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| Top Ten Electronic/alternative Albums Here's my 10 (or so . . .), not necessarily in any order. All of these are well recorded, but as Cdelplato did above, I used an * to indicate those that are especially well recorded.Mike Oldfield: Songs of a Distant Earth*; Ommadawn (HDCD)Bill Las... | |
| Looking for an acoustic guitar recording.. Check out The Pentangle. It's a quintet from the 70s led by John Renbourn and Bert Jansch both incredible acoustic players. It includes a great female vocalist (Jacqui McShee), stand up bass,and drummer. I suggest starting with "Sweet Child" - it'... | |
| Paradigm 9SEMKIII... Dark Speakers? I have a pair of 7seIII's in my dining room. They have a bit of a boomy low end (not to the point that it's offensive to me), and the high end isn't as bright as my totems, nor my Infinitys. If this is what you're experiencing, I think that may be... | |
| Help Low Freq. From Totems? Is it there? Upstateaudio - thanks, I have had my eye on the totem subs - precisely because I expect they will integrate best with the Sttafs. was hoping to find one second hand to save a few bucks. I'm also thinking about the REL Strata III. Any opinions on h... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? on the lighter side . . ."See the little faggot with the earing and the makeupYeah buddy that's his own hairThat little faggot got his own jet airplaneThat little faggot he's a millionaire" from Dire Straits - "Money for Nothing"and more serious .... | |
| Help Low Freq. From Totems? Is it there? I have a pair of Sttafs - I'm not sure if these are the ones you say you're familiar with. The bass is quite good for most music - probably 85% of what I listen to. But for some Rock music I find the lack of extreme deep bass a little wanting. I'v... | |
| Problem with line noise from Phono preamp Hifimaniac had the solution. I knew enough to make sure the tone arm ground was secure, but since there's no obvious place to ground the phone pre chassis to the B&K, it just didn't occur to me to ground it. I also assumed that the phono chass... | |
| Eerie, Ethereal, Moody, Involving Soundtracks hey Rx8man I think I have lots of these, though they're not sound tracks, they are concept albums. There are some good ones mentioned already above, but also try some Mike Oldfield. His best is "Ommadawn" (not Tubular Bells). Also try "Songs of Di... | |
| van morrison's best sounding album? I like Moondance and St Dominick's Preview the best. I agree with Panderso - Moondance is the most accessible. I also like Avalon Sunset (except for the first track) . . . and I think it's the best produced of the albums I'm familiar with. I'm per... | |
| Why even bother? this has been a great discussion. Misterl, I don't think an apology is necessary . . . provocative statements are often the best way. I learned a lot from most of the posts. | |
| Why even bother? Misterl, given that criteria - I agree with you. I don't understand the technical benefits of a state of the art tuner, but my money would go into other parts of the system or the room, and I would probably stick with my Kenwood receiver as a tune... | |
| Why even bother? I agree with Muzikrat. IF I lived in a town with with a good college radio station I may have a decent tuner. But I don't so I don't. With the stations I can get, I hear far to much of them while I'm in the car. I have a cheap Kenwood receiver $10... | |
| What concert or music DVD's are worth having? I just started collecting this year after setting up my first home theater. Here's the concerts I have and like. Obviously it's gonna depend as much on your taste in music and bands, but the shows in the "best" group are all excellent. I have a co... | |
| Who has the oldest speakers? I have a pair of Wharfedale W45's - vintage 1971 - I'm the original owner - my first speakers (they sounded horrible, but great cabinets, so I rebuilt them with better drivers, crossover 3 years ago). I also still have my second pair of Speakers -... | |
| Two different brand amp in the same setup 5.1? I'm running a B&K tx4430 for the front (L, C, R), and a Parasound HCA1000A for the rears. It's quite nice, and it's nicer than when I was running a 5 channel B&K AV5125; and also nicer than when I was running a Parasound HCA1203a for the f... |