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| Good source for vinyl 80s rock Rick & John at Redtrumpet.com are hard to beat as far as knowledge and service go. These guys are music lovers and vinyl lovers. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Blown away by Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 One of my recent $1 garage sale specials was the mono LP by Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra w/ Emil Gilels (Columbia). Although many will call the Columbia sound second rate, the performance here is very captivating. In the NYT, Harold Schonberg sa... | |
| Which amp is better suited for LP playback? Jfrech read my mind on this. Tell us about your LP playback, and record cleaning routine, and then everyone can be more helpful.FWIW, CJ amps don't exactly have a rep for being "ruthlessly revealing". Although quite musical, commonly held view is ... | |
| CAT SL 1Pre. Need confirmation re: Tube Complement It's funny, I was looking directly at a photocopy from the manual that Bombaywalla sent me, since me used pre didn't have the manual included. That page was apparently mis-labeled as there were two locations labeled V5 and none labeled V9. If I re... | |
| Guitar Amp Tubes Mullard EL84s are among the best I've heard. Granted that was in a hifi power amp, not a guitar amp...YMMV. Cheers,Spencer | |
| CAT SL 1Pre. Need confirmation re: Tube Complement According to Ken Stevens, the 3 is a HUGE improvement over the 2. On his advice, coupled with my lack of funding for a new Ultimate, I bought a Mark III. (Very happy w/it.)The line stage tube complement is as follows:V5, V6, V10 are 6922(6DJ8,ECC8... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Tindersticks - Waiting for the MoonEverything But The Girl - Baby, the Stars Shine BrightDavid Gilmour - Self-titledHolst - Planets Mehta/LA Phil. (Speakers Corner/Decca)Respighi - Pines of Rome Reiner/CSO RCA orginal nice!Rach3 Janis Dorati/LSO O... | |
| New Elvis Costello- Analog Masters? FYI,I talked with a gentleman from Lost Highway Records who told me that he would suggest the LP. It was recorded on tape, but was then saved to digital. Regardless, the tapes were mastered specifically for the LP, which is double 180 gram w/ gate... | |
| Advice on room placement of Paradigm 100 v3 ?? Radio Shack Cat # 33-4050http://www.radioshack.com/category.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&category%5Fname=CTLG%5F007%5F002%5F014%5F000&Page=1&find=sound%20meter(keyword)&hp=searchor the more expensive digital version. Get a Stereophile t... | |
| Advice on room placement of Paradigm 100 v3 ?? Try measuring your room performance with a Rat Shack meter and a test tone CD. You might have major bass modes that you never heard w/the 805s. Excess bass energy will mess up your focus. Measure impact of moving your speakers. Change the crossove... | |
| Joule Electra VZN100 with Merlin VSM-MX. You should try searching the archives. For example, There's a long thread that compares/contrasts the Kharma with the Merlins. Many, many opinions on this already stated. Long story short, what's best will be based on your personal priorities, ass... | |
| Tift Merritt Good article on Tift & Tambourine in new issue of Tracks magazine. If you like alt/country, alt/acoustic rock, World Cafe, etc. this mag is a great subscription...Cheers, Spencer | |
| Quick Poll: For Berning / Merlin Owners 1markr,If you'd rather drive south to Philly, I'm your guy...Another vote for low feedback here. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Merlin Owner's... Rich,Maybe you could put low rider airshocks on those and raise/lower them via remote ;-)Spencer | |
| New Elvis Costello- Analog Masters? Hammy,Green shirt rocks! Never really appreciated that song until now..Cheers,Spencer |