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| Better Records White Hot Stampers: Now the Story Can Be Told! Enjoy your grandkids. You know they are nutz with their cellphone addiction, anyway. Spot on. I have four grandkids. My wife and I stressed education and excellent work ethics. Both of my daughters went through private schools ... at great financi... | |
| SQ vs. Music At this point in time, with all of the tweaking that's been done, I marvel at how real the music sounds. Frank | |
| Better Records White Hot Stampers: Now the Story Can Be Told! A deeply meaningful statement that resonates like few in recent memory.Thank you. You’re welcome, tvad ...Yes, it is food for thought. Almost 70 years of putting this collection together and no one in the family cares. In fact, they think I’m nutz... | |
| Better Records White Hot Stampers: Now the Story Can Be Told! Hi Frank!Do you have any idea as to the oldest album in your collection?I know by what you’ve posted, you have quite an eclectic and enviable stash.Just wondering if you can share any rare goodies from the 40’s or 50’s.Hope you are doing well! Tha... | |
| Better Records White Hot Stampers: Now the Story Can Be Told! If you like blues and live performances, this would be a good place to start with Better Records:https://better-records.com/collections/on-sale/products/king_blues_2006I have a copy and the sound is pretty spectcular.Frank | |
| Better Records White Hot Stampers: Now the Story Can Be Told! "You guys are...whatever you want to call yourselves. Do you print money, anyway?"My bank called and told me that I was overdrawn. I said, WAIT ...!!! That's impossible, I still have checks left ... !!! | |
| Better Records White Hot Stampers: Now the Story Can Be Told! Pristine "White Hot" copies are rare birds. I've heard from a reliable source that Tom goes through as many as forty to fifty copies sometimes in order to find one that is suitable to be sold on his site. I personally have over 5000 vinyl records.... | |
| Better Records White Hot Stampers: Now the Story Can Be Told! inna6, >>> Right you are. I was listening to an early stereo LP of Vic Damon on an original Columbia six-eye tonight. The man was right in front of me. Frank | |
| The Hub: Acoustat X: 'stats with tubes! I had a pair of Acoustat IIIs, then sold them and bought a pair of Acoustat IVs. Great sounding speakers. I was driving them with an ARC Classic 60, which was nowhere near the power required by the Acoustats. One night, a friend brought over two o... | |
| Let’s share the music that gives us the chills every time. audio2design ...I have that Ann Murry album. Love it. Are you familiar with Eva Cassidy?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXBNlApwh0c&ab_channel=EvaCassidyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-X1g-aEeNc&ab_channel=EvaCassidy | |
| Better Records White Hot Stampers: Now the Story Can Be Told! "Tubey Magic." A nice term ... and once heard, one will never want to go back. MC ... you mentioned strings. When done right on a great recording, played back through a highly resolving system, massed strings just seem to waft over you like a warm... | |
| Better Records White Hot Stampers: Now the Story Can Be Told! The only thing I’ve ever bought from Tom Port was a few CDs from his inventory of DCC CDs. Those are some fine-sounding CDs.On the vinyl records ... there is no way that I could convince myself to pay $300 -$500 for a record, no matter how good it... | |
| Better Records White Hot Stampers: Now the Story Can Be Told! +1 for Mapman. Here are some tips for the budding record bin divers ...Philips Golden Imports = These are reissued Mercury Living Presence recordings, Great sounding reissues with better vinyl than the originals. Cheap too. Westminister Stereo = D... | |
| Better Records White Hot Stampers: Now the Story Can Be Told! "I will lay out that kind of dough for a real deal R&R stamper, but not my parents' music!"Hey! I represent that ...!!! :-) | |
| Let’s share the music that gives us the chills every time. Here’s a few of mine ...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VKx27RYvnk&ab_channel=TimjazznlterBalshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QSXJJOJCvk&ab_channel=MelTorm%C3%A9-Topichttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y10TqeFBMU0&ab_channel=sanpei55htt... |