bdp24
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| Why does most new music suck? Oops, my first sentence is incomplete. The last word was to be "interesting". | |
| Why does most new music suck? I often find what a favorite Artist of mine has to say about another Artist (or entire genre). In the 60's Bob Dylan said Smokey Robinson was our greatest living poet. Not long ago he expressed his approval of and interest in current Rap. Bob has ... | |
| LONDON Decca, Tzar DST and similar cartridges Art Dudley talks about the Decca cartridge in the December Stereophile (I would provide a link, if only I knew how!). His review is of an older model, and the current London's are considerably improved, from the entry-level Super Gold to the Refer... | |
| Your "eureka" analog moment Decca's were their own worst enemies! You are not alone in giving up on them, almost all of us moving to LOMC's in the mid-70's. The guy who was making them for Decca bought the rights to the cartridge when they decided to get out of the game, and... | |
| Your "eureka" analog moment Barry, have you heard the current top London (Decca), the Reference? | |
| What Are You Listening To Right Now?What is the Source? Another great like J.J. was Danny Gatton, who, though considered the best living guitarist by many pro's (Vince Gill nick-named him "The Humbler"), preferred to stay home and play locally, and work on restoring vintage cars. He's gone now too. | |
| What vintage speaker might you use today The midrange of the Fulton Model J was the FMI 80, mentioned on it's own above by salectric. | |
| Help needed for isolation under the power amps Not yet on the Minus K, jazz, though I really want one for my table. At around $2500, it'll have to wait. | |
| Artists' lps that don't get the respect deserved Regarding Johnny Burnette, it's the music of the Trio ya'll want to hear, not Johnny solo. After R & R died off in the late 50's (Buddy Holly and Eddie Cochran died, Carl Perkins joined Johnny Cash's band, Johnny himself got addicted to speed ... | |
| TTWeights closing their doors Larry, is your carbon fiber tt mat still available? How does it differ from the Boston Audio mat? | |
| Latest Absolute Sound My old Quads (with their metal screens removed) didn't pass the wife test. But that turned out to not matter---she didn't pass the Quad test! | |
| Best gain setting on phono pre- low/medium/high? The lower the gain setting on the phono, the higher will it's overload figure be, a very good thing. Balance that against the noise penalty of a lower gain setting. With lower gain from the phono, the higher the line stage volume control can then ... | |
| What Are You Listening To Right Now?What is the Source? Listening to The Trackless Woods by Iris Dement. Drinking Bloody Mary's made with Mr. & Mrs. T Bold & Spicy mix and cheap vodka. How appropriate---the words of a Russian poet set to music and vodka! | |
| Latest Absolute Sound He sure was, oregonpapa, inventing much of the Audiophile vocabulary still in use today. His first priority in the reproduction of music was accurate instrumental and vocal timbre, the lack of "vowel" coloration. Gordon's insistence that Hi-Fi eva... | |
| Artists' lps that don't get the respect deserved I completely agree about that string of Dylan albums, ghosthouse, except my favorite is probably "Love and Theft". Dylan Rockabilly? That's a new one on me! There is one song on "LAT" approaching RAB, with a real nice jump blues/shuffle feel....."... |