jwong
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| Steely Dan live last night Steely Dan is artful, tasteful, brilliant ensemble playing, great catalog to draw from, and enthused to play. I saw them in late October on the last night of a three night run at the intimate Masonic Theater on top of Nob Hill in San Francisco, CA... | |
| Coaching wanted on how to get back into vinyl Once you get the equipment issues settled - phono preamp, turntable and cartridge, pull out your absolute all time favorite records from your archives if you still have them, or go and buy the cleanest used copies of them. If hearing them gets you... | |
| HiFi tuning fuses, some benefits help Ghosthouse,I have a pair in my system. I can't tell you specifically how my sound was that much more different for having them in place. Excuse my attempt at "irony" in my last post. It really was a "whim" purchase with no great expectation. I'm g... | |
| HiFi tuning fuses, some benefits help I didn't waste my $60 for a pair of gold fuses. Hmmph...how dare people insinuate Audiogoners don't have good judgement or taste. How dare anyone imply HiFI Fuse buyers are bored impulsive readers of blogs who hide their purchases from their spous... | |
| Wither Jimmy Page? Are artists most productive in their 20's to mid 30s and "dry up" afterwards? I noticed the quality of many of my favorite "60-70's classic rock artist" began dropping as they got deeper into their 30's. (Even the individual Beatles never reached ... | |
| Antique Labs Hurricane DT Consider a mod with Scott Frankland, San Jose, CA, to deal with your Hurricane-fuse problem. It appears the original editions were prone to blowing fuses and/or resisters (a design problem) and bad parts (a quality control problem). ASL fixed the ... | |
| Explain the asthetics of Punk As always Audiogoners are a smart bunch. I guess I understand the "spirit" of punk more than its specific artists. Nonethless, I recognize how horribly indulgent much of my favorite "classic rock" artists became as the business model of corporatio... | |
| What makes a record collection "great"? A "great" record collection, like a book collection, could include first editions of "classics" and limited editions. When I hold a first pressing of a "classic" record like an original Columbia "Kind of Blue" by Miles Davis or a rarity like the B... | |
| where to invest??? See PS Audio's Premiere power regenerator and save yourself all the electrian/contractor hassles. See the abundant reviews for this unit that takes your wall outlet power and reprocess the output as "perfect" electrical power at rock steady voltag... | |
| Best Buy is going to sell vinyl records Rereleased "classic" vinyl not worth the money. Better to look for an older even used original pressing than an overpriced reissue. While I'm happy to see vinyl's success, I am annoyed to find new reissues crowding out space in my used record stor... | |
| Which has greatest influence? Switiching to a tube Pre-amp gave me the most satisfying change in my system. This particular component was the first major upgrade in my starter audiophile system after reading lots of replies to a similar question from earlier forums. | |
| Has anyone ever cried listening to your system She was a graduating art student from Hawaii and I was an awkward workstudy student at UC Santa Barbara's University Center's Art Gallery. We hit it off and dated for a few weeks but she was leaving for a Europe tour with her friends. It was young... | |
| Miles Davis Newbe Question The Love Songs Collection look like a lot of ballads which Miles brought a special touch to especially in his works on Prestiege in the late 50's and Columbia in the early 60's. Look for the recordings (lps) with the line-ups of Red Garland, Phill... | |
| VPI Scoutmaster vs. Pro-ject RM10 See the current issue of Absolute Sound, dubbed the "Analog Issue". It reviews four enty-level TT's including Rega and Pro-jects, topping out at a $1,200 model from a third maker I can't recall. The article might be helfpul in your research. I hav... | |
| 2 "Which Release?" jazz questions JVC imports have never disappointed me and my JVC "Sunday Afternoon at the Village Vanguard" compares well against all the different lp and remastered CD versions of Evan's classic Village Vanguard releases. Essentially, all the JVC CD's I've hear... |