slipknot1
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| Tape Project Tapes I am a charter subscriber to the Tape Project. I am playing them back on a Technics RS1500 modified and optimized for playing back the Tape Project releases. The Technics internal electronics have been bypassed so that the tape heads directly feed... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Hit the area yard sales yesterday. Spent part of today cleaning and listening.Mussorgsky - Ravel "Pictures at an Exhibition" Wallenstein/Virtuoso Symphony of London (Audio Fidelity FCS 50,004)Corigliano "Concerto For Piano and Orchestra" Hilde Som... | |
| Fire place vs. audiophile.... I had a woodstove insert in my fireplace before the room became a listening room. After living with it like that for a year or so, last fall I had the woodstove moved to a more central location in the house, had a new hearth and flue built. I then... | |
| Recommendations on the music of Astor Piazzolla Thank you all for the suggestions!Lewinskih01-I know what you mean about the bandoneon. I was so blown away by what I heard that instrument in the hands of a virtuoso do last night, I rushed to put it in some context I could wrap my mind around. A... | |
| Recommendations on the music of Astor Piazzolla Thanks Jazdoc!I'll try to get my hands on the Assads as well as "Tango Zero Hour"Ms. Kaminski just floored me last night. You could tell she was channeling Piazzolla while she played. | |
| how do you deal with heavy power cords? For the Wall receptacle side, I put a small nail-in picture frame hanger into the wall above the outlet plate. I plug the PC into the outlet, loop a length of monofilament around the PC, loop it over the hook on the hangar, snug it up and tie it o... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Mick-Thanks for everything you have done to advance the art of bringing a truly wonderful preamp to the market at a real world price.My Supratek is not only a joy to listen to, but a joy to look at as well. Every time I fire it up for a listening ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? It's nice to see that after 4 years and over 1200 posts, this thread still has life!Thank you to everyone who has contributed your listening choices. I know that my eyes have been opened to investigating music I might not otherwise have tried; tha... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Looking at Storm Thorgerson's book "Mind Over Matter 4 : the Images of Pink Floyd" (Omnibus Press, ISBN 978-1-84609-763-8) and listening toDavid Gilmour "On an Island" (EMI 0946 3 55695 1 3)Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon" (30th Anniversary reis... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Ravel "Bolero" Munch/Boston SO (RCA LSC-1984)Beethoven "String Quintets, Opp. 4 & 104" Suk Quartet and Karel Spelina (viola) (Supraphon 1 11 2128)Shostakovich "Symphony No. 12 "1917" Mravinsky/Leningrad Philharmonic (Melodiya SR 40128) | |
| The most haunting music you ever heard? James Taylor singing "Overcoat" on Jerry Douglas' "Look Out For Hope" is both sad and haunting.Dory Previn (anybody remember her?) "Doppleganger" This one really gave me the willies every time a buddy played it during my college "daze"I think "Yul... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Rush-I had that same Vaughan Williams in my hands earlier this evening, but slid it back in the rack in favor of "Golden Dance Hits of 1600" (Archiv 2533 184)Others this evening:Haydn "Symphony No. 99 in E Flat" Woldike/Vienna State Opera Orchestr... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? The menu tonight:Brahms "Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90" Walter/NY Philharmonic (Columbia Masterworks "six eye" ML 5126)Beethoven "Symphony No.1 in C, Op. 21" Ansermet/L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande (Decca/London CS 6388)Miles Davis "Sketches... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Montepilot,I have not had the opportunity. My copy is the original Decca/London, from which the Speaker's Corner reissue was made. I can only imagine immersing myself in that piece on quiet, heavy vinyl. The Argenta is my personal favorite reading... | |
| Your favorite Sheherazade LP ? I concur with Rushton and Newbee re: the Reiner/CSO on RCA. A wonderful, visceral experience. The Classic Records reissue is readily available and is a great addition to any collection.I also enjoy the Dorati/Minneapolis Scheherazade, and was just... |