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| How are the blue note RVG CD's? FYI,Very nice photo-essay on RVG in the current issue of Tracks magazine(John Lennon on the cover). Of course, the photos are by Francis Wolff of Blue Note. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Zaikes,You are probably right. The reissue was pressed in 1995 and produced by Cuscuna, and doesn't have the bonus track. Nonetheless, it sounds pretty good, and I'd not have pegged it as digital source from the sound of it. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Zaikes,No, I haven't compared the two reissues. I ran into one used for $14, at Red Trumpet. It says Limited Edition, remastered by Michael Cuscuna on the label. Impulse IMP-170, 180g. It's no Fantasy 45rpm, but pretty nice.Rick was been kind enou... | |
| Amp help for the Maggies? Within your Budget, an Aragon amp would be the ticket. I've heard many Maggie setups, and bang-for-buck-wise, they are tough to beat. FWIW, agree with much of what Gregadd said about folks being too focused on power ratings, but when it comes to c... | |
| Comments on Thiel CS2.2 speakers It's really a parallel move to a different flavor. Have you not heard the 2.2s? They're very different from the 2CIs. The Vandersteens are warmer and more forgiving of moderate components upstream. The Thiels will provide more detail, possibly tig... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Zaikes, If you can find the Mingus, Mingus,... on imported vinyl, it's a winner! For me, now it's Yes - The Yes Album (rhino reissue)Jayhawks - Rainy Day MusicGrateful Dead - Skeletons From the ClosetPeter Gabriel - SoKeith Jarrett - Survivors' Su... | |
| Atma-Sphere M60 or David Berning ZH270? Laoyuap,Hopefully this will help...I own a Berning ZH270, and have heard both amps. Both are share many similar attributes in their sound, but for my ears, the Berning is playing in a different league than the M60s. Your observations about both ar... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Bach - Starker's Unaccompanied Cello box on Speakers CornerWow, what great sound! Just picked this up at CES, from our friends at Acoustic Sounds, who had a great booth setup, with nice sale prices and plenty to choose from. Two bad my poker winni... | |
| Favorite CD treatments? Herbie's Audio Mat is one of the only tweaks I've run into that a crowd of about 25 audiophiles also all agree is effective. The cost $20, so it's not too risky. The only downside is that they lose stickiness and need to be washed w/warm water &am... | |
| DIY stylus-cleaning magic long David,I shared your fear about the "toothpick" method, and my nervous caffeine-juiced likely "user errors", as the Tech crowd would say. The quarter as a base made it handy, and allows me to let the cueing lever do the tricky part. One note of cau... | |
| How about a new addition to every posting made? Sean,Very cool idea. I'd do it. For starters, now listening to the Bodeans via tuner on 88.5 WXPN, IMHO the worlds' greatest radio station, available anywhere at www.xpn.org ;-)Cheers,Spencer | |
| Agon Members at CES I'll be there on Sunday, looking for all you trouble-makers. Can anyone tell me where online there's a listing of all the high end exhibitors and what rooms they are in? Need to plan my assault tactics to make the most of the day. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Step-up transformers... Bombaywalla, I'll be sure to post regardless of which direction I end up going. I'm having a tough time working thru this decision. It would be nice to be able to listen to the effects of the step-up + low output cartridge vs. the higher output ve... | |
| air tight atm-3 vs. berning zh270 Another vote for the Berning. I used to own the ATM1, which is not quite as good as the ATM3, but sounds pretty similar. The main reason the 3s cost so much is because of the higher power and the assoiciated high cost/high quality transformers on ... | |
| Step-up transformers... Doug,Thanks, very interesting. It's quite a dilemna: what hurts more, adding a tranny or choosing a high output version of a cartridge, in lieu of the lower output version? In this case, I'm considering the Airy3. Mehran and I talked, and we sort ... |