mammothguy54
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| Whats on your turntable tonight? I saw the Flying Burrito Brothers in concert at The Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino. I believe that was 1971. I really enjoyed the concert. They weren't the headliner, I forget who that was. Something good, I saw a ton of fabulous concerts ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Just arrived via FedEx. I'll be playing these over the weekend.Sonny Rollins "Way Out West" 1988 remastered by Phil De Lancie, Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA.Leon Russell "Carney" Analogue Productions / QRP. Jethro Tull "This Was" Steven ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @mwinkc I think that you will find just as great of a sound quality difference when comparing your original copy of Graceland to the remastered/reissue 25th Anniversary Edition. If you really like that album (I certainly do) and choose to make ... | |
| Turntable isolation platform Recommendations? @iconicaudio There are quite a number of good solutions available, most of which have been mentioned above. I did plenty of reading and research and ended up choosing the Symposium Acoustics Segue ISO. I also added their Rollerblock Jr. HDSE. ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Mark Almond Band 'To The Heart' This is the last of the 3 albums I have of them. Great album.Buffalo Springfield S/TBuffalo Springfield "Again" These are from the box set. I sure am glad that I got that box.Rickie Lee Jones S/T MoFi issue.... | |
| List a Condition you know of that will produce Better Sound I'm with @millercarbon on this one. Night time audio sounds better than daytime audio. | |
| When someone listens to your system for the first time. "Is there a speaker in the middle, that I just can't see?"I love it when I hear that comment."I thought I knew that album so well. I have never heard some of that music before now"Another favorite comment.I wish that my wife cared about good hi-f... | |
| Conrad Johnson GAT - What else is there? @respecthifiThey removed my post to you probably because I had attached a link to the product I was suggesting for you. I will leave out the link this time.I had suggested the new model preamp VK-80 from Balanced Audio Technology (BAT). It fits ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Brian, enjoy that new cartridge. No matter how good it sounds at first, remember, there is a break-in period of time. It will keep sounding better over the first 50+ hours of play. My guess is that it will sound great from the start, and even b... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Rickie Lee Jones 'Pirates' I forgot how good this album is. A pleasure, from start to finish.Mark Almond Band 'Mark Almond II' I forgot about this one, it's their second album, in between the S/T album and 'To The Heart'. I have all 3 albums... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? You guys got me thinking about playing Rickie Lee Jones so I pulled out my two albums for play, later today. I have Pirates, in perfect condition, and also her eponymous album, a perfect condition MoFi issue. I got both of these albums when firs... | |
| What are your top 5 Windham Hill recordings? I am not certain if I have any other Windham Hill label records in my collection. However, I just picked a copy of Michael Hedges "Watching My Life Go By" which is on Windham Hill label. I had that album on CD since it first came out. I only le... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Welcome @almosthome Hang around, you will find this thread a lot of fun and zero of the snide remarks like on far too many of the other threads. Nice people only, on this one.@dayglow Good luck on the move. I hated it when I had to make the mo... | |
| Fear of volume control Yep, the refrigerator goes off, especially on Saturday nights when doing some serious listening. It does make a difference for the noise floor. I always wright a small note "Fridge" and leave it on the kitchen counter top. I'll always see that ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @grey9hound That is a really cool guitar. I'll look for those guys on vinyl. What an amazing capability he has to play that instrument. |