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| Hot Stamper - myth or reality? I think Chayro is correct, that the term is used by Tom Port at Better Records to market particular copies that he and his staff have determined, based on listening, sound better than other copies of the same record. Without getting into the subje... | |
| Some irrefutable truths about rock and roll The only quibble I have with Schubert's assessment (apart from the fact that I like early R & R and what followed from it) is S's observation, on the one hand, that R& R is visceral, not intellectual ('hits you in the crotch' to paraphrase... | |
| Some irrefutable truths about rock and roll I highly recommend Nick Tosche's "Hellfire," about Jerry Lee Lewis at his peak. Lewis was raised in that fire and brimstone deep southern version of religion, and Tosche's writing alternates between dark, mock biblical passages and the sheer exube... | |
| gloves to touch vinyl surface Princeton Record Exchange used to keep the expensive vinyl behind the counter, only the jackets (which were in a poly bag, if memory serves) were out in the stacks- if a customer was serious about a record, he/she would grab the jacket and go to t... | |
| Fast forward 25 years, what will audio be like? I'll weigh in here, just for fun:the interface will be an optical implant, ala the Google contact lense that was recently mentioned in the news as the next step after Google Glass- you scroll through all available music and make selections with bl... | |
| High end dealers around London, UK? I still have it on my list to visit Definitive a/k/a Living Voice. Cool, Edwardian factory building as showroom/facility. I'm overdue for a trip to the UK, and will try to hit it along with a visit to the Morgan factory in Malvern. PS: Definitive ... | |
| Where to Buy Audiophile Recordings with a Smile Jc: I'm generally in Czarivey's pew on this one, particularly for classic rock records from the 60's and 70's. The original pressings often sound far more lively than the remasters; yes, you have to deal with 'condition,' but as you obviously know... | |
| selling Vinyl I agree that Discogs can be a good place to sell and to buy, but the biggest foible is the tendency of unsophisticated or lazy sellers to post their particular records indiscriminately in the first pressing subpage when what they are offering is a... | |
| Back on Black: LED ZEP 1-3 Phase- agree about the production quality being lackluster. These are not 'audiophile' records. That's why, in my estimation, fans who are into sound quality are on a constant, almost futile quest for the best sounding copies. The 'RL' of II is ki... | |
| Back on Black: LED ZEP 1-3 Son, scroll down a few articles on the home page and you'll see M. Fremer's piece re the Zep reissues. | |
| What's your latest album purchase? First UK press of Floyd's A Nice Pair, which is a two-fer of their first two albums. The matrix numbers on Piper at the Gate are the same as the original pressing, which is now unobtanium. The two-fer, released in the early 70's, is gettable and b... | |
| Top 10 Snafus to avoid when building a good rig The only way I know of to build a system to one's satisfaction is in-home trial. Not always easy for a given component and even when available, does not always allow enough time to live with the component, 'dial it in' (by making other system chan... | |
| Back on Black: LED ZEP 1-3 JKarczmit- if you look at the descriptions on Music Direct, the deluxe LP version of LZ 1 is three LPs, two of which are out-takes or previously unreleased material. LZII and LZIII are two LPs each, and the description says the second LP in each i... | |
| What was your first 'hi-end' system? I had two systems at around the same time, circa 1973-74. Both used a Panny SP 10 table, an Audio-Technica arm, and a variety of cartridges. (I still have the turntable though I haven't used it in decades.)The 'solid state' system used a Quintesse... | |
| Vinyl ratings for audiophiles Phase- In some ways, the more primitive the recording equipment the better the sound: the material just leaps out of the grooves without a hint of stridency. Some examples: the very first pressings of Alice Cooper's Love it to Death on the pink St... |