bdp24
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| What was your first record? When I joined the Columbia Record Club in 1962 (the model upon which VMP bases it's subscription service), my choice for my free first LP was Johnny Horton's Greatest Hits (I loved "North To Alaska"). Titles that followed were the early Paul Rever... | |
| Turning amp up - any limit? Maggies and Sanders Magetch. The position of the volume knob in relation to spl is a result of the input sensitivity of the power amp more than anything else. It tells you nothing about how much power the amp is putting into the speaker. That power can be determined with the ... | |
| Album Covers & Inserts @bslon: Was that at Music Millennium? I'm going this afternoon. At the last one I found about 50 titles I brought home. | |
| RIP Jimmy Buffett This decade is proving to be the end of the 1960 generation's lifespan. A bunch are already gone, with many more to follow. By 2030 there won't be many left. | |
| 100 Albums You Would wish for...from a Genie @waltersalas: Your list contains not only many of my favorite artists, but the same album from each I myself would choose. Iris DeMent's My Life, for instance. I wasn't going to contribute to this discussion, but I feel myself weakening. 😉 I wou... | |
| 100 Albums You Would wish for...from a Genie One real "problem" for me is that a fair amount of my favorite music was recorded "indifferently" or worse. And if a system is a little "too good" (i.e ruthlessly revealing), those kind of recordings may become somewhat unpleasant to listen to. I... | |
| Warm sounding 6922 Type Tubes Thanks @jjss49. I assume Telefunken was one company that made them? | |
| 100 Albums You Would wish for...from a Genie @mahgister: All taken in the spirit it was offered! Another factor that muddies the water in the matter of music lover vs. audiophile is the fact that the better the system, the deeper one is able delve into the music itself, not just enjoy the s... | |
| 100 Albums You Would wish for...from a Genie A list of 100 is much more doable than the Top 10 thread hot on YouTube in the past month, but still a challenge. Of course, the older one is and the greater the number of albums in one’s music library, the more difficult the job. I could make ... | |
| Good value vintage pressing of CCR Cosmo’s Factory? I concur with @tylermunns on the LP’s Steve Hoffman has been involved with (whether solo or in cahoots with Kevin Gray). I have a bunch of his DCC LP’s (the DCC ironically standing for Dunhill Compact Classics), which are real nice. They’re mo... | |
| Best way to clean glossy finish on speakers? @garebear: Novus sells their products on their website, and so do Amazon, Walmart, Home Depot, and DAP Plastics. Buy $25 or more and Amazon shipping is free. If you have a good plastics supply house in your area they should too, mine does. | |
| Thoughts On Turntable Clamps And Weights VPI tables have always come with a threaded (1/4-20) spindle and associated record clamp (and a 2mm thick x 1.25" diameter rubber washer to install under the LP). Their first table (the HW-19) featured a platter that was a 1" thick slab of alu... | |
| Tune of the Day Yeah Steve, I'm sure Palmer's version of the song made Moon more dough than did his own! I saw Moon in the Sherman Oaks Tower Records in the early-90's, then he just seemed to disappeared. Hard to believe that was 30 years ago. | |
| Audiogon, meet Buddy Miller. Fantastic info, all. And I am SO envious of those who have seen Buddy and/or Julie live! I have managed to see another artist working on Buddy’s level live: Rodney Crowell, accompanied by Steuart Smith on electric guitar and harmony vocals and th... | |
| Vinyl Lovers @lewm: And if that's the case, perhaps the Nagaoka and Furutech emit only positive ions. Neither has a trigger handle, only an on/off button. |