There we go! That’ll take care of the layers.
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I’m batting about .110 as far a newer stuff on LP. Cafe Zimmerman, Johanna Rose, Julia Fischer, LA Philharmonic/Salonen (Sacre du Printemps)- all whiffs on LP. Even Hilary Hahn and Yuja Wang have very limited selections on LP.
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A quick spruce up and setup and we’re off. Couldn’t think of a better live album (in my small collection) to kick off with.
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I will “heart” any post that references that movie!
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yesterday was Katy Lied Day (for those who celebrate), 50 years since its release. In this house we celebrate appropriately.
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The Durutti Column: The Return Of…
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Here’s of the three great lost Little Feat records:
The other two being:
Since I usually only listen to side two Robert Palmer’s Pressure Drop, I continued tonight’s vinyl hour with this gem (original issue):
WOW does this record sound good. Lots of punch and that analog warmth really gives it a cohesive overall sound. I’ve loved the way bass sounds in analog and this record doesn’t disappoint.
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Original US issue with all the goodies and blah blah blah. But it sure sounds great, as vital today as it was in 1972. The better the audio system, the better this amazing record sounds. There is just so much sound crammed into these grooves. Peels back like an onion. Songs that you once thought were throw aways turn out to be brilliant works of art. Truely astounding. And who ever said that drug addicts weren’t productive?
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The Roon Community is filled with people who just love tubes. My one experience with a tubed phono preamp went like this:
Visiting a good friend who told me how great his new tubed phono preamp sounds. We go up to his listening room and he fires up the stereo.
Everything gets warmed up and he puts an LP on the turntable and it sounds terrible. Very low output with lots of distortion. My friend tells me that one of the tubes must be going bad. He then spends a bit of time messing around with some tubes and we end up listening to some CDs.
This experience only served to confirm my decision to go all solid state. 
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I have two tube amps, and both have been largely trouble free. I need to replace a few power tubes every two years or so, but that’s it. assuming you buy quality tubes, from reputable sources, and the underlying design and build quality are comparable, there’s really very little to worry about.
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Just remember NEVER to clean any tubed equipment with a damp cloth. 
By the way, I know this from experience. Well, not me but a friend who was house sitting decided to clean the audio equipment. Hot tube met damp cloth and pow! She spent the next few days frantically searching for a replacement tube. I don’t remember if a replacement was ever found.
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