edcyn
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| A perfect song? What are your choices? I enjoy thread drift as much as the next guy or gal, but this thread has gone off the rails to the point where it's now no more than a grab bag of miscellaneous vids. Either that or the universe is indeed awash with perfect songs. | |
| How did you get started in this hobby I was happily settled into the modest Kenwood receiver/Garrard Record Changer system my dad gave me when I was about eleven when I visited my buddy in college at Berkeley. I was so wowed by his tiny B&O speakers, when I returned to my hometow... | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Pere Ubu -- The Modern Dance. 1970's Punk Primitive Psychotic. Did I see them live at the Whiskey? | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Have I mentioned the symphonies of Florence Price on this endless thread? Early 20th Century African American female composer. Featured on Idagio. Recordings on DG with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Like Dvorak, but just that tiny(!) bit more authen... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? mammothguy54 - I went to at least one of those Zubin H’wood Bowl fireworks concerts. Tons of fun. I’m probably mixing stuff up here, but I remember one Zube/L.A. Phil pops concert that had Zubin wearing a gigantic white shirt so that the psychedel... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Sinatra -- Strangers in the Night. The title cut is compressed, cut in mono, and pretty obviously the same mix as the hit single. The rest of the cuts are in luscious stereo, with Nelson Riddle and the Orchestra providing sterling back-up. Le ... | |
| Remember Revere Stereo System? I actually think my tech-happy dad bought one. He ended up giving it to me and my sister. My recollection is that it was not very good. I vaguely remember it eating its tapes with lip-smacking abandon. Even as a kid (I was about 11 or 12) I had an... | |
| Acoustic Guitar on Vinyl Slaw -- Saw John Fahey perform at McCabes in Santa Monica. I might have mentioned this already but he might be my single biggest influence in any of the instruments I play. His performance that evening, though, was simply terrible. Clumsy, discon... | |
| Acoustic Guitar on Vinyl @pilrem -- Yeah, Sir John a Lot, by John Renbourn is certainly a candidate. Saw him live a couple times, too. One of my major acoustic guitar influences. Have his songbook. | |
| Best first track Agree with the Tommy Overture. Then there's Watch That Man on David Bowie's Aladdin Sane. I Want to Hold Your Hand on Meet the Beatles. Yeah, my tastes are antediluvian. But let's get more antediluvian --- First Movement of Beethoven's Fifth Sy... | |
| What is your record cleaning regimen? @best-groove Yeah! It was a Nitty Gritty that I had, Enjoyed it a bunch, especially when I switched on the vacuum. A mighty 'wooossshhh' would fill the room and the record would start to rotate more slowly. Mine, though, eventually went belly up ... | |
| What is your record cleaning regimen? Once upon a time, I had a countertop vacuum record cleaning machine, the brand of which I've forgotten. It really did give me quieter surfaces, better imaging & tone. When it eventually broke down I just went to my Decca Record brush. It works... | |
| Thoughts on the Linn LP12 turntable Sometime in the '90's my wife bought a Linn from the esteemed Gene Rubin. In other words, it was quite well-set up. I can't remember the arm or cartridge but they were Linn/Gene Rubin approved. I already had a SOTA Sapphire with the modest arm th... | |
| Streaming vs Physical Media Another plug for Qobuz A few minutes ago, I had a hankering to hear Eric Clapton-led, original Brit super-group Cream's first single "I Feel Free." Knowing that my British pressing of Fresh Cream did not contain the cut (it has a marvelous studio... | |
| Which device makes for a better digital music source? Computer or streamer? I like Yage’s test. In any event, whenever I've done a laptop vs. streamer audio face-off (err, ear off), the streamer has always come away the winner. More clarity. Better imaging. Better tone quality. Higher fi. |