What tune are you digging right now?
I have been listening to too much news and sports talk radio for the past year that I have fell behind in my first true love of music.
Any new music worth sharing?
Or classics to revisit?
Underground? (with or without Velvet)
This page is always good for a music wormhole to dive into.
Thanks in advance.
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still following: Love those Denon TT's I used to have the 57 (think that's what it was ). My evolution has lead me to a ClearAudio Concept Wood with Hana SL cartridge. Do you clean your LP's? I use a VPI Cyclone, can't believe what a difference a good wash makes.
Nice set up. When I upgraded originally, I decided I wanted to go vintage first, because I felt I could get a little bang for my buck on a budget. So I bought the Denon, and I paired it with a 1973 Marantz 2245, which has a really nice, warm phono stage. I wanted to buy a set that I would keep when I eventually upgrade again. So I can have both a vintage and modern set up.
I do clean records, but still by hand. A nice VPI like the one you have is next up. I do know what a difference they make.
It's nice to see people talking vintage gear and vinyl. I'm running a Kenwood KD-5077 into a Fisher 400 tube amplifier. It sounds great to these old ears. For grins I checked out the VPI Cylone. $1,500 for an album cleaner! You guys are outta' my tax bracket! I'll keep hand washing in the kitchen sink.
Hitchiker would have been one of his best albums, had he pulled the trigger. Homegrown is a treasure to Neil Fan's, like buried treasure he held onto forever, to have new, GOOD material from his prime years is just flat out awesome.
The Massey Hall live album released here I believe is Neil Young at his absolute peak - his voice at it's strongest and most pure and the tales he tells of all this *new* material he's been writing while on the road - as he plays them stripped, acoustic, some incomplete - just hit after hit after hit. Incredible. He talks about an upcoming appearance on the Johnny Cash show - that appearance is what laid the groundwork for *Harvest*, the collaborations with James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Ben Keith - the formation of the Stray Gators.
Love it.
Also, when Autumn hits, I'm drawn again and again to Laura Veirs' *July Flame* - a gorgeous, melancholy album with a fantastic, dark vibe.
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In comment 15054510 winoguy said:
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still following: Love those Denon TT's I used to have the 57 (think that's what it was ). My evolution has lead me to a ClearAudio Concept Wood with Hana SL cartridge. Do you clean your LP's? I use a VPI Cyclone, can't believe what a difference a good wash makes.
Nice set up. When I upgraded originally, I decided I wanted to go vintage first, because I felt I could get a little bang for my buck on a budget. So I bought the Denon, and I paired it with a 1973 Marantz 2245, which has a really nice, warm phono stage. I wanted to buy a set that I would keep when I eventually upgrade again. So I can have both a vintage and modern set up.
I do clean records, but still by hand. A nice VPI like the one you have is next up. I do know what a difference they make.
It's nice to see people talking vintage gear and vinyl. I'm running a Kenwood KD-5077 into a Fisher 400 tube amplifier. It sounds great to these old ears. For grins I checked out the VPI Cylone. $1,500 for an album cleaner! You guys are outta' my tax bracket! I'll keep hand washing in the kitchen sink.
I’m still using this!
The classic - ( New Window )
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In comment 15054654 Britt in VA said:
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In comment 15054510 winoguy said:
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still following: Love those Denon TT's I used to have the 57 (think that's what it was ). My evolution has lead me to a ClearAudio Concept Wood with Hana SL cartridge. Do you clean your LP's? I use a VPI Cyclone, can't believe what a difference a good wash makes.
Nice set up. When I upgraded originally, I decided I wanted to go vintage first, because I felt I could get a little bang for my buck on a budget. So I bought the Denon, and I paired it with a 1973 Marantz 2245, which has a really nice, warm phono stage. I wanted to buy a set that I would keep when I eventually upgrade again. So I can have both a vintage and modern set up.
I do clean records, but still by hand. A nice VPI like the one you have is next up. I do know what a difference they make.
It's nice to see people talking vintage gear and vinyl. I'm running a Kenwood KD-5077 into a Fisher 400 tube amplifier. It sounds great to these old ears. For grins I checked out the VPI Cylone. $1,500 for an album cleaner! You guys are outta' my tax bracket! I'll keep hand washing in the kitchen sink.
I’m still using this! The classic - ( New Window )
Nice! I've seen them before and always thought they'd do the job quite well.
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actually a decent bit of Sara Bareilles. My 4 year old daughter has taken quite a liking to "Brave", so we've got that one on repeat more often than I'd like, and I can usually negotiate a few of her other songs into the mix.
also threw on Something Corporate's "Leaving Through the Window" album on the other day. Gave me some serious nostalgia for my college and early 20s days.
The 400 uses the 7868 output tubes. I like to roll them. Right now I just put some NOS NIB matching quad General Electric tubes in there. They sound quite nice. It came with the original Fisher tubes and they still sound fantastic. I've resisted the urge to go with anything new like Sovtek, Electro Harmonix, or Tung-Sol because I don't want to enlarge the tube sockets and not be able to use original tubes. The price of vacuum tubes has become ridiculous. I have three Fisher tube amps: A nice little KX-90, an X-202b and the 400, which I like best. Right now my speakers are AR2ax and they match up well with tubes. I just divested myself of my final vintage solid state rig when I sold my Sansui 9090db. It was hard to let it go--but I had to thin the herd.
Thank you for the info, Wino. I haven't used that site. Will check it ut. I got the GE tubes on Ebay and paid a fortune..... but it's my hobby, at least that's how I justify it. What rig are you running? Something new, or vintage?
Do either of you guys visit the Steve Hoffman Forums?
Stemming from that has been some Deftones (both their old stuff and the new album), and Gojira whom I never heard before until a couple months ago.
Do either of you guys visit the Steve Hoffman Forums?
Yep, I go there from time to time. I also like Audiogon and AudioKarma. There are some really well formed posters on AK.
Nice! That's a sweet setup. Those Focal Electra's are wonderful. A buddy had the Utopias. The bass could pound and the sound stage was fantastic.
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Great set up!
Do either of you guys visit the Steve Hoffman Forums?
Yep, I go there from time to time. I also like Audiogon and AudioKarma. There are some really well formed posters on AK.