MeloManiac
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11 hours ago, MicroMara said:
finally Golden Earring from Dutch with a collection of their best tunes from 1974
When the lady smiles... Was quite a controversial clip back in the 80s.
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2 minutes ago, MicroMara said:
Often it is so that one packs things and stores, if one looks for it one doesn´t find it, if one does not look for it one has it all at once in the hand without having looked for it.
There's a lot of wisdom in that...
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1 hour ago, Dave1291 said:
Score! Picked up 4 tickets for Keb Mo' just down the road a bit from in August. Great seats and I'm stoked for a road trip. This song pretty much sums things up for all of us old curmudgeon's. Check it out! lol
One of the best live albums ever!
My fav song:
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The second of Blue Note's double LPs is Blue Note:Reimagined II.
Some of their classics re-arranged by contemporary artists from the UK.
A most versatile and unpredictable album!
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With some delay, my Blue Note order has finally arrived. Four double LPs at reduced price and I bought them 'blind', ie without knowing the music.
What a delight they are!
Here is the first one. Charlie Hunter is a guitar virtuosa who plays on a custom made 8 string guitar (bass and lead guitar in one...) Crazy if you ask me....
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Found this box of vinyl records today at the flee market in the small village where I used to live. As soon as I started looking at it, I could tell this was no usual junk but high quality recordings. Archiv, Argo, Edison, Deutsche Grammophon, harmonia mundi, Philips etc. Mostly Vivaldi, Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Bach etc by exquisite performers like Alfred Brendel, Neville Marriner.
The seller told me it belonged to his sister who had passed away recently, a gifted piano player herself. I bought the whole box for 20 euro. It contains 50 plus albums. Needed lots of musscle power to get it to my car...
They are all in mint condition and sound really well.
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I couldn't resist the promotions offered by Blue Note's official French webshop. Where can you buy 'double vinyle' brand new for €13.99 a piece nowadays?
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RIP Tina Turner (83)
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What!?!? No Klipsch?!?!?
What a waste of 1m dollars!
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1724535141337259?s=yWDuG2&fs=e
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5 hours ago, Peter P. said:
Update: I replaced all the internal wiring and used the proper sized spade connectors. I replaced the tweeters with factory-style replacements. And I learned on line that all that fiberglass insulation inside WAS original and the correct amount. But since I had already removed it, thrown it away, and replaced it with 1/2 polyfill, I bought more polyfill. Last, I replaced the torn and beat grill cloths.
Interesting thing: They do sound great at home; solid low end, decent vocals and the highs are present. But installing them off-axis, high on shelves in such a large install bay really reduced the quality of the sound.
It was a fun little project and the speakers were definitely worth the money and effort.
That space is huge for those speakers, I think. Plus there is no floor, ceiling or corner, which usually amplifies the low frequencies. You should add a subwoofer to this system. Just my 2 cents....
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I got this book about Prince, and discovered two great albums I didn't know exist: Madhouse 8 and Madhouse 16.
Very jazzy!
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It's my birthday and I got this hefty book, a complete guide to the 684 songs Prince brought out.
Time to take out my Prince vinyl records and CDs as well!
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6 hours ago, dirtmudd said:
That's not a turntable, but a drone...
Michael Fremer should retire... Oops, he did that already...
Michael must still live in a salary friendly, alternative universe, btw... Here's his review of a 'budget priced' ($1950) tonearm.
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1 hour ago, Islander said:
So, did anyone watch the Coronation of King George, err, King Charles the Third, on early Saturday morning? I'm not a royalist in any way, but I thought it was a historic occasion, so I'd take a look. I was impressed with the quality of the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) sound, especially when it came to the choir singing in Westminster Abbey. With the rear La Scalas complementing the front ones, it was a very cool immersive experience. I would have thought that with recording an event like that, which started outside, in pouring rain, no less, and then moved inside, that we'd be lucky to hear it in decent 2-channel sound, but it did seem to be in 5.1, and it gave me an appreciation for choral music that I didn't have before.
