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| New reissue of Exile on Main Street Have to revise my initial impression of the CDs. Last night I played them on my just-assembled main system, which is MUCH more resolving than the system I initially played them on. The other posters are right: they ARE overly compressed and bright... | |
| New reissue of Exile on Main Street Rockadanny:It sounds like you might have the Ludwig remaster. When Virgin bought the Stones catalog, they initially remastered everything from "Sticky Fingers" up to "Tattoo You." (They later remastered "Undercover," "Dirty Work," and "Steel Wheel... | |
| New reissue of Exile on Main Street I just received the super deluxe edition and have been listening to it. Initial impressions are that the CDs have been cleaned up quite a bit. The guitars pop and Mick and Keiths vocals are clearly out in front. They arent as murky as the Virgin... | |
| Comparing Synergistic Teslaplex and Jena Cryoed I experimented with them at length. Personally, I preferred the Jena. The Tesla did all the hi-fi things audiophiles like--resolution, soundstaging, etc.--but the Jena, in addition to doing all those things, just sounded more open and natural. Con... | |
| Isolation Feet for Blu-ray Player? Herbie's Audio Lab Tenderfeet. They're relatively inexpensive and have bested several MUCH more expensive footers/cones in my second system. Plus, Steve's return policy absolutely can't be beat. | |
| Johnny Cash His American Recordings efforts are awesome, but his earlier albums are well worth seeking out too. Just check CD Universe or Amazon or GEMM for a smattering. Well never see an icon of his like againat least in my lifetime. Im listening to Ame... | |
| Fleetwood Mac Agree with "Kiln House" and "Mirage." Very underrated efforts. Though you're not a huge fan of live albums, I'd check out "Live." It has great versions of the classics--recorded on the awesome "Tusk" tour, which I caught--as well as a few terrific... | |
| Big Star..?? I never had much luck with Classic when I was into vinyltoo many QC issuesbut Ive heard the Big Star reissues, and they sound pretty good. Along with Badfinger and Thin Lizzy, Big Star is one of my favorite bands. The recently released box set,... | |
| What classic rock subjects interest you most? Cool site. Im a huge Thin Lizzy and Badfinger fan. It was nice to see mentions of Lizzy and Brian Downey on your main page. Very underrated and hugely influential band. How about a piece on Badfinger? They were one of the early pioneers of what l... | |
| TRL 595 Discussion Died Years Ago My TRL 8001 sounds awesome. Its beaten some high-buck players in my system. As for the Weitzels use of potting to conceal their work, I can certainly understand why. Ive heard numerous horror stories of talented designers being ripped off in th... | |
| Anyone still using a TRL modded Sony? My TRLd Marantz 8001 continues to amaze me. Its beaten some mega-dollar contenders in my system, including those from Meitner and Esoteric. I just had an Oppo Blu-Ray player modified by Paul and Brian, and thats going to replace the 8001 simply... | |
| In search of the right SS integrated amp They fly WAY under the radar here in the U.S., but you might also want to consider Coda’s CSi-B integrated. It’s 5,800 factory direct and compares favorably to units costing multiples of its asking price. In fact, my friends and I compared it to t... | |
| THIN LIZZY best album? Badfinger is sorely underrepresented in most areas, including reissues. I havent seen any on vinylother than a Rykodisc LP reissue of Day After Day Livebut DCC (under the auspices of Steve Hoffman) did gold-disc versions of No Dice and Str... | |
| THIN LIZZY best album? One of my two absolute favorite bands (along with Badfinger). Though "Jailbreak" or "Live and Dangerous" are of course easy to list as number one, I'd have to go with "Black Rose" or "Bad Reputation." Both seriously underrated masterpieces by one ... | |
| Jena Lab Model 1 Power conditioner/Cord I just spoke with Jennifer on the phone, and she said she recently replied to a gentleman asking about 220V operation on the Model 1. The short answer is this: A 120V Model One cannot be used in 220 operation without reconfiguration at the factory... |