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| Two of the most powerful words ever - "You're fired" - "Wanna bl*wj*b?" | |
| How to fuse bypass in Magnepan 1.7i The Magnepan fuse block contains ferrous (steel!) parts, a terrible idea. Maggies can absorb a lot of power with little chance of damage, except for their fantastic ribbon tweeter (found in the current MG3.7a, 20.7a, and 30.7). I just by-passed t... | |
| Most highly anticipated LP reissues on 2022? Excellent point @bigtwin. I was late to the Prine party, but John immediately saw in Iris what we (including Merle Haggard, from whom I learned of Iris) all did. I’ve seen Iris live thrice (gettin’ above my raisin’ here ;-), amongst my most cheri... | |
| Most highly anticipated LP reissues on 2022? I don't begrudge Garth Brooks (or Shania Twain for that matter) his (and her) success; good for him (and her). But knowing how the music business works, and as a music consumer and serious lover of Hard Country, the success of entertainers like Ga... | |
| Most highly anticipated LP reissues on 2022? @rpeluso: But it’s okay to mock Eno? ;-) I actually left out the snark I was tempted to direct at a very famous late-60’s/70’s Rock Star who has reinvented himself as an Americana singer (in the 80’s he was pretending to be a Jump Blues singer. Ha... | |
| New In 2021 @jafant: Yeah, if uDiscover ever ships it. I received notice my copy of the Cahoots boxset had been given a shipping label on Dec.9th, and given its tracking number, 9 days ago. Street date was the 10th, so I figured it would be on its way that da... | |
| Why recordings made before 1965 sound better. I always found the difference in sound character between Rubber Soul (1965) and Revolver (1966) dramatic---very, very different. I later read that Abbey Road switched from tubes to transistors between the recording of those two LP’s. Who knows if ... | |
| Brian Eno's Turntable Design @larsman: Or my taste for that matter! As my mama useta say: Each to his own, said the lady as she kissed the cow. What irks me about guys like Eno taking up space in music publications, record store shelves, radio broadcasts, and enthusiast disc... | |
| Brian Eno's Turntable Design @clio09: And Dudley and I aren't alone. Robbie Robertson went to hear The VU when he arrived in New York, and was not impressed. Whatta ya think Dylan thought of Reed? I think I know ;-) . | |
| Brian Eno's Turntable Design @larsman: Your exact original post (to which I was responding), not the amended one directly above: "Some guy says he has no idea who Eno is, but he's happy to describe his music as vapid, empty, and soulless....". Separating the single quote foun... | |
| Why recordings made before 1965 sound better. Good point @cleeds. The dynamic element in Dolby makes it more difficult to pull of perfectly than does the static RIAA. I was speaking in terms of the boosting and cutting of frequency bands, used in both Dolby and RIAA filters. When I bought my... | |
| How eclectic is your taste in music? I just like a great song, sung by a good or better singer, played by a good or better band. Is that too much to ask? ;-) In the first cubicle of my LP racks are albums by Curtiss A, ABBA, AC/DC, Roy Acuff, Arthur Alexander, Mose Allison, The Alph... | |
| Line Stage Preamps that blew you away $2500 Edition The EAR-Yoshino 834 is not a line stage amp, it is a phono stage. But speaking of EAR, the 868L IS a line stage pre-amp (a real good one), available used for around $3k. The 868PL is the same line stage with a phono stage, which go used for around... | |
| Brian Eno's Turntable Design @larsman: Your reading compression is about on the same level as are Eno's musical talents. The Audiogon poster who said he has "no idea who Eno is", and the poster (myself) who was "happy to describe his 'music' as vapid, empty, and soulless" (I ... | |
| Brian Eno's Turntable Design Eno was in the original line-up of Roxy Music (wearing ridiculous costumes and makeup, pretending to play keyboards), produced one (or more?) U2 albums, and did some soundtrack work and albums of ambient "music". He’s done very well for a guy who... |