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| How important is a flat response? What are we trying to do here?We are trying to experience the spark in the composer's mind expressed by the music made by an orchestra (or Jimi's Strat). Having a flat system response tells us one thing; How well the recording engineer was able to... | |
| What do you like about your "favorite" retailer? After playing this game (abnormally high-priced audio) since 1990, I can say I have no favorite dealer.I don't wish to sound mean or cynical but I've never found a dealer who wasn't in it for the money and/or gave a crap about me except as a profi... | |
| Todd Rundgren and the Liars tour / New album Phil: Sounds like you know your T.R. I'll have to check this out. As a footnote, I saw Todd at the Park West theater (Chicago) on New Year's Eve around 1990 (give-or-take). I bought tickets to both sets to get my fill of this great musician. He ca... | |
| Todd Rundgren and the Liars tour / New album I've been off of T. R. ever since his pityful "Second Wind" album. Also that crappy work he did for the "Broadway musical" (almost as boring as Paul Simon's "Capeman" -also for Broadway).I do love T. R. (and Utopia's) previous work."The Healer" -L... | |
| Who Was Your Favorite One Hit Wonder Amandarae: You're probably right. I usually double check these things but my collection is currently boxed and I was too lazy to verify it on Amazon. Really love that f***ing song. Reminds me how passionate I was in the teens (to the detriment of ... | |
| Sony 9000 ES / No Video Dude: Do you have the button at the extreme right turned on?This effectivley kills the video section of the player.If this button is lit up, put in a cd, close the drawer, push stop (so disk doesn't play) and push the button so its light goes out.... | |
| How do amplifiers work? My belief is that the amplifier takes electricity from the wall and stores it in capacitors (like big batteries).The music signal (from a CD player, etc.) is used to modulate a "valve" (a tube or transistor) which results in a mirror image of the ... | |
| What do you look like? I look like a 6 foot, 165 pound 16 year old with the fullest head of hair you've ever seen (drives the girls wild!).How I got into this 51 year old, 225 pound sagging body with a combover, I'll never know... | |
| What integrated amp under a grand is your favorite I had the pleasure of hearing the Almarro A205A 4.5 watt integrated at the last CES.I've been using one (purchased used for $415 -new retail is $800) for about three months (with KEF Q1's).This thing is BASIC in that it allows only one input.I sou... | |
| blue collar workers Thorman: My Grandfather was foreman in a grinding wheel shop, the Abrasive Company, in the Philadelphia area. He worked there during the first depression and went under with "White Lung" disease.Myself was a surface grinder in a machine tool shop ... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? I know you don't know meBut I'd dig your companyDon't want to be alone tonightYou can trust me girl -you'll be alrightLooked at me with big brown eyesShe said "yes" to my surpriseAnd now I call her in the morningAnd I see her every nightI see her ... | |
| Best Rock Video - Sound Quality and Content I like that Chili Peppers vid with the dreamlike quality (where the bass player is playing some telephone wires, etc.). This is great work.I also like the No Doubt where they're riding the jet skis.Pretty Gwen can twist my throttle any day! | |
| What are best speakers for low powered tube amps? For your budget, you could go with Cain&Cain BEN doubles (unless Mr. Cain has fallen victim to the rampant greed infecting the high-end currently. At the last CES, the doubles were around $8,000/pr).IMO, the Cain speakers simply trounce the Av... | |
| Who's the best blues harp player. -Walter Horton (on the album: "Johnny Winter"),-Whomever played on "Must Have Done Somebody Wrong" Allmans/Filmore East-Whomever plays for the 'Stones (Jagger?) particularly "Midnight Rambler"-Whomever plays for Zepplin (Zep-II, "Bring it on Home"... | |
| What is "west coast sound" It used to mean: Jefferson Airplane; Doors; Greatful Dead; Quicksilver Messenger service.Don't know what it means these days.The Geezer |