rushton
Responses from rushton
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Congratulations, Dlwask! The night should turn out well for listening.Around here, we're gravitating towards a chamber music evening, but "The Wall," "Who's Next" and "Night at the Opera" all stand beckoning in the wings. If the recently acquired ... | |
| Joule Electra VZN100 with Merlin VSM-MX. The Merlin VSM and (Joule or Berning or Atma-Sphere or Viva) combination represent an incredible ratio of value-to-performance. I've listened extensively to Merlins with both Berning and Viva amplification (but not Joule), and I place the combinat... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Hi Stiltskin. Glad to see your recent contributions to this thread; your comments on "So Long So Wrong" are great to have!. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Varese: "Offrandes/Octandre/Integrales/Ecuatorial," Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, Arthur Weisberg (cond), Nonesuch 71269.(Another great recording from the Aubort/Nickrenz team. If you enjoy 20th century music with more "avant-garde" flair and you... | |
| What readily available LP's should I consider Styx, going from the recording to a live performance is a great directional move!! Its wonderful when the music we get to hear at home generates the motivation to go to something live. Thanks for sharing this. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Listening through some dups...Dvorak, New World Symphony, Kertesz/VPO, Decca SXL 2289 (Listening to seven different pressings/reissues of this marvelous performance to see what to recycle: Decca, London, Decca Jubilee, King SuperAnalogue, Speakers... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Hah! I'm not going to help stop you, Ray. Welcome to the club!! | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Ray, glad you like Home Again; the a capella "Pretty Saro" cut is a particular favorite of mine on this LP. When I first heard this LP, I'd recently watched the film "Songcatcher" (a fictionalized account of the real work of collecting traditional... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 1, Talich Qt, SupraphonShostakovich, Pf Quintet, Talich Qt, SupraphonRespighi, Ancient Airs & Dances, Suites 1-3, Marriner/LAChmO, EMI... Delightful performances above!Dylan - Blonde on Blonde (I could become c... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Mendelssohn - Octet in E, ASMF Ens, ArgoMendelssohn - Sextet in D, Vienna Octet, LondonBorodin - Piano Quintet in c, Vienna Octet, LondonShostakovich - Piano Quintet, Melos Ens, L'Oiseau LyreCHAMBER MUSIC - a glorious gift!!. | |
| Re: Spica Angelus speakers. Help If you like the Angelus, but are looking for a speaker that can deliver more volume into a larger space, consider a used pair of Merlin VSMs. With the BAM module, they have materially more extended lower end than Angelus, and they will play materi... | |
| Hardwoodfloors and Spikes I've had the best results with spikes; I've always found it better to couple the speaker with spikes that to de-couple with a soft material like "rubber" or sorbothane. If you want to protect the appearance of the floor, use a spike cup (or even n... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Ali Akbar Khan (serod) and Sri Swapan Chaudhuri (tabla) on "Maihar" - a marvelous recording by Kavi Alexander, Water Lily Acoustics 10Earlier this evening:Joan Baez, "In Concert" Vanguard VRS 9112 Cannonball Adderley, "Somethin' Else" Blue Note 15... | |
| Record cleaning machine advise, want to buy,"HELP" Hi, Sean. We probably do have similar cleaning routines: I use Disc Doctor fluid and brushes and use the VPI RCM to vacuum off a double rinse with distilled water. For years, I used one of the home brew alcohol-based fluids and was a skeptic about... | |
| Record cleaning machine advise, want to buy,"HELP" Congratulations, Ray! Now just add Disc Doctor brushes and fluid (or RRL) and you'll be in great shape.. |