Synergistic Red Fuse ...

Andynotadam

I do think the Stardust is a great treat. At the time a very risky undertaking. Middle aged country singer who's career finally took off in the 70's by embracing the outlaw country movement now sings old standards (that your parents listen to). 

Produced by soul great Booker T and recorded at Emmy Lou Harris's L.A .house. Recording equipment was the famous Enactron Mobile  Recording Truck.

Just an outstanding and timeless SACD.

David Pritchard

The vinyl record puts Willie Nelson right there in the room.  His "Redheaded Stranger" album isn't too shabby either. By the way, as a harmonica player, Nelson's harmonica player makes me want to throw all of my harmonicas into the trash. 

oregon papa:

I am glad you like Mickey Raphael's harmonica playing. I am the person who told Mickey to go audition with Willie back in the old days when I lived in Austin. He had just come to Austin and was playing solo gigs at the UT Austin- Student Union tea house. On Stardust, he is playing harmonica while in Emmy Lou's bathroom to get more echo effect. It does not have that digital reverb sound.

Keep the harmonicas - I hear the Harmonicats are holding auditions for their "long awaited" comeback album!

I got a Honda Accord this week. Now if I can just figure out where to install a SR Black fuse in the electrical system the world will be good !

David Pritchard

Nyame,

    Oregonpapa has mentioned in a few posts how much he likes the Von Gaylord interconnects. I also have a loom of the Von Gaylord interconnects in my system, a mix of the top of the line, 7000s and the next step down( previous totl) Chinchilla. If you'll search the threads, you'll find a few posts I made about the Chinchilla. IMHO, the Chinchilla is the best value in the entire line. Only in a very resolving system and under careful evaluation can you distinguish between the top two interconnects. I have an extra 1M pair of Chinchilla that I would be glad to send you to evaluate in your system. If you like them and want to keep them, I'll work out a great deal for you. If you don't like them, just return them to me. The Chinchillas have large barrels, so you need to have adequate gap between the RCA input/output. The interconnects are arrowed for directionality. As Oregonpapa mentioned, Peter Moncrieff of IAR fame wrote a gloating review about the Chinchillas many years ago declaring them the best interconnects on the planet. It was this review that convinced me to try them. I'm glad that I did.

David! ...

That was a totally unexpected story regarding Mickey Raphael. He's a great player. The way he bends the notes is very seductive. I've played since I was nine years old, and still can't even come close to mastering the instrument. The harmonica is an easy instrument to learn to play ... and almost impossible to master. I could never figure out how to draw and blow bend until I took a clinic put on by the great Lee Oskar. Lee actually took me aside and took the time to teach me how to get those sharps and flats. It was all about changing my technique from tongue blocking to lip blocking. Who knew?? Talk about sore jaws.

By the way, one of the CD's that I sent you was Robert Bonfiglio's "Live at the Grand Canyon." He's one of the premier harmonica & chromatic players in the world. Another great, and I have a lot of his music on LP, is Charlie McCoy. Another great note bender. 

Sherod ...

Thanks for the input. The Von Gaylord IC's and speaker cables are truly great. I would recommend them to anyone looking to upgrade their cables. I was using some highly regarded cables before, but Ray Leung's Von Gaylord cables are in a league all by themselves. They have brought my system to an entirely new level. 

OP