Archive through May 11, 2007
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Silver Member Username: Mike3Wiley, Tx USA Post Number: 359 Registered: May-06 | John Lennon Collection - QUIEX II on the Linn Wrapping up about 7 hours of listening. Took Jan's advice and moved my 2 channel system off of the wall with my HT system. Now the 2 channel system is facing the length of the room instead of the width. Speakers are between 7' to 8' off the back wall, 4' off the side walls, 8' from me. Room is 23' by 16'6". If you read "Wrapping up 7 hours of listening", then read "Took Jan's advice..." you can more or less sort out that I believe that Jan is very knowledgeable and an outstanding resource. |
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Gold Member Username: Arande2Just a matte... Missouri Post Number: 2360 Registered: Dec-06 | On Broadway |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 6984 Registered: Dec-04 | Listened to Elton John today in the car. I swear it was 'Don't let your son go down on me'. |
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Gold Member Username: Stu_pittIrvington, New York USA Post Number: 1788 Registered: May-05 | I was listening to Experience Hendrix on my iPod while working out. I swear it was 'Excuse me, while I kiss this guy.' |
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Gold Member Username: Arande2Just a matte... Missouri Post Number: 2361 Registered: Dec-06 | Haha ^ That's what my sister used to think.  |
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Silver Member Username: StryvnPost Number: 164 Registered: Dec-06 | The Police Zenyatta Mondatta- Voices Inside My Head is such a nice groooove. |
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Silver Member Username: GavdawgUpstate, New York Post Number: 615 Registered: Nov-06 | Sarah Brghtman... Love her "Dive" album. |
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New member Username: BobevansPost Number: 7 Registered: Apr-07 | Modern and Contemporary Furniture. Free Shipping! http://www.sleekspace.com |
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Gold Member Username: My_rantzAustralia Post Number: 1351 Registered: Nov-05 | Sleek space eh Bob? Like the space inside your head maybe? |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 4626 Registered: Feb-05 | Larry Goldings Trio "Sweet Science'. |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7027 Registered: Dec-04 | An album side from the Dave Clark Five on the radio, I can't name a song. How many hits did they have? |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 4634 Registered: Feb-05 | Latin Jazz hour on XM channel 70 Real Jazz!!! Don't forget that April is jazz appreciation month...it's almost over so go out and see some live jazz tonight! |
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Silver Member Username: SemNew York USA Post Number: 666 Registered: Mar-04 | In between watching the NFL draft and puttering around the house this weekend I listened to 4 legends and one little-known (but shouldn't be) songwriter. Paul Simon - Graceland Bob Welch - His Fleetwood Mac Years and Beyond Al Green - I'm Still in Love With You Chris Orbach - Safely Through the Night Burton Cummings - Up Close and Alone |
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Gold Member Username: Arande2Just a matte... Missouri Post Number: 2390 Registered: Dec-06 | I got back from another band concert I was in today. That's what I WAS listening to. I plan to get the CD. Overview: I went, watched the 6th grade, picked up a tuba I haven't played in like a year and not used to. I then went up with the 7th grade and played the music for the first time AT THE CONCERT. That was a hoot since every 7th grader was like HUH????? I then went up with my grade and went crazy with dynamics and all that. I watched the high school and liked the dynamics. I couldn't feel it. Then I watched the jazz band play "Brick House, Ricky Don't Lose that Number" among others. I then watched the high shcool art teacher play guitar really fast and he's voted the #1 guitarist around here and all the other band directors etc. supported the band with their own solos. Then there was a drum set quintet (5 D-sets). I could almost feel it but not quite with them all kicking the bass drum. It was pretty cool, I tell ya. I then watched the Winter Drumline go crazy with "Christmas Train." I could definitely feel the power of all 10 bass drums slamming away along with the timpani and all the other percussive instruments. I hope I can get a CD, 'cuz they recorded it. I then went to my high school friend and we joked around (I mean literally fell over laughing and going all goofy). Thanks for listening. Sorry for grammatical errors I might've made. My sister is pushing for the computer. She only gave me 5 minutes to type it.  |
