loomisjohnson
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| Whats on your turntable tonight? @bslon i agree wholeheartedly on "jack johnson"--it's his best work (tho i'm sometimes partial to bitches brew) and much more engaging than "kind of blue", which sounds oddly tame after all these years @bdp24 what i like about rusty young's pedal... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? bram tchiakovsky, "funland"--their overlooked third record actually shows quite a bit of songcraft poco "live"--this is the 1976 live disc, which is harder-edged than the 1972 "deliverin" and has a couple of classics in "angel" and restrain" | |
| Any Near Audiophile Bluetooth Speaker? you can buy a harman kardon onyx 4 for $140 or so on amazon (orginally $400)--sounds very good | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @big_greg, lester bangs raved about the guess who live album--you tweaked me into listening to it and it actually is pretty great--they were so uncool as to be cool. | |
| ? on Pioneer CD players from the past, anyone still using one of these jafant, my reply pm was flagged for some reason, but just go to amazon and type in: 2 Prong AC Power Cord Compatible with Sony PS4 Pro, Xbox One / Xbox 360 Slim / 360 E Power Supply Brick, Power Cable Replacement ($9.98) | |
| ? on Pioneer CD players from the past, anyone still using one of these @jafant, the bdp09 uses a standard type a two prong us power cable, which you can find for a few bucks anywhere--i see ’em at goodwill all the time. pm me if you can’t find it. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @spiritofradio, we were talking fleetwood mac's "future games," which i'd rate as my second favorite behind "kiln house" and just ahead of "bare trees", though i'm occasionally persuaded that "then play on" is their pinnacle. @mammothguy54, i'm w... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @bslon, agree with you wholeheartedly on both "future games" and "catholic boy". i wasn't the biggest bob welch fan, but the title track is a classic + danny kirwan was a genius. as for "catholic boy," it's a lot more musical than you'd expect fro... | |
| How to connect my Cell Phone to my DAC?!?! try playing youtube or pandora on your phone thru the smsl and see if it works. if so, try uninstalling and reinstalling spotify. | |
| What speakers have you mistakenly let go and then later repurchased? Rega RS6 Von Schweikert VR1 | |
| Ali Baba i'd surmise that almost all of the deeply-discounted western-branded gear on ali is counterfeit, in the sense of not being authorized by or sold for the account of the brand. however, broadly speaking you find three types of counterfeit products-... | |
| Midfi Integrated amp w/ phone stage recommendation of all the ones mentioned, for a vinyl-oriented system i would second the buy-british recs--rega brio, music hall, creek--they're optimized for small apartment systems. lotsa deals on used. | |
| Recommendation for Headphones under $250 the Philips SHP9500 cost around $75, sound very true-to-source and are very comfortable--highly rated by the headfi community | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? keith richard, "crosseyed heart"--he doesn’t overexert himself on the songwriting (the album sounds like it took him about an hour to write and record), but he’s become one of the great non-singers, with a real patina to his voice the feelies, "t... | |
| Need suggestions on efficient book shelf speakers for a Pass Labs XA3.5 i've head the pass with dynaudio and it was an excellent match |