What Are You Listening To?

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  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,162
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    RIP Barrett
    "if it's not fun, it's not worth it & remember folks, "It's All About The Music"!!
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  • SIHAB
    SIHAB Posts: 4,491
    edited January 2023
    1973 UK release;
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    Album comes in a gimmix cover with the center part of the jacket front side being transparent foil with black print on it; there is a printed cardboard insert that provides the remainder of the cover image.

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    Woke up this morning, got myself a coffee
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  • pumpkinman
    pumpkinman Posts: 9,497
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    New Order • Retro
    Bobby Gillespie
    Live
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    Because I am The Pumpkinking


    A Kind Word Is An Easy Gift To Give
  • pumpkinman
    pumpkinman Posts: 9,497
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    I have this on CD. I just don’t feel like digging through all the boxes to find it
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    Because I am The Pumpkinking


    A Kind Word Is An Easy Gift To Give
  • SIHAB
    SIHAB Posts: 4,491
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  • Jazzhead
    Jazzhead Posts: 520
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    Tina Brooks, True Blue, Rudy Van Gelder remaster. 1960
    Polk Audio first generation RTA-12s; 12 inch Polk Stands; DHS Speaker Service upgraded crossovers w/ Sonicap/Mills; the "westmassguy anti-lobing mod" (hyperdamped outer drivers/mirror imaged); tweeter anti-diffraction mod; Cardas binding posts; Neotech UPOCC internal wire; foam-lined inner driver baskets; xschop phase plugs; deleted fuses; Hurricane nuts; Sonic Barrier; Dynamat Xtreme
    Ayre K-5xeMP preamplifier
    Cambridge Audio 840C CD player; Herbie's Audio Lab Super Black Hole CD Mat
    D-Sonic Custom Audio M3a-600M monoblock amplifiers
    NAD 4155 FM/AM tuner
    Silnote Audio Morpheus Reference II Series II balanced interconnects; Virtue Audio single-ended interconnects
    Kimber 12TC speaker cable w/Furez connectors; VH Audio Flavor 4 power cables w/Furutech connectors
    Herbie's Audio Lab system isolation: Tenderfeet, Big Fat Dots, Grungebuster Dots, Little Fat Gliders
    Dedicated 20A/10 AWG circuit; Furutech GTX-D (G) outlet; Furutech eTP80; Shunyata Research Venom Defender; Synergistic Research Orange fuses
  • bcwsrt
    bcwsrt Posts: 1,527
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    Brian

    One-owner Polk Audio RTA 15TL speakers refreshed w/ Sonicap, Vishay/Mills and Cardas components by "pitdogg2," "xschop" billet tweeter plates and BH5 | Stereo REL Acoustics T/5x subwoofers w/ Bassline Blue cables | Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum III integrated tube amp | Technics SL-1210G turntable w/ Ortofon 2M Black LVB 250 MM cart | Sony CDP-508ESD CD player (as a transport) | LampizatOr Baltic 4 tube DAC | Nordost & DH Labs cables/interconnects | APC H15 Power Conditioner | GIK Acoustics room treatments | Degritter RCM
  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,162
    edited January 2023
    pumpkinman wrote: »
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    I have this on CD. I just don’t feel like digging through all the boxes to find it [/

    CDs were made to RIP & Flip ! 😊
    "if it's not fun, it's not worth it & remember folks, "It's All About The Music"!!
    *****************************
  • SIHAB
    SIHAB Posts: 4,491
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  • pumpkinman
    pumpkinman Posts: 9,497
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    Spirit • self titled
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    Because I am The Pumpkinking


    A Kind Word Is An Easy Gift To Give
  • SIHAB
    SIHAB Posts: 4,491
    edited January 2023
    Glencoe - 1973 UK prog(ish);

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    Keyboardist Graham Maitland played w/ Les Fleur De Lys
    Guitarist John Turnbull played w/: Nick Lowe, Dave Stewart, Eurythmics, Talk Talk,
    London Beat, Bob Geldof and Ian Dury!
    Indian born Bassist Norman Watt-Roy played with Ian Dury and the blockheads

