What A Mistake

[theWB]

People retiring to another room is always a good thing.... more personal listening time for you! Besides, these audio clubs are more for chit-chatting than listening I feel.

Someday.... you can purchase mine for a really good price, Wayne! I mean, you gotta keep Joeyitis alive in me, right?

Joey

Joeyitis is alive and well -- which can be a very bad thing!
Thank God for the wife, she keeps me under control.
I must admit however until I found this little site on the web, upgrading never even crossed my mind.

I only wish I'd have found this website before I put my room together, I would have done a few things different. The wealth of knowledge and expertise amongst the members here is amazing.
:cheers:

 

[Burke]

Awesome! I wish I attended the meeting! In what ways do you think the Summits are better than the Vistas? I'm very much in the camp that the Summits are better sounding, regardless of room size, and you're evidence of that. The Summit's bass module can really take a hold of an 11x14 room and charge it, cant it?
Joey

You don't a sub when listening in 2ch mode, which is great as the built in woofers are well matched. The overall sound is better than the Vistas but finding the correct placement is much harder in the smaller room (less sweet spot )

Since I am auditioning these if you and Wayne would like to come over and A/B them you would be welcome.

 

[Burke]

Burke,
I to attended the meeting, decided to go at the last minute. Listening environment wasn't the best and the meeting was quite crowded, I'm guessing about 40 people.Thought it was odd that after the first couple of songs about half the members retired to the other room, But hey that gave the rest of us better listening positions. I was able to find some new music at the meeting so the one way hour drive was worth it. Someone played a Jeff Beck track I was unfamilar with, ordered the cd from Amazon.com should recieve soon.

Sorry I missed you, I was looking forward to meeting. I was the one with the Casino Royale disc.

Attendance was very good for this one. And after a few songs members wander off to talk. About half the group wants to listen to music and half want to be social. It's nice there is an second room for conversations.

 

[Sambob2]

Wayne,

Could it be that you heard something from Jeff Becks Blow by Blow ablum? It is a classic from around 1975...excellent listening throughout the entire album. I just happen to play it on my turntable last weekend after purchasing a few new tubes for the phono pre-amp and a new cartiridge, a Benz M2 Glider. Beck never sounded so good and I sure like what I hear so far!

Some other excellent vinyl listening that weekend was David Gilmour-About Face, Emerson Lake and Palmer Tarkus, Works, Trilogy and the infamous Brain Salad Surgery, and also Jethro Tull-Thick as a Brick. Going to listen to some Genesis - Wind and Wuthering, Pink Floyd (always a staple favorite), and Yes. Spun an old favorite of mine from a long time ago Side one from Tales from Topographic Oceans...sounded great to hear again on a better system.

Sam

 

[lugano]

Brain Salad Surgery, and also Jethro Tull-Thick as a Brick. Going to listen to some Genesis - Wind and Wuthering, Pink Floyd (always a staple favorite), and Yes. Spun an old favorite of mine from a long time ago Side one from Tales from Topographic Oceans...

Are you 43, too ?

fantastic music picks... I feel young again, just by seeing them listed.

 

[Sambob2]

Lugano,
Close...48 in a few weeks. All that music is like opening a picture album in my mind of old memories...and music to my ears!

 

[theWB]

Sorry I missed you, I was looking forward to meeting. I was the one with the Casino Royale disc.

Burke,
Sorry, I remember the disc, but not the face.
I was the one that asked the guy from ML to play track 4, when he put in the Beatles Love Album.

:rocker:

Wayne,

Could it be that you heard something from Jeff Becks Blow by Blow ablum? It is a classic from around 1975...excellent listening throughout the entire album. I just happen to play it on my turntable last weekend after purchasing a few new tubes for the phono pre-amp and a new cartiridge, a Benz M2 Glider. Beck never sounded so good and I sure like what I hear so far!

Some other excellent vinyl listening that weekend was David Gilmour-About Face, Emerson Lake and Palmer Tarkus, Works, Trilogy and the infamous Brain Salad Surgery, and also Jethro Tull-Thick as a Brick. Going to listen to some Genesis - Wind and Wuthering, Pink Floyd (always a staple favorite), and Yes. Spun an old favorite of mine from a long time ago Side one from Tales from Topographic Oceans...sounded great to hear again on a better system.

Sam

Sam,
No I'm quite familiar with the Blow By Blow album, This was a live version of "Brush With The Blues" it's off his "Who Else!" album.

Are you 43, too ?

fantastic music picks... I feel young again, just by seeing them listed.

Must be a 40 something, I'm 44 and am quite familiar with everthing Sam Listed. I believe I own just about every "Jethro Tull" album ever made.

Do you know of any remastered copies of "Aqualung" one of my all time favorite albums, but a terrible tape hiss through the whole thing. Funny but it didn't seem to bother me back then.

 

[Sambob2]

Sam,
No I'm quite familiar with the Blow By Blow album, This was a live version of "Brush With The Blues" it's off his "Who Else!" album.

I'm surprised I'm not familiar with his "Who Else!" album. I only have Blow by Blow, Wired, and Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group Live albums.

Must be a 40 something, I'm 44 and am quite familiar with everthing Sam Listed. I believe I own just about every "Jethro Tull" album ever made.

Do you know of any remastered copies of "Aqualung" one of my all time favorite albums, but a terrible tape hiss through the whole thing. Funny but it didn't seem to bother me back then.

