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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Just changed the room and am listening to:Queen "A kind of Magic"Kings College Cambridge "O come all ye faithful" Christmas compilation (digital master but sometimes incredible)Joni Mitchell "Song to a Seagull"Moody Blues " Days of future Passed"I... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Jennifer Warnes "Famous Blue Raincoat"Vaughn Willims Mass in G minor/Herbert Howells Requiem /Corydon Singers/HyperionChristy Moore "Voyage"Chis Isaak "Heart shaped World"Janet Baker/Baribirolli/ Elgar Sea PicturesMahler Ruckert Songs, Kindertoten... | |
| New favorite VINYL Album? My new Christy Moore LP "Voyage"in near mint and a promo pressing.I have been playing this over and over. I took it to a friends and we played the last song over and over to adjust his VTA (which we finally got).Very high gain low soundfloor,nice ... | |
| Should I Try a Tube Preamp? This discussion sounds like audiophile philosophy 101. The question is should he get a tube amp. I say yes.Especially if Ken has a analog rig.how's that for making trouble?e | |
| Dynaco ST-70 totally restored vs Dynaco ST-70 Kit I have to disagree with Rodman on the Prima Luna. here is a write up of the components that are used with the Dialogue integrated,which is the same throughout their line."ALPS volume control. Nichicon and Realcap capacitors. Gold plated heavy duty... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music anytime Bryon, welcome to the world of English Cathedral music. Yes I know a lot of it is Italian, but you will find that the best recordings and performances are british choirs.I welcome any questions.e | |
| A great linestage/preamp "makes" a great system thanks Jonathan, that looks very nice. Unfortunately the recession/downsized/no jobs in site/ situation that I find myself in puts me in a sorry state for anything more than a simple DIY project. Just got a call on a possible job and if it happens... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Bryon, IMHO the companion piece found on the old Willcocks/Kings Allegri recording; Palestrina Stabat Mater is even better. Actually if you like this kind of music, any of the english cathedral and collegiate choirs doing renaissance music will pl... | |
| A great linestage/preamp "makes" a great system Thanks Stewie. | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Bryon: That is a uniquely fantastic piece.Which version do you like? I have Kings College Cambridge doing it in Latin on CD and in English on Vinyl.I also have the Tallis Scholars on Nimbus CD.Does everyone know that this piece was Papal property ... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Bigpond, thanks for the correction. I must be thinking of the old live recording they did with full orchestra.Which I have to say had moments of great drama and most certainly was very dynamic. | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music I have heard the Procul Harum. Did you like the epic "In Held Twas I"? Listening tonight to Hyperion Vaughn Williams and Howells choral music.Playing it direct connection bypassing the line stage. What a fantastic recording and to hear it like tha... | |
| A great linestage/preamp "makes" a great system I just tried my recession system in a "direct connection", that is;I connected the power amp directly to the tape input to bypass the linestage in my preamp. I have been playing records (analog mm). The system plays fairly loudly,but not too bad.T... | |
| New favorite VINYL Album? My "Heart shaped World" came from a dealer in Brazil. These are not easy to come by.The first album is not "Silvertone" it just says Chris Isaak on the cover.I have Silvertone too.Ebay is a good place to start your quest, but google used lps to fu... | |
| Getting The Most Out Of My Scout If you can get a Aries 1 platter with the cork/aluminum/acrylic sandwich it will give the biggest bang for the buck. You may not need anything else. The SDS is nice, but not as important as the platter. |