loomisjohnson
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| Do you ever wonder? actually, not that he's a titan of the biz, but ian hunter's epononymous lp and "you're never alone..." were really good 70s pop records. wrt clapton, for some reason i can't abide any of his solo stuff after "eric clapton" (which was really a del... | |
| Do you ever wonder? i do think that certain guys can only make worthwhile music in the context of a band--when they step out solo, they flail around miserably. look at the solo records from mick jagger, roger waters, clapton, pete townsend, roger mcguinn et. al.--ver... | |
| Do you ever wonder? marty, you've turned me around on this subject. i retract my earlier post and now concur that he's a drug addled ass clown. his solo work does suck. there's less talented people in the biz, but fate is a fickle mistress. | |
| Do you ever wonder? on a certain level, martykl has david crosby pegged. he was, however, one of the great harmony singers (go back and listen to the early byrds stuff) and has his name on a fair number of classic songs--8 miles high, wooden ships, triad, etc.--and w... | |
| 1K used monitor with wide/uniform dispersion ablang--by all means audition the kefs--your opinion is ultimately the one that matters. it does seem like kef has lost some brand cachet in recent years--you rarely see their stuff touted with the same enthusiasm as the quad, harbeth, proac and o... | |
| 1K used monitor with wide/uniform dispersion i actually just auditioned the kefs along with some psb synchcrony and imagine monitors. the kefs look good and have a nice, liquid midrange but a slightly tinny treble, not much bottom end and a quite narrow soundstage--compared to the psbs they ... | |
| Double Albums/CDs, curse or blessing? truth be told, most good double lps would be great edited down to a single. my short list of genuinely great double lps would include (in no particular order):exile on main st.blonde on blondelaylawhite albumbitches brewwarehouse songs and stories... | |
| 1K used monitor with wide/uniform dispersion you might find paradigm signature s1 or psb synchrony b used within your budget; both are great (and canadian) and meet your critieria. the psb imagine are almost as good. i'd also second the vs vr-1s. | |
| Bob Dylan as much as i love dylan, i'm forced to admit that essentially all his great work was pre-1976 (circa blood on the tracks). he regained some artistic momentum with time out of mind in the late 90s, and his recent records are well produced, very few... | |
| Cheap receiver + amp vs Expensive receiver obviously, your question is not suceptible to pithy absolutes and its answer is dependent on the details. a top flight avr like b&k or sunfire will undoubtedly sound better than a garden variety mass-market avr augmented with a garden variety ... | |
| AV123 X-Static enough has been credibly written about the business practices of this company that i choose not to patronize them. it may very well be that their chinese workers have come up with a $500 speaker that sounds like a $900 speaker, but life's too short. | |
| Good Monitors for no more than 150? second the phase tech--look for the pc series. also look at mordaunt short avant--nice stuff | |
| Magnepan 20.1 - Any Chicago Owners? audio consultants on randolph had the 20.1 as of a month or so ago | |
| Remote Volume Control Issue with Arcam A75 Integ i assume the manual volume control works fine--query whether the volume knob won't respond to any remote command or just when it's at a low setting. before you hassle with repairing the amp, get a cheap universal remote (e.g. one-for-all or philip... | |
| amateur needs amp advice for a 2.0 setup - please based on the foregoing, which suggests your speakers are best served with more power, you might consider a hybrid amp like the vincent, which will give you the qualities of a tube preamp and the added oomph of an ss power amp in one box. i've audi... |