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8 hours ago, JohnJ said:

It was their Last Record... for 20 years. @MicroMara posted their newest from 2020 somewhere here tonight.

I posted " two against nature " in the YouTube spinning thread yesterday , that was recorded from 1997 till 1999 and was released in the year 2000 , it´s quiet good !

 

 

 

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On 12/16/2022 at 3:48 AM, Dave1291 said:

Northeast or west corner is what I was thinkihng of.  This one!  lol

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Yeah, I bought this double LP today! Very 'swinging', excellent guitar solos and, of course, excellent sound quality. 

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I decided Not to but a TT because of the Price of Records.

I see these special releases and the prices are just stoopidly high.

I can't pay two or three hundred $ for a record and even if I could,

I would not. 

 

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11 hours ago, rebuy said:

I decided Not to but a TT because of the Price of Records.

I see these special releases and the prices are just stoopidly high.

I can't pay two or three hundred $ for a record and even if I could,

I would not. 

 

 

Up to now, I have avoided buying these expensive special releases too.

But listening to vinyl records needn't be expensive at all.

I have my personal collection of vinyl albums which goes back to the 1980s, and I have recently bought a lot of interesting albums in the local thrifstore for 0.5 to 3 euro per album! You can buy really good, new pressings of classic albums for around 20 euro /  dollar per album, eg Maiden Voyage, a Blue Note album.

You can buy a really good pre-owned TT for around 200 euro, a fraction of a new TT.

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On 12/16/2022 at 3:48 AM, Dave1291 said:

Northeast or west corner is what I was thinkihng of.  This one!  lol

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https://essentialhomestudio.com/what-is-sibilance-in-audio/

 

 

There aren't many Steely Dan live albums, so I have no regrets buying this one! 

There is, however, something a little bit annoying: in Donald Fagen's singing, I can hear a distracting sibilant /s/, a distortion that I also hear in the high hat sometimes. I first picked it up on my Heresy speakers, and today, I listened to the album on my Beyerdynamic headphones. Side 3, in Things I miss the most and in Aja.

My tangential turntable normally is sibilant free, so I guess it is the recording or pressing that is to blame. 

 

These reviewers don't mention it, so maybe it's just me... 

https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/steely-dan-northeast-corridor-steely-dan-live/

 

https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/album/steely-dan-donald-fagen-northeast-corridor-steely-dan-live-donald-fagen-the-nightfly-live-134287/

 

https://360degreesound.com/album-review-northeast-corridor-steely-dan-live/

 

Edit

The sibilant s is not present on Spotify, so this motivated me to give both the needle and the vinyl record a good cleaning, and things improved quite a bit. 

 

Conclusion? This song is a good test for your tt's handling of sibilants! 

 

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Fair enough. Some live lps have this throughout, typically older recording.

Since now as opposed to then, care must have been taken to create a sound recording for a live release.

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