loomisjohnson
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| Rolling Stones Blue and Lonesome i agree with hodu that they're loose and having fun--it's nice to see them get away from the rigid studiocraft that sucked the life out of most of their recent stuff. however, there's a vague sense of parody to the project--they maintain a certain... | |
| Tune of the Day the jam, "ghosts". pretty song. | |
| Random thoughts from a sort of, kind of audiophile i'm surprised noone's commented on the op's opinion regarding power supply. there seems to be enough real science to support the real measurable benefits of a clean power supply, even if some of us are losing our ability to hear the differences | |
| Tune of the Day the priest, by joni mitchell. best song nick drake never wrote. 35 years after first hearing it i still remeber the lyrics. which must signify something | |
| Samsung buys Harman for $8B So far this is my experience with my 2012 Plasma TV that had a main board fail. Excellent TV until it decided not to completely power up one day. I may amend this post if they come through with a partial(depreciated) refund after "reviewing"... | |
| Mose Allison his lyrics were very sharp, with a sort of angsty, rebellious edge--you can see where pete townsend took a lot of inspiration. allmusic also lists hendrix, elvis c. and lyle lovett as his followers, which seems correct. | |
| Worth Upgrading Marantz 1504 AV Receiver with Power Amp? i haven't heard your avr, tho it appears to be fairly modestly powered. although some mainstream avrs like nad have better amp sections than others, i personally haven't heard a mainstream avr which didn't benefit from external amping, and the nam... | |
| Mose Allison he wrote a good handful of classics (everybody's crying mercy, parchmans farm, young man blues, etc.), which is harder than you think in that genre. i saw him live twice, i think (once for sure with bonnie raitt) and he was just like you picture h... | |
| Samsung buys Harman for $8B from what i've read, the home audio business is an afterthought--the real target is in auto/connectivity--it sounds like the end goal is to integrate car systems with home security, appliances, etc. harmon is a bigger player in the car space than... | |
| Worst record ever? i recently heard "my favorite underwear" by liz phair, whose "exile in guyville" was a revered classic. it is unquestionably the most pandering execrable record ever made and is actually physically painful to listen to. | |
| Seller asked for PayPal fees after the sale. Should I pay them or not? i agree with the consensus that you shouldn't pay a previously-undisclosed cost. more fundamentally, i've always found it tacky for a seller to lay off paypal fees on a buyer, much as i would object to a merchant laying off credit card fees--paypa... | |
| I NEED AN AMP!! BUT WHAT?? HELP PLEASE!! i agree with the parasound and vincent recs--you can't go wrong with either | |
| Dylan wins Nobel Prize in Literature highway 61 may have been the zenith of his songwriting, but blonde on blonde has always been my bitch--for my money it's his best-sounding, best sung and most organic. it's nice to be discussing him in the context of an honor as opposed to an RIP. | |
| Dylan wins Nobel Prize in Literature really surprising, but well deserved. whatever you think of his body of work in musical terms, he's our greatest lyricist by a wide margin. i still enjoy reading his "lyrics-1962-1985," which work as poetry on their own terms. | |
| Onkyo 809 receiver: using as preamp with Bryston amp the vinyl is only going to sound as good as the phono pre-amp--i'm not sure how good the phono out on the onkyo is, but i'd guess that a separate 2 channel pre-amp with a high-quality phono section would sound better, especially with a high-qualit... |