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| My latest find. What's yours? Los Super Seven's latest is damn, damn good. As you probably know, this band changes personnel regularly. "el Canto" is soooooooo good. Cuban sounds from guys that are mostly based here. The previous CD was Tex-Mex sounds, alos very good. Smwdrtwi... | |
| Scientist finds fungus that eats cd's Yeah, the truth can sting, Curly Joe. Most of us are *trying* to get as close as we can to that analogue sound with our digital equipment. What's bleak? That's where it's at. | |
| My latest find. What's yours? Hey, man... good topic. I've been thinking about starting a thread about what be ticklin' my ears lately, but have been too busy with listening and work, listening and work, listening and work....you get the idea. Thanks for getting me off my ass.... | |
| Best Vinyl stores in L.A. I do all of the above -- but also check Record Rover on Venice Blvd. near Centinella. Small, but I've gotten good stuff there. You can get a tatoo next door and Japanese female 'rasslin videos next door to that. Then do lunch at the bowling alley ... | |
| Another blues great passes... Sd, bad, bad news but thanks for posting nonetheless. John was my absolute favorite among many, many blues favorites. In fact, this week he has dominated my choices in music -- I think I've spinned him every day. Today I listened to "Boom Boom", "... | |
| Scientist finds fungus that eats cd's Is this nature's own way of saying that digital isn't what our ears should be subjected to? Audio Darwinism? Does fungus exist in the Galapagos? I've never heard of a fungus munching on LP's -- although I am sure that some of the big brains with d... | |
| Opinions: Oracle/SME IV/ Monster Alpha2 Doug, thanks for the link re: Mayberry. The "ouch" was misplaced -- didn't refer to them. Yeah, we're way off topic. Best, Jim. | |
| Lead shots for speaker stand. I, too, am going to follow Albert's suggestion regarding the silica sand for my turntable stand. My local building supply store sells a 100lb bag for $9.00. Anyone in the Los Angeles area who wants some just email me offline. I'm pretty sure I'll ... | |
| Sound Quality: Atma-Sphere MA-2 vs. MA-1 Thanks for this thread. I am interested in the reponses as both of these amps are on my very short list as an upgrade from my current amp. I, too, have never heard both in identical systems and rooms. | |
| Best speaker under $500 The Maggie SMGa's are decent when buying on a budget. Get them set up correctly and they get most everything right. Errors are those of omission -- a good thing at this level. These can be had *very* inexpensively if you are patient and shop aroun... | |
| Power Cord Review Jaykapur, you are probably right about the mark-up. But... these cords made a great difference when connected to my Mesa Baron.(wider, deeper more black soundstage). I know that conventional wisdom says that PC's make a bigger difference at source... | |
| Opinions: Oracle/SME IV/ Monster Alpha2 Now amybe you need a set of SZ/ES30 wheels for your "Il Mostro". Also on the GTWeee6 page, Sandro had access to these and my fav's, restored Ronal A1's, in Switzerland. Speaking of stuff from over the pond, getting ready to restore the Euro bumper... | |
| Power Cord Review I was going to keep this a secret but guilt is getting to me...C.C. Poon at Monarchy Audio has a power cord for about $100 that has been great in my system. It's based on a propietary (patented?) Hitachi design. He bought all of the Hitachi stuff ... | |
| Scientist finds fungus that eats cd's Whew!!! Just bought my Oracle in the nick of time. Can we apply Lotramin to our CD's? | |
| Opinions: Oracle/SME IV/ Monster Alpha2 Thanks, Doug. I think I'll live with the bps until I can find something much, much better used.Small world... Giovanni is the only other guy I know with SZ headers. He hangs at the same shop I do, Omega Motorsports. He just did a nice job on his M... |