Author: DOuG pRATt

There is a (Christmas) Season (Turn, Turn, Turn)

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Another post about a turntable? This one is exclusively at Best Buy. It’s a Pro-Ject Carbon Esprit SB, which is considered to be an excellent table. The list price is normally $600, but this one costs an extra fifty bucks because it’s a Beatles Edition.

A competitor of Pro-Ject, called Rega, had a Queen special limited edition turntable that originally went for the same price, but it was eventually offered at a discount. I’m not in the market for a new turntable myself, having just replaced the broken RCA plugs on my 30-year-old Thorens turntable, but I’ll be interested in seeing how well the Beatles table sells.

A Message From Joe Pera

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Hello,

I hope you’re doing well and that you had a nice Thanksgiving. Did you watch anything good on television with your family after dinner? Last year, my family watched ‘Big Fat Greek Wedding’ twice – once on Thanksgiving and once on Christmas.

I like ‘Big Fat Greek Wedding’. My Nana loves it. The language is appropriate for families which is mostly why we watch it. However, I’m writing to let you know that you don’t have to watch ‘Big Fat Greek Wedding’ this Christmas because I made a holiday special that begins airing next week.

It’s a half hour live-action special called ‘Joe Pera Helps You Find the Perfect Christmas Tree’ and will premier next Friday December 9th on Adult Swim at midnight. The show is pretty much what the title describes and features many different types of conifers, spruces, and pines to help you figure out which one is right for you. There’s a lot of other nice things in the show and I promise that it’s good and worth watching.

I hope you’ll consider tuning it, either with or without your family but hopefully with. It’ll probably be online shortly after as well.

Sincerely,
Joe

Denton Doctors

Wharfedale Denton 80th Anniversary Edition

The finest sounding loudspeaker I have ever owned is the Wharfedale Denton 80th Anniversary Edition. Don’t be put off by the relatively small size of the cabinet and the 5-inch woofer. The cabinet is heavy and solid, with beautiful mahogany wood veneer — not cheap vinyl — on all sides, and bass response from the Kevlar woofer is excellent.

Rear panel with bi-amp option (jumpers included if not wanted)

This is a warm, smooth and refined speaker, yet richly detailed and musically dynamic, in the best British mini-monitor tradition. The Denton is not ideal for a surround sound system, but for music it is magnificent, presenting an incredibly deep and wide sense of space. Adding a subwoofer is not only unnecessary, it would be a mistake, in my opinion.