slipknot1

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Finally Taking The Plunge
How about a VPI Scout/JMW 9 arm combo, coupled with the Dynavector 10x4? That will get you in right around the $2000.00 mark and provide a very satisfying entry to vinyl. If you wanted to kick it up a notch and avoid spending $ on a phono stage to... 
Review: Joule Electra VZN-220 Rites of Passage Tube amp
Well done! Excellent review. Makes me want to come to your place to hear these things for myself. 
Audiophile Special Event Songs Weddings, etc.
Ours was Frank Sinatra/Nelson Riddle Orchestra "Fly Me To The Moon" and David Bromberg Band version of "Tennessee Waltz" 
Greatest Recordings - your opinions
First one that comes to mind for me is the now out-of-print 45 rpm Reference Recording "Dafos" w/ Mickey Hart, Airto, and Flora Purim"A Meeting By The River" Water Lily Acoustics. Ry Cooder and V.M BhattStravinsky's "Firebird" Sheffield Direct-to-... 
Paradigm 100 v.3 – B&W 804 dilemma… please help
jgaudon:Or should I call you Mr. recording/producing artist? You may very well know how musical equipment "sounds from the get go", but your point was smothered by your unintelligible rant, poor grammar, and very poor choice of some words. If you ... 
New Yes Remasters?
Ben-I assume these are CD's and not vinyl? Anyone here in the loop about remasted LP's? I would love to see "Close To The Edge" "Tales From Topographic Oceans" and "Going For The One" on 180g...? 
Operas... Any fans?
Aaron Copeland's "The Tender Land" Very accessible for someone who is just beginning to get into opera. Sung in English. Story is of a Midwest farming community, and a young girl's high school graduation/coming of age celebration. 
Your favourite recordings that everyone else hates
Xiekitchen,You post made me pull out my copy of "Close to the Edge" today. After a thorough cleaning on the machine, you're right: HARSH! However, the emotional ties to my youth associated with that album, seeing them live on the tour supporting t... 
3.6 Maggie owners input needed on amps...........
Aragon amps mate very well with Magnepans. 
Songs of the sea and shanties
How about Great Big Sea? They hail from St. Johns, NF and have recorded some great shanties and songs of the sea, using guitar, fiddle, bhodran, pennywhistle, flute. Their live recording "Road Rage" has some of their better material on it as well ... 
How do they MIC a symphony?
Kublakhan,Funny you should post this thread when you did. On Tuesday July 22nd, I attended the Philadelphia Orchestra doing the Beethoven Violin Concerto with Itzak Perlman. They were recording the performance (probably for their archives), and I ... 
Time machines
"Who's Next" For me it's 1975 all over again: Boston Garden The Who have just launched into their third song : "Baba O'Reilly". Moon is wailing on his drum kit, all you see is his head and his arms flailing around. Suddenly, he disappears, as does... 
My Survey project, I need YOUR help : :
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Recommend aftermarket power cords on turntables?
I use a cryo version Virtual Dynamics Power 3 with my Scout and have been quite happy with it. 
Surge Protection?
You are the perfect candidate for whole-house surge protection. Contact your local electric utility or a qualified electrician about a surge device right at the service panel for the whole house. I had it done when I had the dedicated lines put in.