In a first for Westminster Abbey, there was a gospel choir, consisting of 8 Black folks, 6 men and 2 women, dressed in immaculate white suits (one lady wore a long white dress) that made nearly everyone but the King and the top Church officials look very drab. The choir stood in a circle facing each other, on the floor in the area just in front of the pulpit, which was part of the large area in front of the altar. They just sang one song, mostly Alleluia repeated, but it sounded really fine. What made me laugh was the faces on the crowd behind them, most or all from the House of Lords and their spouses. They actually looked offended, like "Just who thought of bringing this kind of music to the Abbey?" It just might have been their King, so they might need to adjust their attitudes.
Finally, the Scottish football fans at a Celtics-Rangers football match gave a rousing song to express how they felt about the Coronation. I think you'd have to be there in person to get the full effect of tens of thousands of massed voices raised in song for the occasion. Luckily, I was able to find it on YouTube. Here it is, for your listening pleasure:
I watched most of it and I liked the music and compositions too! Felt like I was watching a bad mashup of Game of Thrones mixed with LOTR. The music stood out, definitely!
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I'm currently watching a documentary about Sinéad O'Connor. I learned that there are actually two covers of the album The Lion and the Cobra. One is showing the artist shouting aggressively, for Europe, while the other cover is a subdued pose, for the American and Canadian market.
Living in Belgium, I was convinced I owned the 1987 European version, but guess what, I own a Canadian import version...
This is actually a big deal, considering the problematic relationship between O'Connor and the US.
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16 hours ago, Dave1291 said:
Mick Jagger is soon turning 80 years old... Interesting read about how the band members cope with aging. Hint: they have a cardiologist with them on tour...
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Hey, all my gear is either used or 'open box'. Love them all, was never disappointed by the quality!
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16 hours ago, Dr Morbius said:
Well the thing is, the 600m got all the accolades the past 2 years (in fact I bought a pair for my son, he loves them) and now I see the 160m which looks 99.7% the same, maybe the crossovers are different?
Steve
The RP600M got more attention because it was called 'SPEAKER of THE year' by CNET's Audiophiliac Steve Guttenberg.
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I own the RP160M. One of the visual differences is there is a metal ring halfway in the tweeter horn of the RP600M. This is supposed to make the high frequencies slightly better.
I'm not sure if it makes such a big difference, though.
Just be aware of the fact that the Heritage line is in a whole different league.
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I've been off line for barely 24 hours and two pages full of great music! Have mercy on me, please! I guess you guys must be retired?!
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I came across these two versions of the same album on Amazon. One is from the official Impulse label, the other is from the 'fake' DOL label. Notice the big price difference? DOL issued records are sometimes great pressings (technically speaking), but they are grey market and often are ripped from CDs or other illegal sources and have a shadey provenance. They are flooding online webshops and supermarkets. I've quite a number of them in my collection, actually, and now regret I do.
DOL, Waxtime, Wax etc. these are all bootleg - illegal - distributions originating in Italy, Spain, Russia (!) and should be avoided for moral reasons alone because you're funding crime and war!
Instead of going for the cheapest on offer, I now go to the official distributer's webshops and buy there (they too often have promotions so you can find a bargain easily!)
http://news.acousticsounds.com/post.cfm/bootleg-vinyl-giving-quality-album-reissues-a-bad-rap
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2 hours ago, MicroMara said:
HMMM..... None Germans None Belgians , but the dutch 🤣 Welcome to the country of canabis 😅🤣
In Belgium, we have a campaign that says: "When you drink, use your common sense." It is legally printed on all beer ads (and videos). But that doesn't mean Belgians don't get drunk from time to time, of course...
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3 hours ago, MicroMara said:
wait wait..... I´m on the way to you
Heineken!?!?
Real men drink Jupiler!
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On 4/20/2023 at 6:17 PM, MicroMara said:
I no longer understand the world, for 42 hours I now eat the cold soup with the chop´s and just don´t get full 🤣
You may have discovered another amazing 'fad diet'! If you market this the right way, you'll get filthy rich!
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Vinyl - Record Spinning
in Lounge
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Got this as a late father's day gift. Double LP. The steamiest angel in heaven... RIP