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| Help finding a Charlie Byrd album Brian:I think Charlie did a recording with the vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater, but I doubt the number you heard from was from that album. The label referred to was probably the Concord Picante label, which features the Latin and bossa-flavored recor... | |
| Help finding a Charlie Byrd album Hi, Brian:Well, I spent a couple of hours researching your question, but haven't been able to find the answer.What I can tell you is that I think the DJ made at least one mistake in his announcement about the recording you heard. For example, Char... | |
| Help finding a Charlie Byrd album Back in my high school days in the Washington, DC, area (1957-1960), I was briefly a student with Charlie Byrd, and I own the majority of his recordings. I don't recall the specific tune, "DeeDee", but I will look thru my collection and see what I... | |
| What is a good phono stage Hi, Michael:I replaced my Lehmann Black Cube SE phono preamp about 8 months ago with a Bryston BP-1.5, and frankly was quite startled at the improvement in performance with the Bryston. The most immediate difference I noted was in the transient re... | |
| alphacore users break in question Can you be a bit more specific about what is "horrible" about the sound you are hearing? For example, are the high frequencies too pronounced, or the lows muddy, etc.I did not find that my biwire pair of MI2 cables needed much break-in (although t... | |
| "best" version for "Toccata and Fugue D minor? RCPrince: The Bainbridge LP was a re-issue of the original CrystalClear direct-to-disk. I have several copies of the D-to-D version, and have also heard the Bainbridge edition, and the original CrystalClear D-to-D LP is far superior. There is one ... | |
| "best" version for "Toccata and Fugue D minor? I realize that you asked about redbook CD recordings, but for the benefit of others, I'll mention two LP's and one SACD that feature good versions of the "D-Minor".I'm partial to these versions of the "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor":1. "Magnum Opus... | |
| Records, Wilma victim There's a good chance that the LP covers cannot be salvaged if they got really wet -- the paper used for LP covers tends to disintegrate when it gets soaked. However, if the covers only got damp, you might be able to save them by placing them in t... | |
| bryston, c-j and thiel owners input sought One clarification to my first post: if you decide to buy the Alpha-Core speaker cables, you should install a Zobel network on each speaker. Alpha-Core provides an inexpensive pair of these resistor-capacitor networks, but you can also build a much... | |
| Lehmann Black Cube Se with the VPI Scoutmaster Let me clarify my first post. My comment that the Black Cube SE seems better suited for MM cartridges than MC cartridges was based on my impressions of the sound quality. The Black Cube has sufficient gain to handle many MC cartridges, although I ... | |
| Lehmann Black Cube Se with the VPI Scoutmaster Until about a year ago, I used a Black Cube SE as my phono preamp, and tried both MM and MC cartridges with it. Based on my personal experience, I think the Black Cube SE is better suited to higher-powered MM cartridges (at least 1.5 mV output) th... | |
| bryston, c-j and thiel owners input sought I have been using Alpha-Core MI2 speaker cable with my Bryston 4B-ST / 5B-ST power amps for about two years, and have been very pleased with their performance (I also use their Sapphire interconnects). I think the Alpha-Core line of cables offers ... | |
| Buying used when you should have bought new... I agree with the two previous comments, and would add CD/SACD players to the list, since lasers have a finite life. I think the decision to buy used vs. new also hinges on whether you can get a good discount price on the new item. For example, I w... | |
| Sick of static-y Rega felt mat You might also consider a cork mat. VPI has a replacement cork mat made for its record cleaning machines -- about $10, as I recall -- and I'm using it on my VPI HW-10 Mk4 TT. It has a peel-off back with sticky surface, so it will adhere to the pla... | |
| Best sounding SACD disc? Take a look at the list of top SACD recordings compiled by "The Absolute Sound" magazine - go to this link:http://www.avguide.com/film_music/music/musicreviews/tas153/153_best_newformat.jsp |