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| Cardas RCA Silver connectors Time to switch to a better RCA, like the KLEI or WBT. Cardas RCA's are made of brass (the KLEI and top WBT are copper or silver), and the KLEI and top WBT designs include a single point ground pin contact point, which eliminates the eddy current d... | |
| Quack System Upgrades The CD ;-). | |
| 5 most recognizable voices in American music? 2channel8, I love the Girl Group sound and era. The Brill Building songwriters (Doc Pomus, Mann & Weil, Goffin/King, Bacharach/David, Ellie Greenwich, Mort Shuman, Greenfield/Sedaka, and Leiber & Stoller) wrote SO many classic songs in suc... | |
| Which songs or musical standards have haunted you? Ooh, good one Steve! Also both "Strawberry Fields Forever" and the flip song on the 45, "Penny Lane", as well. Maybe more nostalgic than haunting, but that's close enough for me. | |
| What album do you play over the holidays? J.S. Bach for spirituality; A Christmas Gift for You from Phillies Records, which contains "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" with an incredible vocal by Darlene Love. | |
| Magneplanar Listening Comparison 1.7 vs. 3.7 Speakers What does "acoustically smaller" mean? | |
| Which songs or musical standards have haunted you? "Knockin' On Heavens Door" by Bob Dylan (used brilliantly in the Sam Peckinpah movie Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid)."Whispering Pines" and "The Unfaithful Servant" by The Band (on the brown album).The following songs (with the album the song is ... | |
| Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics? And to you Dave!---Eric. | |
| Preamp recommendation for EAR 509 The EAR-Yoshino 868L, a nice line stage sometimes available for around your price. In fact, there was one listed on Audiogon a couple of days ago (not from me!). | |
| Tube integrateds and Electrostatic Speakers You want an amp with as low an output impedance as you can find, to keep the amp from affecting the frequency response of the speaker. One amp designer who takes this subject very seriously is Roger Modjeski of Music Reference. He designs and buil... | |
| Which British Hi-Fi Magazine is Your Favorite of the Brits? Hi-Fi News & Record Review and HiFi Critic. | |
| Which songs or musical standards have haunted you? "On Broadway" by The Drifters. "Maybe" by The Chantels (also by Dave Edmunds on his Subtle As A Flying Mallet album, which has some other haunting songs as well---see above). | |
| 5 most recognizable voices in American music? Darlene Love, one of my absolute favorite singers! Her vocal on "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" is astoundingly great!! She sang for Phil Spector, who kept all the money his label made, sending the artists out on the road to work for peanuts. ... | |
| Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics? Now THERE is some engineering prowess! Thanks Ralph, just beautiful. | |
| Do equipment stands have an impact on electronics? Man, I’m still surprised by the amount of hubris out there.I’ll never forget the first time I heard a direct-to-disc LP, the second Sheffield. That label’s recording engineer Doug Sax went back in time, resurrecting recording without an electronic... |