For me its the first or very early LP's of: Allman Brothers - "Allman Joys" "Idyllwild South" Santana - "Santana" 200 g reissue Emerson Lake and Palmer - "Emerson Lake and Palmer" and, Beethoven - "Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major" Rudolph Serkin/Ozawa/BSO
after a standing shower on two feet ! the world seems a much brighter place. Thanks to all for tge encouragement. Brian, i am counting on you for memory care !
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.
Seems you're not very happy with "ATMP", just wondering why it seems little interest in possibly improving your music library with such an iconic album' remaster?
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….
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….
BTW, Brian... The Telefunken smoothe plates were a favorite of mine in my former EAR 834 phono stage..
I had moved on from those tubes to others in my EAR life I chose not to respond to your search for guidance in your particular phono stage, simply because I had no experience with your Trumpet.
My feeling is, certain tubes work better, and/or are designed to work best in the original designer's design.
So, how could I recommend a tube for the Trumpet by my experience in a different design?
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.
my two cents on tube rolling is that most designers/ producers can’t rely on nos tubes so they gotta voice and design around what they can get…. So on Nos we all roll the dice. Aesthetix sent me to Andy at Vintage saying “ he knows what sounds better in our gear .
my Herron so far seems roll proof with me running Tele, RCA clear tops and a few others thru it….
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’ 😁
Kevin Carter, the designer)builder of my Trio, built it around the 6922 Reflector tubes. He's an engineer. He voices his designs based on personal experience. While I've contplatded using others..... Why?!
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