I use to have a B&K EX-442. Very respectable amp. I have an unmodified McCormack 225 in reserve. Got to have a backup in this business.
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@bslon
Brian, bummer news but glad your speakers are okay. About your old amp I mean.
Absolutely Bill. The main fuse blew, didn’t effect the speaker terminal’s or their fuses.
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@bkeske
Chausson - Trio Pour Piano, Violon Et Violoncelle, Op. 3
A most tasteful selection sir.
Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs
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Brian, bummer news but glad your speakers are okay. About your old amp I mean. 😎
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@slaw
I will Steve. I just received a B&K ST3030 200 wpc mosfet amp for a pretty good deal. It actually sounds pretty darn good. Better than the 400A in some respects. The B&K’s are real ‘sleepers’ IMO. Had a 125.2 before, so figured it would be acceptable, or more so. No matter what, the ST3030 will be a back-up in the future.
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That's a bummer Brian. Hope you find something soon.
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Back to music. My cherished vintage Belles 400A amp ‘blew-up’ (well, more like a pop, flash, along with a burning smell) on me last week, so had to get an emergency amp in until something more permanent is chosen.
Chausson - Trio Pour Piano, Violon Et Violoncelle, Op. 3 / Pièce Pour Violoncelle Et Piano, Op. 39. Jean-Claude Pennetier, piano / Régis Pasquier, violin / Roland Pidoux, cello. Harmonia Mundi 1984 French release
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Arrived today,
The High Keys "A Little Too Heavy"
2022/Sundazed
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+19 @noromance
Occasionally I do enjoy some extreme metal. Cathederal/Cradle Of Filth/Trivium and Crowbar are good starting points to feel 19 again!
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Music from big pink - 45rpm
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The Vapors / New Clear Days
1980 Liberty
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The Records / S-T (aka Shades In Bed)
1979 Virgin
Re: Starry Eyes—Good power pop song and LP
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Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden
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Miss those days, and frankly miss those feels.
but the angst/violence still channeled thru me like I was 19!
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Chick Corea-Return To Forever Side 1
Maria Muldaur-ST-Side 2
Barry Manilow-2:00 AM Paradise Cafe-Second Set
Santana-Freedom-Side 1
Angela Bofill-Intuition Side 1
Lamb Of God-Killadelphia Side 4
George Shearing-Mel Torme-An Elegant Evening Side 1 SQ Audiophile
Wings-Greatest Hits Side 1
Despite only 1 marginal Audiophile SQ recording the music still prevailed. The only subpar SQ recording was Killadelphia as expected but the angst/violence still channeled thru me like I was 19! Santana and Angela’s LP’s were both overlooked late 80’s recordings that could be there best of the decade.
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13th Floor Elevators / Live evolution
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Sufjan Stevens / Enjoy your rabbit
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Steve, I think "Starlight Walker" is my current favorite from the Silver Jews. Great album.
sbank, +1 for Laura Marling, Once I was an eagle!
Sonic Youth / Daydream Nation (box set)
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Peter Green – White Sky (Headline 1982)
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Steve Hackett - Please Don't Touch
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Braodway
Ultravox - Vienna (Instrumental Steven Wilson mix)
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Roger Daltrey - Ride A Rock Horse
ELP - Works I wish they had done a better job mastering/plating/pressing this album. The music is wonderful but the record & vinyl quality is just OK. Not horrible, but could be better.
Both of these albums I have had since they first released. I'm getting older...
Heading to Mammoth Mountain in the morning, skiing for the rest of the week. Enjoy the music, guys.
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Tom Petty -- "Finding Wildflowers: Alternate Versions"
Thanks, Steve!
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Jane Morgan With Orchestra Conducted By Frank Hunter – Jane In Spain (Kapp 1959)
Georgia Brown – Sings Kurt Weill (London 1962)
~ both wonderful albums. G. Brown is recommended.
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Lu Watters And The Yerba Buena Jazz Band – Blues Over Bodega (Fantasy 1964)
~ rocking jazz and a solid recording.
Louis Nelson, Alton Purnell, Barry Martyn – In Germany With The White Eagle Jazz Band (G.H.B. 1986)
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Jefferson Airplane - Crown of Creation
1968/2015 RCA Victor/Friday Music Remaster
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Leonard Cohen -- "Old Ideas"
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John Coltrane & Don Cherry -- "The Avant-Garde"
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Charles Mingus -- "Blues and Roots"
Lee Ranaldo -- "Acoustic Dust"
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@slaw
Thanks again Steve for turning me on to TJW. I really do enjoy his records.
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@crimsoniter
i must go pull it from the Permafrost
That’s funny
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@sbank
wow Magazine it has been a long time since I listened to Howard's dark world
i must go pull it from the Permafrost
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Outstanding music & SQ
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Kacey Musgraves - Star-Crossed
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Animal Justice - John Cale
Hedda Gabler is haunting
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Jules and the Polar Bears / Got No Breeding
1978 Columbia
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Janis Ian / breaking silence
Analogue Productions R-I #4741
A reference disc for content and SQ, a very nice recording.
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