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| How Much Do You Love Your Magnepan LRS+ Speakers? I'll do you one better, @russ69: The Magneplanar Tympani T-IVa, which contains the same ribbon tweeter as the 3.7i, 20.7, and 30.7, but with two separate bass panels (it's an early version of the 30.7). No sub necessary! But lots and lots of power... | |
| Instrumentalists you can recognize after 6 bars..? Six bars? How did you settle on THAT number (as opposed to, say, four)? Guitar: Chuck Berry, Albert King, James Burton, Dave Edmunds, Albert Lee, Ry Cooder, Jimi Hendrix. Bass: James Jamerson, Rick Danko, Joey Spampinato, Jack Casady, Jack Bruce... | |
| New In 2022 Consumer alert! Compass Records and Red House Records are currently running a 50/60% off CD clearance sale. Lots of excellent artists and bands, many in the Singer/Songwriter, Americana, and Bluegrass genres. For instance, the Contraband Love albu... | |
| Mofi Controversy Today's TAS newsletter includes a good interview of Music Direct/MoFi owner Jim Davis by Robert Harley. Just about every issue is brought up and answered, save one: Why did he keep the DSD step secret for 15 years, lying the whole time that MoFi L... | |
| The Beatles Revolver Oh my gawd @larsman, isn’t Let It Be absolutely dreadful?! I’d almost rather have a dentist do some work without novocaine than to have to listen to that pos. Naked or fully dressed, terr-i-ble. I’m surprised it ever esca....I mean was ever releas... | |
| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? One fact about the Decca/London pickups with which I’m sure @noromance agrees with me is that they are more critical of the tonearm onto which they are mounted than are just about all other designs. No cantilever, no mechanical damping, a very hig... | |
| Most underrated female recording artists.. Linda Ronstadt "Underrated"?! Doesn’t everyone appreciate her? Well, except for Elvis Costello ;-) . Am I taking the question too literally? Those who like Iris DeMent LOVE her. How about Lou Ann Barton? Tammy Wynette? Mavis Staples? Ruth Brown? ... | |
| Considering Towers in the $3000 range Eminent Technology LFT-8b. Feel free to ignore the best value in a hi-fi loudspeaker; everyone else does. | |
| The Beatles Revolver One thing I consider of note is what Ringo had to say when he heard George Martin’s mix of The Beatles first album: "Where’s me kick?" George Martin was not a Rock ’n’ Roll producer, and I think the groups early albums (pre-Rubber Soul) suffered f... | |
| Sad songs- We love them- We need them I gotta go with @rpeluso. If "No Time To Cry" by Iris DeMent doesn’t produce a lump in your throat and tears on your cheeks, check your pulse. The song may be found on Iris’ My Life album, currently available on CD only. There was an LP version m... | |
| 5 Dumb Things Audiophiles Believes. I came across Ron's early New Record Day videos many years ago, and found myself wondering: Does this guy not know that all his proclamations (made with a very self-congratulatory tone) are already well known to others? That his "new" discovery is... | |
| Record Storage Temperature As far as I know, cold temps is not a problem, unlike excessive heat, which definitely is. | |
| Danny Gatton @scottya118: I'll bet more people have heard of Roy Clark than of Danny ;-) . What made Gatton SO remarkable was that he was not only a virtuoso (his nickname of The Humbler was well-deserved), but a master in so many styles. Jazz, Hillbilly, Roc... | |
| Mofi Controversy It’s bewildering that some still don’t get it. MoFi was asked point blank if their LP’s were made purely analogue, with no digital transfer involved. The answer was an unequivocal yes. That was a deliberate, intentional lie. For the record ;-) : ... | |
| Changing melody and tempo songs I know what you mean by changing tempo (though a song can change from 4/4 time to 3/4 time and still remain at the same tempo. Tempo refers to beats per minute), but what do you mean by changing melody? In the classic Pop song construct, there is... |