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| Favorite cover? I almost always prefer originals because they are usually more raw but there exceptions of course.Two obvious ones for me are Blondie’s covers of The Tide is High and Denis. The Sex Pistols My Way could be another. | |
| ESL57 vs ESL63 @atmasphere , thanks for the explanation. That helps to clear up a few things, albeit decades later. I can remember being puzzled at having to turn the Naim amp volume dial past 12 o'clock (before getting cold feet recalling the old horror stories... | |
| Why do YOU love Vinyl/or hate vinyl @noromance“Apart from all the other reasons you mentioned, my reason is simple. Original well-recorded analogue records sound better than any reissues. Warts and all, there is a see-through clarity with the originals.” Agreed. Most of the music I ... | |
| Do you guys like Adele's music? @jbhiller, you're right about Imelda May's album, Life Love Flesh Blood (deluxe ed). Seems to be a real progression on her previous work. Gorgeous beautifully smooth sound - close miked vocals and suberb playing throughout. Memorable closing track... | |
| ESL57 vs ESL63 I can't help but feel that most of the mythology around the Quads originated from the high regard held by his contemporaries for the great man himself, Peter J Walker.Box/cone loudspeaker manufacturers must have been alarmed upon the arrival of th... | |
| ESL57 vs ESL63 Can’t give you a comparison but the 57s needed a fair bit of SS power. I don’t think my Naim amps ever worked so hard before the Quads arrived.After reading nothing but praise for them I went to a lot of trouble to get a pair but they didn’t stay ... | |
| What I call minimalist I get a similar feeling from some early Rock and Roll - Elvis, Buddy Holly, etc. Simple, clear and very little recording jiggery pokery. | |
| Do you guys like Adele's music? Interesting debate so far with widely differing opinions on the Brit School phenomenon that is Adele (calling it music, for me, would be going too far).I'm always surprised when someone says they're not a fan of the Beatles, but I think I would be... | |
| Why will no other turntable beat the EMT 927? @mikelavigne, "ultra tonal density" and similar presentation to a Studer A-820?Wow! Sounds like the Saskia 2 could be another 'forgotten' product that should be more familiar to us. Sometimes I wonder whether the press deliberately treats us like ... | |
| Interest in Ohm speakers You don't see many omnidirectional or even pseudo omnidirectional designs nowadays, so naturally they look interesting. They seem to be a modern take on Lincoln Walsh's original 1970s Ohm A design. You can read some more on their website here: htt... | |
| The best looking speakers I love the look of the timeless classic box designs (as long as they're no darker than maple/cherry to rosewood - no zebra sriped ugliness please). Big Spendors, JBL L100s, Tannoys, etc all look good to my gaze.The Harbeth SLH5s stand out for me. ... | |
| Do you guys like Adele's music? @tablejockey - good for you. The music will always prevail because there was no faking with Ian Curtis.I’ve still got my original UK pressing (but no turntable)! I’m also happy with my 4 CD Heart and Soul box which might be the best digital transf... | |
| Do you guys like Adele's music? @tablejockey, well you know the music industry was never about talent, never about art - it was always about sales and it always will be. The biggest selling artists have done little else than provide largely forgettable landfill for future genera... | |
| Do you guys like Adele's music? @tablejockey , I’d go further and say that her ’music’ should be banned from all public places, or at least the ones I might frequent. She even managed to wreck a great song like Skyfall, and to think it was a Dylan song that helped to launch her.... | |
| Saxaphone vs. Trumpet...Which do you prefer? Saxophone for much the same reasons as yourself. It does take someone like a Chet Baker or Louis Armstrong to get a halfway pleasant sound out of a trumpet. All too often trumpets just sound shrill and noisy whereas saxophones just ooze life and s... |