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Veteran and General Yakker
Weather Report - Mysterious Traveler
(1974, Columbia) -1A/-1B
(1974, Columbia) -1A/-1B


Green label, Niiiiiiiiiiiiiice!
What an overlooked and under-rated album.
The dynamic range, channel sep and over all engineering on that album is pretty remarkable considering the year of its release.
Good engineering has been around forever, just not always used..
Shouldn't you be jamming the KSHE KLASSICS overtime right now, nobody? I am...![]()
I know it makes me an outcast in this city, but not much of a KSHE fan.
This in a few minutes after I get done playing maid fro Debbie LOL
Steve Vai's Flexable got through mailorder when I joined the Steve Vai fan club many years ago when it came into being. This is the original cover version and pressed on Steve's own label
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Beautiful tt, Dave. Makes me want to build/ buy a wooden plinth for my own table.
Thanks. When I got the base it was in pretty ratty shape, but some sanding and a new finish, along with sound deadening stuff inside and some spikes on the bottom got it looking good pretty quickly. Personally, I think the table sounds really good but as much as anything I just like the look of the vintage tables. I'm also a sucker for automation; my other table is a Technics SL-1600, so whichever one I'm using is auto everything.
Yeah, I feel like if I was someone who only listened carefully to vinyl as a special thing, I'd probably be OK with manual tables. But I listen to vinyl all the time, when cleaning the house, when lying down for a nap, when drinking with friends, when cooking dinner, just whenever. So, I'm not always ready to pay close attention and leap up to shut the thing off at the end of a side and I don't like the idea of letting the table play the run out groove endlessly. I did pick up a manual table (A ProJect RPM-4) a year or two back but I never thought it sounded better than the tables I have and it lacked the convenience features so I basically put in in the basement after a couple months of occasionally using it and just keep waiting until I have a chance to sell it or trade it in for something sometime. To me there was no point in something with no better sound that was more difficult to use. I'm sure there are higher end tables that sound better than what I have, but I'm not shopping at that price point anytime soon and I'm quite happy with the sound I get with the old automatics.