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  • SIHAB
    SIHAB Posts: 4,491
    tutu 1986 US pressing;
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  • SIHAB
    SIHAB Posts: 4,491
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  • Jazzhead
    Jazzhead Posts: 520
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    The Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter lineup of the Jazz Messengers. 1964. Rudy Van Gelder Remaster.
    Polk Audio first generation RTA-12s; 12 inch Polk Stands; DHS Speaker Service upgraded crossovers w/ Sonicap/Mills; the "westmassguy anti-lobing mod" (hyperdamped outer drivers/mirror imaged); tweeter anti-diffraction mod; Cardas binding posts; Neotech UPOCC internal wire; foam-lined inner driver baskets; xschop phase plugs; deleted fuses; Hurricane nuts; Sonic Barrier; Dynamat Xtreme
    Ayre K-5xeMP preamplifier
    Cambridge Audio 840C CD player; Herbie's Audio Lab Super Black Hole CD Mat
    D-Sonic Custom Audio M3a-600M monoblock amplifiers
    NAD 4155 FM/AM tuner
    Silnote Audio Morpheus Reference II Series II balanced interconnects; Virtue Audio single-ended interconnects
    Kimber 12TC speaker cable w/Furez connectors; VH Audio Flavor 4 power cables w/Furutech connectors
    Herbie's Audio Lab system isolation: Tenderfeet, Big Fat Dots, Grungebuster Dots, Little Fat Gliders
    Dedicated 20A/10 AWG circuit; Furutech GTX-D (G) outlet; Furutech eTP80; Shunyata Research Venom Defender; Synergistic Research Orange fuses
  • Jazzhead
    Jazzhead Posts: 520
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    Sinatra, with Nelson Riddle. 1958
    Polk Audio first generation RTA-12s; 12 inch Polk Stands; DHS Speaker Service upgraded crossovers w/ Sonicap/Mills; the "westmassguy anti-lobing mod" (hyperdamped outer drivers/mirror imaged); tweeter anti-diffraction mod; Cardas binding posts; Neotech UPOCC internal wire; foam-lined inner driver baskets; xschop phase plugs; deleted fuses; Hurricane nuts; Sonic Barrier; Dynamat Xtreme
    Ayre K-5xeMP preamplifier
    Cambridge Audio 840C CD player; Herbie's Audio Lab Super Black Hole CD Mat
    D-Sonic Custom Audio M3a-600M monoblock amplifiers
    NAD 4155 FM/AM tuner
    Silnote Audio Morpheus Reference II Series II balanced interconnects; Virtue Audio single-ended interconnects
    Kimber 12TC speaker cable w/Furez connectors; VH Audio Flavor 4 power cables w/Furutech connectors
    Herbie's Audio Lab system isolation: Tenderfeet, Big Fat Dots, Grungebuster Dots, Little Fat Gliders
    Dedicated 20A/10 AWG circuit; Furutech GTX-D (G) outlet; Furutech eTP80; Shunyata Research Venom Defender; Synergistic Research Orange fuses
  • SIHAB
    SIHAB Posts: 4,491
    edited January 2023
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  • pumpkinman
    pumpkinman Posts: 9,497
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    Wishbone Ash • Raw To The Bone
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    Because I am The Pumpkinking


    A Kind Word Is An Easy Gift To Give
  • SIHAB
    SIHAB Posts: 4,491
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  • pumpkinman
    pumpkinman Posts: 9,497
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    MC5 • Kick Out The Jams
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    Because I am The Pumpkinking


    A Kind Word Is An Easy Gift To Give
  • SIHAB
    SIHAB Posts: 4,491
    edited February 2023
    As I have a Decca curve toggle on my phono pre,
    I decided to get a fifties Decca recording to test it out.
    This is what I came up with. I just wish the vinyl was in better shape
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  • SIHAB
    SIHAB Posts: 4,491
    Psych Pop ala the Monkees with a dash of Hendrix and Dylan;
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    CandyMen=Candypower
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  • SIHAB
    SIHAB Posts: 4,491
    edited February 2023
    Been trying to score a Bags' all analog. No Soap.
    I ended up with this OJC-245 (P-7109) and it sounds great.
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    Probably the last new Columbia/Legacy vinyl I'll purchase. :|
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    "if it's not fun, it's not worth it & remember folks, "It's All About The Music"!!
    *****************************
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    "if it's not fun, it's not worth it & remember folks, "It's All About The Music"!!
    *****************************
  • SIHAB
    SIHAB Posts: 4,491
    SIHAB wrote: »
    Been trying to score a Bags' all analog. No Soap.
    I ended up with this OJC-245 (P-7109) and it sounds great.
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    Probably the last new Columbia/Legacy vinyl I'll purchase. :|
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    Ran these thru the ultra sonic cleaner with some success. :)

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  • SIHAB
    SIHAB Posts: 4,491
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  • SIHAB
    SIHAB Posts: 4,491
    edited February 2023
    From the depths of the $1 vinyl section on the floor;
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aXl4UWQ0Tg
    Bud Shank & Chet Baker;
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  • SIHAB
    SIHAB Posts: 4,491
    edited February 2023
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    Blue eyed soul!
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  • She likes the Bangles...
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