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The Coroners Lunch - Colin Cotterill, Set in 70s Laos. Extremely charming characters, especially the lead - Dr. Siri Paiboun, a reluctant coroner in his 70s.

Forty Words for Sorrow - Giles Blunt,...

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The wife and I are planning a post-apocalypse trip to Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, possibly as soon as the fall, germs willing. I am wondering if there are any...

For me, above all, Monk was an original. Many tried to peg him as a boppist, but to me it was "Monk's Music", unlike anyone else. My favorite is "Thelonious Himself" on Riverside. I also like "Alone...

Thank you gentlemen. Looking to refurb some cheap but respectable speakers for my adult kids and have a little fun in the process.

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Barry

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I am looking for suggestions for simple, 2 or 3-way speakers from the past with removable backs to refurbish - new caps, wire, connectors, and possible reinforcement/stuffing. Any...

Hmmm, all great recommendations. With jazz, there are an awful lot of intimate records, though most are probably not as vividly recorded at 'Pawnshop'. Here's a few that come to mind for me and...

Anything less than 50-75 is tough. Always an exercise in futility unless I think of a couple obvious desert island choices and say, "Everything else I pick I have to like as much as these". But,...

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I'm curious what members would say are three (obviously you could name more, but 3 that come to mind almost immediately)of their "favorite" sounding records - not necessarily "best"...

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You mention that he was "re-enlightened" by vinyl - What re-enlightened him? Did he hear a friends rig and if so what appealed to him? And, how comparable is his space to the one he heard...

Hello again Aidan. Can you tell us the name of the Japanese web-site you found the speakers on? Not that I will understand or be able to afford anything, but would be fun to look around...

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From the early 80s, on a Sprite, MG, or Triumph:
"The Reason the British Drink Warm Beer is Their Refrigerators Use Lucas Electrics"

On a car driven by a cute redhead: "If You're Going to Ride...

Sorry to have a different focus but I am captivated by your speakers- And what is the album you have framed? Please tell us something about these speakers. Very nice.

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Barry

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I have heard repeated references to the sound and build/parts quality of certain integrated amps, particularly Exposure and Onix (though I've heard parts may be difficult to source for the...

Thank you Geoff. I've got a hankerin' for the smell of saw dust and solder fumes.

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Barry

Yeah, LS3/5as are so obscenely priced that I wouldn't entertain the thought of buying a pair, what w/ potential driver degradation, not to say half the ones I see look like they were dropped off the...

Gentlemen, what along with the above would you recommend in a modern OR vintage Tannoy that does not cost a packet? You know, something that isn't named after a British landmark. Are they best with...

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I cannot say what I think is "classic" as I have not heard enough contenders (a few). I can only say what is some of the "best" sounding gear to my ears:

~Rogers Ls3/5as
~Daybreak...

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Just my perception mostly based on the past, but when I read the great UK hi-fi mags of the 70s & 80s, I got the sense that they had the right idea, give a lot of thought to source as in if...

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It's interesting how there's eventually a re-assessment of things. I mean the Techies were flat ubiquitious by rockers who didn't give a crap about hi-fi in the 70s here and were...

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Marco is dead on about Yanks being anglophiles - I'm one of them. Why? With regards to gear: Got sick of 'flabby' sounding speakers (w/ solid-state amps) in the 70s and loved the detailed,...

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Back to the Shelter's "virtues" - Which cartridges, other than the Shelter but at or below its price point do members feel "puts the music first"?

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Barry

Warm Welcome Cam,

Ah..Tim Buckley, "Once I Was A Soldier" - what a great song. It's in the Vietnam movie "Coming Home".

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Barry

Warm Welcome Ian,

Nice intro. How is that Cyrus stuff? - Don't see it much 'round here. I don't know if it's so much that I can't hear those high freq's anymore - which I can't, mostly, or that...

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I think all equipment probably "interprets" the music,so while I don't have them, I have no problem with whatever if it helps you get into the music. Plus, if you have early, pre-RIAA...