relayer101
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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Spirit - Late 70's repress of their 1970 album Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus. Another great psycodelic band to come out of California in the 60's. | |
| What is your favorite album cover? Beatles For Sale on Parlophone. They were too cool for the time. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Spinning Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks. It’s a repress from the mid 70’s that I bought at that time and not an original pressing from 1968 but still very nice. He was right on target using all acoustic instruments for this album. You can hear the pl... | |
| The birth of a new thread dedicated to sharing our newly-acquired "old" LP's. It’s a great subject matter. I am relatively new to the Audiogon Forums and really enjoy the threads on music and what people have been listening to in all genres of music. I’ve gotten some great suggestions on albums I haven’t heard in years and ... | |
| The birth of a new thread dedicated to sharing our newly-acquired "old" LP's. Just picked up a beautiful early pressing of The Butterfield Blues Band 1968 album In My Own Dream on Elektra in the Unipak cover and for $12.And you know what? I didn’t have to use Calculus to determine if it qualified for the OP’s intention on t... | |
| The birth of a new thread dedicated to sharing our newly-acquired "old" LP's. It was a tragedy that so many of the musical geniuses of the 60’s were lost due to drugs and the pressure to release the next great album. Pet Sounds drove Brian to the edge and Smiley Smile did him in. His genius in writing was surpassed by his g... | |
| What Is The Most Romantic Song That You Have Ever Listen To? Mink DeVille. Just To Walk That Little Girl Home. And from a great classic Mickey Roark movie The Pope of Greenwich Village. | |
| The birth of a new thread dedicated to sharing our newly-acquired "old" LP's. Following up on The Beach Boys mono post. I picked up a nice early mono pressing of Smiley Smile on Brother Records. I had probably heard Good Vibrations hundreds of times before spinning this record and it was like I was listening to it for the f... | |
| What Is The Most Romantic Song That You Have Ever Listen To? Van Morrison. Have I Told You Lately. | |
| SACD Transport Recommendations Steveinthebeach... I've had an interest in the Denafrips Ares II. Did you purchase yours from the dealer in Singapore and if so diid the process and receipt of the shipment go smoothly? Thanks. | |
| CD player suggestions under $700 adg101.. Thanks for the diagnosis on the Nakamichi CDP. I'll have to check into repair shops. That Cambridge 851C looks like a great CDP and with all of the additional digital inputs and balanced inputs and outputs also. Fully loaded.Must be built... | |
| streaming devices, which would you buy? lobinero... I have Audio set to fixed in the BluOS settings and control volume through my Preamp no different than when using the Turntable or CD player. It keeps it simple but you do have to have your Preamp remote nearby if you want to adjust vo... | |
| streaming devices, which would you buy? Lobinero...if you want to keep it simple at first just start out with the Bluesound Node 2i and a decent set of RCA interconnects at a price that you would normally budget for cables and connect it to your nice Preamplifier and see if you are sati... | |
| streaming devices, which would you buy? Thanks for the info on Denafrips. I’m not sure about ordering from Singapore so would have to give thst one some thought.back to the main subject on streaming devises I use the Node 2i with Amazon HD and am very happy with the streaming capabiliti... | |
| streaming devices, which would you buy? Calvinandhobbes...following up on your note on the quality of the Denafrips DAC. I may have a future interest in a new DAC and the Ares II caught my eye on their website but it seems their primary dealer is in Singapore. Are you aware of any deale... |