whart
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| Hot Stamper - myth or reality? It was a pretty balanced article, i guess. Tom Port is not without controversy and this didn't really stir up anything new. As to the system, doesn't surprise me- there were a lot of well-known engineers who monitored over pretty middle of the roa... | |
| Best copy of Wish You Were Here I have the UK first press, and the black shrink was one of several attributes of the packaging, there was other indicia as well that had to do with how the jacket was cut, but my memory fails me. These early UK pressings sound pretty good, but I s... | |
| KLH MODEL NINE ELECTROSTATIC SPEAKERS. My suggestion above also concerned the relationship between the speakers and the amp; electrostats have some pretty extreme impedance dips (at least the older Quads did) and present a difficult load for some amps. So, apart from the fact that the ... | |
| KLH MODEL NINE ELECTROSTATIC SPEAKERS. You may want to reach out to Janszen, whose father designed the 9. His company, in Ohio, offers restoration services, and he may have some tips on how to check and bring a pair back into service to avoid problems. They were glorious speakers in th... | |
| Have you heard the Ellington Masterpieces reissue? It is a very good record. FWIW, there's another record that Fremer mentioned in passing (not a review of the album, but if I recall, in the context of an equipment review). It is also superb, an old 6-eye you should be able to find for 10 bucks. A... | |
| Refurbish a Dynaco St70 Rodman, thanks for the additional, and corrected info. I remember Pelpoe Industries as well. My point was that modding that amp has some serious cred behind it, and if memory serves, some of the earliest ARC offerings were based on Dyna mods. | |
| Refurbish a Dynaco St70 Pry- I meant with modifying Dynacos, not where he lived. :) | |
| Refurbish a Dynaco St70 Isn't this where Wm. Zane Johnson started too? | |
| Retired audiophile? Even if you had unlimited means and a willingness to buy, try and experiment constantly with new gear, accessories and 'tweaks,' I think you'd find, as i have, that all of these activities may have little bearing on your enjoyment of your system a... | |
| Classic rock: best remasters +1 Czarivey re Porky/Pecko. | |
| Classic rock: best remasters There are only two RL Zep records among the original studio albums as far as I know- LZII and HOTH; the latter is not an expensive record, II is tres cher. The Piros re-do's from the 70's are very good, and don't command much of a premium, though ... | |
| Classic rock: best remasters Phase: you are limiting the field if we exclude "premium" re-do's (e.g. the SRV set at 45 is just phenomenal). Limited to 'standard' releases, I agree re Steve Wilson's work: his remix of Tull's Benefit is far more coherent than the UK or US first... | |
| Audiophile Boston pressing? The first, self-titled album was reissued and remastered a number of times, including by some of the 'audiophile' labels you mention. See, http://www.discogs.com/Boston-Boston/master/59355However, the original album was mastered by Wally T, who wa... | |
| Classic Records vs. Analogue Productions Hey, Myles- agreed that for alot of the records that are reissued as premium audiophile, finding an original isn't just pricey but very difficult if you want a clean, quiet, unmolested player. (I've been on a Vertigo Swirl binge for the last 2 yea... | |
| Classic Records vs. Analogue Productions Rushton: thanks.Fjn/Don: Don't mean to derail this thread for Zep stuff, but I bought a couple of the Zep albums as Classic 45's individually, not p/o the "roadcase." (I also have Zep 1 and III as Classic 33's). As I have posted on other threads h... |