whart
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| Static Electricity on Vinyl Wearing shoes or socks on carpeting is a sure fire way to create a charge; I only play and handle records in bare feet. Re-sleeving a record can create a charge- some of the aftermarket inner sleeves are "anti-static" but you have to sort through ... | |
| Jazz for aficionados My interest in jazz on LP was revived by digging into so-called "spiritual jazz"- the Heath Bros. "Marchin' On" on Strata-East (many very cool records on that label but now pricey) and Lloyd McNeill's "Washington Suite," also expensive as an origi... | |
| Dedicated power circuits... Huge improvement!!! @wig- there are some threads where @jea48 has weighed in with some excellent tips, all in keeping with Code. This summary won’t do the subject justice, but:look for the quieter leg if you are in the States, the one with fewer noisy appliances, lik... | |
| What are the best loudspeakers under $4000 to re-create lifelike piano @snapsc- I would venture that if a system produces piano convincingly it ought to do most everything else well, given not only the range of the instrument, but the other demands placed on its reproduction-- dynamics, power, timing, harmonics, etc.... | |
| Quadraphonic records (LPs to you and me) I remember all this stuff, but doubt I ever even heard a CD-4 record back in the day set up on a system to properly decode it; the SQ and QS formats had more market penetration, at least where I was in the NE in the early ’70s, but even those fade... | |
| What is your goto reference recording One of my go-to records for set up and dialing in is a standard issue early pressing of Janis Ian’s Between the Lines- has lot’s of the stuff you’d likely use to check sound- female voice, strings (real), some orchestral parts, some acoustic, some... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados @newbee - my thanks. I'm not sure the entire body of Scriabin's work can be described as spare. There's a sound that I'll try and find a better example of, with fewer notes, more held notes. Appreciate the recommendations-- I abandoned classical f... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados @newbee -yes, Scriabin and similar spare, but ’modern’ circa the early part of the 20th century. Thanks for the recommendation re that CD set. | |
| What are the best loudspeakers under $4000 to re-create lifelike piano @shadorne - thanks for all of that. My Nord is older- probably 8 or 9 years? I had a Motion Sound? amp- not sure it is still in production. Now that I'm in Austin, it's on my list to have the amp repaired or replaced and update the Nord. I actuall... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I’ve found that I like a certain period of modernist piano- some of the work of Scriabin. I gather that one of the best interpreters was his son in law, Sofronitsky. The vinyl selections seem pretty bleak, originating from the old USSR. Any sugges... | |
| What are the best loudspeakers under $4000 to re-create lifelike piano @martykl - not sure if you were referring to my earlier post about the Nord not sounding like a real piano (or a Rhodes for that matter). Just to be clear if you were referring to my post, I wasn't talking about the recording process, digital v an... | |
| What are the best loudspeakers under $4000 to re-create lifelike piano @bdp24 - I’d settle for being 1/2 right 1/2 the time, but thank you. There was a pretty serious piano restoration house near me when I lived in Westchester, NY- they had a warehouse full of big old grand pianos, some virtually shells, others compl... | |
| What are the best loudspeakers under $4000 to re-create lifelike piano Aside from system requirements, I find that a lot of recordings of piano to be unconvincing. Two "tells" for me- (the loss of) the harmonic overtones and their decay, and the gravitas of the deeper bass registers. There is also the issue of perspe... | |
| You pick Another long time Quad ESL owner--since 1973. I recently had my pair restored and use them with a pair of restored Quad II amps with GEC Kt 66s. They sound wonderful-- I hadn't run them in a long time; I had changed to the Crosby modded Quad 63 ba... | |
| Most overrated bands Leaving aside matters of taste, there's also time and context--the Beatles enjoyed being on the leading edge of the so-called British Invasion. I got lost at around the time of Sgt. Pepper, but still think side 2 of Abbey Road is one of the best L... |