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| Recommendation for marching, war classical music. Beethoven - "Wellington's Victory"Tchaikovsky - "1812 Overture"Prokofiev - "Lt. Keji" | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Ken,Will do. In the mean time, tonight I'm going to hear the Philadephia Orchestra do Carmina Burana & Pictures At An Exhibition with an added bonus of fireworks! | |
| Quantum Resonance Technologies I also use the QRT Electroclears on the unused outlets in my listening room. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Nothing for me for a short spell. My TT is at VPI for a full upgrade of plinth, bearing, motor and platter. All Aries Two parts mounted on a dual plinth Scout (aka Scoutmaster)Taking advantage of the situation, I also ordered a new Dynavector 17D2... | |
| Your favorite but unknown Saw some live music yesterday afternoon headlined by Los Lobos. But--- Two other acts brought the place down: Eilene Ivers and Immigrant Soul and the subDudes.Immigrant Soul is an Celtic/Afro-pop/Cuban band with pipes, guitar, bass, percussion and... | |
| Here's To Dear Old Dad As a kid, I remember listening to my dad playing 1950's jazz recordings through a Heathkit tube amp and some speakers that he built the cabinets to, and thinking how it sounded like there were musicians in our living room. As a matter of fact, man... | |
| Cartridge Recommendation My suggestion would be to keep the Dynavector 17D (Karat), and have your Scout bumped up to Scoutmaster level by VPI.The 17 is a tremendous cart, and from what I understand, the Scoutmaster upgrade takes an already excellent turntable to the Aries... | |
| Best Sounding LPs I will echo Rushton's sentiments and add that the Decca Mendelssohn 3rd is not only a great performance but the sonics are of demonstration quality.The Speakers corner reissues of the Mercurys:Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No.3 Dorati/LSO/Janis (Me... | |
| Atma-Sphere with Gilmore on HE 2004 I was with Trelja and Mechans in the room and we all agreed that the pairing did not work to our ears. I also have to add though that It WAS NOT the MA-2's at fault. I have heard them in Rushton's room driving his Eidolons, and they produce the mo... | |
| Audiogon Music News June Stellar report as always Ben. Thanks for the updates. Looking forward to the Nick Mason book... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Rush,What great choices! | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Tonight:Vivaldi - "Four Seasons" Von Karajan/Berlin (Deutsche Grammophon DG 2530 296)Bill Evans Trio - "Sunday At The Village Vanguard" (Riverside 9376/Classic Records 180g reissue)Respighi - "Ancient Airs & Dances" Philharmonica Hungarica/Dor... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Sorlowski,I spoke to Mick last week. He has had some problems gettings supplies from his cabinet maker. I too ordered mine in March. Mick tells me about a month or so longer. FWIW... | |
| Best "one-on-one" recordings... one voice and... Eva Cassidy - "Tall Trees In Georgia"Greg Lake - "Lucky Man" and "Still You Turn Me On" from "Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends" | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Prokofieff - "Lieutenant Kije" Reiner/Chicago (Chesky RC10, the spelling of Prokofiev is Chesky's, not mine)Bill Evans Trio - "Moonbeams" (Riverside 9428 180g Classic Records reissue)A couple of CD's as well:Dead Can Dance - "Toward The Within" (4... |