whart
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| Walking Into A Brick & Mortar High End Audio Store Back in the old days, circa the 70's-80's, I used to frequent various hi-fi dealers, and would buy from them. This was in the days before Audiogon and dealers often had trade-ins. (The early Stereo Exchange in NYC used to be a mecca for used high ... | |
| Best live albums from 1970's college days I pulled out the copy of Delany & Bonnie and friends with Eric Clapton which I bought new, when it was released. At the time, i wasn't into it, b/c it veered country, and away from the Cream/Blind Faith thing that I was into from Mr. Clapton. ... | |
| Fairpoint Convention Lot's of stuff on the Net about 4 Men reissues. The only one I recall off the top of my head is Dusty in Memphis, which was close to unlistenable. I later replaced it with, I think, the Chad/Analogue Productions re-do. I'm not against reissues, bu... | |
| Fairpoint Convention As a kid from the States, I wasn't plugged into the early UK folk/psych scene at the time. (I'm not counting the acts that got famous, but some of the more obscure ones). I've started to dig into this stuff and it is wonderful. L&L and Unhalfb... | |
| Led Zep Reissue on vinyl Moryoga- I doubt anybody questioned your sincerity, and the disclaimer was probably unnecessary, but the usual boilerplate also requires that you state "if you have an erection lasting more than 4 hours, consult a doctor immediately.":) | |
| Meddle US Orig Pressing....pecking order Better, Viridian. I had forgotten about that site, now that I've been buying some of the other Floyd albums (apart from Dark Side and Wish You Were Here), it is helpful to me. Thank you. | |
| FYI Pink Floyd Nick Mason is a very serious car guy; he did a book a decade or more ago, i forget the title, it may be 'At Speed,' where in conjunction with a professional driver they road tested a number of cars in his collection. I seem to recall that he has s... | |
| Led Zep Reissue on vinyl Low, call them. That's how i usually deal w/ them if there is an issue over shipping or whatever. Perhaps the personal touch will make a difference. It seems absurd that a damaged product is considered acceptable, even if useable. If you ordered a... | |
| Meddle US Orig Pressing....pecking order Did you check discogs? That's usually where I start if looking for matrix info. I just got a UK first of Meddle, cleaned it but haven't listened to it yet. PS: check the 1975 US reissue, it looks like that might match yours. Sometimes, you'll get ... | |
| Led Zep Reissue on vinyl Low- that just seems wrong. My dealings with Music Direct are largely limited to the occasional new MoFi (since they own that label). I've spoken over the phone and by email on a few occasions with the MD people and they were usually helpful and n... | |
| Top 3 Most Overrated Artists contest in R&R. Cz- didn't you start this thread by saying that the Stones were overrated? And now you are saying that those who don't listen to them have bad taste in music? I'm lost.... | |
| What most important in the sound of your cables? There is a pretty big difference between the first version of the Veloce line stage and the second, so-called "Lithio" version; the circuitry, the tubes used, and in my trials of both versions in my system, the ultimate sound of the product. I ult... | |
| Most overrated audio manufacturers? Paladin: Unfortunately, even a Bugatti today isn't a Bugatti in the sense of the original marque. The pre-war ones, particularly the racing cars, are truly special. (And without trying to sound condescending, because I'm not and actually love old ... | |
| My LED ZEP 2 pressing anything special FWIW, I just got a first press UK a2/b2 of LZII- it is, as the rockitman and jsman both said, a really worthwhile, 'go to' quality sounding pressing; I find it darker sounding, overall, than the 'RL,' has profound bass and real image depth; it als... | |
| Most overrated audio manufacturers? Runnin, maybe that's true, but what you just described is perfectly consistent with what I was referring to~ the 'delta' between the hype and the reality. |