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This month there was an article on Sufjan Stevens and how he recorded Illinois and Michigan. Also interview with TJ Doherty (sonic youth, wilco) ..had some really cool recording information about Sky Blue Sky and A Ghost is Born..

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While I agree with Mr. Guttenberg's final statement that it's the music that's really important, I believe a well executed audio system is a huge benefit - not a liability.

It's unfortunately true many recordings are recorded and mixed very badly, especially Rock and Pop. And the popularity of mp3 probably hasn't helped convince many artists sound quality counts. But there are enough good recordings available in LP, SACD, and RBCD to make a substantial difference in the enjoyment of music playback.

Great, your new DVD is out?

Now I can buy one...copy it ...and send to to all my friends!

If you'da bin smart, you'da thought to have it issued on vinyl instead. Then I'd have to make copies on R-to-R and send those out..after tediously making them, one by one -in real time. That would be a pain and really slow me down.

Aloha,

I've been playing with my motor orientation (... ...) on my Michell turntable for nigh on 23 years, and still have a slight conundrum.

I use the motor mounted "front left" instead of "rear left" and think it sounds better that way, but I can't quite wrap my brain around some of the reasons I have heard for it.

Music Hall is fond of claiming that front left motor mounting is superior, saying of it:

I generally do not start "What should I buy" threads, because many people, understandably, haven't listened to a huge number of components, and may have a tendency to recommend only components they happen to own themselves. Or they will make recommendations based on reviews or opinions from others. Plus no one has my ears, fortunately.

But, assuming I haven't offended everyone, I'm asking for opinions (or even guess

No matter what the guy states without a teleprompter he will always end up apologizing to a group of his supporters. This time it is the poor saps associated with the Special Olympics.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D971TJ1O0&show_article=1

Why is it that Stereophile is the only magazine that cannot accomplish the simple of task of delivering on time every month ?

Is it to much to ask that i get my subscription copy every month ? not just some months ?

Just received my 1st record cleaning machine and WOW what a difference. I purchased the Nitty Gritty Record Master 1 and spent some time tonight cleaning a few records.

The grand daughter joined in to help and then let me spin up a few of the clean LPs. Amazing how quiet these cleaned LPs became. I tried a lot of hand cleaning methods but nothing compares to this. I'll now be spending the rest of the night with the Greg Almann, Berlin, David Benoit, and possibly some Ramsey Lewis.

Hi

Anyone got first hand experience of the above, any thoughts on comparison to Esoteric SA-10 or Marantz SA11S1 ?

Thanks

Alan