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| Mirage M1 Speakers The stability provided by the Sound City outriggers and isolating the speakers from the floor are two separate (but admittedly related) issues. As I have said before about the Townshend Seismic Pods, they may be used in place of the spikes provide... | |
| Marty Stuart on Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: I kept my copy of Fresh Cream (and the John Mayall album, as well as it’s followup with Peter Green playing guitar), but ditched Disraeli Gears long ago. Did you hear Atlantic Records President Ahmet Ertegan’s reaction to hearing the album tapes? ... | |
| Which subwoofer? @rixthetrick: To read lots of discussions about the GR Research/Rythmik OB/Dipole Sub, head over to the GR Research Forum on AudioCircle. There are threads dedicated to the sub which contain info provided by GRR owner/designer Danny Richie, as wel... | |
| Tune of the Day @slaw, is your Little Village LP the 2019 version on Reprise/Rhino? | |
| AP HQRP KOB WHS LP? Jason, ya gotta watch the video to find out. ;-)Actually, he first describes the sound of each, then summarizes the differences between the versions, then addresses the matter of the reason for buying each, and finally, his over-all ranking. Too m... | |
| Marty Stuart on Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Excellent point about the Prog audience, @stuartk! I’ve known some of those guys, who were exactly as you describe. Smug superiority to spare. I neglected to mention how much I dislike the attempt to combine Rock with Classical, a ridiculous notio... | |
| Are you still ignoring Iris Dement? Cool @idigmusic64, I haven't had that pleasure. In her shows she reveals her unusually witty personality, sometimes in a self-deprecating manner. Kind of a female Randy Newman. ;-) | |
| Marty Stuart on Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Watching Mazzie’s new YouTube video tonight (the topic of which is examples of the Gospel influence in white Rock ’n’ Roll---yet he neglected to cite Elvis!) made me realize I had neglected to acknowledge one of the greatest-of-them-all American R... | |
| Poor grammar is disappointing and decidedly distracting in formal audio reviews. @roxy54: Nothing wrong with mentioning religious affiliation, as long as in doing so one doesn't insult those who don't share that affiliation. Intending to show you put a great deal of thought into your articles and wish for them to be high quali... | |
| Which subwoofer? Cool @lewinskih01! I chose to go with two woofers per side, in the less-common W-frame (most people go with the H-frame, including the Canadian woodworker who offers GR Research customers a great frame in flat pack form), which Siegfried Linkwitz ... | |
| Marty Stuart on Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: When I was 17 I became attracted to Jazz by and for the advanced chops of the musicians (when you’re young, guys who play things which are physically difficult to perform---as opposed to things which sound "good", and/or serve the music---are cons... | |
| Marty Stuart on Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Chuck Berry’s music is very simple, but kills me. Johnny Cashes too. I REALLY dislike music intentionally made to sound complicated, like Prog.A song can be simple, but great none-the-less. Two songs can be very similar in construction, the only d... | |
| Blues for Aficionados By the way: In early-67 (I think it was), a band I hadn't heard of came to play at The Continental in Santa Clara (a converted roller rink, complete with horrible acoustics) just off Highway 101. They were named The Steve Miller Blues Band, and ha... | |
| Tune of the Day @slaw: Jim McGuinn has said that when he heard "American Girl" on the radio he thought to himself "I don’t remember recording that song." He thought it was The Byrds!I unfortunately never managed to see The Byrds live. I’ve always wished I grew up... | |
| Great Recordings, Sonically Speaking - and Why. If it’s a great sounding recording you want, just about any direct-to-disc LP absolutely slaughters any and all recordings ever made with a tape recorder. They possess an immediacy and visceral transient "snap" not heard in recordings made by any ... |