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| Displaying your stereo on Facebook Schubert, thank you for your service. Going to Viet Nam was well known at that time as an extremely high-risk proposition; my Dad was a WWII Vet and Republican, and he didn’t want me to go. My sister’s boyfriend did, and came back three weeks late... | |
| Best building material for vibration free shelving I've said it before, and I'll say it again. 3/4"-19mm 13-ply Baltic Birch is really stiff, and fairly non-resonant, much more so than Maple. Two pieces of it with a thin sheet of constrained layer damping between them makes for an excellent shelf.... | |
| Cover songs that are better than the originals. @n80, I got to see/hear both The Kinks and The Who live in '68 and '69, and both were really great live. You expect that of The Who, but not necessarily The Kinks. Ray Davies in one of my favorite writers ("Waterloo Sunset" !), and he was also a g... | |
| Cover songs that are better than the originals. @n80, have you seen The Band's performance of the song on Saturday Night Live? Astoundingly great, their best. It was late in The Band's original run, maybe in 1976. While SNL always gave the musical guest time for only one song, Lorne Michaels ga... | |
| Just an observation here, but???????? The Townshend Audio Seismic Pods provide the isolation springs do in a suspended-subchassis design. Put a set of them under your non-suspended table and you have the best of both worlds. | |
| Cover songs that are better than the originals. In two places in the song Baez got the lyrics wrong. She sped up the song, destroying the Southern feel of The Band’s version, which was ideal for the song’s story. The song is about rural people; Baez's version is pure city slicker. And I really ... | |
| Bands with great second albums Walter, it was I who stated I felt Road To Ruin was the album on which The Ramones fulfilled their promise, loomis stating that he felt by that time they had become a Pop band. It is my opinion that they had always been a Pop band, just as are Wee... | |
| Right Angle Adapters gdnrbob, the Audioquest is offered as a (straight) 90 degree only. Voodoo offers that plus one that changes the cord direction from straight to a right angle, as well as one that offers adjustable angles. All but the last are priced at $75, are re... | |
| Bands with great second albums Yeah loomis, the songs and the band are separate issues. I too felt the 2nd album material wasn't up to the level of the 1st. My comments about Marky vs Tommy on drums were intended to make the point that Marky is a more muscular, hard hitting dru... | |
| Cover songs that are better than the originals. Allison Moore's recording of "Both Sides Now" (on her Mockingbird album), which I prefer to those by both Joni and Judy. | |
| Tune of the Day Awesome reubent! Slow Turning is every bit as good an album as it’s predecessor, Bring The Family. And his band on the album, The Goners (with Sonny Landreth on guitar), are fantastic. I was able to see/hear he and they on the tour for the album a... | |
| For those of us over 60.. For lyrics, it’s those of Iris Dement I most relate to, and mean the most to me. And her mix of Hard Country, Bluegrass, and Gospel is right up my alley. My favorite living artist since I first heard her My Life album in 1993. Her music, like that... | |
| Bands with great second albums loomis, I agree, and that's why I left in off my list. I feel The Ramones didn't get really good as a band until Marky replaced Tommy on drums. It was on their 4th album---Road To Ruin---that they fulfilled their potential. The earlier albums had ... | |
| Cover songs that are better than the originals. limomangus, Laura was such a great writer. I actually prefer her original performances of her songs to those of others. | |
| Replace Revel Ultima Studio with Magneplanar 3.7i (???) As a long-time Maggie (and other dipole planar loudspeaker) owner, let me say that the two main considerations in their use are:1- Room size. If your room does not allow them to be placed at least 5’ from the wall behind them, they are probably no... |