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I understood your post and I'm more drunk that RC. I don't think it was an audiofool that invented CD's. Just an engineer, who with his tests cried, "perfect sound, forever" and you all bought into it hook line and sinker. LMAO Also, are Japanese CD's going to be CPed soon?

Hendrix: Axis... Hendrix: War Heroes Dylan: New Morning Beatles: Revolver(Mono) Beatles: Meet the Beatles Miles: Birth of the Cool (2nd pressing?) Nice keepers from freebie box I'm going through.

Billie Holiay; The Billie Holiday Story(MCA) 2LP Looks like it's a re-issue from 1972 Decca sides from '45-'50. It's a great find because it was free and I like it! Seems much better than the Columbia box I got a few weeks ago.

This situation is like putting an LP on the turntable and getting silence, because the new LP's play backwards.

A friend just gave me about 60-70 LP's. Mostly 70's and 80's rock. I've seen better covers, but the vinyl looks good. Hendrix, Dylan, Beatles, a couple Miles and a Holiday. Nothing to retire on, but it looks like I'll get a few keepers. Playing Hendrix: Band Of Gypsies

Things are getting less fuzzy. Follow up... Consumers sure are getting the shaft. How can we keep up and be assured of a quality product, one that is predictable, if STANDARDS are not being followed? OK, I think it's sinking in. My DVD player plays CD's. I'm guessing that because it has the compact disc logo(along with MP3 logo) it meets those standards and has circuitry to match. But, when a CP disc is installed it may not play because it does not follow Redbook standards?

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Got it. Interesting OK. Is it the really the players fault if it was mainly designed to play DVD, not Redbook Standard CD?

Garage sale. Advertise locally. Maybe , someone will buy the complete lot. Audiogon (learn grading) Ebay.. sell indivually or in lots of more than one. To get a fair price you are going to have to spend a bit of time on it. But, you might find some local guys to buy them pretty fast. When I sell LP's(Audiogon/Ebay) I always get a couple e-mails from local guys interested in dropping by and buying more. You could list a couple on Audiogon and Ebay and mention you have more to sell if they want to contact you for viewing... How fast they sell will also depend on titles you have.

Probably beating a dead horse, but I'm dense(or too involved with vinyl). I've been trying to get my head around the changes occurring with CD's. We have Redbook Standard that all players and CD's are supposed to follow, right? And it works and has worked fine. SACD and DVD-A are totally different and have their own standards, that have been agreed upon by the hardware and software makers, right? And everyone is pretty happy. I'm now hearing of this being put on CD's with copy protection: WARNING WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INABILITY OF THIS CD TO PLAY ON EVERY CD PLAYER OR DAMAGE IT MAY CAUSE TO PLAYBACK EQUIPMENT. Here is where things get fuzzy for me. Is this 'possible inability to play' caused by the software not meeting Redbook Standard? Or, is it caused by players that can play more than Redbook Standard (like MP3 and CDR) that makes the CD think it is in a position to be copied, thus preventing play? When I go to buy a new CD player or a computer that I want to play CD's via, I want to have this figured out.

No more tubes? Feel free to post about a couple Venus titles. I have not gotten around to getting any.

"Too large a part of Grant Green's legacy is commercial funk....Solid and Matador, along with such classics as Idle Moments, are the albums that truly represent Green." Micael Cuscuna (Solid liner notes) I've never listened to one of his later LP's because of comments like this.

Grant Green: Green Street Grant Green: Solid Don Cherry Mosaic will probably get spun later.

I seem to recall a tube amp I had that fried a resistor and quit working. It was an easy fix.

The analog version is no picnic, either. Poor recording from the get go.

Do not have it, but I like the Speakers Corner LP's I have(mostly classical). Have you tried the Impulse titles GRP/MCA did a few years back? They were pretty good in my book and you may be able to find a copy for less than the SC.

Did you toast the transformers? If not, why is it a total loss?

Preachin' to the choir. For the price of Japanese CD's you can get the best, all analog vinyl re-issues. Many have all the qualities I love from vinyl. That same $30 can get you many originals(not many BN's) of great jazz. The trick, in any format, is to know what you are getting, a predictability if you will.

on hot summer nights it has it's drawbacks. Mainly, HEAT. I switched to my little 12wpc Heatkits, so it's not too bad. Those 200wpc tube amps must really be nuts in the summer. Maybe, they just use them in the winter.

Miles Davis: Relaxin' Fantasy Original Jazz Classics(OJC) I'm assuming this is still available most places for about $10. To my ears, this has very acceptable sound. I feel no urge to upgrade to the original, which is probably nice. Even a bit of depth which is missing in some re-issues. Man, Coltrane's sound is big and lively and nicely up-front. Your mileage may vary, but I hope not.

Hank Mobley and His All Stars Miles Davis: Relaxin' Miles and Coltrane Play Richard Rodgers(Moodsville)...looks like it's a comp from earlier releases.

This may be a stupid comment, but when I first listened to Midnight Blue I thought, heroin. Why? I really do not know. Albums like MB? I would have to put together a compilation of songs to get that feel. Ammons: Hip Tip is one and I know I have heard more, but I cannot recall them now. Maybe, a song from Kind of Blue? Chet Baker's "Chet" seems to have one or two. Something off Byrd's "Royal Flush" also comes to mind.

Here is some info I've come across over the years. The following info may or may not be accurate. The ear is actually a "P" two loops forming a stylized letter P, for the logo of Plastylite, the New Jersey pressing plant which fabricated all Blue Note LPs from 1950 through the middle of 1966. The ear was inscribed on each STAMPER manufactured for use at Plastylite, so that all disks would have the Plastylite identifier. That means you will see the ear on some Prestige records and a few United Artists records (Ellington, King Pleasure, Blakey) of the early 1960s, who briefly also used Plastylite. When you examine a disk, unless there was an ERROR (on rare occasions the stampers were put into use with the ear accidentally not impressed in the metal, just a sloppy mistake in manufacturing), the ABSENCE of the ear indicates a pressing dating from 1966 to date. More obviously, most of the NEW YORK USA label releases, the late 4000/84000 and the 4100/84100 series, were first pressed in New Jersey with ear and a few years later re-pressed by Liberty with no ear, but the same exact labels were used. Due to haphazard scheduling of release dates and frequent postponements or "passing over" of certain artists' titles, the pattern of the end of the ear era is messy, but suffice it to say that Joe Henderson 4227/84227 is the HIGHEST CAT. # title issued with ear. Several early titles were also held back until Liberty ran the show, so they do not exist with ear: such as 4118, 4171, 4193, 4196, 4203, 4204, 4206, 4209, 4212-3, 4215, 4217-9, 4222 and their stereo counterparts.

I have a Linn Sondek LP12. I've also used this method to good effect, recently. Once things are set-up 'in the ballpark', using your ears is the way to go for fine tuning. Some type of cartridge alignment tool, a stylus force gauge and a test record are essentials.