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| Starting from scratch, passion for "steals" True 213runnin, and the Maggie low sensitivity and missing bottom octave makes necessary a beefy power amp and perhaps sub or two, thereby negating the economy pricing of the speakers themselves. However, the older Maggies that allow bi-amping mak... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Great points frogman. Dave Tough was a big band drummer who was adored by bandleaders and fellow musicians for his ability to make a band swing harder than any other drummer around, but whose ability to play a solo was rather limited. Some musicia... | |
| Rega Owners - Alignment Tool / Protractor Small world Brad! I'm in N. Vancouver (Salmon Creek area), Washington. I'll be heading down to L.A. in a couple of weeks, bringing a trailer full of hi-fi back with me, including the Wallytractor. | |
| Random thoughts from a sort of, kind of audiophile Great song, Jerry. Vivian Stanshall was quite an interesting character. | |
| Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics? Rather than waiting for measured "proof" that any given product marketed as providing isolation from vibration actually does so (and further, that such isolation is not just academic, but actually provides an improvement in sound), you may in many... | |
| Favorite guitar players not named...... Great choices garebear! Hearing Bloomfield on the What's Shakin' album in '66 was a game-changer. That's when he was in The Butterfield Blues Band, who introduced a lot of us white suburban kids to Blues. I saw Mike live in The Electric Flag in '6... | |
| Rega Owners - Alignment Tool / Protractor Brad, I have a Rega-specific Wallytractor I no longer need (sold my RB300). I believe Wally has health issues, and is no longer producing his products. It was quite an ordeal getting my protractor from him after sending him the $. I had to get Fre... | |
| Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics? Even better folkfreak, let me know when you have tried the Sistrum, and I'll take you up on your offer and come over and hear your speakers with the Townshend Seismic platform, and then the Sistrum. | |
| New Townshend Rock 7 owner Yeah Slaw, consider yourself fortunate to have nabbed your Rock! They don’t come up for sale often, their owners often never finding another table they would rather own. I hope to someday find a Rock Reference, reportedly the best of all versions.... | |
| Ry Cooder recommendation... As chazro said, Little Village is the group Ry had with John Hiatt, Nick Lowe, and Jim Keltner. That same line up is also on Hiatt’s Bring The Family album, the first they did together. BTF has much better songs than does the Little Village album ... | |
| EAR vs Audio Note preamp Speaking of Atma-Sphere pani, don't overlook Ralph's two full pre-amps. They're REAL good, and rather than discontinuing and replacing them every couple of years (ala ARC), he instead offers current owners updates. A MUCH better deal for owners, a... | |
| Dylan wins Nobel Prize in Literature I’m playing with a guy who does a nice version of "Tangled Up In Blue", and I’m going to suggest adding "Watching The River Flow" to his repertoire. It’s a forgotten gem of a song from the early 70’s, performed in a blues shuffle feel. Real fun to... | |
| 5 most recognizable voices in American music? Levon Helm, John Hiatt, Emmylou Harris, Iris Dement, plenty of others. | |
| 5 most recognizable voices in American music? Mapman, that is absolutely ridiculous, and I share your outrage. Not only is Sting not American, neither is his musical style or influences. Whores! | |
| New Townshend Rock 7 owner Great Slaw, Max is a really nice guy, and a very talented designer. He also makes cables, loudspeakers, a ribbon super-tweeter, and State-Of-The-Art isolation feet named Seismic Pods. Townshend products aren’t common or well known in the U.S., the... |