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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #2790 on: May 03, 2011, 06:57:30 PM »
Quote from: richidoo on May 03, 2011, 04:44:54 PM
Wife is working late tonight, dinner is done, and I'm in the mood for some vinyl.  Brought down a nice little stack from my bedroom where I store my records.

Woo Who!!!  :thumb:
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #2791 on: May 03, 2011, 07:00:11 PM »
Quote from: richidoo on May 03, 2011, 05:11:59 PM
I need a record cleaner.

I can highly recommend the VPI 16.5. Have had mine for probably 20 years now and it has never skipped a beat. And I use mine a lot!
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #2792 on: May 03, 2011, 07:02:57 PM »


Shelley Manne and His Men, The Gambit

Original 1958 Contemporary LP

I think it's mono, because the jacket doesn't say stereo, and the soundfield is very narrow. But there does seem to be a sense of space. The whole image is shifted 5 degrees to the left of center. Whatever, the music is great. Cymbals especially sound so nice on vinyl. Maybe because the recording rolls off at 15kHz?
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #2793 on: May 03, 2011, 07:08:15 PM »
Quote from: tmazz on May 03, 2011, 07:00:11 PM
I can highly recommend the VPI 16.5. Have had mine for probably 20 years now and it has never skipped a beat. And I use mine a lot!

Good to know Tom. I saw one on Craig's List last week.

Does this look good? http://raleigh.craigslist.org/ele/2339846897.html   
How much is a new one?
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #2794 on: May 03, 2011, 07:29:49 PM »
I'm feelin' a major jazz attack coming on.

Well maybe not right now but soon.  I'm expecting another largish order of classical LPs to arrive tomorrow and I want to go through a lot of those.  But I suspect soon that my current run on classical titles will end and I will get back to listening to jazz regularly.  I'm starting to miss it.

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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #2795 on: May 03, 2011, 07:31:35 PM »
Quote from: richidoo on May 03, 2011, 07:08:15 PM
 How much is a new one?

Acoustic Sounds sells them new for $550.

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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #2796 on: May 03, 2011, 08:38:37 PM »


Original 1968 RCA Victor LP. This one magically appeared in my collection. I don't know how it got there, or when. I've never listened to it before. Hmm...  :-k

Sound quality is excellent. Pan is too wide, but tone is good. The tunes and jams are a little cerebral, typical of that period and especially of Burton. He taught at Berklee when I attended. Larry Coryell, Steve Swallow, Bob Moses.

EDIT: Halfway through, this record JAMS!! Lihgtspeed vibraphone pyrotechnics, and some serious straight ahead grooves. Heavies working it out with a small but appreciative live audience.
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #2797 on: May 03, 2011, 09:12:49 PM »
Quote from: richidoo on May 03, 2011, 07:08:15 PM
Quote from: tmazz on May 03, 2011, 07:00:11 PM
I can highly recommend the VPI 16.5. Have had mine for probably 20 years now and it has never skipped a beat. And I use mine a lot!

Good to know Tom. I saw one on Craig's List last week.

Does this look good? http://raleigh.craigslist.org/ele/2339846897.html   
How much is a new one?

From the photo it looks like the latest version. $350 is a pretty good price. used ones on A'gon usually go for $400 and up.
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #2798 on: May 04, 2011, 06:04:16 AM »
Thanks Tom.



Still in the vinyl pile....   ;)
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #2799 on: May 04, 2011, 07:22:54 AM »
Quote from: richidoo on May 04, 2011, 06:04:16 AM

Still in the vinyl pile....   ;)


And a nice pile it is. Too bad I can't hook a streaming link into your system right now.  It would be kinda like "Phone a Friend" on Who Wants to be a Millionaire.  8)
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #2800 on: May 04, 2011, 07:48:17 AM »
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones: Outbound

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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #2801 on: May 04, 2011, 08:48:16 AM »
Not a bad idea Tom. A little black box with line in, line out, and an ethernet connection and a password... ;)  I can only upload at 300kbps, so you can only have mp3 stream.  :roll:



A Polydor LP reissue from 1980s, with the original cover art, not this "Master Takes" cover for the CD compilation.  This LP has two quintet takes of "Relaxin with Lee," with Dizzy, before the strings tracks start. Bird really wails on this. He was so happy during this time, and so proud of this band, his recovery, and this recording. He played every night with this string band for months. Makes me want to hear my Clifford Brown with Strings (on CD)
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #2802 on: May 04, 2011, 08:55:50 AM »
I paid $375 for a little used one from another member, and consider it money well spent.

Quote from: tmazz on May 03, 2011, 09:12:49 PM
Quote from: richidoo on May 03, 2011, 07:08:15 PM
Quote from: tmazz on May 03, 2011, 07:00:11 PM
I can highly recommend the VPI 16.5. Have had mine for probably 20 years now and it has never skipped a beat. And I use mine a lot!

Good to know Tom. I saw one on Craig's List last week.

Does this look good? http://raleigh.craigslist.org/ele/2339846897.html   
How much is a new one?

From the photo it looks like the latest version. $350 is a pretty good price. used ones on A'gon usually go for $400 and up.
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #2803 on: May 04, 2011, 10:44:00 AM »


--Jerome
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Re: What are you listening to right now?
« Reply #2804 on: May 04, 2011, 11:21:15 AM »


LP (noisy)
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