the radar. VMP has exclusive unnecessarily colored vinyl version for $31. Band Camp has it on black vinyl for $19.

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5    
Berliner Philharmoniker   
Sir Simon Rattle    
Mitsuko Uchida

From the beautiful new box issued by the Orchestra’s own label.  

ELO - Discovery 

I strongly advise anyone who has the opportunity to attend Goran's concerts - this is probably the most fun show ... the energy is amazing - everyone is dancing (there are some recordings on YouTube)
... a glass of red wine would be very welcome

Brahms Violin Concerto    
Issac Stern • Eugene Ormandy • The Philadelphia Orchestra    
1972 Columbia Reissue 

 @bkeske  Thanks for the lowdown on the nitty-gritty! I like the way you used loading as an indication of refinement. The less loading you can get away with, the better. 

Mike Gordon with Leo Kottke. Pretty darn cool there Brian!

Fiery Furnaces / Gallowsbird's bark 

Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon - Noon. ATO 2020

td_dayton,

+1 for   "classic japanese weirdo stuff"

Fiery Furnaces / EP

@noromance

Reagarding SQ….well, what I consider a ‘Belles’ sound. Very similar to my old 400A, but better at almost everything. The overall sound is what I would call ‘liquid’, and not a hint of anything being etched, grainy, hard, or cold. The gentleman I purchased them from has had almost all David’s Power Module amps, and as opposed to the 150A, 350A, etc. he feels the MB200’s are more tube-like. The others he knew were solid state. I can only take his word for that, but the ‘liquidity’ of the overall presentation is noticeable the first time I heard them. That said, it isn’t ‘mushy’ at all, but rather very refined, somewhat airy but full at the same time, reproduces a very nice big stage, good imaging, detail, much faster than the old 400A, etc. And with 64 amps of peak current they have a lot of grunt, power, and control.

When I had the B&K 3030 in, I had to reduce the loading on my Hagerman to 470 ohms, as it bothered me at 1,000 being too etched on the highs, where I had it with the 400. Well, one of the first things I did was set loading back to 1,000 with the MB’s, and all is good again, nice clean smooth crisp highs again (the Soundsmith MIMC likes 800-1,000 IMO).

Anyway, initial thoughts.

Jon Anderson - Olias Of Sunhillow

1976 Atlantic Records

Budgie - "Bandolier"

Joni Mitchell - Hejira. Asylum 1976

mkwaju ensemble - ki-motion

classic japanese weirdo stuff

akale wube - this is a bunch of french guys who heard mulatu and alemayehu eshete and hailu and decided to make music like them...it’s so good

Bkeske (Brian), Thanks for the info on the JGB box!

Esmerine / Aurora 

Joni Mitchell - "Dog Eat Dog"

@boxer12

Thanks Tim, enjoying them so far. Good to have the old Belles sound signature back in the rig.

BTW, you should consider that JGB box set. Very nice, well packaged. As it turns out, it’s 4 1/2 LP with a blank side. Sounds great to me, albeit there are a couple songs I don’t get the mixing, putting Jerry center or even a bit left center, yet his guitar on the right/right center. Odd, as I know how these guys set themselves on stage.

But, all in all, a very nice box.

@bkeske Welcome to the monobloc club! Looks good. Care to comment on SQ?

Manfred Mann / Chance 

bkeske, Nice amps!!!

Fuxa / ST

Hilary Hahn - Paris. Deutsche Grammophon 2LP 45rpm 2021

I have that JLH on AP only at 33rpm but it's great!

Thanks Joel 👍🏼

@bkeske I like big amps and I cannot lie, you audio brothers can't deny!

I don’t usually mix genre’s during a listening session/period, but, itching to listen to different types of stuff.

Szell conducts Sibelius - Symphony No. 2. Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam. Philips 1965, Netherlands 

@big_greg 

Thanks Greg. Yea, I am fascinating by myself thinking I need more than one amp 😁  I was always more an integrated type of guy, maybe a tuner added to it back in the day. Now, I have a separate pre, phono pre, DAC, and of course, two separate amps. lol. No tuner, but I do believe my old one is around here somewhere.

Awesome Brian!  Enjoy them in good health.

Steve, glad to have passed along my recommendation on that album.  It really is a treat to listen to.

John Klemmer  -  Barefoot Ballet   I know, I know..."smooth jazz"  Hey, I like the album.  And back in the day, you play this with a girl over to the house and it's a guaranteed good night (wink, wink)😁

John Lee Hooker  -  It Serve You Right To Suffer   Analogue Productions 45rpm.  Now this is a heck of an album.  Just amazing!  AP/QRP is fabulous in what they do.

Jeff Beck  -  Truth   MoFi Gain 2 Ultra 45rpm.  I bought this last year as a limited issue, #2,074/5,000.  I think that MoFi did a bit of a smiley face in their mastering of this album.  Too bad, because the retrieval of musical information is definitely greater than what I hear on my early period press.  And the grade of vinyl is vastly superior.  But I think the tonal character on my older album is better.

Neil Young "Carnegie Hall"

Sweet Brian! Congrats on the new family members!

@mammothguy54  

Thanks for informing us about this lp Joel. SQ is wonderful!!!