whart
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| Preamp recommendations for Quad IIs with ESL-57s I bought my 57s in 1973 and ran them until around 1990, when I shelved them for a pair of Crosby modded 63s. When I moved from NY to Texas in 2017, I sent the 57s to Kent McCollum for a sympathetic restoration, had Bill Thalmann restore my Quad II... | |
| Your method for discovering great music. I album surf and research, get tips from friends. I had a Qobuz account for a little while and found that it hit the bigger titles, but not the rare groove stuff in post-bop jazz. I think the process of discovery is itself quite rewarding and I en... | |
| Here is my beef @willgolf - before the Internet, this was done through individual contacts and clubs, among other things (events too, something we haven't had much of recently). Audiogon does not have a lock on your ability to communicate with folks in the commun... | |
| How does solo piano help you evaluate audio gear? @serjio 've had my pianos voiced at some expenditure of time (and some money). They sounded fabulous for the moment, and maybe two weeks out before souring. Bernstein's guy told me to get rid of the old Bosendorfer and buy a Steinway. You are ri... | |
| How does solo piano help you evaluate audio gear? But @Frogman- you have an advantage in that you know the range and color of the full orchestra at "full frequency bandwidth" for real, so you don’t need easy cues to assess home reproduction. You are also exposed to the real thing more than most p... | |
| How does solo piano help you evaluate audio gear? I also listen to the hammer strike, the initial overtones, and their decay. Instructive in terms of how the system handles the whole sonic envelope, not just wide frequency range. I’ve had a couple very good pianos, including a vintage Bosendorfer... | |
| About users with hidden agendas @jjss49 said: "[S]o a word to the wise here, especially newbies, please beware when folks here are trying to ’help’ you by recommending x-y-z, be it equipment, tweaks, cables, fuses ... sometimes they are actually helping themselves even though i... | |
| Eva Cassiday Blew Me Away with her cover of Wayfaring Stranger.... @sbank: Spencer it is this album The smoke you see is my brain frying-- does your head get hot when you think? :) regards, PS: Ken Golden turned me onto this record. | |
| Eva Cassiday Blew Me Away with her cover of Wayfaring Stranger.... @condosound -sorry to disappoint, but I'm not an active musician. Retired copyright lawyer from NYC, now living in Austin where I teach and write (about music, among other things). Thanks for asking. Bill | |
| Eva Cassiday Blew Me Away with her cover of Wayfaring Stranger.... She is/was wonderful. Another singer who still remains below the radar is Googie Coppola. The album is Air by the band of the same name. It was reissued a few years ago, and though some aspects of the original pressing are better the reissue is ve... | |
| Is High End Audio catchin' up with you all? Good one! Thanks for that. | |
| Am I a hopeless audio snob? Buy what you like. At a certain point, the level of performance will only be revealed in direct comparisons. The Technics is still a player- I have an SP-10 that I bought new in 1973 or thereabouts, and it is performing yeoman's duty in a vintage ... | |
| How much “suspension of disbelief do you need?” "Spooky real" is as good a descriptor as any. My observations on the subject: the source material plays a huge role in the sonic outcome. Thus, the audiophile curse of listening to "good" records, limiting oneself if there is music beyond the p... | |
| Why spend more than $25 per piece of equipment on vibration reduction? I have a 250 lb turntable assembly that required a Minus K in an old wooden (restored) period Victorian. It was essential to eliminate footfalls. I don't think this could have been done on the cheap. I had a structural engineer look at it before I... | |
| Headstone I'm planning on a full Viking send off with the burning pyre on a boat launched to the sound of Steppenwolf. Of course, my corpse will be wearing a horned helmet. I keep getting these solicitations from a local crematorium. Like "buy now," "it's... |