rushton
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| How LONG have you been an AUDIOGONER'? Posting since January, 2001. Love the education I get from this community. | |
| HELP Classically ignorant, need vinyl insight Rtenyes, the scope of the topic is vast. You may find a good starting point by perusing some of the threads listed here:Audiogon Classical Music ThreadsAs to cleaning supplies, I recommend Walker Audio Prelude record cleaning fluids and brushes co... | |
| Krell KPE vs. Aesthetx IO Sig. Radrog, as I mentioned to you in another thread, a friend had three KPE phono stages that he loved (on three different turntables). Then he installed an Aesthetix Rhea in his system to see what difference there might be. The KPEs disappeared from ... | |
| Krell KPE vs. Aesthetx IO Sig. Radrog, do you want silence or do you want music? Be patient, you will be amazed when the Io Signature arrives.. | |
| Thunderbolt Pagoda LP now available Same here, thanks! | |
| Vinyl vs. top-notch digital Jeff, Albert and Stringreen offer excellent perspectives with which I concur. The challenge in answering your question is that the answer will be different for each of us depending on our listening priorities. Like Albert, I prefer listening to vi... | |
| Coleman Hawkins encounters Ben Webster long Wonderful post, Aldavis! Thank you for sharing this and focusing us on music. I've been on a steep learning curve about jazz in recent years, having spent most of my time with classical music. It has been a rewarding experience finding such marvel... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Late afternoon listening began with, and has moved on through:Roy Orbison, "Lonely & Blue" (Classic Records mono reissue - always a sonic disappointment compared to the Steve Hoffman mastered "All Times Greatest Hits..." on Pure Pleasure.) ZZ ... | |
| Bookshelf speakers and complex/orchestra Autodexr, orchestral music is some of the most challenging music for any system to reproduce. Systems that sound fine on small ensemble jazz or "singer/songwriter" music can simply fail to resolve orchestral music. There will be many factors affec... | |
| Tape Project Tapes French_Fries, that's just the point. The Tape Project effort is not about making lots money. It's all about providing the highest fidelity playback possible without constraint and to share that result with the audiophile community. I'm sure the pr... | |
| Virginia Beach, Hampton Roads Audio Club Anyone? Dave, there is an active group in the Richmond area that draws a few folks from your area. I've emailed the group in hopes that someone your way will reach out to you.Regards, | |
| 33 1/2 compared to 45 rpm ???? Osgorth has answered this well from my experience. The 45 rpm disc, all else being equal, moves a fairly significant step closer to what I would expect from the sound of the master tape: higher resolution, better image focus, improved clarity on t... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Hank Mobley: "Soul Station" - Blue Note 4031-45 (Music Matters 45 rpm reissue) (This series of 45 rpm reissues continues to amaze. If you love jazz, and if you love vinyl, you will regret not getting these while they are available.) Frank Sinatra:... | |
| Rachmaninoff, Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Opus 44? Andre Previn's two performances with the London Symphony Orchestra are excellent, well recorded and have held up extremely well over the years. Previn's earlier recording for RCA (LSC 2990) has never been released on CD, as far as I know. It is mo... | |
| Finding ultra-pure water locally... Drubin, my process for rinsing with a vacuum cleaning machine is to dedicate a cleaning pad (Walker Audio, Disc Doctor or Music Direct) to the final rinse; apply ultra pure water to saturate the pad; apply pad to rotating LP; then vacuum. . |