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Whats playing on your system today? Breaking in an Ortofon Cadenza Black with: King Crimson “In the Court of the Crimson King” ”In the Wake of Poseidon” Andre Previn George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue David Bowie Metrobolist | |
Considering Towers in the $3000 range I have a pair of ohm-walsh 3’’s I bought used about 2 years ago, seller had recently bought new cans/drivers for them. After a call to John at Ohm I went for the deal, seller drove over an hour to deliver. also got a pair of OW 2’s all for a grand... | |
Whats on your turntable tonight? Finally got around to washing out that bit of dust/crackle from the volume pot on my ADCOM GFP-565 so, after reassembly I played David Bowie’s “Station to Station,” a recent acquisition and perennial favorite going back to high school days (1976?)... | |
Best Examples Of Cymbal Decays On A Recording King Crimson. Un The Court of the Crimson King. The quiet part, before the calliope mellotron sound. | |
Whats playing on your system today? David Bowie Station to Station. On 180gm, remastered. Wow. As good today as it was 46 years ago when I first heard it. Well, there wasn’t any tinnitus conflicting with the audio then, but still… Awesome. | |
Whats on your turntable tonight? Jethro Tull: This Was Stand Up Benefit Aqualung Leastways that’s the lineup for this evening | |
Whats playing on your system today? Blackfield 2 Rammstein Herzeleid XXV MOGWAI Mr Beast been that kind of day | |
Whats playing on your system today? Earlier today: steven Wilson’s remixes of Aqualung and Songs from the Wood. Just a few minutes ago, Miles Davis vol 1 re-issue mono Blue Note label. | |
NEWS FLASH!! Listening to Music is NOT a "Distraction." For me, it’s an effective way of blocking some of the tinnitus (service-connected) I hear 24/7. Therapeutic. Maybe I can write off the cost of my audio gear as medical expenses. | |
what’s a song cover that you think is better than the original? Molly Hatchet’s “Dreams I’ll Never See” over The Allman Brothers Band’s “Dreams.” only because I’m about 5 years too young to have fully appreciated the Allman Brothers for another decade of so. | |
Mad Scientist Graphene Contact Enhancer I’ve been back into listening to vinyl again going on three years, after about a 30 year hiatus. It was so much simpler back in the 1970’s through 1990’s. after reading, reviewing many articles about specialty wires, then this recent fad of graph... | |
Di I really need to clean my LP's? Not entirely new to this. I’m still using a 45 year old Discwasher I bought new with a B&O Beogram TT. Lately I’ve been using an ultrasound cleaner (basic 12" inside 3 transducer model from Amazon along with a clamp-on 2-disc spinner gadget)... | |
Whats on your turntable tonight? Got a limited edition copy of El Ten Eleven’s “Every Direction is North.” Played it last night. Tonight: Jimi Hendrix’ “Machine Gun” and/or “Blues.” | |
Great Rock Bassists your Top 10.Rock not Jazz. But Hey what about Reggae Off the top of my head: john Wetton Greg lake Chris Squire Geddy Lee John Entwistle Sting Tina Weymouth Noel Redding Mike Rutherford Tony Levine or Flea. But I’m partial to KC bass players. | |
Least Expensive Power Conditioner/Surge Protector That Won't Worsen Sound Remind me to turn off spellcheck. Some stray character turned into cnn - I wouldn’t touch that propaganda with someone else’s eyes. Mobile page doesn’t allow editing ✍🏻 |