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| $3500 floor standing speakers used. What would be your choice ? I would listen to Vandersteen and Monitor Audio. Different sounding, but both leaders in floor standing speakers that are not stratospherically priced. | |
| The best opening act you've ever seen & heard? Great topic, BTW. I also saw Paul Simon "open" for Bob Dylan. Simon was still doing the Graceland stuff with a big band and Ladysmith Black Mambazo. We actually considered leaving after that, but to our surprise, Dylan was ON that night, and di... | |
| The best opening act you've ever seen & heard? The Schaefer Music Festival was an outdoor concert series in Central Park, NYC, that had very random pairings. The most (in)famous was in 1974, when Bruce Springsteen opened for Anne Murray, who had a hit song with "Snowbird"! The following year,... | |
| 2025 Rock-N-Roll Hall Of Fame Nominees Complete bullshit, all about record sales. Mariah Carey, but no Smiths, Squeeze, Graham Parker... I could go on and on. | |
| Can I assemble a decent system out of these components I also think it would be nice to keep some of your father's equipment! | |
| Can I assemble a decent system out of these components The Aerial Acoustics model 5s were very highly reviewed in stereophile, and very appropriate for a small to medium sized room. I would set those up with the AR integrated amp, and you might have the core of a very nice sounding system! | |
| Favorite Album Cover (picture or art on the cover) U2- War Ramones (debut album) Elvis Costello (American cover of Armed Forces, but all the early ones) | |
| Collectibles signed by musicians. What do you have? I have quite a few things, including lps and cds signed by Patti Smith, Jorma Kaukonen, Peter Buck (REM), Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford (Squeeze), Graham Parker, Steve Forbert, Willie Nile, Garland Jeffries, Richard Thompson, The Jayhawks, Loud... | |
| Analog invites you to turn up the volume I don't know why people are so resistant to accepting that vinyl has always been much more emotionally involving. Digital sounds very nice, and then you walk out of the room. You might not even be consciously aware of it. People make all kinds of... | |
| Can you recommend Jazz for some one that doesn't like Jazz? I'm surprised that no one has complimented stuartk for his thoughtful and detailed response! The first albums that really drew me into jazz were Kind Of Blue (Miles Davis, already mentioned) and Giant Steps (John Coltrane). Louis Armstrong (Satc... | |
| Top 10 Live Albums Bruce Springsteen Piece De Resistance bootleg (Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ 9/19/78) Bill Evans Sunday at the Village Vanguard | |
| Kirmuss 'In the Groove' Ultrasonic Record Restorer - Upscale Audio Edition Can't the Kirmuss be used without all the steps as a well designed ultrasonic cleaner? It's less than 1/3 of the price of the expensive ones, and I have been thinking about getting one. | |
| Has a Power Conditioner Improved Your Sound? Is the audioquest powerquest 707 an updated version of the niagra1200? | |
| Do you belong more to souce first or to speakers first school of thought ? No one remembers Ivor Tiefenbrun, founder of Linn, "Garbage in, garbage out"? You can't improve what you don't get/can't get rid of any added distortions from what comes off the record, cd etc. I've found that as I've upgraded my source, I get m... | |
| Phono Stage, Tonearm, Cartridge Question - Which is the most important? The record is the most important! |