zinfan2
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| What's yer favorite tubes? Sylvania 5751 triple mica blackplates made the most profound difference over any other tube in my setup. Heaven can wait. | |
| Top "covers" Neil Young's Helpless must attract good covers. Try Nick Cave's. I also like Neil's live performance with The Band from The Last Waltz. | |
| Top "covers" Van Morrison's truncated version of Dylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue." It helped get me into music back in the 60s and the opening still gives me shivers.Others of a folky nature:Lucinda Williams' "Here in California" (Kate Wolf)Dave Alvin's ... | |
| Smetana Ma Vlast One Ma Vlast not yet mentioned, but which is among my favorites, is Libor Pesek's on Virgin with the Royal Liverpool Orchestra. | |
| What's Going On?? Sound changes every night One more soul weighing in... I've experienced this too, though thankfully not as frequently as Tomryan--yet as recently as two nights ago. Onhwy61 (Dylan fan, are you?) makes a really good point. And the electrical grid argument makes equally good... | |
| Favorite CD treatments? I second the Herbie's Audio Mat. Other than having to keep it clean (not too difficult really), the only downside I've experienced is forgetting to peel it off after playing the CD. More than once the Herbie's Mat has disappeared into the gaping m... | |
| "New Stock" EH EL34 Fat Boy and TungSol 6550 I'm wondering, what recordings do tube fans like ourselves typically use to test out new tubes, or when trying to determine whether their tubes are delivering the sonic goods over time? I have a short list of CDs for this purpose including Miles D... | |
| how did you find "the gon" I was playing a Beatles LP backwards and distinctly heard a voice say: "Go to DubU DubU DubU Dot Audio Gone Dot Com. I think it was Paul's. | |
| "New Stock" EH EL34 Fat Boy and TungSol 6550 Jayboard, I've put about 10 more hours on the EH Fat Boys since I last posted. But first, what I like about the Svets is their full-roundedness. The highs are very natural with no shrillness. The bass booms impressively when it has to and there is... | |
| What is PRaT PRaT is the kind of comedic "trip and fall" that Chevy Chase excels at. But seriously, Boa2's comments are very interesting and might explain why I prefer listening to, say, Mahler and Strauss songs through my tube CD player while appreciating foo... | |
| "New Stock" EH EL34 Fat Boy and TungSol 6550 I put a quad of EH EL34 Fat Boys in my amp this past week. But I've been laid up with a fever for a couple of days so haven't broken them in yet. Nevertheless, right off the bat, they impressed. My favorite in the past has been the Svetlana. I've ... | |
| Modern classical LP's that I found great lately I recently discovered Delius' 4 violin sonatas, played by Tasmin Little. Highly recommended. It's on Conifer Classics. | |
| Blues /rock: music recommendations? Dave Alvin's latest CD, Ashgrove, should fit your bill, starting with the title song which pays homage to the blues greats that played this legendary LA venue. It really rocks. The rest of the album is just as good and can be sampled on iTunes. | |
| tubes for CAL Alpha I've had the best success, by a wide margin, using Sylvania 5751 blackplates in my Alpha. Female vocals are amazing with these tubes, as are vibes, piano and strings. On the other end of the scale, Mullard CV4004s and Telefunken 12ax7s didn't do m... | |
| Jolida 1301 integrated I have one of these in the bedroom driving a pair of stand-mounted B&W speakers (next upgrade is a sub-woofer). It's not my primary system and I've had it for less than a year, but so far I've been quite satisfied. Right now it has a pair of G... |