What Are You Listening To - The Reckoning

[Bleep1673]

I dont care what you think, I think it's brilliant

[Bleep1673]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9WdUgn0XkU<br /><br />I'm 18 again<br /><br />

[Bleep1673]

& finally..... for now<br /><br />

[Futtocks]

To celebrate the career of the late Trevor Bolder, last night I listened to The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.

Edited May 23, 2013 by Futtocks

[Ullman]

To celebrate the career of the late Trevor Bolder, last night I listened to The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.

No better way.

 

Bit of journalistic license as far as the history goes, I feel, but I agree with the sentiment that the Spiders should have some kind of lasting memorial in their home city.

 

How the Spiders from Hull changed rock music for ever

[Leeds Wire]

[westhuller]

Billy Bragg and Wilco - Mermaid Avenue

[westhuller]

Well everyones out so I am sat in my listening room with a bottle of rum and listening to Aja on me turntable.

[Ullman]

[Wolford6]

I've just watched last night's Eagles documentary. Pretty good I thought.

[Futtocks]

Latest 2nd-hand LP purchases:

• Candi Staton - Music speaks louder than Words
• Dr Hook - Pleasure and Pain
• King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black
• Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - United
• Mike Oldfield - Impressions
• Warren Zevon - Stand in the Fire

[westhuller]

In celebration of Graham Parker and The Rumour playing Leeds O2 in October spinning Heat Treatment on me turntable.

[timtum]

Latest 2nd-hand LP purchases:

• Candi Staton - Music speaks louder than Words
• Dr Hook - Pleasure and Pain
• King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black
• Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - United
• Mike Oldfield - Impressions
• Warren Zevon - Stand in the Fire

Lord have mercy that's a good trawl....

 

I was sat having my morning coffee today and France 2 morning show had the break music as.......

 

[Futtocks]

Lord have mercy that's a good trawl....

I spent a bit more than I usually do, but it was worth it. I've also upgraded the isolation platform for the turntable, and taken delivery of a new DAC/ADC/Headphone amp, so there will be a lot of listening and several vinyl rips over the next few weeks. Edited June 12, 2013 by Futtocks

[westhuller]

I spent a bit more than I usually do, but it was worth it. I've also upgraded the isolation platform for the turntable, and taken delivery of a new DAC/ADC/Headphone amp, so there will be a lot of listening and several vinyl rips over the next few weeks.

Which Dac Futtocks spill the beans

[Futtocks]

Which Dac Futtocks spill the beans

The Furutech ADL Esprit. I had the TOSLink (from DVD Recorder) and Coaxial (from TV) inputs working last night, but couldn't extract the driver for USB operation from its *.rar file. I've done that on my work computer (which has WINRAR on it) and will be installing it this evening. Sounds excellent already - can't wait to feed it some high-resolution FLAC files!

[westhuller]

The Furutech ADL Esprit. I had the TOSLink (from DVD Recorder) and Coaxial (from TV) inputs working last night, but couldn't extract the driver for USB operation from its *.rar file. I've done that on my work computer (which has WINRAR on it) and will be installing it this evening. Sounds excellent already - can't wait to feed it some high-resolution FLAC files!

Try Naim Label they usually have couple of free hi res downloads on there site might not be to your taste but they give you an idea on what the quality is like.I turned all the digital circuitry off on my CD player and used an external dac the results were like night and day.

[Futtocks]

A lot of the 'audiophile' labels tend rather too much in the direction of polite, chin-stroking, beautifully recorded jazz-lite tedium or all-too-predictable classical selections, but there is more and more stuff becoming available. The Find HD Music search engine is worth checking out, although not all American sellers will allow foreign customers to create an account.

[Futtocks]

I turned all the digital circuitry off on my CD player and used an external dac the results were like night and day.

I use the tuner in my DVD player for most of my radio listening, as DTV has a higher bitrate than DAB - Radio 3 through the DAC is really very good. As for CD, I haven't actually played a disc in ages. When I buy a CD, it immediately gets ripped to the external hard drive and backed up, then I play the files through the laptop.

[Futtocks]

As regards the Furutech, the accompanying leaflet and the website FAQ page don't really address all the setup issues, so there'll be a bit of experimentation with playback and recording settings before I've worked everything out for optimal performance.

[Ullman]

A lot of the 'audiophile' labels tend rather too much in the direction of polite, chin-stroking, beautifully recorded jazz-lite tedium or all-too-predictable classical selections, but there is more and more stuff becoming available. The Find HD Music search engine is worth checking out, although not all American sellers will allow foreign customers to create an account.

The Polite Chin Strokers, there's one for the 'name an indie band' thread.

[westhuller]

Just arrived in the post my fathers day prezzie 180gm copy of the film Lawless soundtrack by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.

Edited June 15, 2013 by westhuller

[bedlam breakout]

7 nights to rock - moon mullican

[westhuller]

Bob Marley and The Wailers - Trench Town

[Wolford6]

Played the Bradford Festival yesterday and were brilliant. On UK tour in September: