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Post by: guncrasher on June 18, 2022, 07:59:39 AM
next month will be when i lost my father, my oldest son and my wife's brother. all within a month and a half.
semp
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Post by: guncrasher on June 18, 2022, 08:03:50 AM
this is to you babe, i miss you every day
have your ashes on my desk, next to the stupid dog you loved. I hated that fricking dog, but she's next to you, tomorrow I'll your ashes together in the damn desert you wanted.
semp
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Post by: -gg- on June 18, 2022, 10:28:09 AM
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Post by: Meatwad on June 18, 2022, 11:13:59 AM
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Post by: morfiend on June 18, 2022, 02:17:04 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMW4sRmRwqI
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Post by: nrshida on June 18, 2022, 02:59:07 PM
Heh. I remember from one of the Cheech and Chong albums, which went something like this:
"I played In a Gadda da Vida backwards at 78."
"So, man, what happened?"
"I saw God, man."
- oldman
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Post by: -gg- on July 23, 2022, 11:49:21 AM
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Post by: Arlo on July 23, 2022, 05:24:34 PM
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Post by: Arlo on July 23, 2022, 05:25:38 PM
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Post by: Arlo on July 23, 2022, 05:26:25 PM
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Post by: -gg- on July 23, 2022, 06:15:07 PM
This is a boring song I released about six years ago. It's on all the outlets if you want to rush out and buy it., lol
I wanted to name it "Trance" but named it this stupid name instead for some reason.
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Post by: -gg- on July 23, 2022, 06:16:50 PM
one more - from my deep tracks! :rofl
That's me on my grandfather's horse, Dusty
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Post by: -gg- on July 23, 2022, 06:18:42 PM
and another - this was the demo and I never finished it
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Post by: guncrasher on July 23, 2022, 09:47:02 PM
I like this song I only understand a few words, think it says legalize cannabis and the sing about la China. which is funny la China normally means Chinese woman, but in Spain it's slang for roach. as in weed. anyway I think it's cool
https://youtu.be/FvmAk7mXtUY
semp
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Post by: thndregg on August 01, 2022, 09:39:09 AM
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Post by: -gg- on August 01, 2022, 09:55:37 AM
I like that song. I really liked it when I came out. I think I was 18 or something like that.
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Post by: thndregg on August 01, 2022, 09:57:41 AM
That was very touching. Garth Brooks is an incredible talent and an even better person.
So after watching this - I see it was filmed in 2014, I wanted to find out what happened to that woman. Check it out.
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Post by: Dichotomy on August 06, 2022, 04:29:05 AM
I had the honor of attending one of his birthday parties when I was in the music biz. Seriously great guy.
unfortunately music has been ruined for me for the second time in my life. First time was having to leave the industry but I had a kid to raise as a single dad and me being on the road or out till 4 am every day wasn't exactly what I call the best life for a child. Second time was my most recent ex. She got me back into music after around 30 years but there are so many songs that we sang together and the fact that every good memory I have about her is tainted it's back to talk radio for me for a while.
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Post by: thndregg on August 06, 2022, 06:57:09 AM
I had the honor of attending one of his birthday parties when I was in the music biz. Seriously great guy.
unfortunately music has been ruined for me for the second time in my life. First time was having to leave the industry but I had a kid to raise as a single dad and me being on the road or out till 4 am every day wasn't exactly what I call the best life for a child. Second time was my most recent ex. She got me back into music after around 30 years but there are so many songs that we sang together and the fact that every good memory I have about her is tainted it's back to talk radio for me for a while.
My ex-wife took every opportunity to denigrate and criticize my efforts to make any success out of my musical talent while at the same time we both were supporting our son as he thoroughly enjoyed playing music in his middle school/high school band.
Our band was really starting to make gains in performing original music - we opened for some good ones, like Great White, Tesla, Robin Trower (think Bridge of Sighs), Faster P****cat (can't believe the forum filter tags that one), etc.. But had to give it up as it wasn't the best thing being away from my sons, and balancing other aspects of life in general. Just too much on the plate to continue.
