rpeluso

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After a (weeks) worth of listening...
New Valerie June, The Order of Time 
Brightest but shortest artistic bursts in the sky
New Emitt Rhodes disc is pretty spectacular.  He has returned, finally. 
New Lux SACD unit
milpai, I am not the kind to sit and come up with a list of features to distinguish, but when I had the 8001 in the system I thought I might have made an error with the speakers and/or amp, but then I put in the lux and its like Art said on the st... 
New Lux SACD unit
milpai, I had a Marantz 8001 as a placeholder until I got this new unit. My main system has a Lux D-06, probably 5 years old or so, feeding a Lux 509u integrated feeding Vandersteen 5A speakers, also have a TT that is rarely used. I have been goin... 
Very Bad purchase from upscale audio Acoustic Zen Adagio
Stringreen, you will not recall but many years back, before you moved west, I asked you about your Vandy 5a speakers, and you offered I come over for a listen, I never did but ended up getting a pair (John Rutan, of course), and your post here of ... 
Your last concert was to see who and when?
Dionne Warwick, last night, Kirby Center, Wilkes-Barre PA.   
Recording quality...
Nope 
Interesting Magico news
Hilarious wolf! 
One of the most dismissed artists ever... (lp)...
My "ex" just loved Dr Hook (and of course I loved her), I was and am an audiophile, she was and is not, but, bless her heart, she’s the reason I currently listen to music through lovely Vandersteen 5A speakers. If she had not pushed me to spend th... 
Jazz for aficionados
"Talking to myself and feeling old" 
preamp for vandersteen Quatro
What does "wait till that thing breaks in" mean?  I read it as this was "just okay", but I have faith.  Is that wrong my friend?   
Jazz for aficionados
After seeing this thread for a veerrrrry long time, I finally decided to see what kept it going, and now I see it’s more or less a conversation in this forum between two, three at times for members. Explains a lot to me.Enjoy 
Recently re-discovered or newly discovered music in your current "heavy rotation"
New Karl Blau disc.  Merle Haggard Kern River. 
Magico Ultimate, how is it?
No 
Speakers Women Like
My live-in girlfriend at the time was head over heels for Focal and then we heard Vandersteen 5As and those are the ones I bought.  She loved them as much as I did/do.  "My girlfriend's not here any more but my Vandy's are".