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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Mendelssohn - Octet in E, ASMF Ens, ArgoMendelssohn - Sextet in D, Vienna Octet, LondonBorodin - Piano Quintet in c, Vienna Octet, LondonShostakovich - Piano Quintet, Melos Ens, L'Oiseau LyreCHAMBER MUSIC - a glorious gift!!. | |
| Re: Spica Angelus speakers. Help If you like the Angelus, but are looking for a speaker that can deliver more volume into a larger space, consider a used pair of Merlin VSMs. With the BAM module, they have materially more extended lower end than Angelus, and they will play materi... | |
| Hardwoodfloors and Spikes I've had the best results with spikes; I've always found it better to couple the speaker with spikes that to de-couple with a soft material like "rubber" or sorbothane. If you want to protect the appearance of the floor, use a spike cup (or even n... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Ali Akbar Khan (serod) and Sri Swapan Chaudhuri (tabla) on "Maihar" - a marvelous recording by Kavi Alexander, Water Lily Acoustics 10Earlier this evening:Joan Baez, "In Concert" Vanguard VRS 9112 Cannonball Adderley, "Somethin' Else" Blue Note 15... | |
| Record cleaning machine advise, want to buy,"HELP" Hi, Sean. We probably do have similar cleaning routines: I use Disc Doctor fluid and brushes and use the VPI RCM to vacuum off a double rinse with distilled water. For years, I used one of the home brew alcohol-based fluids and was a skeptic about... | |
| Record cleaning machine advise, want to buy,"HELP" Congratulations, Ray! Now just add Disc Doctor brushes and fluid (or RRL) and you'll be in great shape.. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Playing now:Varese: Ameriques; Milhaud: L'homme et son desir; Honegger: Pacific 231, Abravanel/UtahSO, Vanguard SRV 274 Classic Records reissue - WOW!Planned for later:Pentangle: "Cruel Sister", Reprise 6430Na Cabarfeidh: "stick it in your ear" - ... | |
| Avalon: are new models quite better than older ? Luke72, in my system, the Eidolon's bass is very agile, articulate and detailed. I'm driving the Eidolons with Atma-Sphere MA-2 amps and I would say their impact and dynamics in the bass is excellent on full scale orchestral music. (E.g., listenin... | |
| Japanese CD's Red Trumpet has a large selection of Japanese mini-LP Sleeve CDs and other Japanese pressed CDs, and they are regularly importing them on a direct basis.http://www.redtrumpet.com/minilp_store/ | |
| Classic Record RCA 45 rpm reissues - Which? Doug and 4yanx, thanks for your comments; knowing that some people appreciate the input makes the posting worthwhile! And, Doug, its good to know we are hearing the same things.Styx, thanks for adding. My focus in this thread has been on the CLASS... | |
| Classic Record RCA 45 rpm reissues - Which? Ive been doing some comparative listening to 33 rpm vs. 45 rpm versions recently (classical music reissues from Classic Records) and thought I should add to this thread once again. There really is no contest sonically between the 45s and the 33s ... | |
| New to the game, looking for help on this system Thanks for helping out on this one, Spencer. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Tonight: comparative listening to 33 rpm vs. 45 rpm versions of some of Classic Records' RCA reissues. So far, there is no contest sonically (did anyone suspect otherwise?). But, my question in doing this was: "Did the mastering of the 45 rpm vers... | |
| New to the game, looking for help on this system "Coax or toslink" - that is outside of my experience to offer an opinion, sorry. (I'm just a struggling analog person.) Try a search of the archives to see what others may have said on this topic. Or, talk with the folks at The Cable Company. | |
| Philadelphia area audio club? Craig, thanks for your interest. I've sent you an email via Audiogon with more information.. |