Acid Mothers Temple / Rebirth |
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Cleaned house earlier listening to The Howard Roberts Quartet albums H. R. Is a dirty guitar player and This is H. R. Color him funky.
Relaxing now to Jeff Beck / Blow by Blow & Wired
back to the grind |
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Elvis Costello - Armed Forces |
Marktown Syncopators – Feel The Jazz Vol. 7
(Feel The Jazz 1983)
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The Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble – Alive And Well (Stomp Off Records 1982)
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….finally…reference system reconstituted, sans TT….
Jackson B - Solo Acoustic
Sounds great stone cold…
” Power in the wheatfield…the power of a prayer released… I pray for those with the least “ |
@tomic601
good news Jim!
Fleetwood Mac - S/T
Reprise 530138-1
45 rpm |
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Louis Nelson, Alton Purnell, Barry Martyn – In Germany With The White Eagle Jazz Band (GHB 1986)
The epitome of Dixieland with great live sound quality. |
thx all…..progress…will tackle the TT tomorrow. Keeping it fed is an entirely different matter…..
Natalie Merchant - The House Carpenter’s Daughter |
Scaniazz – It's Right Here For You (Stomp Off 1983)
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Brian - what they lack in ears, they make up with mad skillzzzzzz. Omg, like a bad accident, couldn’t tear eyes…away….. |
Vernon Handley conducts Sibelius - Zwei Stücke Op. 77 / Serenaden Op. 69 / Sechs Humoresken Op.87 & Op. 89. Radio Symphonie Orchester Berlin with Ralph Holmes, violin. Schwann Musica Mundi 1981 German release
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Was a weekwnd full of vinyl and tramadol. The new VM740 is breaking in nicely.
FZ-Tinseltown Rebellion 1981 Barking
Pumpkin |
Susan Pillsbury - S/T (Sweet Fortune 1973)
Winifred Smith – Folk Songs Of The South (RCA Victor Custom 1968)
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As I knew yesterday my day would be highly taken-over by football, so in the morning I went out and purchased a Debrox Earwax Removal Kit (pretty inexpensive, there are more expensive kits).
For some time now I’ve been curious and interested in seeing what effect something like this would have, as I have never had it done by a Doctor. So, I did a long sitting in each ear (about 45 minutes) before flushing, then two additional for smaller time periods.
I didn’t sense I had any issues before doing so, but what the heck, nothing lost in giving my ears a good cleaning internally. Cannot sense any great improvement, and wasn’t expecting that really, but it did feel ‘refreshing’, and perhaps a bit more clear. Even to a small degree.
I believe I’ll start to do this every three months or so, certainly cannot hurt.
Anyone else do this regiment on a regular basis?
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Mehta conducts Bruch - Concerto No. 1 In G Minor For Violin And Orchestra, Op. 26 & Lalo - Symphonie Espagnole, Op. 21. Los Angeles Philharmonic with Pinchas Zukerman violin. Columbia Masterworks reissue , originally 1978.
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Brian, I can't say that I have done that regimen. I use Q-tips after every shower and carefully dry my ears with them. They remain very clean.
Jackson Browne "For Everyman"
The Cars "Heartbeat City" an early period press, NM/M- for $10. I did well on that purchase. |
Atlanta Rhythm Section - "Champagne Jam"
MFSL 1-038 |
contact cleaner, colored fuses, stones, Shaki sticks…and now ear cleaning kits…..
Good idea Brian, crash hard enuf surfing and that keeps my ears clean….
F Mac - Rumors |
contact cleaner, colored fuses, stones, Shaki sticks…and now ear cleaning kits….. 😁 Maybe I need several boxes stored in various places in my room. |
Jim,
Good news brother! Did an oil, belt, & thrust bearing change on the table today. Now I'll spend the next 2 weeks "dialing it in" again :-)
Brian,
I do the cleaning at 10 minutes per ear (a couple times a year) & clean them daily with q-tips. I also don't hear an improvement with the 6 month regiment, but still do it. Can't hurt.
Ween / The Mollusk |
Jeff Beck - "Loud Hailer" |
Junkies - B - Sides, etc…
I find Qtips are on the hierarchy of needs …..just above food, maybe air…. |
Daniel Martin Moore – Turned Over To Dreams (Sofaburn 2017 45rpm)
Always love playing an album on the Quad ESL rig that I’ve only played on the Spendors to realize how much better my primary system is. Sweet close-miked and tender album. |
From earlier. Another spin from last week. Pretty darn good.
Kate Wolf & The Wildwood Flower – Lines On The Paper (Owl 1977)
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Florian Zabach – Till The End Of Time (Mercury Microgroove 1958 mono)
Side 1.
Unreal high frequency response on this cut from the solo violin. They don’t make ’em like this anymore. |
Pierre Monteux conducts Debussy - Images For Orchestra & Le Martyre De Saint Sébastien, Symphonic Fragments From The Music To Gabriele D´Annunzio´s Mystery Play. The London Symphony Orchestra. Philips 1963, Italian release
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Baptist Generals / Jackleg devotional |
Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman, Itzhak Perlman, Zubin Mehta and New York Philharmonic / Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration. Bach - Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins And Orchestra, BWV 1043. Vivaldi - Concerto In F Major For Three Violins, F. 1, No. 34 (CBS Masterworks 1981)
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Reuben, Jeff Beck's Loud Hailer is playing right now at home at your suggestion. Got it a few months ago, along with some other later Beck recordings, and only played it that one time. Sounds even better the second time around.
Mike |
I really like Jeff Beck's - "Loud Hailer". I've been enjoying it since it came out in 2017. The closing cut - "Shrine" is a GREAT closing tune. Any time you finish an album with a big smile on your face, you know the artist did something right. As "Shine" ended with Jeff Beck's simple guitar fade out, I had a huge uncontrollable grin on my face. Well done Jeff Beck... |
@noromance Isaac Stern 60th Anniversary Celebration A very enjoyable album. |
@skyscraper - Enjoy it. Let me know if "Shrine" left you with a smile on your face. |
@bkeske, Yes. And beautifully recorded with just enough live ambience.
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Wide variety this evening...
Billy Cobham-Spectrum
Marvin Gaye-Let's get it on
Joe Sample-The Three
I don't remember when or where I got that Joe sample record but MAN, guys are playing their asses off and it's a really "in the room" recording |
The Kinks - Sleepwalker
Blue Jays - untitled |
@bkeske,
I've been doing the ear cleaning for years Brian with great results at times. Every two/three months I use baby bulb syrenge and warm water. Have other "deep cleaning" methods as well.
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Steve,
That is what the Debrox product is, an inexpensive bulb with its own solution. But, I'm sure I could also create my own solution with peroxide and water.
As we pay so much attention to all the miscellaneous details of our systems, seems silly not to make our own ears one of those items to get some attention and maintenance as well.
I also use q-tips after every shower, but have read that q-tips can also create problems, and cannot really get to the inner canal/ear drum itself, nor would you want them to do so.
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Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Punch The Clock |
I've used Debrox solution but I think the peroxide works better ,
I still have to " POP " my ears at the beginning of every album
to hear the higher frequencies .
Led Zeppelin - Into the Light 1969 , bootleg .
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Bob Marley and the Wailers - Exodus
Caught the 2020 documentary the other eve, tunes on my mind since…….playing air bass in da deep deep pocket, these cats got it….. |
Blue Rodeo - May
Krall - Live in Paris |
Patricia Barber - Live a Fortnight in France |
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