What are you listening to right now?

[tmazz]

Tom -

Well??? How does it sound?  I have no Led Zep vinyl at all, I need to correct that.

G

Led Zeppelin IV - Deluxe Edition

Atlantic 2 Disc 180g LP set

The vinyl had a few clicks and pops right out of the box (after I cleaned it on my VPI, of course). I will have to play it a few times to see if the stylus polishes them out a la Mo-Fi before I render a final opinion of the vinyl itself.

As for the SQ, it sounded pretty good, but I have not listened to any Zep since reconfiguring the system in the new house, so I really need to pull out the Mothership LPs and the LZ IV CD to get a better idea if it sounds better or worse than previous version.

[tmazz]

Mac McAnally - Live in Muscle Shoals

Mailboat CD


Longtime Member of the Coral Reefer Band. Good SQ. Nice live performance of countryish acoustic folk.

[StereoNut]

Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band - LIVE 1975-1985 on CD in my office system, while working on Real Estate leads for this coming week.

[tmazz]

Tom -

Well??? How does it sound?  I have no Led Zep vinyl at all, I need to correct that.

G

Led Zeppelin IV - Deluxe Edition

Atlantic 2 Disc 180g LP set

OK Gene, here are my impressions after a quick shootout. Using Stairway to Heaven I compared they CD, the 180 G LP Pressing of the Mothership set and the new LP release.

My CD copy is a late 80s Japanese pressing and has a sound that is typical of many of its time. Very quiet, but flat, dark, closed in with a decent lateral sound stage but very little height or depth. Perfect sound forever. Nuff said.

Next I put on the Mothership LP. Now this is more like it. The soundstage has height seems like it is coming from the vertical plane of the speakers instead of as a point source from the speakers themselves. Likewise although the recording does not have much depth in terms of instrument placement the reverb around the instruments sound  gives more of the impression that it is occurring in a space as opposed to coming from the same point at the instrument, thereby giving the whole stage a sense of depth. And there more detail and transient information (both attack and decay. On the acoustic guitar you can hear the body of the guitar as opposed to just the strings. And the flute also has a natural resonance to it that make you feel more like you are listening to an actual flute whereas on the CD it could have been a synthesized keyboard flute sound.

The differences between the Mothership LP and the new LZ IV reissue were much smaller. Overall the were very close although the new release seemed to have a lighter presentation to it. Neither was clearly better than the other, just different. This is the kind of thing where you would really have to listen to both a number of times to form a longer term opinion.

If you don't have any LZ vinyl at all you should take a look at the Mothership set. It is a 4 180g LP set of LZ greatest hits. Chad has them for $60, which is a good bit cheaper than buying all of the reissues individually.

http://store.acousticsounds.com/d/42332/Led_Zeppelin-Mothership-Vinyl_Box_Sets

If you are a completist, the individual albums are the way to go. But if you are only looking for a smattering of Zeppelin on vinyl check out the run list on the set. It just might do the trick for you.

[tmazz]

Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band - LIVE 1975-1985 on CD in my office system, while working on Real Estate leads for this coming week.

Sounds like the motto of the real estate agent - Born to Run. 

[tmazz]

Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band - LIVE 1975-1985 on CD in my office system, while working on Real Estate leads for this coming week.

Bill - You should try this one:





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3dOuJnt9EQ

[StereoNut]

Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band - LIVE 1975-1985 on CD in my office system, while working on Real Estate leads for this coming week.

Sounds like the motto of the real estate agent - Born to Run. 

You got that right!  Maybe, it should be "Always on the Run" ? 

[StereoNut]

Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band - LIVE 1975-1985 on CD in my office system, while working on Real Estate leads for this coming week.

Bill - You should try this one:

I'll need this for closings!  $$$ 

[tmazz]

John  Williams/Boston Pops - Music for Screen and Stage

Sony CD

[tmazz]

Luigi's Original: Extra Cheese (Originals by the Originals)


Compose Records CD

Origianl recordings of old time Italian favorites by the likes of Deam Martin, Louis Prima, Al Martino and more.

Brings back memories of Sunday afternoons at Grandpa's house.....

[tmazz]

George Benson/Al Jarreeau - Givin' It Up

Concord/Monster Music CD

[tmazz]

Enya - Paint the Sky With Stars (The Best of Enya)

   Reprise CD

[tmazz]

Leonard Bernstein: The Final Concert

   Deutsche Grammophon CD


Conducting the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Beethoven: Symphony No. &
Britten: 4 Sea Interluides

[tmazz]

The Turtle Island String Quartet: Who Do We Think We Are?

  Windham Hill Jazz CD

[tmazz]

Paul Simon - Graceland

  WB 180g LP