r_f_sayles
Responses from r_f_sayles
| Whats on your turntable tonight? A clue is: they contain one key player in all of these recordings.... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Tonight our listening has a common thread... any idea what it is???Led Zeppelin ÂLed Zeppelin on JP AtlanticDelaney & Bonnie & Friends w/ Eric Clapton -On Tour on AtcoThe Steve Miller Band -Sailor on CapitalEagles ÂDesperado on AsylumJoh... | |
| Columbia 6 eye lp's My fav Columbia 6 eye off the top of my head is one that I just found for cheap... It's Ellington Jazz Party in mono. The thing is, it simply blows away the Classic Records stereo equivalent which I thought previously was a solid sonic attempt. It... | |
| What makes a High Efficiency Speaker Just as a point of reference, my Coincident Total Eclipse are 94db 1Watt @ 1m, 14ohms, 24hz-25khz. No horns here except on the vinyl! Happy Listening! | |
| Best floorstanders under $1000 new or used Prorec, Be careful to match the speakers and amplifiers. If you can audition one with the other, all the better. The synergy between the two could make or break you enjoyment. Not just any great amp with any great speaker will give you the magic. ... | |
| Anyone heard the new Van Morrison, Pay The Devil No, not yet but the vinyl is in the mail.Happy Listening! | |
| I miss my Rega turntable. What to do? Well Hodu, not to sound like a broken record after all the good advice preceding me but... one more vote here to ditch the Music Hall and bring back a Rega. Incidentally, when you traded the Rega for the MH, What were you thinking? (with all due r... | |
| What CD's do you take for a speaker audition? How about something you like and are infinitely familiar with? Picking a speaker is a very personal choice. That said, if the music is of an acoustic nature, recorded and mastered well and possibly female vocals are involved it will better help yo... | |
| What are we listening for during break in? Timrhu, Upon break-in I listen as little as possible, as it is usually a big let down. Most wire or components I have purchased new have sounded harsh, with a disconnected sound stage, micro dynamics are a skew and the sound does not give me that ... | |
| Audio Tweak gone bad...similar experiences? You could try the very rare 1942 cooper or the somewhat less rare zinc coated 1942 steel penny, both great vinage pieces. Stay away from the chinese junk (tung pao)with the square holes in them, they sound worse than chinese tubes. Watch out for m... | |
| Entry level phono stage Bellari Rolls VP129 Phono Preamp is a bargin and sounds way sweeter than 200USD should buy. Great tube sound. Happy Listening! | |
| What music do you want to play really loud? How 'bout Neil Young and Crazy Horse -Ragged Glory?! | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? *Rickie Lee Jones -Traffic From Paradise on Geffen De*Rickie Lee Jones -Pirates on first press WB(forgot how good and dynamic this album was)*Rickie Lee Jones -Flying Cowboys on Geffen white label promo*Hi-Fi A La Espanola on Mercury/Speakers Corn... | |
| Linn Kairn internal battery replacement. Borg7x9, You are either one lucky fellow or maybe you just live right. Are you aware of the market value of a Kairn w/slimline and phono? I concur with Newmanoc about the service advice. Good luck and enjoy, I owned one for years before going over... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Rickie Lee Jones -POP POP! on Geffen/Alto analogueYo La Tengo -I Can Hear The Heart Beating as One. on MatadorVan Morrison -His Band and Street Choir. on WB BurbankDonovan - The Hurdy Gurdy Man. on EpicChet Atkins' -Workshop. on Living Stereo RCA ... |