Whats on your turntable tonight?

I tend to agree somewhat with spiritofradio on the sonics of the von Karajan Beethoven cycle, while good they are geared more towards the performance rather than the sonics, as is the case with many of the DG recordings of the time.  Don't mistake this cycIe for the one from the 70s, though, this one is much better sonically.  I also have the Readers Digest box set of the symphonies, and from a sonics standpoint it is better (a classic Wilkinson/Culshaw production), but the surfaces are not as quiet as the DG set.

bkeske1, I have been considering taking up the Berlin on its digital concert hall  (I have a number of their SACDs), just have to figure how to stream it outside of my computer speakers.  Have you found the subscription worth it?

Grumiaux, I believe @magister is a fan

warming up the tubes...

Record day release 45rpm

Tedeschi Trucks - High and Mighty 

Funny and now ancient story, university GF rabid fan of Pat Benatar, her birthday gift - twin weekend concerts to Pat and Vladimir Ashkenazy..... “ that piano guy was pretty good “...

Hey Jim!


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Led Zeppelin 
Houses of the Holy
Atlantic 2014
Remastered and Produced by Jimmy Page

Had been looking for a new copy of this for awhile and decided on this the modestly priced reissue on Atlantic.  Might be a little bright but pretty good so far.  Alas, I don’t think I’ll ever hear it sound as good as it did on the tape deck in my ‘63 Dodge Dart. 

Funny.  Yeah, pretty good.  Probably worth dragging the orchestra members out of bed.