77jovian
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| Leon Russell And don't forget Leons's stint with the New Grass Revival. The year they closed the Telluride Bluegrass Festival was a helluva night. | |
| Advice requested on speakers Excellent comments. Thank you all. I'll let you know how it works out. | |
| Advice requested on speakers Thanks for the suggestions. I've heard good things about both Merlins and Montanas, but they aren't available locally, so they didn't make the cut. | |
| The best acoustic guitar recordings?? Great suggestions above...also listen to these artists...Fingerstyle greats: Tommy Emmanuel, Pat Donohue, Mike Dowling, Pete Finger, Pete Huttlinger, Leo Kottke, Jack Williams, Rick Foster, John KnowlesCountry/bluegrass: Bryan Sutton, Pat Flynn, C... | |
| "Litmus test" songs I always include something that ONLY sounds good on a great system, crappy, if not painful, on mediocre setups...try Stan Kenton's West Side Story can be grueling or great! | |
| Upgrade ARC preamp s to LS-26 ?? I was tempted to save the $$ and buy the LS17 instead of the LS26. The LS26 is worth the difference. I'm not good at the lingo, but I'll try. Here's what the LS26 brought me. First, I noticed instruments with extended range (piano, cello, for exam... | |
| Upgrade ARC preamp s to LS-26 ?? I owned an LS3B for years. I occasionally brought home other AR preamps to demo, including an SP16 and an LS25II. Never felt moved to replace the LS3B. Then, I demoed the LS17 and heard coherency, delicacy, dimensionality and fidelity I hadn't hea... | |
| Ear protection for concerts Ringing in the ears is a symptom of hearing damage. After playing in a rock band for 10 years, I have had some hearing loss, and I am now assiduous in protecting my remaining hearing. I have the Westone plugs, the ones that are custom-fitted and a... | |
| What do you think of Vandersteen 5a's? Hi, I live in Denver, too. It is well worth it to drive to Ft. Collins and hear the Vandies at Audio Alternative. Rick is a good, knowledgeable dealer and can set up the Vandies with Ayre for you to hear. I heard the Quatros recently there and was... | |
| The CD you most listened to back in 2007 ? Charlie Haden/Kenny Barron - Night and the CityPat Metheny/Charlie Haden - Beyond the Missouri SkyStan Kenton's West Side StoryThe Waybacks - From the Pasture to the FutureInfamous Stringdusters - Fork in the RoadSchoenberg - GurreliederBrahms - l... | |
| What started you on the merry go round? I happened to pick up an issue of Stereo Review and saw a favorable review of the Marantz 1060 integrated. I bought one and hooked it up to my parents' speakers...Never heard anything like it before...I wish I still had that amp... | |
| Starker 6 Cello Suites I haven't heard the Starker recordings...do you prefer them to the Rostropovich? Yo Yo Ma's? | |
| request comparison between ARC HD220 and Ref 110 Dave, thanks for those excellent observations...Can you add some comparisions to the VT100iii? How significant the improvement/change? | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? Why is it a surprise that few people appreciate audio when so few have a deep appreciation, aesthetic gratification or understanding of music? It may be true that listening to music is a universal activity, but the vast majority of people do not l... | |
| ARC Reference 110 vs older ARC amps eg VT150 Hi MickeyOne man's experience....I used a Krell KSA 200S and ARC LS3B for years...detail and dynamics were killer, but at times the presentation was a little clinical. I always felt drawn to the richness of tubes. But I couldn't find tube equipmen... |