gordus
Responses from gordus
| Upgrade cable for Senn 600s?? Stefan Audioarts cables are well worth the wait! | |
| Your favorite recent discovery Any Loreena McKennitt or Lisa Gerrard fans out there? You really owe it to yourself to give a listen to Vas and or Azam Ali's 'solo' efforts. Wonderful stuff... | |
| Talkin' bout YOUR generation... I'm just going to have to propose a new "The Three B's":Buddy HollyThe ByrdsBuffalo Springfieldand 3a: Bimi Hendrix | |
| your wardrobe in 1972, any hip huggers? Class of '71... By '72 it was strictly Levi's, straight leg only thank you, and Converse All Stars! Hmmm, still got the Levi's, still got the cons. Only now I always have a new pair of cons for Sunday go to Meetin'!!! The maroon and fat cordaroy h... | |
| Calling all acoustic guitar fans... Masada Guitars - Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot and Tim Sparks playing solo compositions by John Zorn. | |
| Power conditioning Another inexpensive alternative would be to try a OneAC transformer available on EBay. Make sure you allow about 50% head room on amperage and don't pay more than $10.00 per amp! These are nice units and very upgradable with Kana813's recommendation. | |
| need some suggestions for Acoustics Blues Precious Bryant, Fool Me Good is absolutely wonderful. Just her and her guitar, recorded at home or a local joint, I believe...Gordy | |
| Superclock II You might try giving Parts Connexion a call, they mod the Shanlings. However, there is a premium on shipping to Canada. Richard Kern of Audiomod is another good chance, he used to suggest buying the clock and having it sent to him! I've had mods d... | |
| Guilty Pleasures Cosmic_void,Not quite ditties, but my brother made (well, I think he made) a CD a few years back of 60's TV theme songs entitled "Soundtrack From A Wasted Youth". If you'd like a copy pm me...Nothing can tune an air guitar like Surfin' Bird / The ... | |
| Comments of recommendations on Xmas music Besides The Blind Boys (which is excellent), new this year is a Moody Blues disc "December" and a Jethro Tull (can't recall the title). My personnal favs are more traditional though, A Robert Shaw Christmas, Angels On High (Telarc) and Christmas N... | |
| CD Album Title Lists and/or Composer Works lists Naxos has a great site which includes a Learning Zone. It has info on composers, history and 2 recommended/getting started lists of their recordings (of course), but still quite useful. | |
| what are you listening to lately? Catie Curtis - My Shirt Looks Good on YouKnopfler - Ragpickers (Sailing is great though!)Richard Thompson Band - DucknappedJonathan Elias - Prayer CycleSam Phillips - Fan DanceDanny Gatton/Robert Gordon - The Humbler (mono)Raveonettes - Chain Gang... | |
| Underestimated, song, artist or group '' gems'' ? I'm amazed at how many people have never heard of Richard Thompson, Geetar Gawd! Old or new, his work is beautiful.Another favorite is Sam Phillips, the singer, not the producer, though she is married to a producer - T Bone Burnett. Fan Dance is e... | |
| What was your first system, & did you like it? In the late 60's my parent let "the gang" hang out in our basement where we had a pool table and a 50's vintage portable phono. The contained speakers were fried so we spliced in a couple that we found somewhere. We used about 10' of wire, ran 'em... | |
| Comments on Fanfare FM-2G - FM Antenna I'm only familiar with the MD version, which 'looks' identical. Compared to a $1.98 RS dipole, the dipole won IN MY LOCATION AND SITUATION. It's my understanding that, dispite any manufacturer's BS, a directional at elevation is needed for any sig... |