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Bronze Member Username: NoutPost Number: 93 Registered: Mar-06 | Richard Strauss' Don Quixote. George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra on Sony Heritage Masterworks. This is probably the best recorded cd I own. Recorded in 1959, but the sound is so real, even better than most Mercury Living Presence recordings I have on cd. My cheap cd player seems to really like this recording and morphs out of sheer joy into a SACD player. My humble Japanese amp transforms into a high-end McIntosh pre-amp power amp combi...could it possibly sound any better than this? Enough about the sound, it's the music especially, IMO the best work Strauss has written (his "4 letzter Lieder" comes close). Szell's reading is faultless to my ears, just the right balance between a fair amount of orchestral polish, tonal beauty and rhythmic, flexible playing. |
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Silver Member Username: StryvnPost Number: 168 Registered: Dec-06 | Now there's a happy listener! It don't get no better n' that right there.....no matter what yer listenin' to. Enjoy, Nout. Metallica on the cheapo headphones gettin' fired up for exams. Thanks Stu!! |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 4638 Registered: Feb-05 | Good post Nout..indeed that is a good recording. A reminder about one of America's all time greatest orchestra's. I have another of Szell and the Cleveland's Strauss recordings on Sony. I must admit though that for me the Vier letzte Lieder especially the Szell/Schwartzkopf and Janowski/Isokoski recordings transcend all other Strauss. |
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Silver Member Username: StefanomVienna, VA United States Post Number: 524 Registered: Apr-06 | Sgt Pepper for me this evening. I enjoy singing along to it, although that probably destroys the recording... |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 4639 Registered: Feb-05 | The recording will still be fine Stephen...those around you may not have an opportunity to enjoy it...but it will remain unaffected. |
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Silver Member Username: StryvnPost Number: 169 Registered: Dec-06 | I had a good friend tell me once to sing like nobody is listening. So I do. And many wish they weren't. |
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Silver Member Username: GavdawgUpstate, New York Post Number: 624 Registered: Nov-06 | Nestor Torres... "Dances, Prayers, and Meditations" |
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Gold Member Username: Arande2Just a matte... Missouri Post Number: 2393 Registered: Dec-06 | Sgt Pepper wooo I'm listening to that too! |
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Silver Member Username: GavdawgUpstate, New York Post Number: 628 Registered: Nov-06 | You jazz fans really need to check Sophie Millman out. She is an up and coming artist in the jazz community, and hopefully is here to stay. Her voice is sweet and smooth, but sounds older than her years. I believe she is 23 if I recall correctly. Here is her website. You guys really should check it out. I am in love with her voice. Not what I would classify as "unique" per-say, but just fabulous. http://www.linusentertainment.com/sophiemilman2006/main.htm |
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Silver Member Username: GavdawgUpstate, New York Post Number: 629 Registered: Nov-06 | She has a new album coming out sometime this summer according to the intro that I bypassed. I just linked straight to the website. Those of you that like Eliane Elias will more than likely LOVE Sophie Millman :-) |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 4652 Registered: Feb-05 | Bill Frisell "Unspeakable". |
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Gold Member Username: Arande2Just a matte... Missouri Post Number: 2406 Registered: Dec-06 | Tom Petty "You Don't Know How It Feels" from the Wildflowers album. |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7109 Registered: Dec-04 | I am listening to the purring of a cat, on my lap, in the comfort of my own home. Finally. |
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Gold Member Username: Arande2Just a matte... Missouri Post Number: 2409 Registered: Dec-06 | Phew. |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 4654 Registered: Feb-05 | Nuck, I'm afraid to ask....is it a real cat or played or the Rega!!! |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7114 Registered: Dec-04 | It was little Leo, our demented cat. I will have to wait till this evening to power up the Rega on the Classe, night shift sleeping at the moment. So very nearfield listening to Crime of the Century, over coffee, with the tubes and Ling's. |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7126 Registered: Dec-04 | Even in the quitest moments |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 4660 Registered: Feb-05 | I just bought "Even in the Quietest Moments" on vinyl day before yesterday. |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7130 Registered: Dec-04 | See, Art, even you can be as cool as me |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 4661 Registered: Feb-05 | Cooler...mine's on vinyl!!! |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7136 Registered: Dec-04 | Art, I dig. Kid oughta the house, the big dawg is barkin' again. Who would'a guessed Mellencamps'uh