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| Whats playing on your system today? @slaw You are right on about Warren Haynes! Just saw Govt Mule live two weeks ago in Atlantic City, NJ. Incredible show! I regret not pushing myself to see their two New Year’s shows in NYC. Maybe next year... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Sco-Mule - Gov't Mule with guitarist John Scofield - on vinyl. Instrumental jazz fusion Mule! Reminds me of the classic Jeff Beck records, but with 2 amazing guitar players! | |
| New York HiFi Show: Tubes and Turntables I also attended the NY AV show last weekend. Bought a 3 day ticket, booked a hotel and drove up from South Jersey. Probably the biggest waste of time and money I can remember. I took me about three hours to hit every room. The sound was genera... | |
| Lesson Learned I think that there are a few lessons to learned by the collective wisdom of our audiophile brethren (and sistren?). The one that hits close to home for me is about getting a home audition for our next possible upgrade. I own a Cary 306 SACD Prof... | |
| Turntable and Rack vibration control I have a SOTA Cosmos turntable which was very sensitive to footfalls in my room - carpeted with a wooden floor underlayment. I too tried spikes and squash balls with no real improvement in sound or isolation. I went with the Symposium Segue ISO ... | |
| What's been your turntable ownership over the years? Wow, it's like trying to remember all my old girlfriends. (I think there were more turntables than girlfriends.)BICPhillips automatic (cool futuristic table!)Revox lateral tracking, stolen from my apt. in Brooklyn :( Denon Direct drive (came with... | |
| What is your speaker ownership history since 1995? I had to show this thread to my wife so she could see that there are audiophiles who are switching out their systems MUCH more than I have. I have only owned three different speakers since 1979:Dahlquist DQ10Dynaudio Confidence 5Wilson Sasha 1 (n... | |
| Jerry Garcia, A Legacy? I saw my first Dead concert in 1977 (Palladium in NYC) and was lucky enough to see them and the Jerry Garcia Band over 100 times. To me, Jerry had a unique guitar sound that has been rarely duplicated. When you hear it out of context, you know i... | |
| What commerical audio system tweaks provide sound quality improvement?? I have tried numerous tweaks in the many, many years that I have been into this hobby (obsession?). Some have, IMHO, had little effect on sonics (like a green felt pen to coat the rim of CDs) while other have led to much more benefit. My most re... | |
| Wilson Sasha 2 or Alexia for small room 10' x 17'? I have owned a pair of Sasha's for several years, having upgraded from Dynaudio Confidence 5's. I fell in love with Wilson speakers years ago after hearing the WATT Puppy in a dealer showroom, but they were out of my budget at that time. I spent... | |
| Best divorce album? How about "Get Out of My Life, Woman" by Lee Dorsey, covered by the late, greats Allen Toussaint and Jerry Garcia? | |
| Best divorce album? I agree with the suggestion of Richard and Linda Thompson's "Shoot Out the Lights", but also take a listen to the post-split, follow-up release by just Richard - "Hand of Kindness." Tracks like "Tear Stained Letter", "A Poisoned Heart and a Twist... | |
| WORST Experience Ever in Dealing With Woodbridge Stereo NJ I have also had generally positive experiences with UPS and FedEx, and have bought and shipped heavy amps and preamps without encountering too many problems. That being said, when I did have problems with damage or lost shipments, UPS and the shi... | |
| BEST AMPS FOR WILSON SASHA I have owned a pair of Sasha's for a number of years. I had heard them at shows and dealers and just liked the way they play music. I just upgraded my amps from the Cary 500MB solid state monoblocks to the new PS Audio BHK 300 monos. (The Carys... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Last night I listened to the first two sides of the Santana Moonflower record and then had a yen for the first David Crosby-Graham Nash record, both on vinyl.This morning I put on the Sirius XM Real Jazz station. There's nothing like a little jaz... |