ben_campbell
Responses from ben_campbell
| Top 5 cd recordings of all time? Hard to argue with Floyd also Steely Dan's entire output is great musically and in terms of production,the MCA remasters from '99 onwards are superior to the previous CD versions.Early Roxy Music stuff too now available on HDCD.David Sylvian's rec... | |
| Radiohead read on First off I think sonically they do great work,it's mostly well recorded in hi-fi terms,it's obvious they take great care over how their records sound.Artistically I'm not so sure,I think they are too caught up in the hype that followed OK Compute... | |
| The Beatles Happiness is a warm mouse | |
| The Beatles Prudence was Prudence Farrow sister of actress Mia Farrow-she was in India along with the Beatles at the same time.Apparently she was incredibly shy and John Lennon quite taken with her wrote that great song about her.I was also kind of struck rec... | |
| The Beatles Trivia question-does anybody know who Prudence is?I do. | |
| This hobby is getting weird .... When I listen to music now I hear voices telling me to complain about Audiogon's voting policy................. | |
| Freak Me Out You could add A Love Supreme by John Coltrane if we're talking jazz.The ultimate party emptier was always Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefhart.Contemporary speaking check out 13 by Blur-has some straight forward stuff but gets pretty weird(takes... | |
| Removing Zone on a DVD Player Cw is correct many budget players come with remote ready hacks in the UK to make zone free. Sony players have always required to be chipped to allow this-as far as I'm aware. The reason this is so popular in the UK is that American discs are cheap... | |
| Shop online from England !! Philc I'll forgive the misnomer on England rather than the UK. I think if you are buying a small item (i.e cables or a DAC)you might sneek through customs but it's pot luck-I think there are ways and means to make it(more) possible but it depends ... | |
| Wha'choo lookin' at? Sometimes I force the girlfriend to watch TV with subtitles (teletext)while I listen to my system. She goes ape when the soccer news comes on and I pause the CD and turn up the TV volume. I like the dark or candle light when seriously listening-oh... | |
| Soundstage - Too much? Yet again I'm reading beyond the side walls-really how can this be possible outwith aural illusion? | |
| Soundstage - Too much? Could someone explain how it is possible for the soundstage to extend beyond the side walls? Is this an aural illusion? Staying in a flat I wouldn't like to think my next door neighbours were getting some of my soundstage,would seem a waste to me. | |
| Best Gunshots Saving Private Ryan? | |
| Double boxing? Informative and polite...I must be dreaming......... | |
| nakamichi or arcam For what it's worth I have the Nakamichi DVD-10(the original)-audio wise it was as good as the Arcam 7 I replaced it with (although I now use it as a transport). The Nak sounded more analytical although the Arcam was more rounded in it's sound. On... |