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| A life sentence!!! Oops @jasonbourne71. I think you makes it three, as @whart mentioned he still has a pair of QUADS up and running. I too have a pair, but they’re still down in SoCal in storage. I gotta bring them up to the Northwest this Spring. I have all the... | |
| One of my favorite bands, one that many have never heard. And here's one in which they exhibit their sense of humour: https://youtu.be/pI-J87OMqp8?si=w1038_lNqV7gGs1l | |
| One of my favorite bands, one that many have never heard. Here’s a clip of the current NRBQ line up performing a song from the band’s early days, found on the album they did with Carl Perkins. I love the Telecaster playing of guitarist/singer Scott Ligon. When I saw them live at a club in Portland a ... | |
| New In 2025 On April 25th, Legacy Records releases a new Willie Nelson album, one of him preforming songs written by Rodney Crowell exclusively. Good for Rodney, a personal favorite of mine. If you don’t have his 2001 album The Houston Kid (Sugar Hill Reco... | |
| One of my favorite bands, one that many have never heard. @bassbuyer: Yeah, if record company owners could figure out how to know which bands and/or solo artists were going to capture the hearts and minds of the general public their jobs would be much easier. My musical taste runs to cult-level music... | |
| HumminGuru vs.Degritter After watching a recent YouTube video about the Humminguru and Degritter---in which the poster brought up the matter of air drying an LP after an ultrasonic cleaning will leave behind anything in the water in the record grooves (one groove per ... | |
| Need to learn about Audio Research ARC in the 1970’s was at that time relatively reasonably priced. In ’73 the SP-3 pre-amp was $595, the D-75 $995, the D-51 $695. It was when the Mark Levinson brand appeared that the price wars started, as well as "all out" assaults on advanci... | |
| What are your top 3 favorite turntable companies (manufacturer) and why? For anyone considering an AR table, look for one from the 1980's, the ES-1. The 60's model has a terrible tonearm, the ES-1 could be had with no arm or a Jelco-sourced (I belive) one. I have had three AR's, starting with the original back in 1... | |
| A life sentence!!! @ticat: Another Zeta tonearm owner! An overlooked classic for sure. I’m surprised there has been only one mention of the QUAD ESL. | |
| Need to learn about Audio Research @daveyf: When I was living in Palm Desert (115-120 degrees fahrenheit in the Summer) my system included a pair of Atma-Sphere M60s, with a total of 16 output tubes. It's a great sounding amp, but they put out a LOT of heat! Roger Modjeski reco... | |
| Need to learn about Audio Research My history with ARC dates back to 1973, when I got one of the systems @whart referred to above: a pair of Magneplanar Tympani T-I’s bi-amped with Dual 75 and Dual 51 power amps, an SP-3 pre-amp in front (I now own a pair of the Tympani T-IVa’s,... | |
| One of my favorite bands, one that many have never heard. @ezwind: I’ve been meaning to get myself a copy of the lone 1970 Wildweeds album for some time now. It is on Vanguard Records, and all but one song on the album were written by Al Anderson. I have Al’s 1972 debut solo album (on LP and CD), als... | |
| One of my favorite bands, one that many have never heard. You guys on the East Coat make me green with envy! NRBQ came out to the West Coast infrequently. Here they are on some TV show, being introduced by David Sanborn, who sometimes performed with them live: https://youtu.be/p-6qGgL7kyk?si=h... | |
| A life sentence!!! For the source component, it’s the Townshend Audio Elite Rock turntable/Zeta tonearm/London Reference pickup combination. For loudspeakers, it’s a pair of Eminent Technology LFT-8b loudspeakers with a pair of Rythmik Audio/GR Research OB/Dipole... | |
| What are your top 3 favorite turntable companies (manufacturer) and why? @slofut: I too have a special fondness for the Townshend Audio Elite Rock. If I could have only one table, it would be the one. With a Zeta arm mounted on it, and a London pickup tracing the LP groove, I get the sound I'm most satisfied with. |