what are you listening to?

Finally scored a legit, UK version of 'Magical Mystery Tour' at a stupid inexpensive price.
A true "EP" spanned across 2, 7-inch 45 rpm slabs. Love how Parlophone products have laminated covers!

This finally completes my collection of UK pressings - which are (were) far superior to the stuff released in the United States - - back in the day.

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I don’t go for remastered, actually don’t buy media since the influx of 1200 new to me CDs and Sam taking a handful of records to clean every couple weeks. There is enough new to me that I like, BT, Infected Mushroom, Etherwood to name a few to keep me listening.

Comment was about you saying new remastered are nice. I don’t read that much, usually just complaints about the finished product.

I'm not quite ready for hi res digital, streaming. But I see it coming as I want to mess with the gear less.
 
8991XJ said:
... I'm not quite ready for hi res digital, streaming. But I see it coming as I want to mess with the gear less.
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I don't stream; haven't seen a streaming service that pays the artists appropriately. So my hi-res is all digital downloads and jukebox player software. Between downloading files from sites like ProStudioMasters or HDTracks, or directly from the artists sites, transferring my albums to digital, storing everything on hard drives and using a DAC to connect the computer to the preamp, I'm not sure it simplified anything for me. But being able to access all of my music easily is nice. That part is simple, if that's what you're referring to.
 
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Currently, the sound of rain and thunder. Power to the rig is switched off and I'm running from the laptop in case the power goes out.

Latest storm is passing through. Love the rain; apparently we had a very dry winter from the number of fires in the region.
 
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Currently, the sound of rain and thunder. Power to the rig is switched off and I'm running from the laptop in case the power goes out.

Latest storm is passing through. Love the rain; apparently we had a very dry winter from the number of fires in the region.
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we play thunderstorms on those quiet windless nights....and drop the tv....its on a lift...totall dark and cozy!!!
 
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I am not familiar with either.
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That Steve Miller is kind of rare - my brother gave me the CD as a Christmas gift back in '89 or '90. I found the record a few years ago in pretty decent shape. I think people bought it thinking it was his usual stuff and an album may have only been played once or twice unless someone appreciated his delving into blues and jazz with a quartet-plus configuration. He's got some serious players sitting in - Milt Jackson, Phil Woods, Bobby Malach, Ben Sidran, etc. His take on Ray Charles' Mary Ann is particularly fun. Not sure I'd call him the second coming of Django, but he acquits himself very nicely. Overall sound is very clean with a great soundstage - when I use it as a demo disc I'm always asked where the center speaker is hiding.

Came across the Professor Longhair CD a couple of years ago. New Orleans legend; real name is Roy Byrd. I'd heard of him as a huge influence on Mac Rebennack but never listened to him. The recordings are pulled from some sessions in the late 1940s and mid-1950s with Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexlar. Stride piano, boogie-woogie, rocking blues, that kind of thing.
 
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Giving this album a listen more critically now and the first word that comes to mind is ... "Damn!".

How Anderson got his voice back up to form at being nearly 80 years old is almost unbelievable. And this group of 'band geeks' backing him up nail the arrangements even better than that other Yes ensemble can even pray to achieve. Honestly, the other Yes thing hasn't sounded this good in more than 20 years... even with Anderson out front; prior to Jon Davison. I'd go so far as to say that this equals a "Rush like" level of live performance - for those that know what that's all about...

Can't recommend this album enough :cool:
 
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We listened to modded DQ-10s and I’m continuing that, enjoying the same discs a second time

Steey Dan Gaucho
BT Those Hopeful Machines
America, hits
BT ESCM I can damage stuff with the first part of the tune “Content”
Firefall You Are the Woman and Other Hits

Rig needs a bit of work. One sub has radially cracked surrounds. Other similar sub is fine.

Got out my Crown OC-150a to do speaker switching. Paid so little years ago it is hard to let go of even though it should bring good money. Only used it a few times, but it looks cool.

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Looking forward to another day of tunes tomorrow.
 
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