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Nanci Griffith - Other Voices, Other Rooms

Tone Poet edition of Dexter Gordon One Flight Up arrived last night. These records seem to have such a nice authoritative feel about the sound.

Trying something new today with Nils Landgren Funk Is My Religion.

If I remember correctly, the OP of the original Gals on LP Covers thread wondered aloud why were there were women on LP covers who had no relation to the musical content. It often reminds me of Miles Ahead, and Miles Davis reportedly asking the same thing about his own album. Original version...

Pinchas Zukerman, Jacqueline Du Pré, Daniel Barenboim - Beethoven Piano Trios

Patty Griffin

I’m on my first Tone Poet, today. Jimmy Smith - Prayer Meetin’. Remarkable. I bought three more, so we’ll see how those go. Edit - Now I’m half a track into Herbie Hancock - My Point of View. Really nice on first impression.

One visual difference with Cerwin-Vega is their grills lay over the face. You can’t see the gap along the edge with the old CV speakers like the D3. The grills on the speakers in question here are set in.

The last physical disc I watched was Scorsese’s documentary on Bob Dylan on a DVD player that has remained hooked up continuously for many years. It was sometime last year.

To get good performance you generally do need all that separate. USB is a better option for DACs than onboard sound or adding a card. A headphone amp like a Schiit Magni is better than the headphone output in a PC or a receiver.

That poll needs a Wharfedale option and a PSB option. And could do without Edifier and Audioengine.

I keep mine in a closet inspired by IKEA.

For your turntable to run 34 RPM strictly because of the power mains frequency, your power would have to be running 61.2 Hz. (34/33.33)*60. That doesn’t happen.