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| best artists in the last 15 years For "newest and up and coming," try Two Cow Garage, out of Columbus Ohio. Pretty recently formed, on their third disc, and among the best working bands in America.John | |
| best artists in the last 15 years Uncle Tupelo (sadly defunct as of 1994). Many of the alt.country/americana bands -- like some of those mentioned above -- owe a great deal to them. UT included Jeff Tweedy (Wilco) and Jay Farrar (Son Volt); in my estimation, their subsequent stuff... | |
| Jackson Browne CD's I seem to remember seeing somewhere that the Solo Acoustic discs could be "programmed" to skip the intros. I have Vol. 1 and it is very fine, but the intros -- which are admittedly charming -- wear a bit thin. Is there an easy way around them? Thx... | |
| What to do with old Sterophile/Absolute Sound Mags You can donate them to a library, school, YMCA or other organization that uses reading materials, or holds book sales to raise money. This may be a tax deduction.John | |
| power conditioners for digital BPT can configure a CPC to your needs for around $400. Chris is a helpful manufacturer; can't hurt to give him a call.John | |
| What system do you get your audio epiphany on? Tabl10s: You know, sensitive males in touch with their feelings! | |
| AT&T U Verse any good? Thanks for the insight, Narrod. Present company excluded, of course. :) My perception is that a lot of the "phone help" service stuff is farmed out off shore, and this creates communication issues. For example, that I share my father's name was a ... | |
| AT&T U Verse any good? I recently had the WORST customer service experience I have EVER had, while asking AT&T to do some very simple things as part of closing out my father's house. Not impolite, it just took hours and hours of confusion, ineptness, and tedium on t... | |
| What system do you get your audio epiphany on? Friend gave me some big Madisound floor standing two ways he'd made, since he'd upgraded and I'd helped him with some drywall. If I remember, the associated equipment was NAD. Another friend and I cranked the Neville's doing "Will the Circle Be Un... | |
| Adcom GFA 555 amp upgrades See also this recent thread: "Adcom GFA-545 - Modify or Move On?"John | |
| Gas or Charcoal Trelja:You can go a couple of ways: pile the coals in grill, or use your starter can. Faster with starter can, easier in grill. Takes a minute or two of torching, and then ten minutes or so to burn down, depending on how much torching you do. Some... | |
| Gas or Charcoal Never gas, always lump (!), never fluid (!!).Starter chimney is a good tool, but lately I tend to use a propane weed burner -- though much smaller than the one in the vid Trelja links to! Small ones that screw on a plumber's propane tank can be re... | |
| great musician's audio systems Interesting thread! I went to the Tetra website, and found a "Who's Listening" page (below), which trumpets celebrity endorsements. Celebrity endorsements are supposed to be an effective form of advertising, but I'd not seen it much an audio, and ... | |
| question about grills.... My worry was not about grill damage, but about speaker (or Kitty!) damage caused if the grills were used as "handles" to pull the speakers over. John | |
| question about grills.... Ah, the price we pay for our warm fuzzies . . . .:) |