The Stranglers - The Collection 1977-1982

Grateful Dead - What a Long Strange Trip Its Been - The Best Of 2 lp Promo

Joe Jackson - Body and Soul

Richard Thompson - Strict Tempo

Phillips Demo record with the various artists above

Alan Parsons - Pyramid on orange vinyl

Joe Jackson - Night and Day

The Doors Greatest Hits 2 LP set - Promo

Tom Waits - Heartattack and Vine - Promo

Weather Report - Heavy Weather

Steeleye Span - Parcel of Rogues - Promo

ELO - Showdown on burple vinyl

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 Les McCann & Eddie Harris - Swiss Movement

SRV, Texas Flood, 180 gram vinyl remaster, Pure Pleasure Records. Side 3, Tin Pan Alley (version previously unreleased on vinyl)

Blind Faith, 180 gram audiophile vinyl. Sounds really good right now.

 DaveInVA wrote: 
I said goodbye to my "mid fi" direct drive turntable about 8 yrs ago, although my LP collection is still boxed-up in the attic. I'm afraid I sold out to the convenience of digital at that time. My heart still occasionally misses a beat though thinking about some of that lovely analogue gear of yesteryear  I saw a beautiful Nagra portable for sale on E-bay about 6 mths ago & was almost tempted.....purely as an "objet d'art" purchase but when the bidding reached $500+ I knew I couldn't justify the spend!!    

 highwindows wrote: 
Thanks! I still have my Stax Lamba's I bought back in the 70's. They are a little bass shy compared to modern regular headphones but the midrange is soooo good. MP3 is brutal through them though. I bought a pair of Beyerdynamic DT-770's for that a few years ago and am happy with them for non critical listening.
Do you already have a collection of LP's? There is a lot out there and much can still be had cheap at yard sales and Goodwill etc. There are still some used record stores around also. Some of the old analogue gear, especially some of the tube/valve stuff has really gone out of sight price wise. Same with some of the turntables. There is still lots of great gear out there at good prices with a little hunting though. I haven't owned a Revox A-77 in decades but I do still have three Revox G-36's and a F-36 and a Studer A-62 and a B-62 among others. A long time hobby of mine has been restoring old recording equipment and at one time I had over 200 machines. I am down to "only" 100 or so now and have been slowly selling them off...

 DaveInVA wrote: 

Right. Way back when I always used to dream about a system that included an SME arm, maybe a Quad amp & certainly a Revox A-77. Never quite reached those dizzy heights though, although I still have a pair of Stax SR-3's. These days I do most of my listening on a Pod, which is convenient but clearly the Fi is not very Hi. A part of me still "lusts" after some of the choicest analogue gear ........... much of which is still so beautiful & will undoubtedley become (is already probably) seriously collectable.
Maybe I should check out E-Bay!!

Fingers crossed on those house payments Dave!!       

 highwindows wrote: 
This is my "office" system and its constantly in flux so there is something different every couple of days as I am using it to test stuff I am selling on ebay to make my house payments. In that picture I am using a Thorens TD126MKIII with its original arm and an NOS ADC 220XE cartridge from the 70's. Both are going on ebay soon. I had collected up over the decades more than 30 cartridges and I have been checking them on the Thorens before selling them one a time. In the last year I have had 5 various Grace F9 series, a Adante E, Mission 773MC, and several ADC, Signet and others in use briefly. I got many of them NOS or open box from a friends store that closed in the 80's. I still have a Dynavector MR23, Dynavector Karat, a NOS Sumiko Talisman S, NOS Acutex M307MKII, and a AudioQuest 404B.  In turntables I also have a Empire 698, (2) 598's, Harman Hardon ST-7 and ST-8, a fully restored Marantz SLT-12, a Sony PS-X700 Biotracer, a TEAC TS-80 Magnefloat (magnetic platter bearing) and a JA Mitchell Hydraulic Reference Transcriptor. I had been using a Sony PS-X555SE Biotracter in the office system but recently sold it.  I haven't posted any more LP's the last week as I had to sell my Accuphase C200 and Carver TFM-45 to make this months house payments. I am repairing some other equipment now to put back in the system and test and eventually ebay for house payment money. I'm just glad I am a pack-rat or I would have lost the house ages ago. Hopefully it will sell before I run out of stuff.