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Who is your favorite instrumentalist or instrumental group?
  @stuartk: Love The Hellecasters! I saw them live once, opening for Michael Nesmith. Their first two albums were on Nesmith's label Pacific Arts Audio.    
Top DYI Speaker Options
  Another enthusiastic recommendation of the GR Research DIY kits, both loudspeakers and the amazing OB/Dipole Servo-Feedback Woofer GRR owner/designer Danny Richie created in a collaborative effort with Rythmik Audio owner/designer Brian Ding.    
Movie/film suggestions.
  I just watched a cool little movie named Lucky. It stars Harry Dean Stanton, with some other interesting characters including David Lynch. It's set in a desert, and the landscape is beautiful (if you like deserts).    
Do you have a speaker that’s not a big name maker but punches above its weight? Why?
  Eminent Technology LFT-8b and 8c.   https://youtu.be/Uc5O5T1UHkE?si=6GOpTpR900Kpn4oP   https://youtu.be/R4vC3V00-3Y?si=8DiHcpIzADuHRznD    
Question On Magnepan 3.7i and 3.7x Vocal Levels
  https://youtu.be/_bpDP0jxj4k?si=hbdOOAobiGpQMbhh    
New In 2025
  Two new books just received:   - Richard Manuel: His Life And Music, From The Hawks And Bob Dylan To The Band. Written by Stephen T. Lewis. - Smile: The Rise, Fall & Resurrection Of Brian Wilson. Written by David Leaf.    
Who is your favorite instrumentalist or instrumental group?
  Good nominee @slaw. As you know, another is Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives. Coincidentally their latest album Space Junk contains all instrumental material. My first favorite band was The Ventures; Los Straitjackets has been follo... 
Chess Records reissue series is about to commence!
  @slaw: Jackpot Records has chosen some great albums to reissue, not the typical audiophile titles. And Jackpot is located in Portland Oregon, so I can buy them at their retail shop, saving on shipping and sales tax (Oregon has none). It's a ver... 
Can single ended 211 or 212 amplifiers drive magnepan 20.7?
  Correct on all counts @thegreenman! Modjeski was able to coax 100 watts out of a single pair of KT-88 tubes not by driving them hard, but by doing just as you suggest---creating a wonderful circuit. You can read all about the amp (in both origi... 
New In 2025
  @slaw: The first couple of times I saw Stained Glass, they were a quartet, and went by the name The Trolls. They shortly thereafter became a trio, with the Stained Glass name. I have their first album (Crazy Horse Roads, Capitol Records ST 154)... 
Open Reel Curious
  By the way, Ken Kessler (long time equipment reviewer at the UK magazine Hi-Fi News & Record Review) has been writing a column for the PS Audio online Copper Magazine, in which for quite a while now he has been focusing on reel-to-reel mach... 
The Aaron Copland / Bob Dylan connection
  Here’s an interesting short (6:41) video of Time Out Of Mind recording engineer Mark Howard talking about the making of the album:   https://youtu.be/cxXkaAmPg6A?si=Nq-krJVtOsTTRSro   And another:   https://youtu.be/WeJVhQ3s9cI?si=yuXi_Nw... 
Warped record
  Of the LP's I receive from Amazon, about 20-25% of them come with a serious crease in at least one corner of the outer cardboard jacket, a result (I presume) of the LP being grabbed by a corner of the jacket by the Amazon employee pulling the L... 
What is your vinyl commitment?
  Actually Keith, If I remember correctly your VPI HW-19 is a Mk.2 (I sold it to you, and mounted your Moerch arm on it.). The original HW-19 ("Mk.1") had a textured fibreboard top plinth and an aluminum platter, the Mk.2 an acrylic plinth and a ... 
The Aaron Copland / Bob Dylan connection
  @jafant: Hmm, what’s left to do a deep dive into? I have recently added some of the expanded Bootleg Series albums (specifically Volumes 1-3 on 5-LP's, Vol.11 on 3-LP's, Vol.12 on 3-LP's, Vol.13 on 4-LP's, Vol.14 on 2-LP's, Vol.15 on 3-LP's, V...