Linda Ronstadt/Nelson Riddle

Listened to What's New last night. Real classy.

Fair point Ebm.

Anyway, I listened to all 3 records. Wow. Just terrific! I repeat my suggestion that it would be worthwhile to pick up this special collection.

I think Oregonpapa alerted me to the eBay site where the set was auctioned. Thanks man!!

P.S. On another subject, while I think it's too early to post detailed comments on the SE upgrade to my ARC Ref 150, suffice to say, I think the amp sounds better than it did before. Still waiting for the flowers to bloom because the amp is just starting beak-in.

My last post on this thread is over a month old. In it, I referred to my ARC Ref 150 amp which had been recently upgraded to SE status, which included KT-150 tubes. Since then, my ARC Ref 150 SE amp is pretty broken in now.

Ok ... so I'm spinning some Linda/Nelson LPs right now. I am just amazed. Forget the audiophile lexicon ... all I can say is WOW!! What a voice and my amp does a terrific job of projecting a wonderful sound stage in front of me.

Oregonpapa ... I get why you were so impressed by your ARC Ref 75 SE. I think ARC made some real magic with the Ref amp SE line.

That said, I am dubious I would be able to fully appreciate the music or the amp without my DEQX PreMATE speaker and room EQ correction device. If interested in the DEQX, check out the thread which was active a couple of days ago. Al (Almarg) is reporting set-up progress with his new DEQX HDP-5.

Thanks Oregonpapa. Right now ... I'm in the mood for smoooooth and that means it's Linda/Nelson time. I'm spinning Lush Life. Wow!!!

Not sure I mentioned this, but I picked up an original Asylum 3 record box set. Really well mastered and pressed.