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Whats on your turntable tonight?
Srwooten: I like it too. About as close to country/western as I can get. Had to listen to it again tonight.as well as:Brubeck: "Time Out" (mint copy I just picked up for $3.00!)Joni Mitchell "Song to a Seagull"Trinity Church Tenbury "Sing Joyfully... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
I have a good audiophile friend over for some single malts,cigars, and of course vinyl.Tonight's listening as they occur:Christy Moore "Voyage"Lyle Lovett "Pontiac"Frank Zappa "Joe's Garage"Chris Issak "Heart Shaped World"John Williams "Star Wars"... 
Jethro Tull questions...
I agree with Notec on reissues. e 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Went to the Cincinnati Public Library annual book sale and picked up about 50 single LPs (mostly classical) and about 10 box sets (all classical).A very kind audiophile that I met there gave me a NM Britten "War Requiem" (London, Britten,Pears,Fis... 
Best single-malt Scotch...
Some of the worse roads and some of the narrowest. When I was there in 2001 I went over Conners Pass to Dingle. The road was as wide as a sidewalk, but the views; spectacular!One Scotch you want to try and should be able to find is a excellent ble... 
Best single-malt Scotch...
There are few to no single malt Irish malts. Irish whiskey is a blended whiskey. I know that there have been such things but they are not mass produced. Irish Whiskeys are different than Scotch. Usually lighter with much less smoke but with some p... 
Power output of tube amps compared to solid states
Angela, I have stopped all my subscriptions because of the well known problems that I won't go into here. If you have a URL or a PDF you can send me that would be great.I used to read TAS religiously when it was a "underground" rag,but it has gone... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
For tonight's listening:Shostakovitch Symphony #1,"The age of Gold" RCA/ Martinon LSOoriginal 1959 pressing and quite extraordinary. J.S. Bach "Magnificat" Proprius just arrived from Sweden.Typical Proprius;wonderful, but I like the Kings College ... 
Replacing 12AX7 to 5751 for pre-amp
Like everyone else on this string;I too have been to "Joe's Tube Lore" on asylum. That said,I replaced the line stage Telefunken 12ax7s in my Dynaco Pas preamp with Sylvania grey plates and it was a revelation.The sound was much more focused and n... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Bog, I just picked one of those up recently. I paid $1.00 for it! A nice and fun album. I especially like the "theme from Baretta". I'm old.e 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Cat Stevens "Tea for the Tillerman" MoFI original series of half speed masters circa 1980Christy Moore "Unfinished Revolution" Wea recordsJust won this off ebay straight from Ireland. Like all the Christy Moores a wonderful pressings and recording... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Rush, that is some collection. I wish I could make your meeting.btw- I forgot to mention in my last post that the VW/Parry was a Lyrita.cheerse 
Power output of tube amps compared to solid states
no doubt at all 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Rush and Slipknot, your tastes are impeccable. I am at the point where if it is a Harmonia Mundi it is going to be great, but add Alfred Deller and it is a no brainer.Just got a copy of Vaughn Williams "The Sons of Light" and Hubert Parry's "Ode o... 
Whats on your turntable tonight?
Thanks Slipknot: The Holst "Savitri" is a special recording.One of the best I know of for testing soundstage,complete with moving singers.I just got a couple of new (NOS)Harmonia Mundis:"Danses Du Moyen-age" Clemencic/Ensemble Ricore"La Rensaissan...