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| Dylan's Time Out of Mind remix is Stunning Dylan was VERY involved in the new TOOM mixes. I read an interview with the engineer involved, who said Dylan approved every mix, rejecting the engineer’s mixes that didn’t create the sound Dylan was looking for (he never liked the sound of the or... | |
| Breathtaking SACD of popular classical music Look into the SACD titles of Classical music offered by Analogue Productions. | |
| KEF's meta material gimmick? Of course, dipole loudspeakers avoid the issue of the back wave of a tweeter (and woofer) by not having an enclosure at all. But then you have to deal with the back wave’s interaction with the wall behind the loudspeaker (not to mention the challe... | |
| Did vinyl sales just hit the proverbial brick wall? @edcyn: The size of the Tahoe is exactly why I bought it; I use it to haul my drums to gigs. For awhile I had it AND my old '84 BMW 528e, but by 2008 it's parts had started to regularly wear out, and BMW parts aren't cheap. I didn't want to sink a... | |
| active crossover recommendation The fellow is named Danny Richie, but I don't think he builds crossovers. He sells DIY speaker kits, which include the parts for making the passive crossover filters the loudspeaker uses. | |
| Dylan's Time Out of Mind remix is Stunning Oops; the Robbie Robertson album I above referred to was not a Spector production, but a Daniel Lanois. I REALLY dislike it. Though The Band greatly benefited from Robertson’s songwriting and guitar playing (but certainly not his "singing". In The... | |
| What's the best EL84 amp? While Dick Olsher preferred the original RM-9 fitted with KT88’s in place of the standard EL-34’s, in the Mk.2 version he preferred the stock EL-34’s, finding the KT-88’s to imbue the Mk.2 with "a subtle, bright tinge through the upper mids and lo... | |
| What's the best EL84 amp? @dhcod: If you want to experience a hot amp, get a pair of mono Atma-Spheres. A pair of M-60's run 16 output tubes (in Class A), for a mere 60 watts//ch! | |
| Dylan's Time Out of Mind remix is Stunning Oh, hey: Anyone who wants to hear the Spector Wall-Of-Sound applied really successfully to Rock ’n’ Roll, get a copy of Dave Edmunds’ 2nd album, Subtle As A Flying Mallet. For those unfamiliar with Dave, he is a Chuck Berry and Everly Brothers-inf... | |
| What is the best way to clean Vinyl? @jjbeason14: I would encourage you to do a pre-cleaning of the LP before immersing it in the Spin Clean tank, especially if you buy used records. Why, you ask? By running tap water over the LP in the sink (at the pre-cleaning stage tap water will ... | |
| What's the best EL84 amp? I’d be interested to know why a person would prefer the original RM-9 to the Mk.2 version. Dick Olsher (a favorite audio critic of mine) reviewed both, greatly preferring the Mk.2. Both reviews are available for reading in the Stereophile archives... | |
| Did vinyl sales just hit the proverbial brick wall? @edcyn: I'm thinking about getting a good bike again. Last one I had was a Bottecchia, fully Campagnolo equipped, sew-up tires (never again!). My area has some real nice bike-riding streets. | |
| Dylan's Time Out of Mind remix is Stunning @stuartk: The Standells certainly liked dirty water ;-) . | |
| Album Whale: An easy place to share fun lists of albums Another great way to share favorite music is on YouTube. There is a group of people who are collectively known as The Vinyl Community, and it's "members" (it's not really an organization) post videos on YouTube, showing and discussing titles in th... | |
| The Aaron Copland / Bob Dylan connection @jafant: I bought all the deluxe CD boxset versions of previous Bootleg series releases (I really wanted ALL the Basement Tape recordings, for instance), but for this one I chose the 4-LP set. The extra material in the 5-CD box didn't particularly... |