tarsando

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Great music but poor recording recommendations.
IMO the Coltrane VV recordings, esp from 1961, are very 'alive' and sound great. I wouldn't trust anyone else to have recorded them. That aside, his European tour pablo set has lousy sound and great music. 
Where Can I Find Good CES Coverage?
stereophile.com 
Advise on acoustic treatments to fix boomy bass.
Audio Asylum. Look up member Jon Risch. All you ever wanted to know (and more). 
Great sounding close to back wall speakers.
THere's another thread on just this topic a few days ago. Wilson has some new at CES speakers that can go right up against the wall (and on bookshelves). Having not been at CES, I haven't heard them 
Turntable parts; catalogs suppliers custom shops
Google can tell you 
tube into tube into mo'tubes
IMO all tubes is the way to go. Originally, of course, it was all all-tubes. My own experience with very inexpensive tube equipment, from phono preamp, to preamp, to amp, is that it sounds great. Replacing any one of those components with (inexpen... 
Is there a differenc between McCormack DNA125&225
The difference is 100 
Has sonic perfection been acheived?
I haven't seen it 
Joni Mitchell Blue - Wow help me Agoners
'Miles of Aisles' and 'For the Roses'. Plus if you can find a british pressing of 'Blue' 
Best bookshelf speakers for bookshelf placement
See the Stereophile website for current coverage of CES where Wilso has come out with some 'true' bookshelf speakers MEANT to be set on shelves. (no affiliation with wilson stereophile or anybody else!) 
Is anyone listening to Laura Cantrell?
I haven't listened to her. 
Future of this hobby?
I had a twenty dollar mono record player that I started on over 40 years ago. The thing is that, while technology changes, I also played pinball and watched television--and in a way these were the 'amusements' available for teenagers at the time. ... 
Anybody tried the new Gold Quicksilver enhancer ?
I haven't tried it. 
Lp listing...Click
If someone is selling a bunch of lps, I for one would just like to see the whole list so I can order them at one time and not 'remember' that this seller is the same person who had something else I wanted....so click away... I click away from 'obo... 
Recommendation: Gould Well-Tempered Clavier LP set
It's been a long time since I worked in a record store, but by 1972 I don't think mono lp's were being issued along with stereo. So the M means something in terms of Columbia pricing. Same with the S. I could be wrong though.