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| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time For those who don’t care for Rap, I have one suggestion for which you may make an exception, and it is from a rather unlikely source: Lucinda Williams! On her album West she has a 9:06 song entitled "Wrap My Head Around That". The song structure ... | |
| What is your experience with the Spin Clean? Good points @moonwatcher. As I already have acquired an ultrasonic tank (Vevor 6L, 50kHz) and LP spinner (the discontinued VinylStack), I have no need for or interest in the Humminguru. I also have long owned and used a VPI HW-17 (which I like muc... | |
| Is Magnepan still in business ? And then there is Bruce Thigpen, who has himself answered the Eminent Technology phone when I have called them. If at all possible, try and hear the ET LFT-8b (or the new -8c, which replaces the -8b's sealed omnipole woofers with dipoles), like M... | |
| Greatest Songwriter of all time An excellent nomination @roxy54! Difford and Tillbrooks albums as members of Squeeze are mighty fine, amongst the best of the 2nd British Invasion (1977 and into the 80’s), as are their duo albums. In 1982 I saw Squeeze live in London, and they we... | |
| Which preamps use 6922/6DJ8 tubes? @honeyooi: Ah, another audiophile hip to EAR and the 868, one of hi-fi's best kept secrets! It's designer Tim de Paravicini uses the 7DJ8 in the 868, a slightly higher voltage variant of the 6DJ8. | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time "I like both kinds of music---Country AND Western" is an old, old joke (I first heard it in 1969). It wasn’t written by anyone involved in the Blues Brothers movie, it was just repeated in it. Here’s another good one: On one stay in the hospital... | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time I love how songwriter Harlan Howard (4,000 recordings of his songs! In the early-60’s, 15 of the Top 40 songs on the Billboard Country charts were his!! Amongst them are Patsy Cline’s "I Fall To Pieces" and Guy Mitchell’s "Heartaches By The Number... | |
| What is your experience with the Spin Clean? You can get the Humminguru, the spare parts, and all Neil's recommended chemicals, for $500. | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time @jpwarren58: Yup, Jimmie Rodgers is considered the founding father of Country music, and the Carter Family the first family of Hillbilly. When Johnny Cash first crossed paths with June Carter, he considered her "royalty" ;-) . In 1990 Rounder Reco... | |
| What is your experience with the Spin Clean? @jjbeason14: Great info and advice from Neil (@antinn). I would get a pack of the replacement parts (filters, pinch rollers) while you’re at it. Yes, the only difference is the inclusion of adapters for 7" and 10" discs. And be sure to read Ne... | |
| What is your experience with the Spin Clean? @jjbeason14: The price of buying directly from Humminguru is a little over $400 (including shipping). You can include a replacement pack of water filters & rubber pinch rollers, and/or a second water "tank" in your order, saving on shipping co... | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time @thebingster: As you have evoked the name of Merle Haggard, allow me to offer a couple of stories about the great man. By the early-90’s I had already discovered Lucinda Williams (her album on Rough Trade), seeing her and her 4-pc. band pla... | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time I spent three months in Europe in the fall of '82, traveling around via a Eurail pass. I used my sister's apartment as my "base camp" (she was in the Navy, stationed in Stuttgart, but lived off-base), and in December she and I went to a nearly mal... | |
| What is your experience with the Spin Clean? You can put together a DIY ultrasonic for far less than the price of the Humminguru, but that will not dry your LP’s as does the HG, and no water filter. And there is an ultrasonic listed on Amazon at a price of $220, a 6L US tank with an LP spinn... | |
| What's the best EL84 amp? @pinthrift: For Roger’s thoughts, advice, and warnings about "hi-fi" fuses, make sure to read what he posted about that subject on his AudioCircle Forum. In fact, do NOT install any in your RM-10 until you have done so. Roger is not around to repa... |