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| Top 3 songs to evaluate a system MoreZappa / Joe’s Garage / Little Green Rosetta. Great for soundstage, layering, inner detail, color of voices.Joan Baez / Diamonds and Rust / title track.Crystal clear recording with fast transients.Suzanne Vega / Solitude Standing / Calypso.Clea... | |
| What do you think is the best integrated amplifier under 1000 Save until you have the funds and then buy a better used amp. | |
| Top 3 songs to evaluate a system So many possible recordings but these come up time and again. Loudon Wainwright - Love Songs / Hard Day on the Planet.Finger snaps, piano.Jennifer Warnes - Famous Blue Raincoat / title track.You'll know when you hear it.Doc Evans – At The Gas Ligh... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Back from road trip. Warmed up everything and ended up watching TV. Went down to turn it all off. Can't waste a warmup!Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht – Three Penny Opera - Original Cast Recording (Columbia Masterworks 1976)I love this album. Should... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Alone at The Alexandra Palace? @sbank On CD only. Waiting for the DVD to be released. Any idea when? | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Slaw +1 Angus & Julia Stone.Day roadtrip and will be playing it in the car. | |
| In praise of isolation. Welcome to the springs club! | |
| Vintage vs Modern speakers. @mozartfan Sounds good. Plenty of presence and detail. It's late and maybe I missed it but which pair were you playing? | |
| Vintage vs Modern speakers. Great post. Wonderful sound and space. The Altecs sound huge but seem to have a boxy/shouty coloration. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @tomic601 Happy 60th Birthday, Jim! | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Murder Ballads (Mute 1996)What an album. A masterpiece. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? The Dave Brubeck Quartet – Time Out (Columbia 1959 mono) | |
| Phono stages Whest Two.2 vs. Primare R35 No. But I have read some commentary over the years that the Whest didn't have the resolution of some of the tubed MM competition. You might check into that. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? So it’s looking like the newer pair of Telefunkens is taking the trophy. They’re so freakin’ clean and see-through. The Psvanes are new and in the stash so need burning. Older Teles were not good— too thin. The 7058s have a great sound— very full ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Jim, Trying a few different pairs of Teles and my reference Grant Fidelity/Psvane 12AX7LS black. Not from any dissatisfaction with the 7058s, but it's what we gotta do, ain't it? 😀Verdict soon... |