Senior Member
Location: Seaton, Devon, UK
Posts: 13,264
I'm Adrian.
The more I listen to The Mars Volta I realise what superb musicians they are, not an easy listen and not for everyone but it grows on you.
The Mars Volta – De-Loused In The Comatorium
Label: Clouds Hill – 4250795604907, Clouds Hill – CH 182
Format: Vinyl, LP, Sky Blue, Vinyl, LP, Dark Green
All Media, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Country: Europe
Released: 29 Oct 2021
Genre: Rock
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Listening is the act of aural discrimination and dissemination of sound, and accepting you get it wrong sometimes.
Analog Inputs: Pro-Ject Signature 10 TT & arm, Benz Micro LP-S, Michel Cusis MC, Goldring 2500 and Ortofon Rondo Blue cartridges, Hitachi FT5500 mk2 Tuner
Digital:- Marantz SA-KI Pearl CD player, RaspberryPi/HifiBerry Digi+ Pro, Buffalo NAS Drive
Amplification:- AudioValve Sunilda phono stage, Krell KSP-7B pre-amp, Krell KSA-80 power amp
Output: Wilson Benesch Vector speakers, KLH Ultimate One Headphones
Cables: Tellurium Q Ultra Black II RCA & Chord Epic 2 RCA, various speaker leads, & links
I think I am nearing audio nirvana, but don’t tell anyone.
Wants Macca's Babies
Location: Chorley Lancs
Posts: 14,713
I'm Steve.
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
Speakers: Zu Omen Def, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Amptastic Mini One,Arcam A75 integrated, Celestion 5's, BK XLS-200 DF
A/V:
LG 55" OLED, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL Storm sub
Forget the past, it's gone. And don't worry about the future, it doesn't exist. There is only NOW.
KICKSTARTER: ENABLING SCAMMERS SINCE 2009
Fount Master & Moderator
Location: Essex
Posts: 31,992
I'm openingabottleofwine.
Paul Brady - 'Primitive Dance'
Label: MCA Records – MCG 6025
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Ireland
Released: 1987
Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk Rock, Acoustic
Barry
Fount Master & Moderator
Location: Essex
Posts: 31,992
I'm openingabottleofwine.
Now a bit of Beck:
Jeff Beck - 'Truth'
Label: EMI Fame – FA 3155
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: UK
Released: 1968
Genre: Rock
Style: Blues Rock, Rock & Roll, Hard Rock
Jeff Beck - 'Beck-Ola'
Label: Columbia – 2 C 062-90496, Columbia – 2C 062-90.496
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: France
Released: 1973
Genre: Rock, Blues
Style: Blues Rock, Garage Rock, Rock & Roll
and a bit more recent:
Jeff Beck - 'Blow By Blow'
Label: Epic – EPC 69117
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Europe
Released: 1975
Genre: Jazz, Rock
Style: Fusion, Jazz-Funk, Jazz-Rock
Barry
Member
Location: Winnipeg Canada
Posts: 93
I'm Steve.
Had not heard of them prior to today. On my 4th album....definitely growing on me.
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Current Set up:
*Rega P6 * audia flight phono preamp * Audiolab 6000CDT * Moon Neo Ace * B&W 702 S2*
How much deeper would oceans be if sponges didn’t live there?
Super Moderator
Location: W Lothian
Posts: 99,005
I'm Grant.
a bit of Cohen this morning...
Regards,
Grant.... ؠ ......Don't be such a big girl's blouse
I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work.... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -
Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
***SMILE, BE HAPPY***
Super Moderator
Location: W Lothian
Posts: 99,005
I'm Grant.
Regards,
Grant
I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work.... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -
Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
***SMILE, BE HAPPY***
Senior Member
Location: East Sussex
Posts: 1,564
I'm Dominick.
Senior Member
Location: Bedfordshire
Posts: 594
I'm Christopher.
Never had this back in the day though it was often on when the Mrs kids were over as they liked the wide range of music that we listened to and I introduced them to beats of the heavier and more metallic kind.
For some unknown reason I listened to it more than a few times on Spotify last year, so much so that certain tracks made it onto my most listened to list on my Spotify phone account.
I think it was also because I was struggling lots late 2020 through to early 2021 and the deaths of both Chris Cornell & Chester Bennington, or more particularly the sad loss of them after all too brief lives struggling with depression and then taking their own lives touched me in a way that I never expected.
Two decades later still sounds good.
Linkin Park – Hybrid Theory
Label: Warner Records – 093624941422, Machine Shop Recordings – 093624941422
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold
Country: Europe
Released: 2020
Genre: Rock
Style: Nu Metal
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Best Wishes
Christopher D
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Main System: Vinyl - Technics SL1200 Mk1, Technics Mk2 Headshell , Audio Technica AT_VM95C, Cambridge Audio Azur 551P Phono Stage: CD - Marantz CD 6005: Amp - Cambridge Audio Azur 351A: Speakers - B&W DM600
Second System (WIP) : CD - NAD C 521i : Cassette - Technics RS-BX404: Amp - Technics SU-V470 PXS : Speakers - Wharfdale Laser 60
Streaming: Audio Interface - Focusrite Scarlett 8i6: Active Monitors - Adam Audio T5V
Senior Member
Location: Bedfordshire
Posts: 594
I'm Christopher.
New to me today...
Big Country – The Crossing
Label: Mercury – MERS 27, Mercury – 812 870-1
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Blue Sleeve
Country: UK
Released: 15 Jul 1983
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
Whilst I did buy the 7" of 'Fields of Fire' on release as a 12 year old, I never really pursued Big Country through their career.
Flicking through the 2nd hand vinyl at 'David's' in Letchworth a few years back I picked up a mint copy of 'Steeltown' and always had it in my mind to pick this up sometime most likely CD which I nearly ordered on the big A earlier in the week.
I've stuck 'Fields of Fire' on the jukebox at my local a few times recently so when I saw this very tidy copy of 'The Crossing' in 'Slide Record Shop' today it was as if it was waiting for me
Sadly Stuart Adamson went the same way as the guys in my previous post but just like those the music lives on as timeless reminder of what they did achieve.
Best Wishes
Christopher D
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Main System: Vinyl - Technics SL1200 Mk1, Technics Mk2 Headshell , Audio Technica AT_VM95C, Cambridge Audio Azur 551P Phono Stage: CD - Marantz CD 6005: Amp - Cambridge Audio Azur 351A: Speakers - B&W DM600
Second System (WIP) : CD - NAD C 521i : Cassette - Technics RS-BX404: Amp - Technics SU-V470 PXS : Speakers - Wharfdale Laser 60
Streaming: Audio Interface - Focusrite Scarlett 8i6: Active Monitors - Adam Audio T5V
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