RUSH

You motivated me to take my laptop and connect it direct by USB to the imeriv D-1. Normally I have a Sonore OpticalRendu on the USB input.

I have heard Finding My Way on YouTube over 10x and via the imersiv D-1 it is almost very good. Definitely better than any previous times I have heard the Youtube clip, but the sound is still restricted somewhere. The drums are more pronounced on the D-1 and sound even better than I had heard before.

BTW - I sold my more neutral CODA #16 last week and replaced it with the 30-year-old CODA #11, which I just got back from CODA after $144 in upgrades and bias adjustment. A great move, since the slightly warmer #11 is a perfect match for the #11.  Now if I sell either of these, I need to be committed.

BTW2 - back in the day I would be very excited to see any video of RUSH, especially the Subdivisions video which was shot in my high school and neighborhood. However today, I have tons of RUSH concert videos at my fingertips, fantastic.

Thanks for the report!

@buellrider97 

FWIT I’ve run into Aldridge in Montecito at Starbucks. That’s about the only thing in that town I can afford

Hah!  My wife and I met in SB. Lived in a succession of funky rooms and shacks. Left in ’83, seeking a more affordable locale. I retain many fond memories of living in SB, beginning in ’76. For music-lovers, it was truly a paradise! 

@yyzsantabarbara I just received Moving Pictures vinyl. It’s a reissue but states the following…

180g Vinyl Reissue Pressed at Quality Record Pressings!

Direct Metal Mastered from Original Analog Masters at Abbey Road Studios!

I’m pleasantly surprised by the sound quality. I do find that Rush recordings are light on bass. It’s focused more on showing Geddy Lee’s skills rather than the chest thumping bass. I don’t think my system is lacking in bass delivery but this is purely just tuneful playing of the instrument.