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| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Allen Toussaint's "The Bright Mississippi". This is a wonderful recording on Nonesuch (Joe Henry producer)...excellent arrangements, great song selection and super musicianship from all involved. Sonics seem quite good too. If you've not yet hea... | |
| Review: Merrill Audio Taranis Amplifier A recent (12/20/15) review of the Merrill Audio Taranis amp from Positive Feedback can be found here:http://positive-feedback.com/audio-discourse/the-audio-circular-no-18-the-merrill-audio-taranis-stereo-amplifier/ A number of the reviewer's comme... | |
| Best Cables for around $500 Follow up to my 12/2 initial comments about the AQ Columbia XLRs:These are very good interconnects in terms of clarity and detail without harshness or edge. HOWEVER, for me, after a few listening sessions I found myself wondering where's the bass... | |
| Artists' lps that don't get the respect deserved bdp - thanks for the Johnny Burnette Trio tip. I'll check it out. Even though I'm not usually a fan of that early R&R sound myself, I do like knowing the roots of the more modern versions that I enjoy. Your in- depth knowledge of popular mu... | |
| Artists' lps that don't get the respect deserved Ncarv - no argument from me about Rod's voice. He lost me, however, mid 70s with Night on the Town and Footloose & Fancy Free. "Hot Legs" is definitely something that will make me switch the station or turn the thing off. Also in agreement ... | |
| Artists' lps that don't get the respect deserved boxer - while I don't think of 'em as "rock-a-billy" I get where you are coming from. That's a string of good recordings from Mr. Z. Starting with "Time Our of Mind", even, (though Lanois' production clouds the picture a bit), I'd say there's s... | |
| Artists' lps that don't get the respect deserved The discussion of Rod Stewart brought to mind, "Gasoline Alley". For me that is an excellent "solo" recording from Rod (though he's got a great group of musicians working with him on it). I'd put that out there as an example of an LP that doesn'... | |
| New format, dislike..... LR57, I miss that. I'm not big on change to begin with but am trying to assume merit here; yet, this still leaves me struggling a bit to understand how things are organized. In the previous format, multiple recent contributions to a given old th... | |
| Bass driven floorstanders? Chris - I'm not sure what they sell for used OR how they'll compare to some of the other speakers suggested to you - but for me, bass from the Totem Forest speakers has been a real surprise. Early on with them, I'd considered getting a sub. Tha... | |
| Overshadowed by bandmates Yeesh...make that Tony Banks. | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Tried the Iris Dement, bdp...just not my cuppa, I guess. But, knowing me, might go back in a month and think she is great. Right now, I do respect her songwriting skills but her voice bothers me. Personal preference, not intended as any blanket... | |
| Best Cables for around $500 Hmmm....Electro - don't think I can do an A/B with the Stagers vs the Columbias. The Columbias are XLR as are the inputs to the Taranis amp. My pre is not balanced so I'm using a male/male XLR/RCA adapter on the Columbia coming out of the pre am... | |
| Best Cables for around $500 Hi Electro - I've actually got a pair of the Stagers. They aren't in use right now. Not to say there was anything wrong with them. I think I replaced them with Morrow Audio MA-4 ICs. | |
| Best Cables for around $500 Gshep - glad someone else agrees. It's kind of surprising more was not written about these back when they were first introduced - at least, I could not find much by way of reviews. "Balanced" is a good word for them. Also, the clarity and detai... | |
| Best Cables for around $500 Resurrecting this old thread rather than start a new one. Using it as a vehicle for a few remarks about Audioquest's Columbia XLR interconnects with 72V dbs system. I'd been very skeptical about the value of AQ cabling...suspected it was a lot o... |