77jovian
Responses from 77jovian
| Most annoying song, period. What, nobody has mentioned “Patches”? Who the hell thought it was a good idea to set those awful lyrics to that awful music?And “Leader of the Pack” and all of the songs about guys who take a girl to the prom only to learn that she has been dead ... | |
| Anybody have experience with Bavsound? Thanks mcreyn. | |
| RMAF 2019 Arrival Mildly disappointed to hear Audio Research’s top gear, paired with some huge Sonus Fabers. I hadn’t seen this model before, six feet tall and obviously hundreds of pounds, like Amaris after some years of steroids. The system was tucked to the si... | |
| RMAF 2019 Arrival Highlights:Vandersteen Quints (if that’s what they will be called), powered by Vandersteen and VTL, cabled and conditioned by Audioquest. Outstanding.The new PS Audio speakers in an all-PS Audio system. A new Spendor, maybe 9.6(?), outstanding, ... | |
| Tune of the Day And, +1 for “Future Games”, still my favorite album from my favorite lineup of FleetwoodcMac. | |
| Tune of the Day Greetings, Slaw! Yes, I read this thread a lot more than I post to it. So many great suggestions by others. You and BDP, for example, share a wealth of knowledge about music, musicians and recording in your posts.Given my less frequent posts, I’... | |
| Tune of the Day Nils Lofgren...”New Kind of Freedom” | |
| Great musicians who should have been famous except.... Speaking of Steve Gadd, I was just listening to him with Eric Gale, Richard Tee and Tony Levin, the “backup band” for Paul Simon’s “One Trick Pony”. Such an amazing unit, and Paul Simon was still writing incredible tunes then. Massively under ap... | |
| Great musicians who should have been famous except.... Several mentions of Aja, but no credit for Bernard Purdie’s Great work on that album? | |
| got to visit Ayre yesterday I had a similar experience at YG Acoustics, in northern Denver. I was welcomed with open arms. A full tour from owner/designer Yoav and an extended visit to their listening room. Amazing quality in the design and build of the speakers and the so... | |
| What was your first system? When was that? Maranta 1060 integrated, later supplemented with a Marantz tuner. Sonar speakers. Gerard 1229 table and a Shure cart, can’t remember the model. No name cables, but a heavier gauge than zip cord. I’d like to hear it again. | |
| Your favourite music movie? AmadeusImmortal BelovedSingin in the RainParis Bluesand another vote for West Side Story | |
| Music lover or audiophile? If I didn’t have a great audio system, I would still need music. If I couldn’t hear music, I wouldn’t need a great audio system. So, musicophile first.An audio system is somewhat similar to my guitars. At a basic level, they allow me to hear th... | |
| Tune of the Day Bdp, I have seen your posts appreciating the music of Mary Gauthier. I thought you might want to know her performance on Bluegrass Underground airs tonight (5/18), at least in my locale. You may want to check the listings and set the DVR... | |
| Tune of the Day Canadian blues today...The Guess Who...”Just Let Me Sing”https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O6cOQqeksCA |