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Post by: -gg- on August 06, 2022, 07:01:46 AM
That's great to hear that there's other musicians here! I used to be in a band in the late '80s and we weren't bad. That was in phoenix. Now I record my own music in my home studio. That's my favorite thing to do when I have time. I enjoy mixing as well
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Post by: zack1234 on August 06, 2022, 07:08:52 AM
I was the drummer in The Vapours
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Post by: -gg- on August 06, 2022, 07:15:28 AM
I had the honor of attending one of his birthday parties when I was in the music biz. Seriously great guy.
unfortunately music has been ruined for me for the second time in my life. First time was having to leave the industry but I had a kid to raise as a single dad and me being on the road or out till 4 am every day wasn't exactly what I call the best life for a child. Second time was my most recent ex. She got me back into music after around 30 years but there are so many songs that we sang together and the fact that every good memory I have about her is tainted it's back to talk radio for me for a while.
That's pretty cool that you got to go to that
Too bad about your memories being tainted.
Life gets in the way. For me, I just don't have the time or energy anymore. There's a pretty small window or period or time in most people's lives when they can really pursue something like a music career. Then life takes us where it will take us I guess.
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Post by: Slade on August 06, 2022, 07:23:13 AM
Cool post. Some really cool tunes.
I am a geek during the day a drummer and a composer at night. I play with Backstreet Boys to Georgia Randal.
Here are some of my direct originals: https://soundcloud.com/michaelelliott314
Some of the Virtual Bands I created over the last few months:
EDIT: I am currently the drummer of Joules Rio in the Florida, Space Coast area.
Thanks for checking them out,
Michael
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Post by: -gg- on August 06, 2022, 08:01:08 AM
Vert nice, Slade!
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Post by: zack1234 on August 06, 2022, 08:45:03 AM
The small faces were poo
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Post by: -gg- on August 06, 2022, 08:49:08 AM
I've got a bunch of songs on my soundcloud page
I use this page for working out my songs, so ,most of these are first drafts of songs I was working on. I have a private band forum were my band used to post threads with links to our soundcloud songs. They automatically embed and can be played right from the forum, so we could all here and work on them.
So some are using drum loops. others Superior Drummer and others are more complete with a real drummer.
When I come up with a song, I usually have a scratch vocal melody and nonsense words that pop into my head and I just go with water flows out. Later I go through what I like and work on those.
By the way, there are two songs for Arlo there close to the top. Arlo West and Triple Vaxxed Tard of the West. I have lyrics but decide to lay off... so maybe I'll make these regular songs
My ex-wife took every opportunity to denigrate and criticize my efforts to make any success out of my musical talent while at the same time we both were supporting our son as he thoroughly enjoyed playing music in his middle school/high school band.
Our band was really starting to make gains in performing original music - we opened for some good ones, like Great White, Tesla, Robin Trower (think Bridge of Sighs), Faster P****cat (can't believe the forum filter tags that one), etc.. But had to give it up as it wasn't the best thing being away from my sons, and balancing other aspects of life in general. Just too much on the plate to continue.
I'd love to hear it.
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Post by: Dichotomy on August 06, 2022, 10:26:03 AM
I use this page for working out my songs, so ,most of these are first drafts of songs I was working on. I have a private band forum were my band used to post threads with links to our soundcloud songs. They automatically embed and can be played right from the forum, so we could all here and work on them.
So some are using drum loops. others Superior Drummer and others are more complete with a real drummer.
When I come up with a song, I usually have a scratch vocal melody and nonsense words that pop into my head and I just go with water flows out. Later I go through what I like and work on those.
