r_f_sayles
Responses from r_f_sayles
| Your Wish List for Reissue on Vinyl I second Odavid9 "Here's also hoping that "Front Parlour Ballads" will be released on a LP that sounds as good as "The Old Kit Bag". The company is called "Cooking Vinyl" for christsakes!!! | |
| Subwoofer in the corner? Forget about it How about some room treatments to help out? Like ASC tube traps in the front corners of the room as a bare minimum step to smooth out the standing wave etc. IMHO gear alone is not the answer. Just a thought, Check out the web site below. This may ... | |
| Need to re-discover analog - please help Opps! Well of course the EAR324! Excellent choice. Cheers! | |
| Can I put receiver and CD player on top of my sub? Let's see... a wall shelf above the sub?! Wished I'd thought to mention that before we had to endure all this unrelated crap. What's the big deal? Eighthcircuit, you need to conserve on floor space, I got that part of it. Could the sub vibration b... | |
| Need to re-discover analog - please help Springbok10, The trials and tribulation are going to leave you as one seasoned TT guy IMHO. I believe your going to love the EAR gear but, isn't an 824 a valve microphone amp? Do you mean a 834P or..? Anyway, this is one of the best threads I seen... | |
| How does one get off the merry-go-round? It is a cry for help! Donate you gear and records to a worthwhile charity and find peace. Join a Buddhist monastery and contemplate the sound of one hand clapping. Or realize to tweak is humanly audiophileand to kick back and just enjoy the music ... | |
| What's your favorite Audiophile label, and why? There are so many... As of recently it has to be Chad's Analogue Productions' 45rpm jazz vinyl reissues. I am receiving these monthly and my press number is in the double digits. The sound is some of the best of all time. Very dynamic, nice quiet ... | |
| Rewire and new power cord or Upgrade TT I'm with Cmk. This A'gon member is spot on as you will not cost effectively improve the performance with cables. And would add if you love the table and/or are being thrifty, upgrade the tonearm/cartridge. If you can take the leap, jump into an up... | |
| Classical music-Calypso or FS Presence ? Opus88, I am not aware of anything notable. I could only construe that as you reduce chassis and physical space between source components and power supplies there is a price to pay. Yet again I have not heard the Janus side by side in comparison w... | |
| Classical music-Calypso or FS Presence ? Opus88, Presently I have the Aesthetix Calypso and Rhea (phono). I find them to be a great pair synergistically and they have a wonderful knack for reproducing involved acoustic classical music. I am extremely pleased with the performance even com... | |
| Your Wish List for Reissue on Vinyl Off the top of my head...MONO Pink Floyd -Piper at the gates of Dawn!MONO Buffalo Springfield-s/t-againMONO Small Faces -Ogden's Nut Gone Flake-There Are but Four Small FacesThe Velvet Underground -Loaded (many reissues, but zero Hifi?)Bruce Cockb... | |
| Your Wish List for Reissue on Vinyl One that loosely fits the theme and was never pressed on vinyl is Van Morrison -The Philosopher's Stone. It's a compilation from 1998 of unreleased work spanning nearly thirty years. With 26 of 30 tracks never previously seeing the light of day. I... | |
| Turntables New vs Used Peace, Love, Happiness...ahhhh! to just sit quietly in front of my tubes and turntable, spinning Lp's the night away. Ignorance is truly bliss. The Zen of Analog. Now I thinks me play some Pixies- Surfer Rosa. Enjoy! | |
| Opinions: Neuance Shelf for Linn Sondek Lp12 TT Thanks to all for the helpful comments. I have connected with Ken at Neuance and he is well rested and building a shelf for me and my Sondek Lp12 as we speak. I will follow up on this thread how things work out once it shows up and gets fitted. En... | |
| Does sound travel better at night? I think I see the light you speak of,oh great one... Why, it's coming from tube amps! He, he, he! Enjoy! |