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| VPI SDS capacitor question This is true. I have a Classic and got an SDS a couple of months go. VPI said there's a capacitor inside the Classic that "fools" the SDS into not "seeing" the Classic properly (I can't explain the technicals of that). Basically it causes the SDS ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? John Cale - Paris 1919Beach Boys - Pet SoundsMiles Davis - On the CornerKeith Jarrett - Solo ConcertsHappy new year, gang! | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Picked up several LPs today, spinning them all tonight:Count Basie / Count Basie At NewportMcCoy Tyner / Echoes of a Friend, Tender MomentsBud Powell / Bud Powell's MoodsJohn Coltrane / Bye Bye Blackbird | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Art Blakey / Moanin'Bob Dylan / Nashville SkylinePutting some time on its my new speed controller - good times. | |
| Hi Fi Dealers in NYC - where to find them? I had a good experience with Kenny at Sound by Singer - he wasn't pushy and he gave me some advice I'm very happy with.Stereo Exchange guys seem to be a good lot too. | |
| Hi Fi Dealers in NYC - where to find them? +1 on Stereo Exchange downtown, and Sound By Singer (appointment only nowadays I think though).I find Lyric too snooty to bother with. | |
| great 70s country lps...audophile grade How about some Kris Kristifferson? I really enjoy listening to Silver Tongued Devil & I, and Border Lord (though not so much his first album on vinyl, for some reason).Also Waylon/Honky Tonk Heroes sounds pretty awesome to me. | |
| Miles Davis LIVE in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Serie Agree with Birdies - great music but the sonics aren't the best. I think the second and third CDs are better than the first as well (sonically). | |
| Rogue Audio Cronus .... reverse polarity ? I run M180s into an Athena, and polarity is ok all the way through. I checked it using the pink noise files here:http://www.eminent-tech.com/music/multimediatest.htmlLook at the ones called "pink noise monaural" and "pink noise reverse polarity" -... | |
| Great films where music is a central theme. Oh yeah:The Last WaltzFestival ExpressRattle & Hum | |
| Great films where music is a central theme. +1 Standing in the Shadows of Motown!Others:It Might Get Loud (documentary)The WallRayThe Blues BrothersBuena Vista Social Club | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? That's a great box set! Although I had to by mine myself... my wife thinks I'm nuts/overly OCD when it comes to music!To wit, my before-bed listen (and new acquisition):Miles Davis - Ascenseur pour l'echafaud | |
| Chicks With Guitars Oh man... (Jerico reaches for the wallet, opens Amazon on browser)...!No one has mentioned Susan Tedeschi, I don't think. I guess she's not exactly unknown though.How about Mary Gauthier? The album she did with Joe Henry as producer is beautiful (... | |
| Chicks With Guitars I like the acoustic work of the girls in The Be Good Tanyas.And a new find for me, Anna Calvi. | |
| Can I take American equipment to Europe? My wife (who is European) got one of those converters when she moved here so she could use her favorite hairdryer. The hairdryer fried on the first attempt, and the converter's fuse blew.I would not hook any of my gear up to a cheapie unit. |