huh' on the Rotel/Classe. Outstanding. From upstairs, the band is in my basement. |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 4662 Registered: Feb-05 | Freddie Hubbard "Blue Spirits" and "Ready for Freddie", followed by Donald Byrd "Free Form" and "Byrd in Hand". |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7141 Registered: Dec-04 | Not on the job today, Art? James Taylor Live! on the Apollo/tubes. |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 4663 Registered: Feb-05 | Sonny Clark "Cool Struttin". "Workin" with the Miles Davis Quintet. |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 4664 Registered: Feb-05 | Blossom Dearie. |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 4665 Registered: Feb-05 | Dave Holland Quintet "Prime Directive". |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7144 Registered: Dec-04 | Naim pure cd. Thanks, Stu. |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7145 Registered: Dec-04 | JT was so good on the Apollo/tubes this aft, a replay for melady tonight. Handyman Smooooth, brothers, smoooooth |
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Gold Member Username: Stu_pittIrvington, New York USA Post Number: 1819 Registered: May-05 | The Doors "Nuck, Inc." Right back at ya Nuck. |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 4668 Registered: Feb-05 | Maria Schneider "Concert in the Garden". |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 4669 Registered: Feb-05 | Patricia Barber Live "A Fortnight in France". |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7154 Registered: Dec-04 | The best of The Band Capitol 134485D |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 4672 Registered: Feb-05 | Prokofiev/Shostakovich - Violin Concertos Dimitry Sitkovetsky, violin London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Colin Davis (Prokofiev) BBC Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Davis (Shostakovich) Virgin Classics |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7162 Registered: Dec-04 | Shostakovich...didn't he play for the Red Wings? |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 4675 Registered: Feb-05 | The Battlefield Band "Anthem for the Common Man" followed by Malcolm Dalgish and Grey Larsen "Banish Misfortune" both on vinyl. |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7171 Registered: Dec-04 | Max Webster 'A million vacations' on the deck outback, under Helen's Pagoda, on the JVC Kaboom box, JD over cracked ice, beer chaser. The JVC box is high up on my recommended list. |
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Gold Member Username: Arande2Just a matte... Missouri Post Number: 2415 Registered: Dec-06 | Cake- Going the Distance ^^ mostly for the bassline ^^ |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 4677 Registered: Feb-05 | JD over cracked ice hmmm, closest I can come is Jim Beam Black over my tongue (I skip the ice). About time for the twice weekly movie to appease Sherilyn...tonight "The Queen"...last night "Volver" which was very good I might add. |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7172 Registered: Dec-04 | The Queen is exceptionally good. |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7173 Registered: Dec-04 | Jim Beam Black...how do I type the happy Homer Simpson uttering? Cheers, Art. |
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Silver Member Username: TwebbzOakland Park, Florida USA Post Number: 487 Registered: Apr-04 | "Hurt" Christina Aguilera |
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Silver Member Username: StryvnPost Number: 174 Registered: Dec-06 | Knob Creek, Miller High Life with a Stevie Wonder Musiquarium chaser. Happy Saturday night fellas! |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7177 Registered: Dec-04 | It's all fun and games until Saurday night turns into Sunday morning. Oy! 2 Tylenol over easy. |
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Gold Member Username: Arande2Just a matte... Missouri Post Number: 2418 Registered: Dec-06 | Heeheehehehee |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7179 Registered: Dec-04 | Yuck it up, kid, someday you will be old, too. Hopefully not the chiropractic case study, hungover, that I have to present today. With bad hair. The Naim pure cd, vewy vewy quiet. |
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Gold Member Username: Arande2Just a matte... Missouri Post Number: 2419 Registered: Dec-06 | I'm talking about how it turned into Sunday morning! Time goes by so quickly... See ya later. Church time. |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7180 Registered: Dec-04 | Enjoy the choir, my young friend. |
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Silver Member Username: StryvnPost Number: 175 Registered: Dec-06 | Sunday mornings are reserved for FM. The sole reason I purchased a tuner. The Beatle Years. Flashback. Then Rock N Roll Roots. Takes me from 6am to noon. Somewhat less than vewy quiet. At least until 9:00 |
