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| Skipping CD's Ajpat, my 7-8 yr old Karik is having lots of problems w CD-Rs and only a very occasional problem w commercial CDs. If the laser indeed is the problem, I may be out of luck, because parts for the laser assembly of older Kariks are no longer availab... | |
| Rock Lyrics - Best Reference to Other Rock Group I love Randy Newman's little story of how "a young man named Bruce Springsteen" says to him, "Rand, I'm tired... how would you like to be the Boss for a while." Blow, Big Man, blow. (My Life Is Good, on Trouble In Paradise) | |
| What's under YOUR turntable? Planar 3 on a Neuance shelf, which I simply think of as part of the turntable. Also, Mapleshade triple-point brass cones, but I have still not decided whether i like them better than the Planar 3's stock rubber feet. Thought I liked the stock feet... | |
| Osiris stand owners..... Cjr, I've thought of trying the Micro-Bearing stuff in my Osiris stands, too. How much material did you end up using in each stand (i.e., how full were the columns)? Would you care to describe the sonic benefits? What speakers do you have on them ... | |
| Pipe music to kitchen That's what I've been doing for three years, and I cants stands it no more. The people sitting in the living room while I'm fixing something in the kitchen sometimes have a problem with it, too. (Who are those people, anyway?) Charlie, good idea f... | |
| Pipe music to kitchen Thanks, all, for the variety of ideas. Charlie, I do want to run the source from the living room, so I can wander from kitchen to DR to LR, as I often do, under the spell of the same music. Sfar's little amp sounds perfect, but if the cd/receiver ... | |
| Upgrading Planar 2 If you keep the table for a while, I found a good upgrade for an old Rega is a Neuance shelf under it, if you have a suitable rack. Opens up the sound. Very effective protection from vibration, even footfalls. | |
| Monitors Mounted On Wall Linn Sekrits are little known. An unconventional looking speaker, they're only 5 inches deep in a polymer case. Mounted on their dedicated stands, they are better than Tukans (more transparent and better bass), but they are made to be hung on a wa... | |
| Retail Buying - Reality Check Hope you don't mind a slight detour question -- it's related to the thread. If I buy a component through the used, internet market and the component at some point needs servicing by the manufacturer, and if the manufacturer requires me to take the... | |
| Here's a "must have" for you female vocalists fans She's really good, but in danger of being overexposed. One of the quickest transitions to department store music I can remember (at least the department store was Marshall Fields). I agree with Phasecorrect -- let's see how her music develops. She... | |
| Unheralded Sideman Onhwy, the only records I have Jesse Davis on are Taj Mahal's (and one other place, I think, but I can't remember whose album or where in my collection to find it). He had a few of his own, which this thread may prompt me to try and find, and play... | |
| Unheralded Sideman Some of Steely Dan's guitar collaborators, like Denny Diaz, Larry Carlton (not so unheralded), Dean Parks. I love Jesse Edwin Davis (guitar) -- wish I heard him a lot more. I think Procol Harum's B J Wilson was one of the best rock drummers ever. | |
| Fav Consecutive Albums by An Artist Cool thread. Thanks, Tom Ryan, for picking up the Band. I'd include Stage Fright to make it three in a row... not as highly regarded as Big Pink and The Band by most, but to me it's also a great album. Good one, Bld63, on the R&B. Is that the ... | |
| Real Stinkers Rickie Lee Jones, Live At Red Rock -- inexplicably crappy sound from someone whose records have always seemed to be made with care. I don't even know if the interpretations are any good... the sonics are so annoying. | |
| OL motor upgrade and Rega twl, thanks for offering your useful rule of thumb concerning TT upgrading. I am in no hurry and will be weighing the costs and benefits of buying a replacement TT vs. upgrading the motor. While I don't consider myself much of a hobbyist, I must s... |