rshak
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| Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape I also still use cassettes. I probably have +/- 300 or so. My first deck was an Aiwa FD-660, purchased in 1983, on which I made many recordings. I also have a Nakamichi DR-10, purchased in the late 1990's. My prize recordings include a couple ... | |
| Flux HiFI Electronic Stylus Cleaner I've owned a Signet SK305 electronic cleaner since the mid-1980's, and it have serve me well over the years. I don't recall the price I paid - probably about $30.00 or so. | |
| Mood Music Last "movement" of Bach's BWV 51 (Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen) sung by Maria Stader. A beautiful coloratura Alleluia by my favorite soprano. | |
| Sale on Acoustic Sounds Blue Note 45's 3-e-p - The sonics are quite fine - certainly as good as Mosaic BN. (Don't think I have any Quiex BN's - but I have other Quiex titles and, again, the APO sonics are every bit as good, IMO.) | |
| Smaller PrimaLuna Integrated Owners... I have 15 year old Omega Hemptones hooked up to my PL DiaLogue Premium Integrated. I've run EL34s, KT120s and KT88s, and I prefer the Gold Lion 88's to the others. The old Omegas really sing with the PL/88's. | |
| What have you found to be a good classic Jazz online station? KKJZ from LAKTRU - Trinity University, San AntonioWDCB - Chicago area | |
| Great choral music on lp Not exactly what you may be seeking, but I recommend you check out Die Singphoniker, a six-voice all male group. I've got several of their CD's which include discs dedicated to the likes of Haydn, Schubert, Mendelssohn, etc. Here's a link to one ... | |
| Are you Beethoven or Mozart? Mozart. I concur completely with Nicolas Slonimsky who, in his biographical dictionary of musicians, describes Mozart as the "supreme genius of music whose works in every genre are unsurpassed in lyric beauty, rhythmic variety, and effortless mel... | |
| Did not get weekly email from Audiogon Today is the first day the weekly email didn't hit my in box. | |
| Tandberg TD 20A (Working in very good condition) Value? I attended college in Chicago in the mid-late 60's and loved WFMT and the Midnight Special. How many r-2-r tapes do you have? Assume they are 4-track (?) | |
| Opinions about Newvelle Records pressing quality? I've also been with NewVelle since the beginning. During that 4-year period I had one record that had a serious flaw, and Elan Mehler jumped right on it and had a replacement shipped from the French pressing plan (NewVelle has recently switched t... | |
| What I call minimalist Perhaps not what you had in mind, but when I think "minimalist" Arvo Part and the tintinnabuli style come to mind. Wonderful stuff! | |
| Which tubes for eastern electric phono preamp? I've owned the EE Minimax phono preamp for about 15 years. Some years ago I replaced the original 12ax7 tubes with NOS Mullards from Upscale Audio. Expensive, but a very worthwhile upgrade.The phono preamp was plugged into an EE M520, then a Rogu... | |
| What loudspeakers do you have your Primaluna amp paired with? My PrimaLuna integrated is hooked up to Omega Hemptones. Got those speakers in 2005 and they've been great throughout the years. | |
| What is your favorite tube type? I'm on my second set of Gold Lion KT88's - running in my PrimaLuna Integrated. I've tried the EL34's, KT120's and 6550's. But the 88's are my fav. |