tommy_in_sylmar
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| Personal turntable/cartridge evolution well, in 1970, i had this electrophonic combo unit. it looked good with its wood cabinet. but i knew there was more, i had a neighbor with ar3s and dyna tubes and a garrard tt and had seen other stuff in the barracks in guam. pacific stereo, here ... | |
| The Best Live album by dire straits. as soon as the open the mic, it crackles with life. youre in the crowd and its all good. another live one i like is the wattstax concert from the 70s. got it on doulble LP. tate used it to demo his sq decoder at the 78 ces in vegas. | |
| I need a female jazz vocalist. No Krall, No Norah patricia barber-a distortion of love-quite ethereal.kendra shank-afterglow-on mapleshade. excellent perf and recording.carmen mac rae-live at the great american music hall. must have. | |
| Best Live Recordings:Performance and recording dan hicks and the acoustic warriors-shootin straightdire straits-on the nightcowboy junkies-200 more miles...regards...tr | |
| Audiogon "Recordings to Die for" a complete summary here are just a quick couple--kraftwerk-electric caferobbie robertson-'robbie robertson' patricia barber-a distortion of lovekurt elling-the messenger...regards...tr | |
| Jazz Recommendations for an online jazz source try kkjz.org. it is kkjz 88.1 in LA. jazz all the time, blues on sat and sun from 2-7pm, jazz on the latin side on friday 6-10p. the greatest hosts on the air, chuck niles, sam fields and more. this is the cal state long ... | |
| Best Male Singers of the 20th Century let me start by eliminating jimmy scott. he is one of the best female voices maybe. were he genderly female, i might be able to get into his singing. ENOUGH of that. sinatra is surely one after he stopped using vibrato in his singing, and especial... | |
| Home made turntable isolation for the isolation of the tt, try this: you could call it 'hifitommy's toysRus isolation trick'. go to tRu and buy two paks of children's water toys that have the rings and arm floaties. use the four arm floaties from the two packages of toys. infl... | |
| Buying LPs - where do you shop http://www.recordcollectorsguild.org/record_stores/record_stores.htmlthis should keep a lot of you busy for a while....regards...tr | |
| Why Linear Tracking never took off? my first was a rabco st4 and it was a joy except the wow and flutter. i have a mapleknoll athena and its a VIVID sounding player but i need a quieter and more reliable pump and now i have a pioneer PLL1000A which is the exact tt as the phase linea... | |
| Who is your overall favorite guitarist? kenny burrell. or carlos montoya. of course les paul and chet could do it all. ever seen LP live? he PROVES it. | |
| What companies, out of Business, did you LOVE??? dynaco-the a25 spks were a SUPERIOR bargain, even if they wouldnt play loud (unless you stacked em like advents), the pas3x and st70, and dont forget the qd-1.fried and imf-lows to the center of the earth, imaging like surround sound w/2 ch. bud w... | |
| Anybody using Audio Advisor's Record Doctor II? i used one for years on a low level basis and the fan impellers self destructed. they want $100 for repair. screwthem, my next expenditure will be for a vpi, much more robust. | |
| Maplenoll Mailing Discussion List this is the most VIVID tt ive ever heard in my system. between a noisy stock pump and a slight mishap, it needs some work. it is one of my THREE straight line trackers, i just love tangential tracking. the spring suspension is defeated and i may j... | |
| Coping in an Age of Uncertainty its beginning to look like sacd is going to survive. it doesnt take a lot of money to try this format. the low end sony dvd/sacd/cdps are one way to economize. i got a ns500v for $161 delivered, sacd sounds fine, dvd is fine, and redbook cd is XLN... |