bdgregory
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| B&K preamp/tuners..... I have several B&K components, including a AVP3090 Pre/Pro. I love it. Rock solid build, sounds great in Stereo passthrough as well as 5.1 (DD and DTS). Customer Service at B&K is also fantastic. It doesn't have a tuner, so I can't comment... | |
| Dead Can Dance's Into the Labyrinth I've bought no less than 6 new CD's as a result of this thread. All of them good. One of them I picked up is my favorite of the bunch - it's Lisa Gerrard and Patrick Cassidy: "Immortal Memory". I picked it up somewhat accidentally while surfing Am... | |
| Album which you have listened to most? this is a tough one. If we're talking about the records in my collection that have been played the most (ie since I first started playing them in the 70's), here's the top 3: o Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn o Genesis - Lamb Lies Down o Boz Scaggs (his ... | |
| Best Neil Young Album? Harvest, then After the Gold Rush are my favorites. | |
| Spica TC-50/REL Strata II vs. GMA Europa? I'm not familiar with the Spica's, but I'm confused by your comparison of either adding a Rel sub, or trading the Spica's for the Europas. If it's bass you want, you won't get it with the Europas. If however you want a rock speaker the Europas wor... | |
| A "Unique" Voice... Julia Fordham | |
| What are we listening to tonight? Crossroads Guitar Festival - in theater #2. | |
| Spanish Guitar good call by Quadophile . . . "Friday night in San Francisco" by Delucia, Dimeola and McLaughlin has been mentioned in other Guitar threads here. I finally picked up a copy. It won't disappoint. The first cut will blew me away in the first minute,... | |
| A "Unique" Voice... here's some that come to mind, and haven't been mentioned:Hope Sandoval - from Mazzy StarBeth Gibbons - from PortisheadGene Clark - from the Birds (late)Mark KnopflerDavey Cousins - from the Strawbs | |
| Contour option on Rotel RC-1070 preamp I use to have this preamp. I recall trying the contour only once or twice, noticed some, but not a great amount of difference. I always left it in flat position when playing though. Someone else may be a more credible source on your question about... | |
| ebay vs audiogon I've done over 100 deals on ebay, and only 5 (so far) on A'gon, mostly because I didn't find out about audiogon sooner. I've had good experience with ebay, but you really do need to be careful what you're bidding on and who you're dealing with. Th... | |
| Top "covers" Cowboy Junkies have done covers of many artists, with results I think are better than the original. There was a gime cd included with their most recent release. It's called 'neath your covers" my favorite tracks:#1) Thunder Road (Springsteen)#4) D... | |
| Why do they always play so loud in hifi showrooms? interesting . . . but in my experience (which is actually limited) with my local hi end audio store, they don't usually turn it up loud enough. I invariably have to ask them for more volume. | |
| What music do you want to play really loud? I agree with Sean, I think all music has it's own best volume level. I differ from Tvad however on Josh Grohban - play him loud, so the walls shake. | |
| Spanish Guitar how about Alex Fox? I didn't see him listed above, and since I only have one cd by him I'm not sure he's purely Spanish guitar. I would describe him as more "nuveau" spanish guitar. The cd I have is "Personality". It's worth a listen. It also has ... |