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| God doesn't need to know what time it is. I've never understood or related to the fetish for expensive watches. UK reviewer Ken Kessler is a collector, occasionally dropping a watch reference into a review. There in no time, man, only the eternal present. Unless you have to be at a record... | |
| Records Everywhere - Help! Unfortunately the IKEA Bonde was discontinued many years ago. I have and like their EKET model: a 27.5" x 27.5" x 13.75" deep 4-cubicle storage unit priced at $55. I have fifteen of them, stacked three high, five wide. A wall of LP's! | |
| Mono Recommendations @goofyfoot: No, not Neil Young’s albums, the Buffalo Springfield boxset (you know he was a member, right?) he did of the three Springfield albums, as part of his ongoing Neil Young Archive Performance Series reissues. The boxset contains five LP’s... | |
| Changed subs from speaker level to XLR after many years. Wow! While REL Acoustics (a favorite sub of many audiophiles) is a well-known proponent and champion of speaker-level connections, Brian Ding of Rythmik Audio---who also offers models with provisions for speaker-level hookup---prefers and recommends a ... | |
| DIY TT Townshend Audio offered their damping trough separately in the late-80's/early-90's. I've never seen one for sale used, but one could be taken off a "sacrificial" Townshend Rock table and used on any other design. The cheapest Rock to find used is... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Great Emitt Rhodes album, @bslon! Emitt wrote, played, and sang every note on his debut, a perfect album. I was in the band hand-picked to back Emitt when in 1997 he played his first live show in a quarter century. We performed only six songs, in... | |
| Best double studio vinyl? - Blonde On Blonde - Self Portrait - All Things Must Pass (throw away the 3rd LP of jams ;-) . | |
| Does measurements really matter? Watch Danny Richie's GR Research You Tube videos to see what and how he measures loudspeakers. Very similar to what John Atkinson does. | |
| Anyone out there own a Clearaudio Double Matrix Pro Sonic? 1- Pre-wash dirty used LP’s in the sink, using a paint edging brush and one of the label protector/handle devices sold on ebay for under $20. 2- After cleaning and vacuuming one LP side on a VPI, place a cork or rubber coaster (with a center hole... | |
| GIK alternatives Yeah, Vicoustic Multifuser DC2 for diffusion. Absorbers are easy to do DIY; just cut a 2’ x 4’ sheet of 1/2" ply into four 6" widths, make a 4’ x 4’ frame and fill it with Owens Corning 703, cover with grill cloth. Easy peasy. | |
| The Aaron Copland / Bob Dylan connection The last time I saw Bob live was in the early-2000's, at The Pantages Theater (a great Deco-style building) on Hollywood Blvd. That night he was fantastic, and looking like he was actually enjoying himself. He was even taking guitar solos, Larry C... | |
| Mono Recommendations In the Buffalo Springfield boxset, Neil Young includes the first and second albums in both mono and stereo, the third in stereo only. Procol Harum's debut album was released in mono only in the UK, reprocessed imitation-stereo in the U.S. The U.S... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report - Something Peculiar by Julianna Raye. Delightful Pop, produced by Jeff Lynne. - The Grays: s/t. Interesting later Beatle-esque style music (circa 1967), group members included Jason Faulkner (later of Jellyfish) and Jon Brion (who went on to do ... | |
| Best double live vinyl? @voodoolounge: Big Pink IS close, in West Saugerties, where Woodstock was actually held. Another good dbl live: Little Feat's Waiting For Columbus. My early pressing has the 1/4-2/3 LP side arrangement, my later pressing (with bar code on the bac... | |
| Mono Recommendations Early Dylan (pre-'69) is better in mono, as are The Beatles, Kinks, Yardbirds, and pre-Sunflower Beach Boys. For Jazz, the Prestige and Blue Note Rudy Van Gelder recordings. |