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| Tour dates of classical musicians Yes. | |
| Dylan's Time Out of Mind remix is Stunning In his 2001 book Bob Dylan: Behind The Shades Revisited, well known Dylan scholar and author Clinton Heylin had this to say about the sound of Time Out Of Mind: "Lanois produced perhaps the most artificial-sounding album in Dylan’s canon." He ... | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time @hilde45: Are you still in Austin? An old San Jose friend of mine has been playing Country & Western (as he likes to call it ;-), Western Swing, and related musics in Austin for about forty years now---Cornell Hurd. Ever seen him live? He’s... | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time I admit Shania is a guilty pleasure of mine (she was produced by Mutt Lange, of AC/DC---a favorite Rock 'n' Roll band of mine---renown), but still found Steve's comment funny, and not without merit. | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time @mcondo: While the term Outlaw Country is widely used as a separate genre---and pre-dates Americana by a few decades, I view the former as part of the latter. By the way, I’ve never cared for Hank Williams Jr., but love Hank III, who sounds a LOT ... | |
| The LRS+ Speakers It’s a shame so few people have heard the Eminent Technology LFT-8b ($2900/pr). Like Magnepans, a planar-magnetic dipole, but with a sealed dynamic woofer (180Hz down). I’ve owned three pair of Magnepans (one currently), but listen to the LFT-8. S... | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time While the "Country" music you hear on radio and see on TV may be of questionable quality, there is a very healthy, active underground "alternative" Country music scene, often referred to as Americana, that is producing music as good as has ever be... | |
| Which preamps use 6922/6DJ8 tubes? Audible Illusions Modulus 3, lots of ARC’s including the LS-1 (still have one) and LS-2 (useta have one). The EAR-Yoshino 868 uses the 7DJ8, a slightly-higher voltage version. | |
| What's the best EL84 amp? It was Roger’s electrostatic loudspeaker that I thought was the last product he introduced as a "stock" (at least by Modjeski standards ;-) Music Reference model. And I understood it to be available either with or without the direct-drive OTL amps... | |
| What's the best EL84 amp? Thanks for the corrections, clarification, and additional information @clio09 (in spite of your subtly churlish tone ;-) . May I ask you to elaborate on your "Not by a long shot" response to my statement that the ESL/OTL was Roger’s final product... | |
| LP Cleaning Services The In Groove in Phoenix offers ultrasonic cleaning, $8 an LP. Shipping at your expense, of course. Send a bunch at once If you're in SoCal, Atomic Records on Magnolia Blvd. in Burbank has a VCM (VPI 16.5, I believe). A great inventory of Jazz LP... | |
| Forget neutrality, what is your favorite lying, euphonic, juicy bit of kit? The Dacca/London pickups. This line of fussy, challenging, idiosyncratic phono cartridges makes regular LP’s sound more like direct-2-disks than anything else under $10,000. The most visceral, dynamic, "immediate", exciting music your LP’s are cap... | |
| What's the best EL84 amp? @pdreher Let me begin (oh no, here he goes again ;-) by recommending you head over to the AudioCircle site, where you will find a Music Reference section in the Forums. Roger was eventually kicked off it, but before that happened he posted for a... | |
| Bad experience with an electrician Troggs music contains drum fills? And they’re considered a garage band! ;- For those who are interested, Robben cites Mike Bloomfield as his first role model (like he, every musician I knew had their world change upon hearing the first album by T... | |
| What is the best way to clean Vinyl? Right @lewm, LP's are made of PVC. But it is my understanding that the terms PVC and vinyl are not synonymous. Am I mistaken? I've seen sheets of vinyl the same thickness as LP's, and the two don't at all look the same. LP's are much stiffer than ... |