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| Which preamps use 6922/6DJ8 tubes? Exactly @mulveling, excessive gain is to be avoided. Does Art Ferris still make his Audible Illusions Modulus pre-amp (which uses the 6DJ8 tube) with 30dB of gain (!) in the line stage? | |
| Beatles vs. Stones Yes @alvinner2, for those of us who were there in 1964, the artificially-created rivalry (to sell teen mags, perhaps) was The Beatles vs. The Dave Clark Five. And to be completely honest and truthful, I vacillated between the two. In my Jr. High S... | |
| Fremer's Single-leg panel is absolute tweak bs Fremer has a new Tracking Angel video he shot of his listening room and current system. Available for viewing on YouTube. | |
| Which preamps use 6922/6DJ8 tubes? Roger Modjeski of Music Reference liked the 6DJ8/6922 very much, as did EAR-Yoshino's Tim de Paravicini, who uses the 7DJ8 (a higher voltage variant of the 6DJ8) in his pre-amps. I hear no evidence of microphony in my EAR 868 (isolated by Townshen... | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time @tylermunns: Excellent post! You said it all, your every point well taken and perfectly argued. | |
| What's the best EL84 amp? Not any longer. I lived in SoCal (Glendale, Sherman Oaks, Burbank, Tujunga, and finally Palm Desert) from 1979 until February of 2016, when I moved up here to Vancouver Washington, just across the state line (the Columbia River) from Portland Oreg... | |
| What's the best EL84 amp? Exactly @fleschler. Roger and Tim were the only members of a mutual admiration society ;-) . About ten years ago I entered a room at the hi-fi show held by the airport in Los Angeles, and was surprised to see Tim de Paravicini sitting in a chair,... | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time If it’s complexity you want, listen to J.S. Bach’s Concerto For 4 Harpsichords and Orchestra. Each harpsichord plays a different melody; just trying to keep those 4 threads separate will keep your mind busy! And those 4 parts are played over an in... | |
| Is Magnepan still in business ? The definition of "shilling" is of a hustler or con artist who tries to convince others to buy something that will benefit the shiller. As a long-time (and current) Magnepan owner (first pair bought in 1973) that term does not fit me. I also own ... | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time @coltrane1: If it’s Soul music you want, there is one current "act" I can enthusiastically recommend: The War & Treaty. An unlikely name, but this husband & wife duo of Michael and Tanya Trotter are absolutely fantastic! They came to my a... | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time I neglected to mention that Chris Hillman also penned his autobiography, and it too is a great read (a term I for years have resisted using, but am finally giving in ;-) . | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time @jpwarren5: When I saw The Dead (and The Airplane) live in the Summer of ’67 they sounded just like their debut album, which I at the time liked a lot. They still sounded like their choice of drugs was cross-tops (what my friends and I called the ... | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time @joshindc: Wynn Stewart; now THERE’S a name you rarely see mentioned! I have a 2-LP collection on Bear Family Records of his 1958-1963 Challenge Records recordings. He was part of the Southern California Honky-Tonk/Rockabilly scene, and was a favo... | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time Oh yeah, there are a couple of other observations about "West" I had intended to include in my comments about this fantastic song. The song is performed in a VERY slow tempo, which many drummers find difficult. Not Keltner, of course. He takes ad... | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time Sure have @stuartk. Chinaberry Sidewalks, 2011. It’s on a shelf in a bookcase, alongside those by Ray and Dave Davies. I managed to see Rodney live at The Roxy Theater on Sunset in 2001. Just he and his guitarist Steuart Smith, along with master ... |