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| Well recorded records ... what are your picks? Hmmm, Mst, I will have to re-visit my lp's of Bauhaus, and Tone on Tail! I don't think it falls under the industrial genre, but Cocteau Twins albums are pretty well recorded, too.Great input! I think I'll find the Nora Jones lp to purchase.I liste... | |
| Well recorded records ... what are your picks? Have you listened to Band on the Run (Paul McCartney and Wings) lately? Really nicely recorded! Some really interesting arrangements and instrumentation. Very enjoyable experience! | |
| Record-playing Rituals? Dear Fightingwords,Great ritual! I forgot to write in to my protocol the part about pouring the glass of wine or pint of beer. At this point it is implicit in my record playing ritual.Funny how the sound improves with each glass! | |
| Sundsmith rebuild. Dear Dgarretson,I sent mine in at the end of June. I, too, was told via email of Mr. Ledermann's illness. So I waited patiently. By around Thanksgiving I was becoming concerned that my cartridge was lost in shipping to them. The next morning I rec... | |
| Record-playing Rituals? I dry-brush clean my record each time I play it. I also dry-brush the stylus with each side. When I worked in high-end audio, my record guru steered me away from any liquid on the stylus.Ritual: Clamp record to platter; tap with fingernail to chec... | |
| Shorting plugs.... I don't know why they would advise against it. I could understand against using them on outputs, but I am curious as to why they might advise against it on inputs.I can see no reason not to ever use them. Either your input jacks are open or shorte... | |
| Well recorded records ... what are your picks? Hey Clarets2,Thank you for your input and kind comment!Why just two nights ago I was listening to Black Sea and Skylarking... (I hadn't seen your post yet.) If I didn't already post those XTC albums to this thread, I do so now. I am now in the mar... | |
| Well recorded records ... what are your picks? Thomas Dolby -- The Flat Earth. Listen to "I Scare Myself" -- delicious!One thing I wanted to glean from this question posted was information on "sleeper" records. Records that are not normally thought of as high fidelity, yet turn out to be very ... | |
| Shorting plugs.... The Fisher 400c pre-amp shorts the input rca's that are not in use. Cool! This, from a 1950's design. I learned this from the schematic of the pre-amp.I cannot say that this was progressive; I just don't know, but that is my thought. However, I ca... | |
| High Quality Fuses in Amps I work in a lab where we have a liq N2 cryo tank. I'll slowly lower the temp of some fuses to -160C and slowly bring them back to RT, and report.I don't think one week at home freezer will do anything. The theory is that liq N2 low temps will modi... | |
| How much does your system retail for? Ebm,I totally agree! On a very meager budget, I built a system over the course of years that I am very satisfied with.Cheers. | |
| How much does your system retail for? Hi Thermonicavenger,Thanks for your comments. I was trying to understand why the person would ask this question. The only reasons I could think of were to get free marketing information from this forum, or to give people the chance to show off how... | |
| Well recorded records ... what are your picks? Many thanks to all who have posted their picks in this thread!!!With some clip and paste, one can make quite the listening list, or a list of records to look out for at swaps, used record shops, ebay, yard sales, and, of course, Audiogon! I have p... | |
| Anyone have experience with NOS 6gh8's? So...The Bugle Boy ecf82's opened up after breaking in. They sound really sweet in the midrange and are nicely detailed.I also tried Amperex Orange Globe 6gh8a, Raytheon 6gh8a, and General Electric 6gh8a.I would put the first three at the same lev... | |
| How much does your system retail for? Bad question. If you do it right, you can build a very good sounding system on the cheap.I wonder how many of the big spenders listen to records as their primary source. Analogue still rules in both audio and photography. (On the photo side, I'll ... |