dgarretson
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| Best Rock Album in 2012 I accord with Fremer's rave review of Analog Productions/Rhino's double LP reissue of The Dead's 1981 "The Reckoning" acoustic performances recorded at Radio City, NYC and Warfield Theater, SF. This is perhaps the ultimate unplugged album and well... | |
| Trans Fi Salvation direct rim drive turntable I have the Trans-Fi arm and the Reso Mat. Both are keepers. The arm is superlative. The mat benefits from light clamping, at least on my modified VPI TNT. | |
| Review: VPI Magic Brick Tweak For a large AC line transformer like the Topaz I would lean toward a heavy bag of microbearing steel available through eBay or a foundry supply company. The magnetic properties of the steel shot will improve coupling of the transformer electrical ... | |
| Auralex SubDude Mateored, rather than lead shot, you might try a bag of microbearing steel from eBay or a foundry supply company. I use this inside the enclosure and in an ultrasuede bag placed on top of my modified Merlin VSMs. The Merlin is particularly active ... | |
| Auralex SubDude I used a similar Auralex Gramma under a Vel DD-15 for a time. It is effective in isolating the room from the sub, but not much good in communicating LF with precision. A Star Sound SP-1 with Audiopoints brass cups gives more delineation in the sub... | |
| Best Rock Album in 2012 Public Image Ltd. "This is PiL"."This is PiL-- you have entered the pil zone." He ain't kidding-- suave strutting antics unsighted since Johnny Rotten(or Jagger for that matter) in their prime. Excellent master to double LP "recorded deep in the E... | |
| Any users of Teresonic Clarison speaker cables? At THE Show in Newport Beach this weekend I had the pleasure of hearing Mike Zivkovic's excellent Teresonic speakers, cables, and integrated tube amp. He mentioned that his cables are unique in the sense of being FULLY shielded via black box milit... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I'll fabricate for my Trans-Fi linear tonearm a two-point vertical needle bearing assembly that plugs directly into a standard SME headshell bayonet-- eliminating the tonearm tube entirely. This can be compared to several short wands of various co... | |
| MoFi Release Meets Expectations FINALLY MoFi Wake of the Flood and The Band Stage Fright are both better than the original LPs. Beck Sea Change is similarly satisfying-- on a par with the original SACD. I have my eye on Pixies Bossanova for the next one. Has anyone compared the MoFi Pix... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I'll take the black 2002 360 Modena that plays an important role and provides soundtrack "music" in Sofia Cuppola's film "Somewhere." Certainly one of Ferrari's most beautiful recent models. | |
| Best Rock Album in 2012 Beach House "Bloom" is dreamy electro-pop reminiscient of Concrete Blonde, Low, Zero 7, Air, with a dash of Kate Bush. Superb sounding on 2x 45RPM LP. | |
| hotel california... The DCC pressing is great, like all DCCs I have heard. | |
| Best Rock Album in 2012 So far I've only collected vinyl, but here goes: George Harrison: Early Takes Vol. 1Dr. John: Locked DownFarrar, Johnson, Parker, Yames: New Multitudes (Guthrie Tribute)Springsteen: Wrecking BallTrembling Bells/Bonnie Prince Billy: The Marble Down... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Timeltel, extreme LF is articulate and authoritative. It could use a cleaner and more open window from mid-bass into midrange. Hopefully arriving with break-in. However thus far it is proven as a good spend. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lew & Timeltel, My 981LZS has improved considerably after lightening up on vertical mass, tweaking azimuth, and run-in to the five hour mark. I accord with Lew's assessment of a "richly" detailed performance-- a very detailed but smooth and re... |