bdp24
Responses from bdp24
| Tonearms: Ripoff? @cdavids449---Excellent! The Helius Omega is great on the Rock, I've heard that combo in the room of the U.S. distributor of both at a couple of hi-fi shows in S. California. It's beautiful looking too, curvy like a voluptuous woman's figure. Did ... | |
| Gold Lion KT77 tubes for Primaluna Amp - a few questions RAM tubes. CORRECTLY tested and matched tubes by the most knowledgeable tube expert/authority alive, Roger Modjeski of Music Reference. He has supplied tubes to other amp designer/makers such as Mike Sanders of Quicksilver and Ralph Karsten of Atm... | |
| The best music in 2018 When Levon Helm toured after his throat surgery (he was a heavy smoker), he was temporarily unable to sing. He brought daughter Amy along to sing, and she was swell (I saw them at The House Of Blues in L.A.). Her mother is Libby Titus, who was a w... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? @boxer12, interesting that T Bone used that album title, as his 1980 album was entitled Truth Decay. That album also features good recorded sound. | |
| Your single favorite musician on any given instrument? @n80, if technique alone is how you rate drummers (how sad ;-), you may want to check out Vinnie Colaiuta, Steve Gadd, Thomas Lang, and Dave Weckl. While Keith Moon was perfect for The Who, and a lot of fun, he played all single strokes, just like... | |
| Best Preamp New or Used up to $3,000 ?? I don’t know if it’s "the best", but the EAR 868L used is worth considering. And it has a remote! | |
| Any Mark Knopfler fans out there? Dylan was deeply interested and involved in spiritual matters long before and after his three overtly Christian-themed albums. In the pics of his living room from the late 60’s, you can see a large Bible on one of those stands made for them. The 1... | |
| Thoughts on Big Star @reubent, I didn't want to be a negasaurus, so didn't say anything. But upon finally learning of Big Star in the late 70's via Greg Shaw's fantastic Bomp! magazine, I fully expected to love them. Try as I might, I just don't hear it. "September Gu... | |
| Herron VTPH-2A Phono Preamp....anyone familiar? grk's post highlights the "problem" with personal anecdotes about the perceived sound of any given component. This is not to single out or critique grk, but we can't know if his impression of the Herron is the result of the phono stage itself, or ... | |
| Tonearms: Ripoff? In the case of the Audiomods arms, the designer/master machinist (he’s not "just some guy making Rega-based tonearms in a workshop". For one thing, his arms are NOT "Rega-based", they are entirely his own design and hand-made manufacture, and quit... | |
| Cover songs that are better than the originals. My sister rented Bridesmaids tonight, and as the movie was nearing it’s conclusion, I was surprised to hear a killer version of "Shakin’ All Over" by Wanda Jackson. Wanda was a 1950’s Rockabilly singer, dated Elvis, then went into the Gospel field... | |
| Thoughts on Big Star Big Star is another band with two visionaries/songwriters/singers, each very different from each other in some ways, similar in others. Others have included The Beatles, The Stones, Rockpile, The dB's, Uncle Tupelo, The Jayhawks, and The Move.Thou... | |
| What is the most memorable concert that you had attended so far? @tubegroover, we’re the same age, and I (Eric) had just turned 14 when I saw The Beach Boys live for the first time. All Summer Long was their latest album, and I spent the Summer of ’64 listening to it every day as my girlfriend and I made out on... | |
| Missing the forest for the trees Likewise, Liz---Eric. | |
| Are you as OCD as this audiophile? Men's feet should never be on display in public. |