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Silver Member Username: Mike3Wiley, Tx USA Post Number: 363 Registered: May-06 | Out of the way find; Sitting in a deli parking lot in Joplin Missouri I look across to street to see an obscured storefront sign except for the word "Music". Off I went to see what they may have. Well I bought one CD which I had wanted to pick up, the new Rush CD "Snakes and Arrows" (loudly blaring away at me via the Saturn as I type this). Sitting next to it on the shelf was Black Sabbath's "Black Sabbath" so I grabbed it too. Then I asked "Do you have any vinyl?" which was met with a raised eyebrow and after a pause I was pointed to an area where there may be "some". There was, ALL NEW, and I bought just about all of it; Paul Simon's "Hearts and Bones" Quiex II Limited Edition Pressing - $8.99 The Shins "Wincing the Night Away" - $12.08 Death Cab For Cutie "Plans" Premium Vinyl Pressing HQ - 180 - $19.25 Ben Folds "Songs For Silverman" 180 - Gram Double Vinyl - $15.61 Johnny Cash "Original Sun Singles '55 - '58 Sundazed High Quality Vinyl Mono - $22.13 Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon" 30th Anniversary Edition Vinyl. Original packaging including stickers and posters heavyweight virgin vinyl plus new 30th anniversary poster, Made in Holland - $20.00 (Yes, still in plastic wrap, unopened.) You never know what can be behind the door below the sign that says "music"... |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 4679 Registered: Feb-05 | Glory be!!! |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7186 Registered: Dec-04 | Gulp! |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7187 Registered: Dec-04 | All are amazing, Mike. The Cash is an absolute standout! |
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Silver Member Username: StryvnPost Number: 176 Registered: Dec-06 | Wishin' I had half of Mike's luck and an eighth of his cash. Way to go, Mike |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 4682 Registered: Feb-05 | Today I've listened to: Poulenc - Complete Chamber Music Volume 1, Naxos Saint-Saens Chamber Music 2 disc set on Hyperion featuring The Nash Ensemble. Chandos 1998 Sampler Gramophone Editors Choice disc for 2004-2005 I'm glad someone else was post #666 in this thread...Catholic school and all. |
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Silver Member Username: Mike3Wiley, Tx USA Post Number: 365 Registered: May-06 | stryvn, not luck, persistence or obsession, take your pick. As to cash, you will see a wholesaling out of my spare parts. All in all a good deal, about 4 folks should be fairly content with the deals they got, my wife Marsh has the "crap" out of the house, and I have basically exchanged items that she was not going to let me use in the house for something I will thoroughly enjoy. Heck the Saturn looks enough like the Apollo that this purchase may never have to be discussed, especially when I keep handing her the cash from my sales. |
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Silver Member Username: Mike3Wiley, Tx USA Post Number: 367 Registered: May-06 | DSOM, on the Saturn of course! About 70 hours on it by now. |
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Gold Member Username: Arande2Just a matte... Missouri Post Number: 2421 Registered: Dec-06 | Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Does anyone have any recommendations for music similar to this type of music? Pink Floyd, Paul McCartney & Wings, etc. Thanks much! |
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Silver Member Username: SemNew York USA Post Number: 668 Registered: Mar-04 | Andre, if you like Floyd check out groups like King Crimson Alan Parsons Project Camel some of Porcupine Tree Yes Gentle Giant Mike Oldfield While none sound exactly like Floyd, many people who like the Floyd also like the groups above. McCartney& Wings / Beatles try Badfinger some of ELO Oasis Tears for Fears Tons of bands were influenced by Lennon/McCartney. |
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Gold Member Username: Frank_abelaBerkshire UK Post Number: 2125 Registered: Sep-04 | Quite happy with Amy Winehouse's latest album 'Back to Black'. Stunning voice, interesting lyrics, great band. Shameful recording quality, rather short at 35 minutes. Amazing talent headed for railroad disaster methinks. Norah Jones' new album Not Too Late is beautifully recorded and very enjoyable too. Got Cortes by Cortes. Hmm. Not sure about this one. Andre, have a listen to 'On an island' by David Gilmour. Regards, Frank. |
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Silver Member Username: GavdawgUpstate, New York Post Number: 649 Registered: Nov-06 | Agree with Amy Winehouse's album... love it although the recording quality blows |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 4694 Registered: Feb-05 | I gave Amy to my wife, was not to my liking. I think she enjoys it while out for a walk. |
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Silver Member Username: Mike3Wiley, Tx USA Post Number: 368 Registered: May-06 | Johnny Cash "Original Sun Singles '55 - '58 Sundazed High Quality Vinyl Mono Vocals are so pure, focus changes to any instrument whenever Johnny and the Tennessee Two wanted it to. This is the quietest recording I ever enjoyed. Not a fan of mono, but I had to listen to all four sides non-stop. |
