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| Tune of the Day Marshall Crenshaw: "I'm Sorry (But So Is Brenda Lee)", a great, great song written by Ben Vaughn. Marshall performs it better than does Ben, imo. | |
| Tune of the Day The Cicadas: "When Losers Rule The World" (Rodney co-wrote it with Ben Vaughn, another good songwriter). I can’t speak for the rest of the world, but..... | |
| Suggestions please!! --Need to replace vintage Audio Research VT 200 Tube Power Amp You can no longer get a new one, so keep an eye out for a used Music Reference RM-9 Mk.2 or RM-200 Mk.2, both the antithesis of ARC power amps. | |
| Most recordings you own by a single artist, group, or composer @mitchagain, shore do Mitch. Thanks for the reminder, it’s playing right now. SO cool! When Crowell came to L.A. to promote his The Houston Kid album (one of my all-time faves, a great, great album) he had Steuart playing guitar for him. Never bef... | |
| Most recordings you own by a single artist, group, or composer Yup, Bach for sure. Several hundred, mostly on CD. Also Beethoven, Mozart, Vivaldi, Handel, Purcell, Rameau, Scarlatti, Couperin. Obviously, heavy on Baroque.In Pop, Dylan (everything). Then Dave Edmunds (ditto), The Everly Brothers (no Everly Bro... | |
| Why no interest in reel to reel if you're looking for the ultimate sound? Doug Sax proved way back in the early-70’s that a direct-2-disk recording is superior to tape. Unfortunately, most music cannot and will not be recorded d-2-d. For a library of great sounding recordings, buy every d-2-d LP you can get your hands o... | |
| Recommendation on a basic turntable setup @seanchau, there is currently a "recently serviced" VPI HW-19 (Mk.3, I believe, though it has a Mk.4 armboard---1" thick vs. the Mk.3's 1/2") on the big auction site. It comes with a Sumiko Premier MMT (Jelco) arm mounted, a VPI PLC Power Line Con... | |
| On-Line Concerts for the Virus Age Not concerts, but I stumbled upon a series of YouTube videos bassist Leland Sklar is doing from his home in Pasadena. Sklar is an INCREDIBLE bass player, heard on a lot of recordings made in Los Angeles from the late-60's forward. You've probably ... | |
| Speaker Rebuild The B139 is also the woofer in the ESS Transtatic, and is the reason Oscar Heil ended up partnering with ESS for his new driver. He came into the ESS dealer in San Jose (where I heard the Transtatic, and was lusting for), looking for info on how t... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @slaw, Jim Lauderdale makes two kinds of albums: real good and great. ;-) He's an artist who straddles the line where Hard Country (as opposed to Rock Country as heard on mainstream radio) and Bluegrass intersect. I've seen him live upclose at lit... | |
| Recommendation on a basic turntable setup @seanchou, if your area is anything like mine, Mint Minus copies of used LP’s will be readily available starting at around $5. But I would be hesitant to buy used without a vacuum (or ultrasonic) machine to wet clean them. The one from Project at ... | |
| Recommendation on a basic turntable setup The obvious question is: do you now own any LP's? (as you don't own a tt, I assume not). Or are you going to start buying them after getting a player? You "want to give it a try", but what you will be giving a try is not just a turntable, but LP's... | |
| built-in phono stages -- good idea? There is nothing stopping one for placing the phono amp right behind or below the table/arm/cartridge, with an uninterrupted run of internal arm wire from cartridge tags to RCA plugs going right into the phono amp jacks. That's how I and others do... | |
| Trans-Fi Terminator Tonearm: 2019 Update Very cool, @ledoux1238. Looks like we have similar tastes in gear! There is a local longtime audiophile (Harry Z) I have been talking to lately, who owned LFT-8b's in the past, and has a set on order with ET right now. He has been waiting 8-9 week... | |
| Quarantine Project--A Full Range Speaker Kit @cedargrover, quite! I got a pair of M/W-frame flat packs free from a guy on AudioCircle (I believe it was), but also bought a pair of H-frames from the guy in Canada who is making them for GR Research customers. They're what Ron has. The OB/Dipol... |