jdaniel13
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| '55 Ravel Munch Daphnis et Chloe Shoot-out I'm not sure I quite follow. It is reported that the Chesky derives from the original 30ips master; the original LSC was borne from 2nd generation 15ips workparts. Often to me, reissues--while initially-pleasing because of certain qualities listed... | |
| For Fans of Bruno Walter's "Indian Summer" No, I've only seen the 9th on Ebay occasionally. Someone on here must know the whole story.... | |
| For Fans of Bruno Walter's "Indian Summer" Bnrlaw, They show up on Ebay occasionally as "Japanese-pressing" at least and hopefully advertised as "New-remixed masters." Other key words would be Sony/CBS. The Lp's all have a grey border and black triangular fill in the lower right corner, wh... | |
| Blue Note reissues Ah, the short "buzzing sound," inner groove damage, mis-tracking and incomplete vinyl fill. Having upgraded to a Dynavector XX2, there's very little which doesn't track, but the amount of inner groove distortion in used lp's from previous improper... | |
| Acoustic/Classical guitar. Who is your favorite? From an amazing "sound" point of view on the vinyl format , Almeida has a recording on Crystal Clear Records that is both direct to disc *and* 45 rpm: Beatles arrangements and a work by an obscure Latin composer for percussion, guitar and solo Cel... | |
| Next Analog Steps: VPI Scout Users I, too, upgraded from Dyna20xl to the XX2 and I'm deliriously happy--I can't make it so much as hiccup, and it maintains a "beginning of the Lp" big, round, spacious sound at the end of the Lp much better than the 20xl. High, clanking piano, cold ... | |
| Cozi fan Tutti, EMI or Angel Records? Actually I humbly suggest Karajan's earlier mono on UK Angel or EMI. Magical. | |
| Killing sibilance distortion - VPI & Jubilee Is it possible that your cart is just at its limit during certain passages? I futzed with a Dynavector 20XL (on a VPI Scoutmaster), for a couple of years, (including using the Mint), and it still had tracking problems. While not actually jumping o... | |
| Has anyoe had problems using the mint LP tractor With regard to the parallax lines, I was able to see them best when illuminated from *behind* the cart. (I have a halogen desk light which I can aim in any direction--very helpful.) I would humbly recommend using the 3x magnifier and eyeballing pr... | |
| Mystical Performances From a Classical perspective, and I can't imagine anyone not liking these pieces:Durufle's Requiem, Corydon Singers/HyperionVaughan Williams' Lark Ascending Bean/Boult EMIHildegard of Bingen "Sinfonie" Sequentia/DHM | |
| Beethoven Ninth Symphony Furtwangler's final performance has been released on SACD. It was recorded in '54. The sound is decidedly mono, but warm and full; probably as good as it can get on SACD. IMHO Karajan's with Baltsa from the '70's has the best, most intensely-beaut... | |
| Mint Tractor Dgad: the only thing I would humbly report is: the 10x magnifying glass revealed that my stylus could be more than a mm off the line, even though with my naked vision, it seems to be sitting on the line. | |
| Mint Tractor Well Doug, I'd love to visit. However with regard to Berlioz Requiem, the passages in question are certain loud choral Soprano lines in the opening "Requiem." It sounds like oversaturation to me, but I'll keep my mind open, always works in the end... | |
| Mint Tractor Dougdeacon--it's embarrassing to admit but I got more obsessive about second-guessing garish brass and strings than you can imagine, picking up reel to reels of things such as Bernstein's Mahler 2nd, Bernstein's Copland, Stravinsky's own Firebird ... | |
| Mint Tractor I, too received mine a few weeks ago and couldn't be more pleased. Sound is more "freed-up" from the speakers than ever before. There is more separation and air between instruments especially towards the end of records. It's not a miracle worker: ... |