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| Best sounding LP nobody else has ever heard of... Also agree on Solid Air, especially love "May You Never" on that one. Great sonics and great songwriting. (Trivia- title track written for/about Nick Drakes' mental issues at the time) | |
| Best sounding LP nobody else has ever heard of... re: Rushton - I have a sealed copy of the "Italian Violin Music" which I haven't gotten around to opening yet. (I have a strange dysfunctional aversion to unsealing lp's). I guess I'll take a deep breath and slice the shrinkwrap when I get home.Al... | |
| Best sounding LP nobody else has ever heard of... Here's a couple more:The Falla Guitar Trio - "Music for 3 Guitars", Concord 1986 - Excellent realistic recording of 3 acoustic guitars with a live presence, perfect imaging, and fantastic material performed flawlessly. Similar to the Liv Glaser, i... | |
| Best sounding LP nobody else has ever heard of... Hi - Thanks for the responses so far. Here's a few I recall right off the bat. I'll also try to stick to titles that can actually be found with a little searching. Here's a few to start:Harold Gomberg w/ Seiji Ozawa - "The Baroque Oboe" - Even if ... | |
| Spare change on a speaker cabinet You have to use special Audiophile pennies (called AuraPennies), which are actually made in China - though they ARE designed in the U.S. Depending on the room size, you need between 6 and 12 pairs.They list for $34.56 per pair (regular), while the... | |
| Technics SL-1200MKII and AT-440MLa, very good Perfectionist - No matter what, you really need a better cartridge before you can make any other equipment decisions. As others have said, the M97 is "ok" for $60, which just means it doesn't outright suck. That's about it - all the music is there... | |
| recommendations - exquiste chamber music on lp There are many, but here's one that's probably up your alley if you liked the Starker. It'll cost ya though (around $40-50 when it shows up on Ebay):BIBER: Mystery Sonatas. Eduard Melkus, violin; Huguette Dreyfus, harpsichord; Lionel Rogg, organ; ... | |
| best classical LP labels My cents re: Columbia and DGI find most Columbia 6 eyes and many 2 eyes to be enjoyable recordings and performances. Even the Eugene Ormandy/Phil Orch. which has little collector value can be great listening.Then there are the Bruno Walter, Glenn ... | |
| best classical LP labels Depends what you mean by "best", but if you're basically asking what would we pick as a ONE "desert island" label - I would have to agree (and expand) Sean's pick by saying Decca/London. Their catalog is huge and varied, and the sonics are almost ... | |
| Running for Dummest question EVER Obviously, you cannot cut a Direct Disc at half speed if it's going to played back at full speed. In fact, just the opposite is desirable - the best DD's are cut at 45 rpm. And 78rpm would be even better.I personally find Direct Disc recording to ... | |
| Misterio: Water Lily Acoustics vs. Audioquest I have an Audioquest copy, and I seriously doubt they would have remastered an existing, highly praised, digital file. Don't know about the Waterlily version, but I find my CD rather underwhelming sonically given the hype - nothing terrible, but ... | |
| Should I sell my Thorens? I'm no fan of older lower-end Thorens' (compared to a VPI) but the problems you describe sound more like arm/cartridge issues. A 160, properly set up with a decent cartridge, won't have the issues that you're describing. If it was a used cart. and... | |
| Rudy Van Gelder: Genius or just lucky? You really have to judge an RVG recording or mastering by the original vinyl, not by CD reissues of 50 year old master tapes. IMO - what distinguishes much of RVG's work is not an "audiophile" wow factor, and by no means a sonic accuracy - but rat... | |
| Dahlquist DQ-20 Fan club Rant For anybody who's interested - someone just posted a very nice pair of 20i's for sale here on Audiogon. They'll likely need new foam on the woofers very soon, if not immediately - but worth the trouble (about a 4 hour diy job). | |
| Unique Guitarist Andy Mckee Found on YouTube Have to 2nd the comment on Michael Manring - probably one of the most underrated bassists of all time. I think probably because the music and ensembles he chooses are a little too laid back to bring much notice to himself. |