Folks: I like to catch people doing something right so I want to recognize Matador Records for their excellent service in a recent transaction. I ordered the vinyl version of the new Shearwater album, the Golden Archipelago. The record arrived last week with a manufacturing defect. I alerted...

Pink Martini released a new album this week: Splendor in the Grass. My copy arrived today and I just finished listening to it. I have liked pretty much all of the Pink Martini stuff - they do a terrific job recording/producing their albums and the performances are good, too. I snagged this...

Folks: I am strongly tempted by some of the older Wilco releases on vinyl. I recently saw two of my favorites (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and A Ghost is Born) at my local record shop. I was going to snag them but I have the CDs and, despite wearing the CDs out , I am reluctant to double buy...

I snagged a copy of the 200G Blue Train remaster yesterday from the used bin at my local shop. I have had a non-remastered, regular release, for some time. We did a little back to back listening to see if I could hear a difference and, not surprisingly, there was a pretty dramatic difference...

I have been looking into purchasing a copy of the Allman Brothers Live at the Fillmore on vinyl. It appears that there is a Universal release (on 180g) and a Classic Records release (also on 180g). One is about $25 and the other is around $40. I haven't heard either release and wonder if...

Morning folks - this past weekend my wife and I decided to start the journey into using vinyl as a source. We snagged a Music Hall MMF 5.1 and have it all set up and running. As an aside my wife (who is a budding audio enthusiast) was really enjoying how textured vocals sound (both from vinyl...

Folks, I am migrating from using a CD player to a computer-mostly source environment. I plan to use (for now) iTunes with Apple Lossless as the RIP. Can I use the volume control from within iTunes to level match albums? I mean, of course I can use it for that but is there a compromise in...

Folks, I have a dedicated circuit that comes into my office. By dedicated I mean that there is a circuit into my office directly from the house breaker box and there are no other outlets on the circuit. I plan to turn it into a 110 circuit and have it terminate into either a regular plug or...

Good morning folks. I currently use a dedicated CD player (Marantz SA8260) to drive a headphone amp (Maxed Out Home) that supports some HD650 cans. For me, the combination has been very good but I am starting to think about change. I am considering using my computer as a storage mechanism...