By the way, there are two songs for Arlo there close to the top. Arlo West and Triple Vaxxed Tard of the West. I have lyrics but decide to lay off... so maybe I'll make these regular songs
I'll check it out in a bit GG. Mom is notoriously chatty today and dad is being needy. I just took a quick 30 minute break from being the anchor that's holding this place together while they planned on spending my money (don't give a flip about that really) to upgrade their house next year. Just let me get my rig and my gear so I can go get clubbed like a baby seal nightly folks LOL.
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Post by: -gg- on August 06, 2022, 10:39:11 AM
I'll check it out in a bit GG. Mom is notoriously chatty today and dad is being needy. I just took a quick 30 minute break from being the anchor that's holding this place together while they planned on spending my money (don't give a flip about that really) to upgrade their house next year. Just let me get my rig and my gear so I can go get clubbed like a baby seal nightly folks LOL.
:rofl
:)
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Post by: Slade on August 06, 2022, 02:49:53 PM
Gina,
My name is actually Michael (fly as X15). Joined as "Slade" a decade ago. LOL.
Sleepy Lemon Monkeys have some cool tunes on your SoundCloud page! I "liked" a few of your tunes. :rock
I posted this new one today for some initial feedback. Dedicated to Rory Gallagher. It's simple enough. It's been stuck in my head so I had to record it.
My name is actually Michael (fly as X15). Joined as "Slade" a decade ago. LOL.
Sleepy Lemon Monkeys have some cool tunes on your SoundCloud page! I "liked" a few of your tunes. :rock
I posted this new one today for some initial feedback. Dedicated to Rory Gallagher. It's simple enough. It's been stuck in my head so I had to record it.
Hey I know you were talking at Gina but nice work.. came out a tad overmodulated on my end but I've got my sound going through my standard speakers right now. I could see how some catchy lyrics could really make it shine. Unfortunately any 'lyrics' I could write would make gangsta rappers blush :)
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Post by: guncrasher on August 06, 2022, 06:39:59 PM
My name is actually Michael (fly as X15). Joined as "Slade" a decade ago. LOL.
Sleepy Lemon Monkeys have some cool tunes on your SoundCloud page! I "liked" a few of your tunes. :rock
I posted this new one today for some initial feedback. Dedicated to Rory Gallagher. It's simple enough. It's been stuck in my head so I had to record it.
sorry, I had to work a little bit today. Convention in Long Beach.
Thank you for having a listen and for liking some of the songs. I'll take a listen to yours and follow you back!
I'm not great at lyrics. I can come up with a vocal melody line for anything. Harmonies too.
My approach to lyrics is to just sing whatever pops into my head, then pick out words or phrases that sound good and create the lyrics from that.
used to do that a lot as a club DJ but most of my 'lyrics' to a song I'd played a couple hundred times were NSFW
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Post by: Slade on August 07, 2022, 07:06:37 AM
thndregg your tunes sound great! Thanks for feedback too. :aok
Gina, how you are writing songs is how many do it. I am relatively new to it too. I first come up with the music. Then come up with a melody for each section (Verse, Chorus, Bridge). Once I have a melody that I still like after a few days I put words to each note.
The recent Beatles "Get Back" documentary is amazing for musicians to learn from. John Lennon said to do the same thing you are doing. Put in any word at first if you have to. "Cauliflower" or whatever. Then later you can change it. :old:
Both Jon Anderson (Yes) and Sting (Police) use this method too. Here is a vid forwarded to the point where Jon Anderson talks about it a bit:
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Post by: -gg- on August 07, 2022, 10:32:04 AM
for me, the music and vocal melody come at the same time. Usually every section of the song will be there too. Then I just adjust it as needed.
My problem is that I'm lazy and a perfectionist. So I rarely every go back and finish a song. When I do work on finishing a song, I get too far into the weeds of production and making it sound right that it ends up frustrating me and I end up shelving it for a new idea - then the cycle continues.
I wish I had a producer.
I don't like recording al the parts over for the "record". I like coming up with the music, so most of my stuff is first or second take stuff that I made up on the spot.
