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| GIK alternatives For those who don’t mind getting their hands dirty: GR Research has just introduced DIY acoustic panel kits sold as flat packs. Just screw the Baltic Birch pieces together, stuff the assembled frame(s) with your material of choice, and cover with... | |
| New In 2022 Jackpot Records is reissuing the 1976 Power Pop classic Shake Some Action by The Flamin' Groovies in May. Produced at Rockfield Studios by my favorite of the 70’s and early-80’s, Dave Edmunds (Fab T-Birds, The Everly Brothers, Carl Perkins, Rockpi... | |
| High quality CDs @rman9: And the HM albums are by-and-large very well recorded. Plus their artist roster if fantastic: lots of the best "historically informed/original instrument" musicians in the world. The repertoire includes lots of Early Music and Baroque, alo... | |
| One guitar, or three? Yeah @stuartk, I thought using the term Urban might raise some eyebrows ;-) . Though now commonly used as a synonym for black, I used the term more literally: city music, irrespective of the ethnicity of the people making the music. The sound of ... | |
| Dipole speakers, subwoofers and that rear wall I can't let a discussion of dipole loudspeakers and subwoofers go without mentioning one combination of the two that is very unique: the dipole speaker of your choice mated with an OB/dipole sub. Brian Ding of Rythmik Audio and Danny Richie of GR... | |
| 180g … It’s All Hype ! Yeah @tgilb, Jackson's albums certainly warrant being again available on LP (I wish everyone would stop saying vinyl. LP's are NOT made of vinyl, but rather PVC---Poly Vinyl Chloride. Am I being too literal? ;-). His four albums released in 1993 t... | |
| One guitar, or three? Excellent nomination @valinar! In fact, five guitarists, but only one (Harrison) a lead player (Orbison, Dylan, Petty and---I think---Lynne rhythm only players). Acoustic guitars sound huge when double-tracked in recordings (an old trick); can you... | |
| High quality CDs Harmonia Mundi, both France and U.S.A. | |
| 180g … It’s All Hype ! @big_greg: When I think about all the white label promos I got as a product buyer at Tower! I still have a fair number of those, and two days ago found another at one of my LRS: Jackson Browne’s For Everyman ($25, Mint condition). A comparison bet... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? For those who really, really like David Crosby’s debut: I just opened today’s email from MoFi, and there was the listing for the next Super Vinyl title: the Crosby album. Two 45 RPM LP’s, pressed on Clarity "vinyl" (the same PVC Analogue Producti... | |
| 180g … It’s All Hype ! Another way to find good sounding LP’s is too look for "white label promos", supposedly the first records off the press. Made first to send to radio, reviewers, record shops for in-store play (though most got taken taken home by the store’s buyer)... | |
| One guitar, or three? Can and do, @artemus_5! Just my taste, but Bluegrass sounds much more musical than Rock ’n’ Roll to me these days. There are exceptions, mostly from the singer/songwriter crowd (Rodney Crowell, John Hiatt, Iris DeMent---Bluegrass AND Singer/Songwr... | |
| What to play in the evening? If I intend to listen to some J.S. Bach, I have to play it last; no one can follow he. | |
| One guitar, or three? Impatient? Me? ;-) And I, of all people. Okay, fair enough; I regularly steer a thread in a direction different from the poster's stated topic or intent. Shouldn't object then, should I? | |
| Vandersteen Speakers.. Are All Other Speaker Makers Doing It Wrong ? The question is of course in reference to loudspeakers with multiple dynamic drivers and crossovers. Electrostatic, magnetic-planar, and ribbon designs can be a different kettle of fish. For instance: - The QUAD 63 gained notoriety for---amongst... |