What are you listening to right now?

[Todd Anderson]

Saw one of my favorite bands last night, RIDE. Back in my high school days I collected releases by Creation Records out of England and RIDE popped up with three EPs in 1990 and an LP landing in 1991. They came to the US to support the release and played a small club in Wash DC... I coaxed a friend to go see them on a school night. That would have been my senior year.

We got to the club about 3 hours early and sat in a hallway outside the venue's main doors. No one else was there. My friend began to question my early arrival logic... We're all alone! And, to be honest, I was beginning to question myself. BUT... we were rewarded by these young RIDE lads as they played a sound check that lasted about 45 min. Song after song. I was on cloud 9. We couldn't see them... but we heard it.

Of course, the hallway eventually filled up, but we were first in line and got our spots center stage... literally leaning on the stage... and the show blew my mind.

RIDE has remained a staple for me. My favorite album is "Going Blank Again"... and I've seen RIDE play 6-ish times over the years, including last night. They're running the second year of a reunion tour and apparently have a new LP coming out in March. And last night they played their first LP, Nowhere, from start to finish and it was killer. It's music that needs to be heard live. They attacked the stage like a buzzsaw. Took me right back to 1991.

Love it, and love the fact that they can still ignite that raw, powerful, growling musical spirit that grabbed me and rocked my world back in my youth. Great stuff.

 

[3dbinCanada]

Yesterday's streaming selections

 

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Yesterday's vinyl

 

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I'm listening to this on my son-inlaw's system. I forget how good the PSB original Alpha's sound

 

[JStewart]

Should you find yourself in a decades gone by smoke filled nightclub kind of mood.

 

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Yesterday's streaming from my library...

 

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Yesterday's vinyl on cassette

 

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Yesterday's listening selections

 

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Yesterday's listening selections

 

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I did lots of listening last night. Here are yesterday's streaming selections. I like to exercise the soundbars every once in a while.

 

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Yesterday's recording/listening selections

I dusted everything after I took those pictures which pointed out all the dust.

 

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Yesterday's streaming selections

 

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Yesterday's cassette selection

 

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Yesterday's listening selections

 

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Streamed the following classical

 

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Yesterday's cassettes part 1

 

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Yesterday's cassette part 2

Side B using the Akai

 

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The couple past days listening selections, part 1.

 

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Yesterday's listening selection

 

[JStewart]

The couple past days listening selections, part 1.


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The new audio stand setup with the TT on top is lookin good.

 

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The new audio stand setup with the TT on top is lookin good.

Thanks J!! I always wanted one stereo system built around separates. The price was too good to pass up; $525 for an MX-600 power amp, CX-600 pre-amp and a TX-530 tuner so I took the dive. I wanted to keep everything Yamaha so I found another cassette deck, KX-1200 in pristine condition that cost me as much the separates stack. Also found a

I had to throw in an EQ as well. which I'm glad I did. You will notice that I only boost the 30Hz and 60Hz bands and leave the rest flat.

To tell you the truth, this doesn't sound any different than my Yamaha AVR which doesn't surprise me. I know I would not be able to tell them apart in a blind listening test.