The Beatles will never be equaled. That combination of talent, personality, intelligence and time. That was magic what they did.
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Post by: Dichotomy on August 07, 2022, 07:52:33 PM
Ya okay with the self doubt Gina. I wasn't the most talented DJ on the face of the planet but I got popular and even somewhat 'famous' in the mid 90's because I was a really good entertainer.
Maybe the Beatles won't ever be bested but you have talent and you should let it shine.
Right before COVID hit I spent a few months getting back into the groove to DJ again and even did a couple of gigs. But work / life / COVID put a knife in that. Could I get back into the groove again? Probably. But, honestly, where I'm at in life I don't think I'd enjoy it as much as I used to or was looking forward to back pre COVID.
That said I think you should follow your passion and don't measure yourself against anyone but yourself. You've got talents that a lot of people don't have. Let em shine :)
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Post by: -gg- on August 07, 2022, 10:45:50 PM
Thank you, Dichotomy. That was very nice of you to say!
I think you should get back into the DJ stuff. it sounds like you really enjoyed that, and I'll bet you are a lot better than you think or let on.
Some of you guys have been very nice to me here at AH. Thank you.
p.s. I would love to have you guys as members of ICOM. There's some good people there - mostly from an AH background. We all have similar interests + there is no demerit system or "watch" lists there.
<3
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Post by: knorB on August 12, 2022, 10:14:23 AM
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Post by: sparky127 on August 12, 2022, 10:56:32 AM
Have I played for you the greatest song ever written? No??
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Post by: sparky127 on August 12, 2022, 10:59:01 AM
Eye two R a Musishunz...
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Post by: Slade on August 12, 2022, 12:22:58 PM
There and Back - Jeff Beck (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwK3U5Y1K8I)
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Post by: Arlo on August 21, 2022, 12:29:11 PM
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Post by: Meatwad on August 21, 2022, 07:26:40 PM
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Post by: -gg- on August 21, 2022, 07:39:39 PM
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Post by: DiabloTX on August 24, 2022, 09:45:59 PM
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Post by: -gg- on August 24, 2022, 10:07:23 PM
everything is good! How about you? Your family still in Casa Grande? Where are you at?
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Post by: DiabloTX on August 26, 2022, 04:29:39 PM
Yes, Casa Grande and Chandler. I'm still SE of Houston near Pearland in by God Texas. Going back to visit old pops in CG this Xmas for the first time since 2019.
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Post by: Arlo on September 09, 2022, 12:39:28 AM
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Post by: Arlo on September 09, 2022, 12:46:34 AM
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Post by: bj229r on September 09, 2022, 09:00:52 AM
Pfft. Haven't seen a single Black Oak Arkansas song yet
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Post by: morfiend on September 09, 2022, 10:53:18 AM
It’s not BOA but it’s fitting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PvuNAoG0XY
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Post by: Blooz on September 09, 2022, 01:01:53 PM
Excellent covers of "Hey Joe" and "Walking Blues" Buckle up and crank it up.
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Post by: Elfie on September 09, 2022, 01:36:21 PM
Very relaxing music.
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Post by: morfiend on September 09, 2022, 02:47:37 PM
Really like this song and your daughter did a great job. :aok
Ty.
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Post by: -gg- on October 26, 2022, 10:19:39 PM
The 2018 remix of The White Album is incredible. This song was one of the most improved mixes. If you remember the original LP version, this was very low volume and muddy. Now it has amazing dynamics and balance. There's a depth to this. Really a great remix.
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Post by: bj229r on October 27, 2022, 06:54:00 AM
I've been pondering going thru my collection and buying remastered versions of all. I guess buying them on cd isn't even a thing anymore?
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Post by: icepac on October 27, 2022, 12:02:14 PM
8:05 for the song itself.
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Post by: sparky127 on October 28, 2022, 12:03:06 AM
I've been pondering going thru my collection and buying remastered versions of all. I guess buying them on cd isn't even a thing anymore?