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Gold Member Username: Frank_abelaBerkshire UK Post Number: 2135 Registered: Sep-04 | Mike Not surprised. Some (most?) of the recordings of those days from the likes of Sundazed had a life and vitality which is so far beyond the processed over-produced 'pearls' we get nowadays... Regards, Frank. |
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Gold Member Username: Stu_pittIrvington, New York USA Post Number: 1825 Registered: May-05 | Speaking of 'pearls'... Janis Joplin - Pearl |
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Silver Member Username: GavdawgUpstate, New York Post Number: 660 Registered: Nov-06 | or Sade's "Pearl" |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7195 Registered: Dec-04 | ZZ Top 'pearl necklace' |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7196 Registered: Dec-04 | Steve Winwood's 'arc of a diver' on internet radio. |
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Silver Member Username: SemNew York USA Post Number: 669 Registered: Mar-04 | Now listening to the sound of the garbage truck pull away with my late'70s KLH speakers. They sound much better this way. |
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Silver Member Username: GavdawgUpstate, New York Post Number: 664 Registered: Nov-06 | What model were they, Sem? |
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Silver Member Username: SemNew York USA Post Number: 670 Registered: Mar-04 | The were mod 317s. I bought them around 1978. Served their purpose at the time but have been collecting dust in my basement for the last 10 years or so. The foam around the woofers had pretty much disintegrated. |
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Silver Member Username: GavdawgUpstate, New York Post Number: 665 Registered: Nov-06 | Hey Sem, What's Jeff up to? I was just thinking about Monday Night Radness, and wondered what he was up to. |
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Silver Member Username: SemNew York USA Post Number: 671 Registered: Mar-04 | Gavin, he's working for IBM out in Rochester, MN. I guess he didn't get enough cold and snow in Oswego  |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7207 Registered: Dec-04 | On the way home in the car John Kay and WAR 'low rider' Wah Wah Wah Wah Wah WAh Wah WAh WAh Wah Wah Wah Needs intonnation. |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 4699 Registered: Feb-05 | Donna Summer "The Four Seasons of Love" on vinyl Linda Ronstadt "Simple Dreams" on vinyl Elton John "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" on vinyl REM Best of the IRS Years 1992-1997 "I Feel Fine" The Dandy Warhols "Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia" |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 4700 Registered: Feb-05 | Make that... REM Best of the IRS Years 1982-1987 "I Feel Fine" |
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Silver Member Username: StryvnPost Number: 179 Registered: Dec-06 | I threw in Neil Young's Live Rust cd for the first time on the new gear....what a disappointment. |
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Silver Member Username: StryvnPost Number: 180 Registered: Dec-06 | Maybe the vinyl would do better? |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7217 Registered: Dec-04 | I think the recording leaves a lot to be desired, Stryvn, no matter the format. Wasn't good on 8 track in the 1972 oldsmobile, either. |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 4702 Registered: Feb-05 | No matter how good the Apollo is the P3 is far better. Some pop cd's sound like crap. fortunately the well recorded ones really shine. |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7226 Registered: Dec-04 | Right as always Art...cheers! |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 4705 Registered: Feb-05 | Bela Fleck and The Flecktones "The Hidden Land" |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 4707 Registered: Feb-05 | Alejandro Escovedo "The Boxing Mirror" |
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Gold Member Username: Arande2Just a matte... Missouri Post Number: 2423 Registered: Dec-06 | I'd rather hear the music than watch the video (which was doctored anyhow). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ceg2wPUGDI |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 4709 Registered: Feb-05 | Marshall Tucker Band "Together Forever" on vinyl. Not their best but it was cheap and cleaned up nicely. |
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Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 4710 Registered: Feb-05 | Kansas "Masque"...vinyl!!! |
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Gold Member Username: NuckPost Number: 7252 Registered: Dec-04 | Golden Earring's greatest hits. All 2 of them. Aww one more radar lover gone!! You know you are hearing the screaming line in your head. Band built on a bassline. Ok by me. |
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