immatthewj

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How does bi-wiring work?
. . . @soix , I guess this is the answer to my (above) question?   If your speakers are bi-wirable and you're still using the stock jumpers between your binding posts, you are not hearing all that your speakers are capable of. Most stock jumpe... 
How does bi-wiring work?
@soix  , this is probably a stupid question, but what is "shotgun" biwiring? And to clarify--does it matter that the jumpers you used in conjunction with the biwire are bananas?  The reason I ask about that is because I still have the (gold plate... 
How does bi-wiring work?
+1, @knotscott  , that is kind of the way I look at it.  
How does bi-wiring work?
@jmeyers  , your question interests me as well.  I have an ancient (30 year old) pair of B&W 805 (the Matrix seies) that are set up for bi-wiring, so back in the days when I was making a lot of money, I did bi-wire them.  I have a real tough t... 
MoFi SACD of Joni Mitchell's "Blue"
In general, I am impressed with my MFSL sacds.   
Best Covers
Tori Amos cover of I'm On Fire  
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Teagan and Sarah covering Dancing In The Dark is kind of cute.  
Purchase on Audiogon arrived not as described
Thanks for the update and I am happy you at least got the purchase refund back.  Reading this thread is enough to keep me from using paypal.  
Best Covers
I forgot to say that I really like Lucinda Williams’ cover of The Games People Play. At a concert back in ’99 at which Lucinda was opening for Tom Petty, she told us (the crwod) that she really like Tom Petty’s cover of (Lucinda’s) Changed The Lo... 
Best Covers
. . . I also like Steve Earle's cover of Mr. State Trooper (although I like the Cowboy Junkies cover better). Sinead O'connor's cover of All Apologies  
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Cowboy Junkies cover of Mr. State Trooper Cowboy Junies cover of Thunder Road Linda Ronstadt cover of Poor Poor Pitiful Me I actually like Diana Krall’s cover of Desperado almost as much as I like Linda Ronstadt’s cover. Linda Ronstadt’s cover... 
I Don't Understand What Determines When A Thread Gets The Axe
Join audio asylum if you want to see threads and posts getting deleted.  That site has a whiny moderator that is the king of thread/post deletion.  
Lu’s Jukebox
Apparently, she opened for Petty some years ago @feldmen4  , maybe in '99?  I went to see Tom Petty in June of '99 simply because I wanted to see Lucinda who was opening for him.  That would have been back in the Carwheels era, and she wasn't g... 
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Cowboy Junkies cover of Sweet Jane Linda Ronstadt cover of Carmelita Linda Ronstadt cover of Blue Bayou Linda Ronstadt covers of way too much to list Emmy Lou Harris cover of Guitar Town Nora Jones cover of Long Way Home Lucinda Williams cov... 
New MOFI speaker (Andrew Jones)
Thanks, @nonoise  , I found your review here on A'gon . . . they sound intriguing.