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| Thorens, TD-125 MKII The Thorens TD-125 had been in production for several years before the Sondek hit the market. I bought a Mk.2 version in '73, don't know how it differed from the original ("Mk.1"), but it never worked right. I replaced it with a TD-150, basically ... | |
| The birth of a new thread dedicated to sharing our newly-acquired "old" LP's. Though I haven’t been posting my recent old LP acquisitions, I’ve been buying more than ever. Here are some from the past couple of weeks: - The Bodeans: s/t debut, produced by T Bone Burnett (Slash Records). $4.00. - Bonnie Bramlett: Memorie... | |
| Worst Rock Band Ever !!!! Did I (or anyone else) already nominate Blue Cheer? To my taste about as bad as it gets. Zero sense of taste, economy, and/or musicality. | |
| ESS speakers "Translinear" Transstatic This is my first viewing of the thread. I first heard the Transtatic I in 1971, and wanted a pair badly. Unfortunately, I was a starving musician (not literally ;-), so had to settle for a pair of Infinity 1001’s (the 2000A’s little brother). I al... | |
| Guys talking about a Led Balloon Compare the Yardbirds albums with Jeff Beck on guitar with the one with Page on guitar (Little Games, their last). Guess which stinks? | |
| Your method for discovering great music. - The What's On Your Turntable Tonight? thread here on Audiogon. - The VC (Vinyl Community) videos on YouTube. - The No Depression website. - Interviews with artists, who mention others. - The credits on albums. Brian Wilson led me to Van Dyke... | |
| Two new books on great musicians. Pearls before swine. | |
| Two new books on great musicians. There is a new book on Levon and The Band (published in 2021 by Bearsville), entitled Levon's Man: Woodstock, The Death Of Richard Manuel, And My Decade Managing The Band. Joe Forno Jr. is the author, and the book is available through Amazon. I ju... | |
| Bonham’s Squeaky Drum Pedal Bonham’s squeaky pedal has been talked about by drummers since the early-70’s. That Ludwig Speed King pedal is referred to as the Squeak King amongst players ;-) . In the mid-to-late-70’s many drummers switched to the Camco pedal, now known as the... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @reubent and @tomic601: Gatton is a guitarist’s guitarist, a guy other masters of the instrument listen to. But he’s not just a virtuoso, a "’flash" player; he’s also very musical. I first heard him when he was working with Robert Gordon, playing ... | |
| Genre: Sacred or Early World Music, what's your go to? A lot of Baroque can also be considered "sacred", being as church-based as it is (J.S. Bach's day job was as a church organist, and a lot of his compositions were written to be performed on Sundays). Baroque is my "go-to" Classical music. | |
| Wilco, A.Escovedo, Lucinda - ACL Hall of Fame Induction Concert + Terry Allen, Roseanne I saw Alejandro when he was in Rank & File (with the Kinman brothers, formerly of Punk band The Dils). Rank & File were part of the Cowpunk movement of the early/mid-1980's. Hard to believe, but he just turned 71! | |
| Transmission line speakers! @roxy54: Are you thinking of the FMI (Fulton Musical Industries) Model J loudspeaker? It was comprised of three separate boxes: on the bottom a transmisionline-loaded woofer enclosure, in the middle a small sealed enclosure with an 8" woofer and d... | |
| Subwoofer question Right @oldhvymec, Danny Richie of GR Research always uses four subs, both at hi-fi shows and in the system at his place. A pair of ob's somewhere in the front of the room, and a pair of sealed subs (the F12G) in the back. His room was voted Best-B... | |
| Chi-Fi in the Time of Self-Righteous Indignation. And then there's the term "crackers". In The Last Waltz, Band pianist/singer/songwriter Richard Manuel recounts how that was one of the names they were considering to replace their old one---The Hawks---as their debut album was about to be release... |