dgarretson
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| Remember your Magnavox? "I haven't looked at my iPod in days".Words to live by. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lew, Along similar lines I found Pickering XVS-3000(=Stanton 881) needed at least 1.1g to eliminate occasional sibilance. This one has been a great performer that has improved further after a 37g reduction in horizontal mass of my linear tonearm. ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lew, I have no direct experience on this, but others suggest that the stylus is interchangeable across entire Pickering XSV and Stanton 88X/98X series. http://www.lencoheaven.net/forum/index.php?topic=158.0Some report tonal anomalies but there app... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lewm, For bonding I prefer Goop cement(from Home Depot) to epoxy. Goop sets up quickly, remains slightly elastic, is non-conductive, and if necessary can be cut through with an Exacto knife.I used it recently to repair an MM cartridge whose coil &... | |
| Best Rock Album in 2010 Initiate is good nue jazz on the heels of several worthy Cline side-projects(particularly New Monestary and Downpour(live 06.) Or is Wilco the side project?Enjoying Sea of Cowards and Flaming Lips DSOTM. Dead Weather is a very cool Jack White proj... | |
| New reissue of Exile on Main Street To points about alt/country influence, here is a bit on Gram Parsons's presence at Nellcote in '71.http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/keith-richards-gram-parsons-1971-summer-in-exile-villa-nellcote/The Brit invasion bands were of cour... | |
| New reissue of Exile on Main Street Good NY Times Piece today, particularly Don Was's comments at end about Loving Cup:http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/arts/music/23stones.html"But back to the alternate take of Loving Cup, which still seems like the star of the whole enterprise. ... | |
| Any smooth jazz fans out there? I guess I need to revisit my twenty or so David Murray albums to examine his connection to "smooth jazz." A grand slam of '80s Black Saint full of originals & Ellington, Strayhorn, Coltrane, Alyer, etc., accompanied by the likes of Joe Chamber... | |
| Any smooth jazz fans out there? Strateahed, a cogent analysis of the scene and of Kenny G as a transitional figure. In an interview he once admitted that he mostly practices in front of a bathroom mirror-- certainly the best place for Mr. G to stroke his instrument. | |
| New reissue of Exile on Main Street Each reissue is a new opportunity to revisit Atco COC 2-2900 vinyl. A tad lite on bass, but generally fantastic, detailed, spatial recording with brass balls, Stones on top. If it sounds murky on your system it's your problem. | |
| Vaughn Cabernet - Anybody heard this one? It sounded impressive at RMAF last year with Wavelength preamp & Wavelength 300B SET. An SET-friendly dynamic speaker with excellent Accuton drivers. I believe Jim is just now ramping into volume production. | |
| Any smooth jazz fans out there? Smooth jazz is too slippery to vilify outright. Pat Metheny, Oregon, Jan Garbarek, even the great Jim Hall & Bill Evans play both sides of the fence. | |
| Any smooth jazz fans out there? Much of it is bubblegum. However I keep returning to early Larry Carlton, particularly "Sleepwalk." | |
| Worst Rock Band Ever !!!! Kiss is too self-consciously parodistic for classification as the worst. However, they do qualify to the extent that fans take them seriously. The Rutles and Spinal Tap were on similar ground. What can one say about an album like "Break Like the W... | |
| Best Rock Album in 2010 Chazro, yes that is a tasty group.http://www.guitar-channel.com/rich_murray/2010/01/videos-robben-ford-michael-landau-perform-instudio-on-the-bob-rivers-show.html |