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Favorite music
Others have mentioned following Daniel Lanois work and discovering other artists. When I heard the album "Real Book Stories," I was immediately attracted and then discovered Brian Blade was part of this too. Searching for LP of this work lead me t... 
Favorite music
Jax2I went to high school with Chris Whitley in Vermont - what a great guitar player. Looks like the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Thanks for the links, AlbertI'll second Lanois's own, "The Beauty of Wynona", and, "Acadie"Amazing you went ... 
Favorite music
Siddh,It's Lanois's "The Beauty Of Wynona" that has left the greatest impression...I listen to it several times a year.I agree, the LP is stunning. If you followed the link to "I Believe In You," about 38 seconds into the video the uncensored LP c... 
Favorite music
Shadorne,I have both "Oh Mercy" and "Time Out Of Mind," hard for me to pick between the two, they are so different.Yes, Lanois is Canadian, seems a good many of my favorite artists are from there. 
Favorite music
For those unfamiliar, here are a couple of links. Seeing and hearing them is a treat, at least for me. Hope it brings joy to other Audiogon members."I Believe In You," Live Off The Floor "Surely," Live Off The Floor 
Stylus retipping
I have not had work done on a Shelter but the repair Soundsmith performed on my cartridge was superb and price was below any other option I could find.A friend in my audio group sent his Dynavector in and had ruby cantilever added after he broke h... 
Thoughts about the new MacMini & Lion OS
Mach2Music sent this announcement;All, Mach2 Music has gone to great lengths to reduce the noise created by OSX in the Mach2 Build. The result is a terrific sounding Music Server. We appreciate our customers and want to take a few minutes to discu... 
Aesthetix IO vs. Manley Steelhead vs. The Groove
Dvavc,Did you notice that many of the posts on this topic were back in 2003? My post from 2004 still pretty much expresses my opinion today. Aesthetix top tier (Eclipse) with ideal choice NOS tubes is still among the finest ever offered. You can o... 
Vintage Tannoy - Not even Tannoy Knows
http://www.44bx.com/tannoy/http://www.hilberink.nl/codehans/tannoy122.htm 
better phono stage
What's wrong with a Ref 3? Maybe you could explain a bit more about why you're unhappy. 
How to Solve Duplicate File Problem on iTunes
06-14-11: NcarvAlbert, have you compared Audirvana to Pure Music or Amarra?Maybe you could update us on a new thread when you figure this all out. I'm anxious to get on with it, but the tinkering is daunting.I have Pure Music and Amarra, I'm told ... 
How to Solve Duplicate File Problem on iTunes
Neil,What I'm attempting to do is synchronize WAV, FLAC and Apple Lossless music files into iTunes.iTunes does not support FLAC so I have four programs that can accommodate all the music files but each work differently and not equally user friendl... 
How to Solve Duplicate File Problem on iTunes
Are the extra albums exactly alike or does some of the cuts appear under one title and the rest under another?I ask because iTunes thinks multiple artists on the same album should have another cover folder. There is a way to resolve this in prefer... 
WOW; great stuff at THE Show, Newport this weekend
Unbelievable turn out for first time show, I think we owe LAOC a debt of gratitude for making this the success it was.I was told they ordered five thousand lanyards (the cloth loop over the neck to hold the badge) and that Sunday morning they had ... 
Keith Jarrett Trio, Live stock
I've often wondered why Keith could not resist making those vocal contributions to his otherwise fine performance on the piano.Thanks for the humor break.