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| Best Rock Drummers Loomis - now that I think of it, I remember a record called Lord Sutch and His Heavy Friends. I think Bonham and Page both played on it, but it was horrible and Bonham definitely came off as ponderous. So it's a matter of compatibility as we all k... | |
| Best Rock Drummers Loomis - I understand what you're saying about Bonham, but playing on the back of the beat without slowing down is the essence of the "heavy" sound. There's a distinction between playing on the back of the beat and dragging and it's hard to do the... | |
| Best Rock Drummers Here's Charlie Watts' opinion. (Rolling Stones drummer, for those who don't know)"Yeah. I would say learn to read music and listen to other people other than John Bonham. Now youve got totally the wrong impression about what I just said I can s... | |
| Apartment Drama One thing you might do is cultivate a library of music you enjoy that doesn't contain loud bass or drums. Solo guitar, solo piano, piano/guitar, string quartet, solo violin. There's really tons of stuff once you start looking. Assuming you're not ... | |
| What hooked you to audio? My uncle's JBL Paragon/MAC/Thorens system in the 60's. My dad bought EV Royal 400s, HK tube receiver and Rek0kut table. I was pretty damn spoiled. BTW, my mom still has those Royal 400s in her house. Not hooked up to anything, but they make good e... | |
| S.F. Cremona vs Wilson Benesch Curves These decision take time. I'm still trying to make up my mind between the Packard and the DeSoto. But I'm definitely not buying a color tv until it's perfected. | |
| Glaring Omissions I could give two shits about Bach or Brahms and I think I have impeccable taste in music.Yes - and everyone who eats at Taco Bell believes they have impeccable taste in cuisine. That's OK - the world is rapidly declining to the lowest common denom... | |
| Where is All the DSD? Stickman - you have a nice vinyl setup and Klipshorns. Very cool. Just buy yourself a near-mint copy of the Butterfield Blues Band Live and turn it up. You'll forget about this (yet another) latest and greatest thing. | |
| Vinyl ratings for audiophiles It's not that easy. Some new releases have beautiful vinyl, but just don't sound that great. Part of the fun is to search Ebay for Near-Mint copies of stuff you are looking for and you might have to pick up a couple of copies before finding a gem.... | |
| Is the BAlabo BC-1 MKII Preamp the reigning King? Here's a post from an unsatified Halcro user. The best indeed! How can an amplifier lay claim to state of the art when it doesn't "thump" or "shake the walls" which is the sign of a great amplifier. I have a sneaking suspicion that this is the sta... | |
| SACD Recommendations Yo Yo Ma, "Solo". Opus 3 "Showcase", "Elliot Fisk plays Bach and Scarlatti", Red Rose/levinson. All of these SACDs are superb recordings. BTW, I abandoned SACD as I found that CDs on a good CD player sounded better, but that's my problem. Just tho... | |
| Directional speaker wires, what and why. Chris Sommivigo from Stereovox claims that hifi cables pass AC signals, which are constantly going back and forth. Therefore, no matter which way you orient a cable, the sound will always be "wrong" when the signal moves in the opposite direction.... | |
| FIM 880 AC Outlet-- Best tweak I've ever heard Wow - a twelve year old post comes back to life. Is that a record? | |
| Wire differences explained common sense I don't think comparing two sets of cables, one copper and one silver, can be used as the basis for any conclusions. Regardless of the metal used, all cables have different resistance, capacitance and inductance, which may or may not have a profou... | |
| What benefits to expect from tonearm upgrade I think the first question you need to ask yourself is whether a tonearm upgrade is the best way for you to spend 5K upgrading. It may well be, but maybe not. |