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| The criteria for loudspeaker choices. I have owned only one PS Audio piece (the old 200C power amp), which I consider to be well designed and built. So did J. Gordon Holt and Tony Cordesman, reviewed in Stereophile. As for Eminent Technology (not "Emminant tech"), Bruce Thigpen ma... | |
| Magnepan LRS plus & Atma-Sphere digital amps @markmuse: The LRS+ with a sub may be the amongst the very best values in hi-fi today. Too bad not everyone can accommodate dipole planar loudspeakers. But then not everyone likes them. | |
| The criteria for loudspeaker choices. The LFT-8b makes bi-amping a simple proposition, and allows a tube amp to be used on the Planar Magnetic drivers/panels (tubes love an 11 ohm load), and a solid state amp on the sealed dynamic woofer. Splitting the signal at 180Hz eliminates th... | |
| The criteria for loudspeaker choices. I am living in the southern most town in Washington State (Vancouver), just over the border/river from Portland, Oregon. If I were working for Eminent Technology I think I would be living in Florida. And being paid to do so. I’m not a dealer, ... | |
| Elvis Costello's favorite album of his own. And Clover can be the band they were without being called mellow, which to me sounded like an insult. As for Clover, I don’t particularly like them (they were certainly no Rockpile), and I was never a fan of Huey Lewis & The News. But I wou... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? I like other Fleetwood Mac albums, I love Kiln House. It has the most 1950's American Rock 'n' Roll sound and feel of all their albums. It was amongst my most-played albums in 1970. | |
| Shorting plugs At one appearance Bill Johnson of ARC made in a dealer’s shop near me, he told the story of getting a call from Harry Pearson, who told Bill the new pre-amp he had received was defective. Bill asked Harry a few questions, and quickly learned th... | |
| Elvis Costello's favorite album of his own. I’m pretty sure Costello considers the music on King Of America to be "REAL Elvis music", and 14 of the album’s 15 songs are Attractions-free. As I said above, KOA is Elvis’ own favorite of his, and the musicians who play on those 14 songs inc... | |
| Something new. @atmasphere: Ralph, are you therefore opposed to a table having separate tone arm pods? I think I am, as to me it seems logical. | |
| Elvis Costello's favorite album of his own. Clover "mellow"?! | |
| Elvis Costello's favorite album of his own. Before any English teacher corrects me, I'll do it myself: The Brinsley Schwarz Band WAS a major player, not were. 😉 I was running short on time (for a scheduled doctor's appointment) as I was typing that sentence, and didn't proof what I wrote... | |
| Elvis Costello's favorite album of his own. Right you are @jji666, which played a role in my liking it as much as I did. Plus Elvis’ vibrato wasn’t as over-the-top as it later became. I’m not generally a fan of what to me constitutes excessive vibrato, though there are exceptions (Iris D... | |
| Why I don't hear bass drums on Jazz LPs? Speaking of Tony Williams, in an interview in Modern Drummer Magazine the interviewer asked Tony if he had heard any drummers recently who impressed him. Tony responded (I paraphrase) "Have you heard the guy in The Ramones (he was speaking of t... | |
| 4th of July Music "4th Of July" was written by Dave Alvin, originally of The Blasters, though briefly a member of X. Then a solo artist, and currently a partner with Jimmie Dale Gilmore. | |
| Why I don't hear bass drums on Jazz LPs? The following is not related to the op’s question, but as many readers have enjoyed the general topic of drumming, I thought the following may be of interest: As others have commented, there ARE Jazz drummers who play their bass drum very m... |