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| Best Classical Stations on Internet Radio KWAX (Eugene, OR) | |
| Music Reference RM Mono? I think Roger is a scholar and a gentleman, having owned one of his EM7s at one point. However, I'm guessing that amp designers don't necessarily have the same priorities as we crazy audiophiles, hence his very practical answers to your and Clio09... | |
| Music Reference RM Mono? I have no experience with the RM10s, but I had a similar situation when I went from a single Monarchy SM-70 Pro to using two as monoblocks, driving 90dB Von Schweikert VR-1s in an 18x14 room.The monoblock configuration was better in every way. The... | |
| NIN Pretty Hate Machine remaster Amazon delivered my remastered vinyl of PHM today. Overall a stellar effort, although the digital haze on the CD version of Head Like a Hole gave it a certain quality the remaster just doesn't have. The "quiet" songs, though, like Sanctified, Some... | |
| Are my ears just fooling me? Stringreen asks the right questions and Atmasphere hits the nail right on the head, as usual. Until you find a recording that you KNOW captures that live sax sound you're heard and crave, you're just chasing your tail.There are a couple suggestion... | |
| Top 5 Cue Joints Charlie's BBQ - Roseburg, OregonBrisket to die for, amazing sauces; chipotle apricot!And the best pastrami I've had outside the east coast.Amazing they've survived as Oregonians have no idea what good BBQ is like.David | |
| Song covers that are better than the originals Golden Palominos covering The Ocean by Led Zeppelin. Don't think they ever recorded it, but they performed it as the encore at the Paradise in Boston on 3/7/86. Syd Straw on lead vocals, with Jack Bruce and Bernie Worrell in the band. Awesome show... | |
| If upgrades were no longer possible would you be I could be completely happy with the equipment I have. I went 20 years at one point with no changes, have had a flurry in the last 5-6 years, and I'm slowing down once again. Once I settle on a tuner to have modded, I'll be pretty much done except... | |
| Silicon vs Herbies tube dampers on Cary 300B amp I've compared Herbie's and silicone o-rings on EL84s and both octal and 9-pin small signal tubes, and heard no difference whatsoever. Where there was an improvement (which wasn't always) the improvement was the same with either, and where there wa... | |
| Orig. Well Tempered Record Player - 2 Questions? I owned the Well Tempered Record Player, and it's certainly easy to get it wrong if you've never seen one properly set up.1) If the suspension lines are touching the armtube, I'm guessing you have the paddle turned on it's axis. The holes in the p... | |
| Would like some opinions on tube rolling I owned a Wright WLA12A which used the 6X5 rectifier. I used both RCA and GE, and I didn't notice much sonic difference between them. However, there was a huge difference in the noise, with both RCAs and one of the GEs generating significantly mor... | |
| Herbie's vs. Hal-O's, Tube Dampers whats good? I've used both Herbie's and the orange silicone o-rings; both were an improvement over no dampers, but I could tell no difference between the two. Of course, that could mean my system isn't resolving enough, or that none of my tubes were microphon... | |
| Great lost lps...the 80s....synth pop and others.. Justlisten,Cabaret Voltaire is also a favorite of mine; they do a great job even on the ballads.By the way, if any of you are looking for a great 80's synth pop radio station, Soma FM has recently put up a stream called Underground 80s:http://soma... | |
| Great lost lps...the 80s....synth pop and others.. Propaganda - Secret WishVisage - s/tI love 80's synth/Euro pop!David | |
| LSA 1 Monitors in a small room?? Even though my VR-1s sounded completely different than the LSA 1s (nods toward Larry and smiles) the best amps I used with them were the Monarchy SM-70 Pro monoblocks. Smooth as silk, just a tad on the warm side, and plenty of power; I imagine the... |