List or discuss your favorite music

To Carl, yes I do have some hearing loss, back in the days we didn`t think much about that sort thing, you just got out there and played your soul out for the sake of music. Now to give you some of Stive Smith`s stuff,Vital Information "RAY OF HOPE" here`s one I like from him "THE STRANGER HAND" a new one with some great players on it, he has a few from Steps Ahead, the one they did "live in Tokyo 1986" is great, he`s done a few with Kit Walker. I wear ear protection now on my gigs to keep it to a level I will live with. Greg

Passionate LP's! Female vocals that force me to sit for long hours in front of the system. Jenny Warnes, Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, Sarah McLachlan, Stevie Nicks (only on Buckingham Nicks album). Female Jazz Vocals that are important to me are Anita O'Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Dinah Washington Billie Holiday and Carmen McRae. On a totally crazy note, try "My Life in Bush of Ghosts," particularly "Jezebel Spirit." Please don't take this last suggestion too seriously, the recording is made by dubbing a radio broadcast of a evangelist casting out the devil, and David Byrne and Brian Eno helping with some off beat music. Even if you cannot relate to the strange "southern salvation radio message," the beat is excessively fun.

One more passionate LP, (female vocal). Elizabeth Fraser, the seductive and mystical voice of "This Mortal Coil" and "Cocteau Twins" on 4AD records.

DRUMSGREG: Thanks very much for the info, I'll have to check those out! I'm sure it's been rewarding for you to play the drums for so long. Keep it up! ALBERT: If you can lower yourself to my level in vinyl...just thought I'd let you know how much better I like my Benz LO4 than my Glider. It's not a $10,000 cartridge like yours, but my analog rig will be as good or better than yours SOMEDAY WHEN I CAN AFFORD IT. My interconnect might be better than yours now, but I'm sure that Aesthetix Io of yours is very awesome. Does yours have the stepped attenuators, and do you drive the power amps directly with it (that's how I'd do it for sure)? Do you have the Jacintha "Here's to Ben" LP? Very smooth, but also compressed/mixed sounding. MY FAVORITE ACOUSTIC GUITAR RECORDING IS Analog Production's reissue of "Bola Sete: Tour de Force". IT WOULD DEFINITELY CONVINCE ANYBODY OF THE SUPERIORITY OF VINYL TO CD...don't know about SACD or DVD-A...not that it'll be in those formats in this decade!

Carl, I have heard the LO4, it is an excellent cartridge. The last cartridge I used before my Koetsu Rosewood Signature Platinum was the Benz Ruby, from the same family of designs as your LO4. My choice in audio cable is Purist Dominus RLS. My Aesthetix IO is the version with no volume controls, and I run it into a Viva single ended preamp. I have two outboard power supplies on my IO (custom built by Jim White at Aesthetix) and I have a Callisto ordered from Aesthetix with two outboard power supplies as well. I plan to couple the two together in balanced, with the IO at full out, and run single ended out of the Callisto to the amps. We will see how it works out. No Jacintha yet, but I plan to buy it. I have been spending too much money lately on E-Bay for LP's and with Mosiac Records.