What are you listening to right now?

[tmazz]

Just got this from a friend that decided to sell it.  Got to say, it's better than my original 6 eye, and my Japanese pressing.  Pricey but already selling for 50% more that I paid.

I tried to get one from Chad, but they were all sold out. 

My wife got people to give me Acoustic Sounds gift certificates instead of physical gifts for Christmas this year.Now I am sitting on a bunch of gift certificates and nothing that interests me at Acoustic Sounds is in stock. I have had 19 albums on a back order notification list with them since the day after Christmas  (hoping to get 5 or 6 of them) and nothing has come in yet.

Frustrating.

[tmazz]

Keb Mo: Good to Be...



Qobuz 88/24

Another new release. Lots of good stuff hit the street in the last couple of weeks. 

[tmazz]

Rickie Lee Jones: The Devil You Know



Qobuz 44/16

The title refers to the fact that this album that consists of nothing but covers.

Minimal instrumental backing tends to  your attenetion on Rickie Lee's vocal interpretations.

[tmazz]

Cowboy Junkies - In the Time Before Llamas



Qobuz 192/24

[tmazz]

Carly Simon: Greatest Hits Live



Qobuz 44/16

[tmazz]

Jackson Browne: Late for the Sky



Qobuz 192/24

[James Edward]

Jackson Browne: Late for the Sky



Qobuz 192/24

My favorite Jackson Browne album. I’m going to put it on right now. Thanks for the reminder. And… It was used in ‘Taxi Driver’.

[James Edward]

Carly Simon: Greatest Hits Live



Qobuz 44/16

You’re on a roll Tom- this album was in constant rotation way back- I had to look to see when it was released- 1988.

[tmazz]

Carly Simon: Greatest Hits Live



Qobuz 44/16

You’re on a roll Tom- this album was in constant rotation way back- I had to look to see when it was released- 1988.

It was singer-songwriter afternoon. 

[tmazz]

Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances - Johansos/Dallas Symphony Orchestra



DSD

Top shelf sound and performance.

[tmazz]

Yo Yo Ma Plays the Music of John Williams



DSD

And none of it is from movie scores........ 

[Nick B]

By SP-9 is definitely the original Mk I. I bought it new in 1988. When I did they had just introduced a new and nicer looking faceplate. I never updated the unit because ARC upgrades are just ridiculously priced. The Mk 1 version retailed for $1695. The MkII version was $1795, but the MkII upgrade cost something like $800. so I never bothered. I just always felt that the $800 would be better off spent elsewhere in the system.. If I ever came across a Mk III with the remote control I would probably jump on it for that feature alone, but they sold very few remote equipped units to they are very hard to find. I have only ever seen 1 listed for sale and I called the guy withing 15 minutes of the post going up and it was already gone. The original SP9 was and still is a great preamp, so outside of getting my hands on one with a remote I don't see myself ever upgrading it.

Thanks for the history on it. I’ve heard how expensive the upgrades are. I’m certain my neighbor didn’t have the remote unit.

[tmazz]

Janis Ian: Light at the End of the Line



Qobuz 44/16

Another new one.

[P.I.]

The Weight

Playing for Change

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph1GU1qQ1zQ

[tmazz]

Bob James: Feel Like Making Live!



Qobuz 96/24

This album is a format flipper's delight. It is available in LP, MQA CD, SACD  (with Multi Channel Mix) BluRay, and in files that include High Res Stereo, Dolby Atmos and  HPL Binaural versions.

Let the shootouts begin!