waltersalas
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| Singer Songwriters Rarely Mentioned By Audiophiles @stuartk Thanks for the tip on Anna Tivel. I will check her out posthaste.Re McMurtry. While I could agree that his songs are not exactly shot through with happiness and optimism, I do not find him to be "decidedly cynical." In fact, we need more ... | |
| Singer Songwriters Rarely Mentioned By Audiophiles My wife and I spent most of our time during quarantine listening to all kinds of music and came out on the other side believing that the best living songwriter is James McMurtry. His songs are like great little short stories. | |
| What Integrated Amp do You use I think we're in a golden age for integrated amps. A lot of great ones already mentioned. I'm in love with my Boulder 866, which also has an incredible digital add-on that will allow you to sell your DAC. I was a separates guy for years, but the s... | |
| Everybody’s Top 5 - Vinyl I'm a big fan of Richard Thompson's post-Fairport catalog. I consider Pour Down Like Silver, I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight, Hokey Pokey, and Shoot Out the Lights all to be essential albums. While it's true that solo years have been spott... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @tomic601 I agree with you about Blue Heron Suite. I fell in love with it immediately the first time I streamed it and ordered the vinyl a few weeks ago. I think it's coming this week. I've been streaming BHS for a couple of weeks and like it bett... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @mammothguy54Thanks for your kind remarks on the Fynes. I've been really impressed with them. If you are ever near western North Carolina, you are more than welcome to drop in for a listen!Now Playing: Sarah Jarosz -- "World on the Ground"If you f... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? It's a fairly new company started up by some guys from Tannoy. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @slaw The Tekton Encores were my previous speakers, now in the system of a very happy audiophile in Houston, who drove halfway across the country to pick them up at my house a few weeks ago.I moved on to Fyne Audio F704s, which I auditioned in Apr... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Hi Steve,Sounding great! I was between speakers for several weeks, but they finally arrived, so happy days are here again. Really missed spinning records. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Dwight Twilley Band -- "Sincerely" | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Rodrigo y Gabriela -- "Mettavolution" | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Hey Steve! So glad to see this marvelous discussion thread continuing to thrive.Now Playing:PJ Harvey, "To Bring You My Love" | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Pavement, "Terror Twilight" | |
| Spendor SP200 Speakers, and a Few Others @mofojo I'm in western North Carolina. I probably will be selling the Encores, even though they are wonderful speakers and a great value even at their current list price.The SONs are also excellent, stunning sound for a relatively small speaker an... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Big PJ Harvey fan here, and glad to see her getting some love in this excellent thread. For those up for a deeper dive, there are now demo albums for each of her major releases, all of them highly recommended. I got these a month ago and really en... |