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| List of musicians changed career with better success... While Robert Gordon is not considered an especially distinguished Rockability singer by hardcore Rockabilly aficionados (he’s kind of stiff, and without his own identifiable style. Get a Johnny Burnette Rock ’n’ Roll Trio collection to hear one of... | |
| Used Audio Research Preamp Options ARC pre-amps have acquired amongst audiophiles an aura of assumed superiority, don’t you think? Yet many of their owners never seem to be content, continuously and repeatedly upgrading. I've heard all the rationalizations, but you don't see it wit... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Steve Earle: EssentialC.P.E Bach: Six Symphonies (Pinnock cond.) | |
| Townes Van Zandt Road Trip Perhaps unrelated, but as long as you're in Texas you can visit The Buddy Holly Museum in Lubbock. I'm sure Townes loved Buddy as much as the rest of us do! | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? One reason for that sal is that Art doesn’t consider "vowel colorations" (as J. Gordon Holt coined them) particularly bothersome, or very high on his list of priorities in a loudspeaker. I couldn’t disagree more. The first good loudspeaker in that... | |
| List of musicians changed career with better success... Wow cz, that’s some bold assertions, for which I applaud you. To say that Harrison’s post-Beatles career surpasses McCartney’s or Lennon’s means you are speaking in artistic terms, not commercial ones. I agree about Harrison; though he put out som... | |
| Speakers for 15K - Discounts Some companies discourage their dealers from discounting their products. One way around that is for the dealer to give an inflated trade-in value for the customer's old piece(s). When I went from McIntosh to ARC (one such company), that's what my ... | |
| Tinnitus worries... You know what group suffers a lot from hearing loss? The horn players in Symphony Orchestras! Very high SPL in those crescendos. I've been wearing molded earplugs for decades now, but they make gauging dynamics and inter-band balances when you're ... | |
| "Best" Beethoven 9 Symphonies Recording, Digital Interpretations are very subjective, and all the above nominees have their devotees. Bernstein is another favorite, but the sound of his Columbia Records recordings are not so hot. Gunter Wand does the Beethoven Symphonies very well, sort of betwe... | |
| Are there any albums you consider perfect? Mary Gauthier's Trouble & Love! Good one astro. I have to get all her albums. | |
| Are there any albums you consider perfect? Just seeing this thread for the first time, and it’s a great subject! Off the top of my head I’d say:The Band: Music From Big Pink; s/t (the "brown" album)Bob Dylan: Bringing It All Back Home; Highway 61 Revisited; Blonde On Blonde; John Wesley Ha... | |
| Audio Research Reference 6 Preamp Review I wonder how long it will be 'til the Ref 6SE is introduced and makes the Ref 6 sound broken ;-). | |
| The Best & Rarest of all Stereo Gear The Fulton J’s! I bought a pair from John Garland in ’74, which replaced Tympani I’s in my system. Another rare and excellent speaker is the ESS Super Quad. It consisted of the original Quad ESL for midrange, a transmission line-loaded KEF B139 wo... | |
| Shorten my speaker cables? If you cut each 16' cable in half and terminate the new ends with spades or bananas, you'll have two pair of 8' cables, great for bi-wiring or going "shotgun" (two cables for each non-biwired speaker). | |
| Speaker - Room/size dilemma Kalali, the Magneplanar's require at a minimum 3' of space between them and the wall behind them, 5' being even better. Lots of better-halfs don't care for that! If you want to go dipolar, with the volume of your room the 3.7 will be better at fil... |