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Been desiring Williams recently, so, here goes…. Sir Adrian Boult conducts Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 9. The London Philharmonic Orchestra. Everest repress, probably early 60’s, originally 1958.    
Can recommend some non-fatigue SMALL bookshelf for near-field listening?
Vandersteen VLR Wood or CT  
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Monty Alexander / Ray Brown / Herb Ellis - Trio. Concord Jazz 1981  
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@boxer12  I listened to most of ‘How I Quit Smoking’, and then switched over to ‘Nixon’. Two very different but interesting albums. But it seems, all their albums may be different from one another to a degree.   
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The Gene Harris Quartet with Jeff Hamilton, Ray Brown, and Ron Escheté. Listen Here! Concord Jazz 1989  
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Neil Young - S/T. Reprise reissue 1970, originally 1969  
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@sbank  Rimsky-Korsakov*, Reiner*, Chicago Symphony* – Scheherazade, Op. 35 👍🏼 Classic  
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Just arrived home, and Santa was here and left this at the door…. David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name. Atlantic reissue/remaster 50th anniversary 2021. Originally 1971 Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas/Holidays  
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@mammothguy54  Thanks Joel. Yes, it is nice, two weeks ago I wasn’t sure it would be the case.  
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@spiritofradio @bkeske I love my iMac. Perfectly functional but I’ve been left way behind on updates and some new stuff I might want is non starter. In fact, it is old enough that I have been quite literally laughed at by the millennial elves o... 
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Staying with Sibelius…. Paavo Berglund conducts Sibelius - Kullervo & Incidental Music To Strindberg's "Swanwhite". Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Helsinki University Mens Choir. Angel 2LP box 1971    
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@tomic601  Brian K - We have two imac, one dates to 2013 ish….the other maybe 2 years..love em both…. Im sure I’ll like it Jim. Just as in my audio set-up, I’ve preferred separates in my computer work rig, and never liked the restraint the iMa... 
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Continuing this set this evening. Last night was a wash-out. I finally have given in to the fact that I have to get a new Mac computer for my work. Been using a 2009 Mac Pro for a very long time, and love that old box. Have Frankensteined it to ke... 
IFI ZEN Streamer
@slisans As I said, I have connected my usb external drive to the Stream, and they are all WAV and FLAC. They all sound great, but that is more about my DAC vs the streamer. There is nothing wrong with 16/44. That is CD quality, and if a DAC/sys... 
New member interested in selling pair of Vandersteen 1ci; sane shipping methods?
I purchased my original 1C’s on-line via eBay. IIRC, the speakers cost $325. No original boxes, but the seller did a tremendous job packaging them with injected spray foam within the box around the protected speakers. The Sound Anchors were instal...