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| Tinnitus worries... Great, caffeine and alcohol, the only things I drink. | |
| Top Five rock Bass players Yup tostado, Brian wrote the notes on paper, but bringing them to life is also part of a bassists job, which Carol did excellently. Plus, I have no doubt she made a few suggestions Brian approved.Rick Danko was sixth on my list! His playing on a f... | |
| When will there be decent classical music recordings? A hearty seconding of rcprince's recommendation of the Harmonia Mundi label recordings. Great sound, great repertoire, great artists and performances. My favorite contemporary Classical label, by far. | |
| Songs that have stood the test of time. "Hallelujah"---great choice! I heard Leonard do it live in concert (if you have a chance to see him live, do not miss it!), but my favorite version remains the one by Rufus Wainwright. Transplendent ;-) ! | |
| Bill Chinook / Bruce Springsteen Bravo to everyone's civilized comments. My problem with "Born In The U.S.A." is it's obviousness and literalness, a failing of Springsteen in general imo. That and his "tightly-wound"/strained/1-dimensional vocals. I have never understood his mass... | |
| Top Five rock Bass players Man have you guys got it wrong ;-).1- Willie Dixon. He not only invented Rock 'n' Roll bass playing, he wrote many of it's early songs. Played with Chuck Berry, Howlin' Wolf, and Muddy Waters.2- James Jamerson. Motown's bassist, and Paul McCartney... | |
| When will there be decent classical music recordings? One little-mentioned label that offered Classical music with a very "immediate" sound that included low-level instrument sounds was Ark Records (LP only), Robert Fulton's (70's speaker designer) label. REALLY good sounding recordings, like direct-... | |
| Turntable Platter Demagnetizing True Geoff, one exception being the original (not the Mk.2 version, however) Thorens TD-124, which has a ferrous sub-platter, making it unsuitable for use with Decca/London cartridges. | |
| best phono stage to mate with a London Decca Super Gold cart? Excellent Norm! Let us now how you like it, ay? | |
| Best Rock Drummers Speaking of Keith Moon, in the late 60’s and early 70’s Jazz was starting to infiltrate Rock, with drummers having "rudimentary" training making their appearance. Jazz musicians had traditionally looked down their noses at Rock players, as those p... | |
| best phono stage to mate with a London Decca Super Gold cart? I got my VTPH-1mm directly from Keith. He had taken in a -1mc in trade on a VTPH-2, and offered to convert it to a -1mm for me. I told Keith I was using it with a London cartridge, and wanted as little gain and as much overhead as the amp was capa... | |
| "Vintage" high end gear vs new and upgrade path? Speaking of Maggies, the Tympani line of Magneplanars is a special case. The speaker had become too expensive to manufacture to allow Magnepan to continue offering it without raising the speakers retail price above either A: what they wanted to (t... | |
| Your last concert was to see who and when? Ah yes swampwater, the dying art of subtly and taste. It's what separates the men from the boys. | |
| best phono stage to mate with a London Decca Super Gold cart? Yeah John, the K & K looks very interesting (as does the budget TRON). ARJ, the input resistance is easily changed with the installation of a 15k to 22k resistor on the inside of the phono amp, on the input jacks. | |
| Best Rock Drummers I see that many (though not all) Audiogon members judge drummers by the same yardstick the general public does: technical "chops". There are other considerations, ya know.In the Big Band era, one drummer was chosen by band leaders above all others... |