pryso
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| Early SOTA vs New Something: Conundrum rw, 1. I wouldn't install a new cartridge in an arm I knew was not positioned correctly. That will make installation alignment difficult if not impossible. So you will not experience the potential of the new cartridge. 2. I've owned a couple ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Yes, way, way too soon. | |
| Jazz for aficionados OK, we're off jazz a bit here. But this is what started it all for me. This was released in 1948 and became a big hit. I was very young but into the whole cowboy hero thing. The result was "Ghost Riders" became the first song I remember being ... | |
| How many plays can you get out of a good record? drbond, Is your cartridge set up correctly? Do you clean the stylus tip after every play? Is the record stored properly? Do you have an adequate record cleaning procedure? Are you a smoker? Do you handle your records without touching the gro... | |
| Jazz for aficionados pjw, I realize I'm commenting among the heavyweights here, once frogman joined in. But I'm a big fan of Brubeck individually, many of his quartets, and particularly when accompanied by Morello. In fact I've posted "Castilian Drums" here previous... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? raul my friend, two replies -- First, that comment was intended at least in part in humor. That's why I included the smiley face. But secondly, I'm far from the only one with that recollection of Hirsch. I've seen many dubious or negative comm... | |
| MM, MC, or MI cartridge rvpiano, I'm aware you listen to lots of classical music. Do you spend much time listening to other types? I ask because of the experience of a friend who had quite a refined musical ear. He could not find just one cartridge that suited all the... | |
| Kudos to Millersound One of my audio pals had MIlleresound do a couple different restorations for him and he was exceedingly pleased. I exchanged info myself with Bill, enough to decide my project was not worth doing. Very prompt and direct answers. It's easy to un... | |
| Jazz for aficionados acman, here's something similar from a great album, "Country, Rhythm and Blues". | |
| Top 10 vintage cassette decks knolbrent, back in the '70s and '80s I owned a number of cassette decks. They included Nak, Tandberg, Harman-Kardon, Aiwa, Pioneer, and Denon. Because of the time interval my comments today must be only general terms. First off, beware of prere... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Speaking of Lester, here's a Mingus minus Mingus tribute. Then for fun, read some of the posted comments. | |
| Rtr speakers We had a Fulton dealer in San Diego who was devoted to J Gordon Holt's reviews in Sterephile. So when Gordon praised Fulton speakers they began featuring a J system. Everything Fulton added, from the Gold speaker wire to the preamp were added to... | |
| Jazz for aficionados As a foursome they were well known back in the day. Individually only Getz and Sims were popular and recorded often. Steward and Chaloff not so much. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Speaking of Clark Terry, friends recommended his film, "Keep On Keepin' On". They were somewhat familiar with Terry's work but had no idea how many musicians he influenced. Unfortunately I've not been able to see it yet myself. But this intervi... | |
| Jazz for aficionados acman, when I was in college back in the early '60s I saw the great documentary, "Jazz on a Summer's Day". Giuffre, Brookmeyer, and Hall opened that with "The Train and the River". That was my introduction to Guiffre and I thought it was really ... |