jdoris
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| Making the best of mediocre speakers Vandersteen makes two models of "surface mount" speakers; perhaps worth a look.As someone who managed apartments for eight years, I'd anticipate neighbor issues with in-wall speakers (though I'm not familiar with the installation options). As has ... | |
| Cowboy Junkies Hi.Note that the "space-rocker" Open is quite different from the much folkier albums that made CJ famous: Trinity, Caution Horses, and Black Eyed Man. The earlier ones are my faves, but if you're keen on Open, try some of the middle to recent cata... | |
| Is there a better quality Firewire cable? Br3098:Seems to be a lot of relevant discussion here regards USB cables (of which there appear to be more audiophile permutations than firewire); there seems to be a quite a bit of consensus that there are audible differences.I tend somewhat to ca... | |
| Does anyone like country Just got Kendel Carson, "Rearview Mirror Tears." Worth a listen. "I Like Trucks" a fun romp, and "Just What Happened to the Moon," one of the prettiest new songs I've heard in a while. John | |
| Omni Speaker Options The Blue Circle Penny has been getting some buzz; I'm intrigued, though I've not found much info on it.John | |
| Does anyone like country The new Roseanne Cash album is on way to my house. Especially looking forward to "Girl from the North Country"; the version dad did with Bobby D. is a heartbreaker.May as well add Juli Miller's "Broken Things" to the suggestion list.:)John | |
| Does anyone like country Seconding Geodos on the Bottle Rockets. "Brand New Year" is good fun. Factoid: Brian H., the frontman for the Bottle Rockets, was road manager for Uncle Tupelo. Used to get up on stage and jam with them. On the topic of country-sh St. Louis bands,... | |
| Looking for new speakers? If you search "North Creek" you will find several germane threads with numerous suggestions. John | |
| Looking to upgrade From my Odyssey Mono extremes Could it be your speakers? I had the Rocket 750 sigs, admittedly a much different design, but I found them bright verging on hard. I replaced them with North Eskas, and retained my Odyssey amp, and was happier, with less tired ears. Could the av12... | |
| Does anyone like country The recs from Der are all good ones. Lovett tends to make good recordings, I think. (Though I prefer, in some ways, his scruffy ex-roomie, Robert Earl Keen.) J | |
| Best Tributes, Covers, Dedications Nice thread! A couple more:Kindred (Cash Tribute)Poet (Townes Van Zandt Tribute)Timeless (Hank Tribute), already mentioned, seems to me a better than average recording.Just ordered the Shannon McNally Cover record, "Run for Cover," which I expect ... | |
| Does anyone like country American/Alt.country is my most listened-to genre, although as has been said, genre lines get tricky. A few of my favorites, not yet mentioned on this thread:Two Cow GarageBe Good TonyasHayes CarllCrooked Still (better than average recordings for ... | |
| Building a music server - newbie I'm in in this process now, with MAC. I'm really happy I made the move. A few thoughts (although there are lots of helpful threads here already).1. I had bad luck trying to set up a Buffalo Technology NAS; poor customer service. I'm currently ripp... | |
| Dream speakers and amp for an 11x14 room? Some relevant discussions in archives. One is below. Johnhttp://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?cspkr&1251346740&openfrom&8&4#8 | |
| confused about equipment racks Hi Magfan. The below thread has a lot of discussion of a DIY "flexi" rack design, with some discussion of different materials. Johnhttp://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?htech&1158841915&openmine&zzJdoris&4&5#Jdoris |