Optical, as a media, has been effectively dead for quite a few years. The vast majority is streamed now. Remember when they said you will own nothing and be happy? It's double edged since YOU don't have a physical copy of the music, the ARTIST has nothing tangible to sell (except concert tickets and t-shirts), the distributers have virtually no overhead (no pressing factories, no warehousing, no trucking).. The streaming companies (not the labels) have an almost 100% profit margin.
With the exception of vinyl.
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Post by: knorB on October 28, 2022, 06:15:52 PM
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Post by: icepac on October 31, 2022, 08:46:02 AM
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Post by: sparky127 on October 31, 2022, 10:21:05 AM
This guy's production skills are second to none. This is a completely natural recording (no artificial ambiance added)
That guy really is fantastic. I watch his demo videos all the time. He's a spokesperson for Neural. I'm pretty sure most of his guitar sounds are virtual. He's got a great persona as well.
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Post by: sparky127 on November 10, 2022, 01:26:44 PM
Rik's still got all of his voice...
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Post by: Masherbrum on November 10, 2022, 08:08:51 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKvxG4aD9x8
STP - Crackerman (probably blocked)
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Post by: sparky127 on November 10, 2022, 08:40:41 PM
I've been a big fan of this guy's videos for a long time.
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Post by: Kuhn on November 13, 2022, 12:47:06 PM
Hank 3 https://youtu.be/Le_vHnVPL5c
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Post by: Mano on November 13, 2022, 04:00:19 PM
:cool:
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Post by: Mano on November 13, 2022, 07:51:58 PM
Scotty approves of this video.
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Post by: TryHard on November 17, 2022, 11:46:45 PM
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Post by: TryHard on November 17, 2022, 11:51:44 PM
NICE! I've always liked Hank III wants nothing to do with the Nashville cesspool of "talent"
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Post by: TryHard on November 17, 2022, 11:59:02 PM
It's got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it's got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas. What do you say?
Who knows the movie? :D
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Post by: fuzeman on November 18, 2022, 02:23:48 PM
Is that your stereo? A modified Sony turntable with moving coil and valve pre-amp?
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Post by: sparky127 on December 08, 2022, 03:45:20 AM
It's not modified, it's just that the way I have it set up the turntable is too far away from the receiver (15 ft leads) so I was getting a bit of signal loss and hum. That gave me the excuse to get an outboard tube pre...
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Post by: sparky127 on December 08, 2022, 03:57:05 AM
Also.. The TT is a rescue work in progress. When I got it it was in rough shape and really didn't work at all. I've now got it to decently play records but the automatic function is finicky and needs to be cleaned, readjusted and the optical sensor bulb needs to be replaced. There's also a capacitor in the strobe circuit that needs to be replaced. These mid to late seventies Sony decks were some of the best ever made and since they are sleepers can be had for very little (unless it's a pristine museum piece).
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Post by: sparky127 on December 08, 2022, 04:08:44 AM
And... It's not a MM cart but it IS an authentic Shure Premier with a brand new stylus. Unfortunately, Shure has gotten out of the turntable business but I find their carts to be some of the most pleasingly musical *affordable* carts ever made. Going from an Ortofon Red, for example, to the Shure is like night and day.. Virtually zero sibilance, deep transparent bottom and a wide pleasing soundstage.
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Post by: sparky127 on December 08, 2022, 06:29:57 AM
Here's a video I took Tuesday night of one of my favorites performing one of my favorites...
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Post by: nrshida on December 08, 2022, 07:23:44 AM
Also.. The TT is a rescue work in progress. When I got it it was in rough shape and really didn't work at all.
It's a nice system, my compliments. I do like Sony's approach. I have some Partridge SUTs languishing in a drawer somewhere. Project number 223 on the todo list :rofl
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Post by: sparky127 on December 09, 2022, 02:46:20 AM