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In reply to the discussion: God turntables sound freakin' good [View all]wilt the stilt
(4,528 posts)83. the amp
is the reissue of the '65 Fender deluxe reverb. The most recorded amp ever. there are two, The Princeton reverb and the deluxe reverb. I bought my son a Gibson les paul for graduation. He is using a Bugera v22. It is the rave of the $350 tube amps. However when we plugged into that Fender the clean channel was unreal.
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I avoided CDs for a long time as a puris But when I finally converted, never went back.
Hoyt
Jan 2016
#6
The new Elac speakers are even better. Cost about $280.00. Same designer, Andrew Jones.
Elwood P Dowd
Jan 2016
#20
I had a friend that had a pair of Electrovoice Patrician speakers and a pair of MacIntosh amps
LiberalArkie
Jan 2016
#139
Altec lansing made some good speakers. But I kind liked a speaker the EV specs that said
LiberalArkie
Jan 2016
#151
You are about right. We had a party at his house and I was outside and could not
LiberalArkie
Jan 2016
#157
EV had the plans on how to cut the wood and all that. You could have someone build it for
LiberalArkie
Jan 2016
#164
"Show of hands - who knows what these mean? Wow, flutter, rumble, vibration isolation...."
BlueJazz
Jan 2016
#27
"bucket-brigade reverb" Wow! I use a delay unit as part of a little home studio but (maybe worse)
BlueJazz
Jan 2016
#174
Cool - yep all that brings back memories. I remember looking (salivating really)
jonno99
Jan 2016
#132
I completely agree on tube amp sound quality, though there you're going for opposite ends
kysrsoze
Jan 2016
#123
What shocked me was when I put some 90 year old shellac 78s on my turntable.
Binkie The Clown
Jan 2016
#19
I think there is an indication of how our awareness has changed by our perception of music
randr
Jan 2016
#26
" you have a fond recollection of the way music sounded when you first heard it as a child"
pangaia
Jan 2016
#158
The "purpose" is not to make the artist happy but to share the beauty that surrounds us
randr
Jan 2016
#42
So you would you grant that the vast vast numbers of people who could not afford your set up
randr
Jan 2016
#96
"The vast -- VAST -- majority of people could not tell vinyl from digital if presented to them.
pangaia
Jan 2016
#140
So you like the way the sound is squished to fit it on the vinyl... that's okay.
hunter
Jan 2016
#32
Need help with a turntable? Look up Needle Doctor in MN. Not an advert, just being helpful..
vkkv
Jan 2016
#51
I own and listen to hundreds of LPs. None of them are warped and none of them have ticks
Elwood P Dowd
Jan 2016
#81
I heard that anecdote from the professor a Music Appreciation class in college.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jan 2016
#76
I can't resist. I have to post the link to the thread at DU about Harry Pearson.
mahatmakanejeeves
Jan 2016
#105
Then I guess you remember the ultimate audio "Mad Scientist" Bob Fulton.
Elwood P Dowd
Jan 2016
#142
DU Rec on this thread... Not everyone seeing eye to eye, but way better than a porn thread.
Glassunion
Jan 2016
#93
It's likely your Suzanne Vega album was pressed in the Dark Ages of CDs, the '80s.
maxsolomon
Jan 2016
#95
I love live sound, and recorded concerts. There is a ton of wonder digital stuff recorded live that
Hoyt
Jan 2016
#141
I am not 'hi-fi' afficionados(i) like quite a few other folks here, you included,
pangaia
Jan 2016
#170