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| How do I get my soundstage back? I hate to say this, but "take out the new TV." Anything that big and wide between your speakers is going to play havoc with soundstaging.. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Hi, Larry (Cello). No, I only use the highest quality stereo catridge I can afford. I can hear a difference for the better using a comparably high quality mono cartridge, but I'd rather spend those resources elsewhere on the system at this point. ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Relaxin' with early Dylan: the Sundazed mono reissues of "Bob Dylan""The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan""The Times They are a-Changin'""Highway 61 Revisited". | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Tonight has been a jazz evening with: Miles Davis, "Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet" Prestige 7166-45 (Analogue Productions 45 rpm reissue) - great recording, fantastic sonics. John Coltrane, "Ballads" Impulse AS-32 (Speakers Corner reissue) ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? As usual, Slipknot1 and I are in perfect agreement, down to the cuts on Home Again. Cheers! | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Congratulations on finding a copy of Il Cornetto! The Doc Watson records are great sonically. I use Home Again regularly as a demo record for people new to my system. Musically, Doc Watson is one of the great figures of traditional American acoust... | |
| Can I still use old Sound Guard Record cleaners? I spent a lot of effort cleaning Sound Guard off some of my LPs many years ago. I found it left a significant sonic signature on my LPs and was sorry to have used it. There are many better cleaning fluids available today.. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Sorry, haven't heard the Buck Clayton, but I really like the three selections you've been listening to. I find the Delmoni particularly delightful.. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Last night was a Celtic night again with:Ossian - "St. Kilda Wedding" Iona IR 001Ossian - "Seal Song" Iona IR 002 - a great traditional music group with Billy Jackson on harpand some good "new" folk from the '70s with John O'Connor "Songs for our ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Allow me to reiterate this thought: if you love classical chamber music, you will never forgive yourself if you fail to get this 3LP set of the Bach "Suites of Solo Cello" while it is still available. J.S. Bach, "Suites for Solo Cello" - with Jano... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? I can enjoy "played LOUD" but tonight has been a softer evening after last night's close with The Who's "Who's Next" played loud (Classic Records reissue, and it is really good). Tonight's softer listening has seen:J.S. Bach, "Flute Sonatas" - wit... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Tonight...Ben Webster, "Soulville" - Verve 8274 (Speakers Corner reissue) - yeah, it's great.Skip James, "Today!" - Vanguard VSD 79219 (Pure Pleasure reissue mastered by Hoffman and Gray) - very clean and natural sound; recommended.John Lee Hooker... | |
| Magnetization & Demagnetization any conclusions? Sirspeedy, I will be interested to hear more about your journey exploring all of this. Thanks for the continuing update about your thinking.. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? You're welcome, Larry. I'll look forward to reading about the music you're enjoying, too.. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? BTW, for many of the LPs I've listed above, the "knock your socks off" part comes from their naturalness of timbre and low level resolution/detail, not the usual sort of in your face blast that we audiophiles are often accused of preferring.. |