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| Mary Martin Died Mary Martin worked for Albert Grossman, who managed Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot, Peter Paul And Mary, Janis Joplin, and Ian & Silvia. In 1965 Mary heard a band named The Hawks performing somewhere in the Northeast (I believe is was out on L... | |
| If A.I. took the place of musicians, would you listen to it? What's A.I.? | |
| Sviatoslav Richter. Greatest pianist of the last century? Jerry Lee Lewis. For a band member, Terry Adams of NRBQ. | |
| Album(s) That Took The Longest To Come Around To @grislybutter: RAM is my favorite of McCartney’s early albums, though I also like his s/t solo debut. I have never heard anything post-Band On The Run, so my opinion is of questionable value. I did get the Wings Wild Life album when it was rele... | |
| Thinking About Selling and Replacing My Pop/Rock Vinyl Collection @drmuso: I well remember the surface of the Preener material (velvet-like) becoming too wet when I first started using one. I removed the end cap of the inner tube, removed the "wick" and let the foam rubber under the velvet covering dry out, a... | |
| Magnepan LRS plus & Atma-Sphere digital amps The MG1.7i, like the LRS+, needs a sub (imo). @secretguy doesn’t like to hear it, but for about the same price as the 1.7i you can get the superior (imo) Eminent Technology LFT-8b. And it doesn't require a high current power amp. | |
| Album(s) That Took The Longest To Come Around To When I’m in the mood AC/DC, The Band just won’t do. And visa versa. But I am no longer EVER in the mood for Cream. Or The Jimi Hendrix Experience. I saw both live twice, in 1968 and ’69. And The Who twice those same years (performing the A Quic... | |
| Album(s) That Took The Longest To Come Around To AND Shoot Out The Lights is a great sounding recording, a bonus. I regularly use it as one of my demo LP’s. | |
| The criteria for loudspeaker choices. @ricevs: Your comments are always welcomed by me (by the way, I still own the Audible Illusions Modulus 2 pre-amp you "modified" for me about 25 years ago. Modified is an understatement; it is a complete redesign, turning the full-function pre ... | |
| The criteria for loudspeaker choices. Such as? I also own Quads ("57"s), Maggies (Tympani T-IVa), and ESS (Transtatics). In the past I have also owned Infinities (RS-Ib), Fulton Industries (Model J), a few others. It’s not that the ET LFT-8b is "better than the acknowledged master... | |
| Elvis Costello's favorite album of his own. @danbro: Now THAT oughta be great! Sexton's very cool. | |
| Elvis Costello's favorite album of his own. And I yours, @loomisjohnson. I realize my opinion of The Attractions is not universal, and I don’t consider it to be anything more than just my own. My taste in musicians runs to the playing of ensembles such as The Swampers (aka The Muscle Sho... | |
| The criteria for loudspeaker choices. I have owned only one PS Audio piece (the old 200C power amp), which I consider to be well designed and built. So did J. Gordon Holt and Tony Cordesman, reviewed in Stereophile. As for Eminent Technology (not "Emminant tech"), Bruce Thigpen ma... | |
| Magnepan LRS plus & Atma-Sphere digital amps @markmuse: The LRS+ with a sub may be the amongst the very best values in hi-fi today. Too bad not everyone can accommodate dipole planar loudspeakers. But then not everyone likes them. | |
| The criteria for loudspeaker choices. The LFT-8b makes bi-amping a simple proposition, and allows a tube amp to be used on the Planar Magnetic drivers/panels (tubes love an 11 ohm load), and a solid state amp on the sealed dynamic woofer. Splitting the signal at 180Hz eliminates th... |