slaw
Responses from slaw
| Tonearm board makers? Doing my own out of stainless steel, purpleheart, and two different damping materials. | |
| Which companies deserve a star for Christmas Cable Co., Soundstage Direct, Morrow Audio, Dedicated Audio, | |
| Album Of The Year 2011 Feist "Metals" is pretty darn good. | |
| non-magnetic mechanical stylus force gauge In my experience, the Shure is not nearly accurate enough, the Canrong units that have exploded on the market and have mutiple manufacturerers badges on them are unreliable. I bought the Mapleshade which measures at record height and has been extr... | |
| Recordings with BASS "Raising Sand" @ "Icky Thump" on vinyl. Neither are perfect but if your system can make sense of it, you're doing something right. | |
| Radio Paradise -- Good Stuff Great station! | |
| Quality Pressings My "Tea for the Tillerman" came extremely dished. Sent it back and asked them to inspect the replacement. It arrived warped enough that even when clamped it is disconserting when gently lowering the cartridge. So much for getting one inspected. | |
| Isolation/Vibration control advise for a phono pre I second the Stillpoints. | |
| Any pleasant surprises because of guest appearance Nothing quite as fantastic as posted but Aimee Mann came to town a few years ago, and actually was in a good mood! She invited people from the audience to come on stage and play instruments during a song. | |
| Chicks With Guitars Amy Levere | |
| impact of room treatment I use Ready Acoustics also. Helped my sound tremendously. | |
| NOS Tube cleaning C1ferrari, Dynaclear. Look like small bottle brushes. I still have a pair, (for cleaning tube sockets). | |
| MFSL moody blues: are they all so good? I said Decca, I meant Deram, SORRY! | |
| Favorite poorly-recorded albums Mapman, I agree with your Allman Brothers. People should relisten to "Enlightened Rogues". Excellent music, even though this was the Don Johnson era. Also, the Moody Blues lps I have on Decca, sound quite good overall. | |
| Originals vs. reissues/current issues Macdadtexas, I listen to it because it is a GREAT lp! Music affects everyone in a very different way. How can you dismiss my admiration for one band for another, in the way you did? I usually take the dismissive posts, but this time I'm not. Try p... |