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| Quad ESL 63 In Another League Now Kent does good work. I don't know if we talked about him on another thread, I had him restore my '57s, which I've owned since 1973. I had 63's modified by Crosby for a long time as well. They were good. What stand are you using for yours? I had th... | |
| Koetsu Rosewood - Best/safest way to clean stylus To answer @uberwaltz’s question about what ME is exactly, it is melamine foam. It was originally developed as a soundproofing material and I’ve used it as such --in large sheets combined with mass loaded vinyl- this is not ’acoustic treatment’ thi... | |
| Jazz for aficionados thanks, I do want to avoid the socio-cultural issues raised by the film. So, I guess the better question, more broadly, is classical piano influenced jazz- I found some Jacques Loussier Bach. Others? I guess we all have in our mind's eye (or ear) ... | |
| Reel to reel Thumbs up for @benjieRight. I found the ATR stuff too. Most of the tape heads I know are using it for a "higher fidelity" medium than LP (i use the quotes only because I don’t want to create an argument about whether tape is better than LP, just n... | |
| Jazz for aficionados OK, so riddle me this. I just saw the Green Book and liked it. (I'm not much for Hollywood 'big' movies but thought it was good). I was aware of Don Shirley as a name before and when the movie was first released, researched his recordings, most al... | |
| Reel to reel let’s see @mylesastor@gregberonI don’t know if this will work.Myles writes for Positive Feedback and also has a chat board on audio.Greg is a dealer--very involved in the revival of the hi-end tape phenomenon. (United Home Audio, I think is his re... | |
| Should I expect a discount from dealer for buying and installing complete system I’ll add that despite the fact I haven’t done any major home theatre stuff in a while, I’ve had work done recently, including ethernet stringing, wall punching and routing, by an A/V contractor here in Austin, based on a flat rate. He went into th... | |
| Reel to reel I’d reach out to Myles Astor or Greg Baron, who are both into the high end 15 ips 1/2 track 1/4" playback thing of pre-recorded tapes. But, they should both know what the best current reel tape formulation is and where to get it. A bridge I have n... | |
| CD Transports I’m an analog guy in a digital world... but I decided to finally install a digital front end in my main system. I used an Oppo BDP 95 as an interim step, with a Border Patrol DAC. I bought the entry level CEC transport and it sounds better than th... | |
| Jazz for aficionados I've been on this Nathan Davis kick lately- aside from that recent issue of previously unreleased material from Paris on Sam Records that Mike Fremer reviewed, some of the albums he recorded once he returned to the US, and took a position as the h... | |
| Should I expect a discount from dealer for buying and installing complete system It’s been a while since I messed with home theatre in a serious way, but the last big one had lots of complications in terms of pulling cable, getting it all working- lots of gear racked up on big custom made Mid Atlantic racks- my electrician at ... | |
| An Excellent New Read: "A Brief History Of Why Artists Are No Longer Making A Living..." @ivan_nosnibor the people that often rail against the system most are other lawyers! No slight read into your post. I teach now part time, I’m retired, and the challenge is helping young earnest people who are smart find a path that is meaningful ... | |
| An Excellent New Read: "A Brief History Of Why Artists Are No Longer Making A Living..." Offhand, the only city in that video that played a significant role in the pop music scene was Detroit. Motown moved to the West Coast by 1972 and in its wake were a lot of seasoned players left without work. One of them, Wendell Harrison, formed ... | |
| An Excellent New Read: "A Brief History Of Why Artists Are No Longer Making A Living..." I think I have a fair idea notwithstanding @orpheus10 ’s comments. I worked as an outside lawyer and did a considerable amount of work in the music industry-- mainly music publishing but a fair amount of work for the labels, major and minor-- as a... | |
| An Excellent New Read: "A Brief History Of Why Artists Are No Longer Making A Living..." Very few musicians create and survive because of the industry, they do so in spite of it. Some of the great "record men" like Mo Ostin, Ahmet Ertegun and Chris Blackwell, to name three, were able to run a business that fostered some great music.To... |