slipknot1
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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Tonight:Mendelssohn - "Fingal's Cave", "Symphony No. 3" Decca (Speakers Corner)SXL 2246Chick Corea & Gary Burton - "Crystal Silence" ECMSupertramp - "Crime Of The Century" 180g reissue | |
| Best drink while listening to your rig? Cpdunn,Oh, aye. Twas much the better for it. | |
| Best drink while listening to your rig? A friend and I just went through 2 bottles of Smoking Loon Cabernet tonight while breaking in the new Walker Precision Motor Drive. I am amazed at the quality and drinkability of this inexpensive California red. | |
| The Best Live album Joni Mitchell - "Miles of Aisles" w/ Tom Scott and the LA ExpressGrateful Dead - "Nightful of Diamonds", ANY of the "Dick's Picks", "Live Dead"Allman Brothers Band - "Live at Fillmore East", "Mountain Jam" (same night as the Fillmore recording, re... | |
| Suggestions for 45 rpm purchases? Sonny Rollins - "Saxophone Colossus"Miles Davis - "Kind of Blue" | |
| Which Counterpoint Preamp SA-5000 or SA- 5.1??? There are those who would disagree. reliability issues aside, Mike Elliott made some of the best sounding phono stages in his 3, 5, and 7 series preamps in the mid 80s. There are a lot of Counterpoint amps, both SS and hybrid still running in a lo... | |
| Which Counterpoint Preamp SA-5000 or SA- 5.1??? I bought a new 7.1 pre in 1988 and have always had the balance control reliability issue. However, I still think it is a sweet, very musical preamp. simple clean lines, great phono stage (for the price). As a matter of fact, I just retubed it with... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Rock and Roll night at our house:Creedence Clearwater Revivial - "Cosmo's Factory" Classic Records 180g reissueMark Knofler - Soundtrack from "Local Hero"Joni Mitchell - "Blue"Crosby Stills Nash and Young - "Deja Vu" 200g reissueCrosby Stills and ... | |
| Denon DL300, 304 I have an older 300. I keep it as a back-up. It is a respectable low price MC. I got it around 1983 or so and it was around 100.00 then. Nothing spectacular, but very good for it's price range. Why not give a look at the Denon 103? Now there is a ... | |
| Does your system's sound change with the weather? Maybe, but more important, my equipment seems to change with the weather;) | |
| VPI Scout The Walker Precision Motor Controller. Costs as much as the Scout, but well worth it. I may upgrade tables, but I'm willing to bet the Walker is in for the duration. | |
| Shipping out of the USA Fatparrot,You'd THINK it would be easier. Not so, sayeth the Canadian Govt. It is the onous of the buyer in Canada receiving non-Canadian goods to make good on all this (so I'm told). If I am wrong, someone please enlighten me. The expeditor at BA... | |
| Shipping out of the USA Depends on what country you plan to ship to. I shipped a pair of Magnepan MGIII speakers to Canada in December. For Canada you have to arrange for a "broker" on the Canadian side to shepherd the shipment through customs, pay tax, duty, and "broker... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? This Evening:Mahler - "Symphony No. 1" Solti/London Symphony OrchestraGlinka - "Kamarinskya Fantasy" "A Life For The Czar" Ansermet/L'Orchestre de la Suisse RomandeBorodin - "In The Steppes Of Central Asia" Ansermet/L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romand... | |
| What other obsessions do you have? I'm with Steelhead (I could tell from yer user name):FlyfishingThe culinary artsFrank Lloyd Wright's architectureGood wines & microbrewsThe Grateful Dead |