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| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? I have read that article. Always makes me smile. They were a reference of their day. They are still pretty damn good in my book. They don't do everything perfectly but they were designed around classical music and they do a wonderful job with clas... | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? rauliruegas I use lots of different recordings to evaluate things. Never just one. Not sure what you mean about the tubes. Are you saying that they have no bass? My AR9's were restored back to original. They are old school. Not for everyone, no... | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? buellrider97 Yes, I believe Webcors are Mullard variants. I've not been a big Mullard fan either. As to DiMeola, his talent is easily recognized and I appreciate it, just not my style of music for the most part. His recordings seem to be very we... | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? Lots of great comments. Thanks to all. I have some things to look for, in my collection and beyond and then the whole topic of streaming keeps coming up. I'll get to it someday.........if I live long enough. For now, I'm just admiring a "new to me... | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? inna I still find it interesting that you evaluate new gear using what you consider to be poor recordings. In some ways, I think a nice system reveals even more of it's flaws but maybe we just have different ways of looking at it. I know that you... | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? rauliruegas I'm quite sure I have that recording. I have several Sheffields. It would be a good one to check certain things. Thanks for reminding me of it. | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? dogberry I'll have to watch for Opus 3's. I'm not sure I have any but I might. I have a fairly extensive collection and I often find things that I don't recall even buying. Getting old has it's advantages as well as disadvantages. :) | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? vetsc5 I'm pretty sure I have the Saint Saens in my organ collection. I probably have 100 or so pipe organ LP's. The Crystal Clear Virgil Fox recordings also reach 16hz. My speakers do 18 but I'm good with that. Pipe organ sounds pretty dang real... | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? inna Interesting perspective. | |
| If anyone is still looking for a SLP-98 Thanks guys. You are an absolute wealth of information. I look forward to having the SLP in my system and more discussion to follow. Many thanks. | |
| If anyone is still looking for a SLP-98 Yes, V12. He said it was a heavy monster. Will post when I get the SLP, should be next week. | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? bdgregory Supertramp recordings are very good. I have several of them. Last night, I rolled in some old tubes that I'd never tried before, some Webcor 12AU7A's. They were OK, not great. I listened to Pat Benatar Tropico on Chrysalis. It is a dam... | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? dmuso I have many of what you list. I also have some very old RCA recordings that are pretty good. Van Cliburn and V Horowitz piano stuff. They can be surprisingly good right back into the 50's. I have a couple that are still sealed too. Kind of ... | |
| What are your go to LP's for evaluating new gear or new tubes? Inna I'll have to check Oregon out. Not familiar to me. Wondering why you choose some that you say were not good recordings but use them as references. Seems an odd choice. As to brass, I have no jazz music in my collection. I have a lot of or... | |
| If anyone is still looking for a SLP-98 decooney Thanks. What you're saying is pretty much what I gather from all the study that I've put into this preamp. At least this one comes with the upgrades and is further upgraded than some with the Lundahl step up. I could be mistaken on the J... |