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| My first Tube Amplifier I like Wolf's post so much I'll follow his lead. A blackface 1967 Fender Showman amp (four 6L6 power tubes) with a 15" JBL D140 driver for my '68 Fender Precision bass, and a blackface '66 Deluxe Reverb for guitar. For hi-fi, a Fisher X-100A, boug... | |
| Which band IS really America's Greatest (rock & roll band)? The early Beatles music has been described as the melding of Buddy Holly chord structures, Everly Brothers harmonies, and Chet Atkins guitar playing. An over-simplification, but not that far off. I would add other songwriting influences to those o... | |
| Which band IS really America's Greatest (rock & roll band)? Big Joe Turner’s "Shake, Rattle, and Roll" came out in 1954, and is a perfect example of actual Rock ’n’ Roll music that at the time of it’s release was not being marketed as such. The reason obviously being, Joe was a black man, and the U.S.A. wa... | |
| new york city audio show 2018 @noromance, you can store them at my place ;-) . I actually got a pair of the metal 57 grilles Jerry Crosby was making in the 90’s. Better than the stock, but naked is better still. I run mine with the rear grilles and acoustic padding also remove... | |
| Hendrix 50th Anniversary Electric Ladyland Box Release Another X-rated cover was that on the Blind Faith album. Kinda creepy. | |
| Movies with... @lou_setriodes, The Conversation is a great movie, my favorite Coppola. Gene Hackman is particularly good in the role of a character of very little outward expressions. An "internal" character, hard to pull off. Hackman is also convincing at prete... | |
| If you could just pick one instrument that you think sounds best on your speakers I sort of did, but okay. Quad ESL (originals), Magneplanar Tympani T-IVa, Eminent Technology LFT-8b and LFT-4, ESS Transtatic I, Optimus Pro LX5, NHT Super Zero, Stax Lambda Pro Earspeakers, GR Research/Rythmik OB/Dipole Subs, Rythmik F15HP DIY Su... | |
| Which band IS really America's Greatest (rock & roll band)? Damn initforthemusic, that’s quite a lot of favorites you got there! You must have gone through your record collection, taking notes ;-) .Some of your nominees have a special meaning to me. The Chocolate Watchband were local San Jose heroes when I... | |
| Magnepan 3.7 - 3.7i owners need help please @tomhowe---You've kept a terrible sounding pair of speakers for 11 years?! What are ya, a masochist? ;-) | |
| Hendrix 50th Anniversary Electric Ladyland Box Release I saw Hendrix on his first tour of the U.S. (at either The Fillmore or Carousel Ballroom, I don’t remember), in support of the debut album. He and his band were firing on all 8 cylinders, absolutely blazing. I then saw them at Winterland on their ... | |
| A black hole went into my Marantz SA-10! Yeah blueranger, it is not for enclosure damping that I use the VPI Brick, but rather for absorbing stray fields from the amp's transformers. But the mass of the Brick makes damping products unnecessary. Another product for dealing with those fiel... | |
| Best building material for vibration free shelving @skyscraper---yeah, though very effective, the Townshend Audio Seismic Pods are not cheap. But Geoff Kait's isolation springs ARE. Consider trying a set. | |
| If you could just pick one instrument that you think sounds best on your speakers Vocals, acoustic guitar/dobro/mandolin/fiddle/etc., and cymbals by electrostatics (Quads, Sanders, Music Reference I presume); drums, upright bass, and piano by magnetic-planars (Magneplanar, Eminent Technology); cymbals by ribbon tweeters. | |
| Cover songs that are better than the originals. @initforthemusic, great list! Nice to see someone who knows Bobby Fuller's version of "I Fought The Law" was a cover of Buddy Holly's, and who also didn't nominate The Clash's God-awful version ;-) . Though I really, really love Barrett Strong's o... | |
| A black hole went into my Marantz SA-10! I did more than believe him Geoff, I ordered some SD for my EAR-Yoshino line stage and Herron phono amp. It completely eliminated the nasty, metallic ringing of both piece's top covers. My Esoteric digital player doesn't need it, as that unit's en... |