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| Pet Sounds: Most Overrated Album of All Time? Jaybo: Sergeant Pepper sold big. Pet Sounds did not. Explanation?(Hint: The correct answer is NOT that the Beatles were more popular than the Beach Boys.) | |
| Pet Sounds: Most Overrated Album of All Time? Just because the techniques were pioneering does not make the album "great." The songs are mostly mediocre pop songs, pumped up by arrangements and a format that were new to pop music. The songs themselves do not compare to other Beach Boys record... | |
| Pet Sounds: Most Overrated Album of All Time? It's the album most affected by Brian's mental illness. Beside the beauty of the harmonies and inventiveness of the production, it is deeply depressing music. | |
| What is the one CD you can't find? I'm looking for early Hollies records on CD or the original LPs. (Not greatest hits compilations.) Most important is one with "Look Through Any Window," which was apparently not issued on any UK LP (only on EP), but was issued in the US on Hear He... | |
| Charles Hansen of Ayre saved my love for audio Now that you've seen what reducing rf in your system can do:1. As I mentioned above, if you have any other components plugged in to your preamp, unplug all of them except the one you are listening to at the moment. Consider using shorting plugs on... | |
| Recommend book of "must have" rock albums OTOH, Christgau gives Dylan's Modern Times his highest rating. Perhaps that's enuf said. | |
| Charles Hansen of Ayre saved my love for audio This sort of information has been posted before and mocked or ignored.It seems that only when it is backed by an "authoritative" industry source does anyone take notice and try it.You'd be surprised at what the "amateurs" are up to, and how in som... | |
| Stunning Harpsichord Recording Thank you. That is very helpful.One question: Do you recommend the 1993 or the 2000 version of the Goldberg Variations? | |
| Stunning Harpsichord Recording Specific performances would be great, when you have the time. I'd be more comfortable starting with known quantities to get a sense of how the recordings should sound. | |
| Stunning Harpsichord Recording MrT: Can you recommend some that you think sound right? | |
| Charles Hansen of Ayre saved my love for audio If you have any other input devices connected to your preamp besides your cd player, unplugging all of them (other than the one you are currently using) will have a similar effect of reducing rf and improving the sound.It's nice to hear that someo... | |
| How to reproduce sound of piano Now that you have one sub, would you consider trying a stereo pair? | |
| Classical Music on the Radio So, the choice is low sound quality mp3 over the internet or low programming quality via satellite? | |
| Classical Music on the Radio I'm not at all technically savvy. Are you suggesting that I can stream desired radio stations over the internet to my iMac, then have this stream transferred wirelessly to some external device (squeezebox or airport express) that hooks up directly... | |
| R.I.P. Davy Graham Obituary.http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/dec/17/folk-blues-music |