rushton
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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Last night listening with friends, the following eclective batch of LPs found their way onto our turntable:..Rossini, Italian in Algiers Overture, Fone 45..Kevin Burke, If the Cap Fits, Green Linnett..Tori Amos..Janis Ian, Breaking Silence, test p... | |
| Loudspeakers with a wide sweet spot Regarding the Eidolons, I've lived with a pair for over 8 years and I'll stick by my recommendation for someone looking for speakers "with a wide sweet spot." Members of our local audio group certainly have no problem enjoying a listening session ... | |
| Loudspeakers with a wide sweet spot A used pair of Avalon Acoustic Eidolons would fit the bill. Best off-axis response of any speaker I've heard.. | |
| Best "Green River" Available on Vinyl? The 45 rpm version with selected cuts is very good - as good as this album is going to sound, imo. Note that this does not include the entire album."The Best Songs From Green River". | |
| Looking to get into tubes? Soulbrass, nailed it in your price range. The Cayin A-50T (with EL 34 tubes) is, imo, a very nice sounding integrated amplifier that sells new for $1400 and you should be able to find a used unit within your price range. These are well built and r... | |
| Disc Doctor quick wash The Disc Doctor one-step wash is not as effective as the Disc Doctor two-step Miracle wash. The two-step Miracle wash is not as effective as three/four-step Walker Audio Prelude or AIVS. The one-step cleaning fluids are just meeting a market demad... | |
| Best sounding Beethoven symphony LPs The Kleiber recordings of the Beethoven 5th and 7th on DGG (2530516 and 2530706) do appear fairly regularly on eBay and with dealers. There are lots of them out there and, as many have noted, they are well worth the search. They should not be very... | |
| Best sounding Beethoven symphony LPs Only one boxed set to recommend (see the end), but I'd first recommend you consider individual LPs to get better performances than any one boxed set provides overall. Among more well known performances in good sonics that I'd recommend:Sym 1 &... | |
| anyone using new Air Tight Supreme cartridge? I've heard the Air Tight Supreme in Lloyd Walker's system, with which I'm very familiar. It's perhaps the best cartridge I've heard in his system. The other cartrdges I've listened to in his system include: Air Tight original, Magic Diamond, and M... | |
| how to clean old LPs There are several cleaning alternatives. Many people here like using one of the multi-step cleaning fluid solutions such as Walker Audio Prelude, Audio Intelligent or Disc Doctor. Use your Matrix cleaner to vacuum away the fluid residue between st... | |
| Well recorded records ... what are your picks? "A Meeting by the River," Cooder/Bhatt - Water Lily APW 29 (on vinyl by Analogue Productions) | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Correction: the Ray Brown "Soular Energy" is on Pure Audiophile not Pure Pleasure. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? An evening with some jazz classics...Miles Davis "Kind of Blue" - Classic Records reissueRay Brown "Soular Energy" - Pure PleasureCannonball Adderley "Somethin' Else" - Classic Records mono reissue. | |
| Stylus tracking weight guage This $45 gauge from Audiogon seller Ans at Audionote in Singapore has worked well for me. It has been accurate, consistent and easy to use. Shipping to the U.S. was fast and communication was top notch. Canrong Digital Stylus force gauge. | |
| lps chamber music like the old digital early 80's Opalchip, thank you. Nice list of LPs I do not have and will watch for! |