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| Two great recent books on music. @valinar, I haven't read "Testimony", but Levon's book (my copy is autographed, as is Ringo's ;-) and the Kubernik's are very different things. Levon's book tells HIS story, which of course includes The Band. The Kubernik's book tells the story of... | |
| Can you over damp with isolation products? If so - How do you know you've done it? @insearchofprat, have you read Shannon Dickson's article "Bad Vibes" on the Stereophile website? You can find the answer to your question (and more) there. | |
| Your Top Five Blues LPs, SQ-wise... Yup David, and the better the artist, the higher his standards in musicians. Think about it: The first three guitarists in John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers band and albums were (in order) Eric Clapton, Peter Green, and Mick Taylor! The Yardbirds had Er... | |
| Two great recent books on music. Oops, the correct title of the second book is The Story Of The Band; From Big Pink To The Last Waltz.Some other quotes in the book I particularly like:"In 1970, producer Denny Bruce, arranger/producer Jack Nitzsche (Phil Spector, later pianist on ... | |
| Cheap Vibration Control Discovery I have both, and don’t know understand (oy ;-) everybody doesn’t. Put either under a Baltic Birch plywood (under a hundred bucks for a 4’ x 8’ x 3/4" or even 1" sheet. Cut it into the sizes you need, put two together with constrained-layer damping... | |
| What are some of the most underrated and overrated loudspeakers you’ve auditioned? @aniwolfe, ain't it the truth! For some reason the 8b doesn't get nearly the attention as does the MG1.7i. ET's dealer network is rather small, no advertising, few reviews (the UK press loves 'em), etc. People don't know what they're missing, and ... | |
| Your Top Five Blues LPs, SQ-wise... True @slaw. But let’s not forget about the fantastic rhythm section on Boz’s album, the one I have been trying like Hell to hip all y’all to. They are named The Swampers, and were the house band at Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, where all the clas... | |
| GREAT MUSIC - SO POORLY RECORDED... @slaw, I was very familiar with the three Buffalo Springfield albums (my High School garage band included their "Mr. Soul", "Bluebird", and "Hot Dusty Roads" in our "repertoire") by the time my teen combo opened for The New Buffalo (BS drummer Dew... | |
| Great musicians who should have been famous except.... The opinion that John Bonham "was great" is one not universally held. Buddy Rich dismissed him, and reportedly did a great (mocking) imitation of him. Buddy also referred to Ginger Baker as a "clown". Tough audience! His comment on Ringo Starr was... | |
| Stax amplifier vs Stax adaptor I haven’t yet gotten myself an SRM-T1 for my Lambda Pros (still using the SRM-1 Mk.2. Hey, it’s not THAT bad ;-), but in addition their great sound the Lambda’s are also usually comfortable, unlike some earlier Staxes. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @uberwaltz, you probably know, but the 1/4, 2/3 side arrangement on LP’s was left over from the days of record changers. Put on both LP’s, side 1 of LP 1 would play, when it was over LP 2 would drop on top of LP 1 and side 2 would then play. You’d... | |
| Great musicians who should have been famous except.... One man’s unfounded snipe is another’s expression of musical taste (or the lack thereof). Eric Clapton in The Last Waltz (I paraphrase, but very close to verbatim iirc): "Music had been headed in the wrong direction for a long time. When I heard M... | |
| Echo in the Canyon (documentar movie) Sounds fantastic! Where is it available? In theaters, on DVD, Netflix? | |
| Have I gotten complacent? What got us all into hi-fi was the music. Once your system is "good enough" for you (a personal decision), you can then focus on the music, rather than the sound of it. Your final days will be here before you know it (I can feel mine approaching ;... | |
| Impact of phase inversion by preamp This subject has been brought up a number of times, and every time it is once again pointed out that many (most?) loudspeakers have their two or three drivers wired in opposing polarities. As an example, the midrange driver will be opposite the wo... |