whart
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| why is it such a PIA to post a bloody photo here ? this platform is cranky as hell ! Does the forum actually support photos on the site? I am used to SH Forums which requires you to put an image on a third party site and embed or link to it. I get why they do that--it takes up a lot of bandwidth. | |
| Hang em High and Gilligan's Island I bought a bunch of Italian pressings of the Morricone sound tracks back in the day at Footlights in NYC. I don't know if they are still in biz. I think I kept them, though I tossed a lot of soundtracks a while ago. Gilligan's Island was a show I ... | |
| Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say? Thanks, @ozzy62 . @grislybutter - I'm off the sauce but you can have a drink as long as you don't touch the turntable. :) best to all, the one thing these hobbies/pursuits do in my experience is bring people of varied backgrounds together --when ... | |
| Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say? I’ve met a lot of people over the years who did interesting stuff in all kinds of fields, so the Lambo question wasn’t bait. Sorry you can’t drive. I kinda quit for a while b/c I live in town, but just bought a vintage bike so I’m gonna get back ... | |
| Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say? If there are constructive suggestions you could make about placement, set-up, I would not be afraid to offer those, but would not condescend. Do you really have a Lambo? I did, the last of the Diablos, a 6.0 built under Audi ownership circa 2001- ... | |
| What are your top 10 records @sandrodg73 - I mentioned a few upthread that are worth owning. I'm not sure I can do the 10 LPs for a desert island. One of the things I enjoy is the change-up; I can go from early heavy rock to spiritual jazz, and throw down a post punk record l... | |
| What are your top 10 records I wrote a detailed post that got hung up here and vanished. @simonmoon is correct in asking if you are looking for sonic spectaculars or good music. Sometimes, they overlap. The better remasters often sell out and are costly; the OGs are often mis... | |
| New Electrical Circuit I’ve done several rooms over the years when we moved households. This latest was in an 1880’s Texas Gothic (Victorian) which had a full restoration in 2004. Almost the entire first floor, (with the exception of the kitchen) was original, including... | |
| Why tube rectification? I used a Lamm L2 line stage for a number of years--solid state audio path, separate tube rectified power supply. Gorgeous mids, a bit rolled off at the frequency extremes, but you could not say it sounded euphonic or analytical-- it sounded very m... | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital @lewm- yes, according to Discogs, Kenwood was the parent company. What's interesting to me is that the eq on rock/pop from Japan often sounds more "tweaked" than on small combo jazz records. And of course, there were some beautifully made LPs that... | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital @lewm- do you have a copy of Art Pepper Today? It has a rendition of Patricia with Cecil McBee on bass, Stanley Cowell on piano and Roy Haynes on drums. Although Pepper released 3 versions of Patricia, that album's version is stunning- (I got to ... | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital Without getting into a format debate, I'll say that digital has come a long way. And the cost of vinyl involves a lot of variables, leaving aside the records-- I buy older pressings- most stuff is overpriced now, and the grading is inflated. If... | |
| colibrie I spent a lot of time in Stockholm back in the mid-90's for work- really enjoyed the culture, the food, the people. The old town was wonderful and there was also a "hot dog" stand not far from the opera house that had great dogs. Been quite a whil... | |
| colibrie Man, these things look like space heaters- even more so than my beloved QUAD loudspeakers (which I’ve owned since 1974, with sympathetic restoration from Kent McCollum). I do have a pair of Avantgarde Duos that I bought new back in 2006 or so. C... | |
| Audiophile Surge Suppressor (and nothing else) @terry9 @total111 --All good here. Texas is unimaginably huge- I was in touch with some folks in Denton, which is north of Fort Worth (famous for its music school, particularly jazz performance) and asked them how they fared given the hurricane/... |