bgross
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| Speakers that are good with tubes Any model by the long defunct Equation brand. Have some Equation 7 and honestly play better than MANY of the Harbeth, Spendor & Rogers speakers I've been used to. If you come across a set, buy'em. | |
| Favourite Guitarists Guys, how are we missing George Harrison, Derrin Nauenforf and PRINCE. Has anyone seen his rendition of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" from the R&RHOF? Love Mick Ronson and Johnny Thunders. How about Joe Perry & Neil Geraldo (underrated) t... | |
| HELP!!!! Newbie looking for a decent 2 channel power amp in the $1,000 range Not a lot of pieces I would choose - I'd look for a vintage GAS, Son of Ampzilla. Read the reviews as there's a ton online. Sell in the $7-$800 range and will give you more than you'll ever get from any $1K Emotiva, NAD or Parasound. Just my opini... | |
| What are your top 3 favorite female singers? Dusty Springfield - Lucinda Williams - Adele - (HM) Chrissy Hinde & Kay Hanley a good Dorchester girl, lol | |
| If there was only ONE album/cd/release you can listen to, over and over............. +1 for Ziggy but for me it's Jeff Buckley, "Grace" (Bowie on the record wishing he'd wrote this album) and as a dark horse, Big Star, "Live At Lafayette's Music Room". Just amazing power pop that influenced literally hiundreds of bands. That music... | |
| Only two tracks to test your system, forever! Derrin Nauenforf, "Ghost Town" Live At The Boardwalk and JJ Grey & MoFro, "Lochloosa" Brighter Days. Those are my go-to tracks. Honorable Mention: David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust "Soul Love" | |
| Car songs Big Star, "Back of a Car" - great memories of that one. Golden Earing, "Radar Love" & The Knack, "My Sharona" - so many! | |
| Tube preamp options I use an Aesthetix, Calypso Signature w/Amperex, Tungsram & Telefunken 12AX7 & 6922 tubes and it's about as good as it gets. Not sure where I'd go from here without dropping $12-$15K. Aesthetix = HQ - tubes making a huge difference in this... | |
| In praise of the duet. Nils Lofgren did an album in the mid 90s called "Every Breath" - it's all duets. Particularly fine are his tunes w/Bonnie Sheridan. I also like Richard & Linda Thompson, "I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight" from '74 - inexplicable that I... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? JJ Cale & Eric Clapton, "Road to Escondido" - Wilco, "Being There" - Shawn Mullins, "Soul’s Core" - very chill session sorting some new (to me) Bugle Boy and Amperex 6922 tubes. Both sets very nice in my Calypso! | |
| Sad songs- We love them- We need them "No Hard Feelings" - Avett Brothers, "Children of Children" - Jason Isbell, "Hallelujah" - Jeff Buckley, "Handbags and Gladrags" - Stereophonics. Each for various reasons make me a bit melancholy. | |
| Bookshelf speakers that renders 3D soundstage OP said under $2K,... not sure the Focals can be had for that but if so, hard yes! The best I've found are ProAc, Tablette. There are many incarnations under $2K maybe even a gently used set of Tablette 10. The search stops here, literally throw a... | |
| Wondering... Yeah, my intention wasn't to get into a parallel spending situation. I don't believe that's a valid formula. But having said that, I do have about the same money invested in my TT/phono pre as I do my DAC/streamer. Interesting how that manifested ... | |
| What’s your latest high-end audio purchase? So don't really consider myself a tube roller. Never fuss with my tube amp - new stock Genelex GLs in the KT88 and EL84 slots. They are tried and true. I have a tube DAC as well and want to play around with that at some point. See where the 12au7/... | |
| What’s your latest high-end audio purchase? @jjss49 so I purchased them locally from the audio estate of one of the most knowledgeable and respected tube-gear lovers I'd ever met. I've had them in a box with other tubes from his estate for over a year and never had the time to dig in and se... |