Whats on your turntable tonight?

Wallpaper stripping completed!  Just finished patching all of the wallboard issues.  Applied the knockdown texture.  Begin painting soon.  Whew!

Tomorrow I am flying to Washington (state) to spend a day at Daedalus Audio.  Owner, Lou Hinkley, is giving me a tour of the facility and manufacturing process.  I will be auditioning a couple models of speakers.  If they sound as I anticipate them to, I will be placing my order.  About a 4 month build-to-order process.  Check it out at Daedalus Audio website, model Apollo 11 is the likely choice for me but am also considering the Poseidon.  Very stable impedance curve and very friendly to tube amplifiers.  96db efficiency.  Owners reviews describe exactly what I am l looking for.

Listening to my box of Beethoven string quartets, I realized I have not listened to any of his symphonies for a while, so….

Szell conducts Beethoven - The Nine Symphonies. The Cleveland Orchestra. Columbia Masterworks 7LP box, 1974 reissue, originally 1964.

As usual, will start with No. 1 and see where it goes….

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What is up with this captcha verification??????? Is anyone else getting this?

@mammothguy54 

Nice Joel, have a nice trip! Very cool. Seems like you might be pretty convinced even prior to the trip 😉

Thanks Brian.  Yes, I am somewhat convinced but still need to hear them.  My present Dynaudio speakers (bought them about 15 months ago) I bought without auditioning them.  I got them for dealer cost, brand new model, but they just didn't float my boat.  So, this time I am going to audition the speakers, and after I have done a ton of research on them.  I need to make sure, this time.  Fortunately, I can sell my Dynaudio speakers for very close to what I paid for them.  The model is Contour 60i, if anyone knows someone who may be interested in them.

And yeah, what's this cr$p about authentication with "I'm Not a Robot"

@mammothguy54

Joel, just took a peek at them. Dang, beautiful boxes he creates. If they sound as good as they look, cha ching!

Very exciting.

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I have a feeling with all the spam, I guess they decide to use authorization to combat it? I sure hope this is temporary, as it is a pain in da butt.