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| A perfect song? What are your choices? Bowie: RocknRoll Suicide, Golden Years Iggy Pop: Dum Dum Boys, Seek and Destroy Beatles: Tax Man, Savoy Shuffle I'm gonna assert that if you can listen to any of these, without singing along, that you can downsize and repurpose your list... | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Bass Communion I Steven Wilson's dark ambient masterpiece, the 2018 RSD reissue on tonefloat records | |
| Turned back into a music lover That's what happened to me. And yet, I have big big plans: a new house chosen with a dedicated music room in , Carbon Quatros, Ref 250 SE , Ref5 SE.. But I'm now a record listener and collector. I've fallen in love with Stranded Records, Secret ... | |
| Square room Soundstage?? Yes, treatment will help. I get excellent imaging in my 12x12x8 room. Sent the dimensions to GIK, treated 1st and 2nd reflection points ( Including ceiling ) and it still took 3 years to finalize speaker placement. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? The Life Aquatic- lots of Bowie covers by a lone, unaccompanied Frenchman with a guitar. | |
| When choosing new Speakers, what matters most to you? That they are Vandersteens. | |
| Best Phono You've Heard Under $2200 Sutherland 20/20 + LPS Oodles better than the Lehman and Rega units I also tried | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Let it Be, Giles re-mix | |
| What were the radio stations of your youth that helped you on your music/audio journey? KPFA, KPFB in Berkeley, KFCF in Fresno- the later reached my adolescent home town in Tulare Co, and Tuesday night was Maximum Rock and Roll in the early 80's | |
| Who will soon be going to a live concert? Saw the Residents last Friday in SF- vaccine carding required in a small venue. The wait for Roger Waters at a huge venue goes on. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Starless and Bible Black. Period, Jonathon Coleclough | |
| Nicks or McVie..... NicksTo be fair, I may have been mesmerized by a witch | |
| Old Amps that can still Kick Butt McCormack DNA: Excellent when new 30 years ago, phenomenal when rebuilt by the designer at SMc Audio. | |
| Upscale Audio and Primaluna I've bought from Upscale several times, VPI table, Hana cartridge, Sutherland phono pre, and Pro-Ject record vacuum. Hell, just noticed I'm wearing their t-shirt! Each piece first rate, and I'm collecting and listening to albums like I did 40 year... | |
| Linn LP12 Black Felt Mat How do you keep it on ? Had the same issue with a VPI. Started using a wet-vac cleaner on my records and the static vanished. |