Whats on your turntable tonight?

Tomas Örnberg's Blue Five – Come Back, Sweet Papa (Stomp Off 1982)

Destroyer – City Of Daughters (Merge 2018 RE 1998) 

Charli XCX - Number 1 Angel

Portishead / Dummy (2017 RE / Go Beat)

orig. 1994

lloyd mcneil - elegía 

Where's @bslon ?

@slaw Steve, I’ve been in the Caribbean island hopping for the past couple of weeks. My system…ha!

I’ve been checking the thread occasionally, lots of good music being played and missing the main system after reading the posts.

I’ll be back home this weekend playing records, it’s good to be missed. Thanks!

Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue.  I picked this up at Half-Price Books for 3 bucks a few years ago.  Sounding great!

Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman
2011 Analogue Productions

Miles Davis - Nefertiti

@noromance ​​@tomic601 I added a singe medium-sized REL to my Quads in the basement. Put it in a strong front corner. I set it to about 68Hz and 9:30 volume. It does add nice bass to recordings that have low bass but more important to me is a fleshing out of the midrange. Gives the quads more body. It’s not low passed - just connected to the speaker terminals on the EA-230. Several people have recommended that I use 2 REL subs with the quads. I’m sure it would be even better but I get no imbalance from having just one in the corner. In fact I hear bass everywhere, including behind me when it’s there on the recording. On Ray Brown’s Soular Energy it’s right there center and slightly back in the sound stage.

@reubent Hey thanks for the recommendation on David Grey. I just know his radio favorites but will check out that second? Album.

re: Teriko, I think we’ve mentioned it here before.  I really like that record too.  

@bslon Hey Brother.  Been missing your posts too.  I think you and I here in the West are often the ones turning the lights out on the thread.  I have that same system!   Nice DAC….  We should meet up for RSD at MM.  

Cat Stevens - The Songs From The Original Movie: Harold And Maude 2021 Island RSD  

Didn't know there was a remake….

Not up to AP noiselessness, clarity, or tone but it’s fun and sounds pretty good.  

@bkeske 

I’m interested in that Muir String Quartet Chausson.  What do you think?

@slaw hey Steve.   Can you tell us about the CBS HSM Leftoverture?

Need to revise my posted thoughts about the RSD Cat Stevens Harold & Maude. SQ is sort of uneven and not that great on a couple of cuts. Apparently this was remastered for this issue but…. Still a fun record to have though.

The New Basement Tapes - Lost On The River

2014 Harvest Records

An unmistakable T Bone Burnett production. 

James, 

I played Kansas ""Leftoverture".

New music arrived, 

Dusty Springfield "Dusty in Memphis" 

2011/AP/45rpm 

Patricia Barber "Higher" 

2020/Impex/45 rpm 

Calling Cadence "S/T" 

2022/hi-res records/AAA/Kevin Grey/RTI

@slaw Thanks!  Guess I’d missed that.  Found your posts from a few days back. Very helpful.  Thanks Steve.  

@slaw interested in you thoughts on Cadence, Fremer had a bit to say, but give it a spin first…

jim

👍 James.

Sure will Jim.

@spiritofradio 

I’m interested in that Muir String Quartet Chausson.  What do you think?

It’s nice to have in the collection, but, for a DMM pressing, it’s not really very impressive SQ-wise. It’s good, but not great. The performance is better than the recording, I’ll say that. 

Playing Blue Moon Swamp again.

@spiritofradio  This is a much better recording:

Chausson
Trio Pour Piano, Violon Et Violoncelle, Op. & Pièce Pour Violoncelle Et Piano, Op. 39
Jean-Claude Pennetier, piano
Régis Pasquier, violin
Roland Pidoux, cello
Harmonia Mundi 1984, French release

Thanks Brian.  @bkeske 

Members of The Vienna Octet
Britten - Sinfonietta, Op. 1
Hindemith - Octet (1957–58)
London Treasury Series 1976 reissue, originally 1965
 

Been listening to sides 3 & 4 of Down the Road Wherever 

Mark Knopfler. Very, very good!!!

Nils Lofgren - Cry Tough

1976 A&M Records

The positive increase in midrange presence and overall openness I’m hearing after the last several changes I made over the last several months, have me adjusting my sub settings again. This has never failed. Anytime I have a significant upgrade in SQ, I always benefit from addressing the sub settings.

The PPT paste sounds amazing. Along with it and the Omega + Mats, I’m listening at much lower volume now, Around 9:00, whereas use to be at least 10:30. Pretty amazing  The OL belt  and the Townshend Pods. Seems like everything is working together.

I was listening to the Mark Knopfler album while adjusting. I’m hearing another layer of his voice now that never seemed present before.

The Mountain Goats "Dark in Here"

2021/Merge

Prague String Quartet
Dvořák - String Quartets No. 8 & No. 10
Deutsche Grammophon 1976, German release 

Pat Travers - Black Pearl 

Father John Misty "Chloe & the Next 20th Century" 

Chris Bellman

The Alarm - "Equals"

Radiohead - OK Computer

The Claremont Quartet w/Joanna Nickrenz, piano
Schoenberg - Ode To Napoleon Buonaparte For String Quartet, Piano, And Reciter, Op. 41
Webern - String Quartet, Op. 38
Stravinsky - Concertino For String Quartet & Three Pièces For String Quartet
Nonesuch 1968

The Knack "Get The Knack"

MFSL

Nils Lofgren - Acoustic Live, Quality Records pressing. 

@big_greg 

Good night for Nils. His electric guitar work on Cry Tough is as equally impressive as his acoustic guitar on Live.

Also, you had a great run going on ELO. I had played Out of the Blue yesterday afternoon.

@spiritofradio 

 I have just one REL sub (S/812) and find it to do exactly what you describe.  I would love to have two of these subs but physical space and room layout does not permit.  My settings are very low, about 40hz, and around 10:00 o'clock on the level/gain.  It's just right with bass slam directly from the middle when the recording calls for it..  And deep bass in a big open area when the recording calls for it.

The more I have improved the system over the past year I have found needing to lower the crossover setting and reducing the gain.  It's about right, now.  However, I tend to believe that after my new speakers arrive (still about 7 weeks out) and are fully broken in I will need to lower crossover by about 5hz.  We shall see, or, hear.

Enjoy your latest setup.

Fred Frith “Gravity” Ralph 1980

Pom Pom Squad “Death Of A Cheerleader”  City Slang 2021

The Raincoats “s/t” Kill Rock Stars 2021 reissue of Rough Trade 1979 release

The Residents “Gingerbread Man” Cherry Red 2021 reissue of Euro Ralph 1994 release 

James Gang - Thirds

1971 ABC Records

@mammothguy54 Right on Joel.  

@slaw sounds great Steve, enjoy it.

Yo-Yo Ma, Six Evolutions. A Solo Bach Cello Suite where you can hear him breathing as his fingers tap the fretboard. Sit back and listen to obtain a clear understanding of why he is considered one of the best Cello players in the world.

@spiritofradio @tomic601 Interesting sub notes on the Quads. I used to have an older Strada lll sub on my ESL rig. Moved it around some but never really loved it. It's since burnt out and I use S3 on my second system to great effect. I've been tempted to add a pair of smaller T5x to the ESLs. Your comments tempt me to make a move. Was looking forward to a tax rebate but got stiffed big time with a bill.