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.
Just so good in so many ways......
Bad Company (3) – Straight Shooter
Label: Island Records – ILPS 9304
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1975
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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.
Regards
Robin
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Origin Live Calypso MK5 turntable, Origin Live Onyx tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Bronze
Pathos Classic Remix Amp, dac
Cyrus Signature phono stage, Cyrus PSX-R2 power supply
Eversolo DMP-A6
Cyrus CD i
Audio Physic CLASSIC 25 40th Anniversary Ltd Edition speakers
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.
One of my favourite albums from Paul McCartney......
Paul McCartney – Press To Play
Label: MPL (2) – PCSD 103, Parlophone – PCSD 103
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 22 Aug 1986
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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.
The Durutti Column – A Paean To Wilson
Label: Durutti – LOTTA 004
Format: Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Triple Folded
Country: UK
Released: 12 Nov 2021
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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.
So my third early morning listening session of the week which is somewhat of a rarity. I was drawn to this album the moment I slid the doors back on the storage unit which hides everything on the printed page, vinyl, cd and dvd !
This is the 7th studio album it was released in 1980 the recording process and subsequent mixing was fraught with issues for all involved. Mark Knopfler who played guitar on the track “Time out of Mind” described the session as long and gruelling ! During recording Becker was hit by a car when walking back from a bar to his apartment in the Upper West Side Side which put him in hospital and a six month recovery due to secondary infections. Once it was completed, there was a three-way legal battle between MCA, Warner Bros., and Steely Dan over the rights to release it. After the album was released, jazz pianist Keith Jarrett sued Walter Becker and Donald Fagen for copyright infringement, claiming the title track plagiarized "'Long As You Know You're Living Yours" from his 1974 album Belonging, and he was given a co-writing credit. Steely Dan did not release another studio album until Two Against Nature, nearly 20 years later !
Tracks:
1. Babylon Sisters
2. Hey Nineteen
3. Glamour Profession
4. Gaucho
5. Time Out of Mind
6. My Rival
7. Third World Man
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So next up we have what should be one of the top 10 female solo albums of the 90’s and one of the all time great Country Rock albums !
This is her 7th studio album, of only nine albums spanning six decades. She has two Grammys both for duets, with Joe Cocker on “Up Where We Belong” and Bill Medley on “I’ve Had The Time Of My Life”.
Tracks:
1. Rock You Gently
2. Somewhere, Somebody - Max Carl
3. Big Noise, New York
4. True Emotion
5. Pretending To Care
6. Whole Of The Moon
7. Lights Of Lousianne
8. Way Down Deep
9. The Hunter
10. I Can't Hide
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Life long music lover and Hi-Fi enthusiast for over 40 years, avid live music supporter, dismayed by the current dynamic ticket pricing applied to so many events !!
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: KEF Reference 3, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Arcam A75 integrated, Monitor Audio R852 MD speakers
A/V:
LG OLED65 G56LS, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL T9i sub.
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So last up and vinyl and a great live album from 1980, this is the bands first of nine live albums.
The line up is for me one of the best of their many incarnations.
Whitesnake:
David Coverdale – vocals
Micky Moody – guitar, backing vocals
Bernie Marsden – guitar, backing vocals, additional lead vocal on Might Just Take Your Life
Neil Murray – bass guitar
Ian Paice – drums on disc 1 recordings from 1980
Dave Dowle – drums on disc 2 recordings from 1978 (not credited in the original printing)
Jon Lord – keyboards
Production:
Martin Birch – producer, engineer
Tracks:
Live In The Heart Of The City (23rd/24th June 1980)
A1. Come On 3:41
A2. Sweet Talker 4:10
A3. Walking In The Shadow Of The Blues 4:49
A4. Love Hunter 11:00
B1. Fool For Your Loving 4:43
B2. Ain’tGonna Cry No More 7:03
B3. Ready An' Willing Written By Paice, Lord, Murray 4:45
B4. Take Me With You 6:10
Live At Hammersmith (23rd November 1978)
C1. Come On 3:32
C2. Might Just Take Your Life Written By Paice, Lord, Blackmore 4:55
C3. Lie Down 3:33
C4. Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City Written By Walsh, Price 6:38
D1. Trouble 4:56
D2. Mistreated Written By Blackmore 10:40
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Last edited by Rush2112; 26-07-2024 at 07:04.
Life long music lover and Hi-Fi enthusiast for over 40 years, avid live music supporter, dismayed by the current dynamic ticket pricing applied to so many events !!