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| Gary Wright has passed away I, too, am a Spooky Tooth fan. Gary was an exceptional musician and song writer. My prejudice against repetitive album rock FM and top 40 is the only reason I don't have his solo work (and DSOTM). I will fix the hole in my collection. And, tonight... | |
| Being alone with your music Born in '55 to an American farm boy and a young sophisticated German girl. Mom loved music, classical, swing, and big band. She had a thing for Herb Alpert... I can't remember when it showed up, probably a Christmas gift, but one of the "kiddie" r... | |
| What was your first record? The Troggs, "Wild Thing" from the Base Exchange at the (then) Lowry Air Force Base in Denver during the annual school clothes buying trip. My mother was aghast. I still have it, but not the clothes | |
| RIP Jimmy Buffett From a failed Nashville wanna-be to a brand name. Jimmy never gave up and did what he wanted, sailing, flying his Vintage Catalina around the Caribbean, Amazing song writer, band leader, restaurateur, husband, father. American Dream, right there. ... | |
| A Discussion About What Level Of Analog To Stop At I have 3 systems (no television, except the band, in this house), all vintage (how I say USED or OLD). One system is strictly mono (single driver!) in my "library" the other system in that room is TT -stereo, DAC for Spotify- my "talent booking ag... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Hey, thanks for the Moon Martin memory jiggle, maybe tonight/today, whenever... last night record cleaning: Roberta Flack "Blue Lights in the Basement" Atlantic SD 19149 Juluka "Scatterlings" Warner 92 38981 Gato Barbieri " Last Tango In Paris ... | |
| 100 Albums You Would wish for...from a Genie I've made my "desert island list" many times. Yo Lo Tengo is a perennial pick. "We Be Sailin'" by B W Stevenson HAS to be there, and John Prine, my sing along records... it's lonely on a desert island. Today, Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks" Flat Duo... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Sun Ra "Calling Planet Earth" org music ORGM-2037 Charlie Parker "Bird Of Paradise (best of the Dial Master)" Bird's Nest BN840100 and fetched my promo copy of Hermann Szobel's "Szobel" Arista AL 4058 Lou Rawls "She's Gone" Bell 1318 Getz/Gilb... | |
| Mono record sounds like stereo Might be more trouble than it's worth, but you can "strap" the phono outputs if your system doesn't offer a mono switch. With a mono switch strapping is then done in the pre-amp. What I do is run two turntables in two different systems. The dedica... | |
| Rant: PSA to builders, housewives, and general complaint My house is a 1905 model. I am 50 years newer. My 3 systems are vintage as well. I solved the television problem by simply not having one. I watch a movie on the computer from time to time. I have 10' ceilings on the ground floor, a dungeon look-a... | |
| TT cable question Some TT's ground through the shield on one channel, like my Thorens 165. Simply adding a ground wire might make a "loop" and introduce hum. Go to vinyl engine and down load your shop manual. TT signal voltage is much lower than line inputs, Maybe ... | |
| Is low cost DAC worth it? iFi and Topping make very good budget DAC's. I have iFi in the shop and Topping in the library. I am not an Apple fan so wouldn't know how they stack up. My hearing is no longer as good as it once was. Even so, the appreciation is still there. I h... | |
| Level the floor When I was a kid our basement floor shifted (bentonite clay). A contractor came in and fixed it, I think a combination of mud-jacking, and a leveling concrete thin layer. Ours was pretty dramatic, I only mention it because there are contractors ou... | |
| "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". Thew one that does it for me is Acadian Driftwood | |
| Hum in speakers My house was built in 1905, and two owners ago, had an Electrician in residence. As a result I am up to code, at least NEC from 20 years ago Consult with your electrician,,, A single breaker panel with a clean neutral and an isolated ground will ... |