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| Do you own the last amp you'll ever buy? Yes.....but there's still my system at work to tinker with!!I guess if you want to count all the years in between it was 20 years to get to where I'm delighted enough with the sound of my system to be able to say that. I could never say that with ... | |
| Need Help on Tube Rolling for VAC Avatar Congratulations, and welcome to the world of tubes! I think you'll enjoy it if your only audio experience has been SS gear. I can't answer all your questions since I don't have your specific amp and can only make broad generalizations about tubes.... | |
| Which SS amps sound like a tube amp? Which apples taste the most like pears? Red Delicious, or Granny Smiths, or....?! If you like pears have a friggin' pear, why eat some imitation that is supposed to duplicate some of the qualities of one while diluting the taste with its own chara... | |
| Did you know that Audiogon... They also have a twisted sister site called Photogon. Not very popular last few times I checked there. Much better deals (and far more abundant) available on eBay if you care to deal with the hordes and higher risks involved. Man, eBay seems to ha... | |
| Shostakovich...WHOA The Emmerson Quartet that Shubertmaniac mentioned is also available as a single disk with only the 8th String Quartet played without pause. I believe it is the same version on the boxed set and is also on Deutsche Grammaphon. It is much cheaper th... | |
| Shostakovich...WHOA I'd second the Borodin Quartet. I have a recording on BBC Music (one of the BBC Legends series) that includes two other great string quartet's, one by Borodin (String quartet No. 2) and the other by Ravel (String Quartet in F). They are from live ... | |
| A Wholly Different Approach to Power Conditioning Hey Peter-Great idea! My brother in Vermont has his entire house running on large solar panels hooked to a large bank of batteries in the basement. They claim the batteries can last for three days of average use should the grid fail. He also heats... | |
| Tom Waits...anyone? ...Gotta love it, Waits is just brilliant with language. I tend to love the more wicked and cutting wit:'Cause there's nothin' strangeAbout an axe with bloodstains in the barnThere's always some killin'You got to do around the farm-Murder in the R... | |
| Tom Waits...anyone? If you like Alice and BloodMoney then make the leap over to Bone Machine...go for the gristle!! Get into the real marbled meat of Waits. May be too chewy for beginners, but in a similar vein as the two new ones. Don't get me wrong, Swordfishtrombo... | |
| Any gillian welch fans? Have every album. Saw her live last year and it was one of the best concert's I've seen in years. Just her and her accompaniest up on stage. Her accompaniest, David Rawlings, is an astounding guitar player. Run, don't walk, to see them play live i... | |
| Newbie question on digital source. From your previous query on the pre-amp, I'd third the recommendation for the Cary SLP-50(A). A real sleeper of a design and can be had very inexpensively on the used market. Sounds wonderful in my system and easy to resell if you don't prefer it.... | |
| Tom Waits...anyone? If that was the play list on the Austin City Limits link, you may want to know that those songs were mostly off three albums:Small ChangeForeign AffairsBlue ValentineThe compilation album "Used Songs" covers that period nicely.Marco | |
| Tom Waits...anyone? Been a big fan of TW since the late 70's. Guess I'm the opposite end of the spectrum from Nrchy. Indeed he is not for everyone, but who is then? I love most of his work. Actually the more accessible ones folks have reccomended here are probably my... | |
| La Scala vs Klipschorn 07-18-03: Sean Asked:Are there people out there that actually "peel" grapes before eating them ? I thought that this was just a saying and not some part of reality.... SeanOh gosh no! Never peel the grapes yourself. Have someone else do it for you... | |
| La Scala vs Klipschorn You are most welcome Kubrickorange. You are quite right in letting your OWN ears be the final judge, and Mike and George both provide distinctive products that should work well with your K-horns. I'll be very curious to know how you feel about eac... |