I'm starting to get into the remaster thing lately too. I do not have the remastered Aqualung but I do know what you mean about the hiss. That particular album was recorded in 71 which I am looking at right now. Back then most recordings were made using Dolby noise reduction...which was ok back in that day. Like you said, I never seemed to mind it much attention either.

 

[Burke]

Do you know of any remastered copies of "Aqualung" one of my all time favorite albums, but a terrible tape hiss through the whole thing. Funny but it didn't seem to bother me back then.

I agree I have the original CD version and it is just teriblle I almost nver listen to it.

Classic Records is doing a remaster, using Ian Anderson personal mater tape. I have several of their remaster and the quality is uniformally very very high. The Casio Royale CD was one of their 24/192 disc.

http://classicrecords.com/frames/shopthecatalog_frameset.htm

CATALOG #: ILPS-9145-200gm
LABEL: EMI 200gm
SRP: $33.00 USD

 

[Sambob2]

Classic Records is doing a remaster, using Ian Anderson personal mater tape. I have several of their remaster and the quality is uniformally very very high. The Casio Royale CD was one of their 24/192 disc.

Burke,

I will have to look into that when it becomes available!
Sam

 

[Burke]

I will have to look into that when it becomes available!
Sam

I am hoping that they also make a HDCD as well. I retired my turntable years ago.

ps. all this discussion of Aqualung has forced me to fire it up from the music server.

 

[risabet]

I am hoping that they also make a HDCD as well. I retired my turntable years ago.

ps. all this discussion of Aqualung has forced me to fire it up from the music server.

Sorry to hear that. What did you do with your albums?

 

[theWB]

I agree I have the original CD version and it is just teriblle I almost nver listen to it.

Classic Records is doing a remaster, using Ian Anderson personal mater tape. I have several of their remaster and the quality is uniformally very very high. The Casio Royale CD was one of their 24/192 disc.

http://classicrecords.com/frames/shopthecatalog_frameset.htm

CATALOG #: ILPS-9145-200gm
LABEL: EMI 200gm
SRP: $33.00 USD

Unfortunatly this is for a vinyl version, I don't own a TT.

I am hoping that they also make a HDCD as well. I retired my turntable years ago.

ps. all this discussion of Aqualung has forced me to fire it up from the music server.

Burke,
I did the same thing, I love that album. What kind of music server do you have? I find myself always using my server, I've retired all of my regular cd's to the system in the basement. Just keeping my SACD's and DVDA discs upstairs.

I was also researching for an updated copy of Aqualung and found a 25th aniverssary copy with extra tracks that came out in 1996. Does anyone know if it's any better than the original,(ie.without the tape hiss),There's also a 1997 release that the reviewer on attached URL claims is the best.
http://www.soundstage.com/music/mus0997g.htm

 

[lugano]

memories...

Here's what a quick browsing through my LP collection has brought up:

 

[MiTT]

Burke,

I will have to look into that when it becomes available!
Sam

It'a actually available now I believe, but only on vinyl. Classic makes 24/96 and 24/192 DAD's as well, but no redbook or HDCD releases.

Luckily I'm big into vinyl so I'm looking forward to picking up a copy.

 

[Burke]

What kind of music server do you have? I find myself always using my server, I've retired all of my regular cd's to the system in the basement. Just keeping my SACD's and DVDA discs upstairs.

I have the SONOS, with an external NAS drive so that do not have to keep the computers on just to play music. I just finished reripping all of my CDs to FLAC lossless. ZP100s are in my office and the living room. A ZP80 is connected to the receiver & ML's via toslink cable.

After all the discussion last night I just had to play Aqualung again. I fired it up in my office on the ZP100 and a pair of Polk TR6i speakers, sounded terrible (this is relative to Patricia Barber SACDs on ML Summits). Later I played the first track (Aqualung) again, but on the ZP80 and ML Summits. Now the sound was much better, It very quiet relative to other albulms, I suspect that the mix was very compressed when mastered for AM radio. And that is pretty much how is sounded. Not terrible but just with dynamic range and clarity. I sure hope Classic records make a HDAD 24/192, version available for all of us without turntables. (I actually have a turntable, 12 years in a box) that I will probably give away later this afternoon when one of the other CAS members drops by.

 

[theWB]

Here's what a quick browsing through my LP collection has brought up:

Lugano,
Very Cool.
I always remembered the "Benifit" album cover with the cut out figures and "Thick As A Brick" with the very funny newspaper articles. I always liked the double album "Living In The Past" as well.
Seems so long ago!

 

[theWB]

I have the SONOS, with an external NAS drive so that do not have to keep the computers on just to play music. I just finished reripping all of my CDs to FLAC lossless. ZP100s are in my office and the living room. A ZP80 is connected to the receiver & ML's via toslink cable.

After all the discussion last night I just had to play Aqualung again. I sure hope Classic records make a HDAD 24/192, version available for all of us without turntables.

I sure hope so, a quick search on Ebay came up with none of the 1997 DCC copies, I did however find one on Amazon for $500 bucks.
http://www.amazon.com/Aqualung-Jeth...ef=sr_1_1/104-3115291-5467903?ie=UTF8&s=music
Guess I'll just put up with the hiss till something better comes along.
:cheers:

 

[Sambob2]

Here's what a quick browsing through my LP collection has brought up:

Lugano,
You da man! Here's my contribution..can you guess what A Passion Play is on?

Wayne, I did not know you were TT'less...As you know...check out the picture on Benefit, there's your cutout figures!

Sam

 

[Joey_V]

Burke,

How do you like the Sonos? I'm thinking of going Sonos from Squeezebox... how's the DAC in that guy?