loomisjohnson
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| Using TV as Audio Hub? if you're not doing a lot of critical listening in your guestroom, i'd go to accessories4less, vann's or comparable and get an avr--you can find a serviceable onkyo, marantz, etc. for less than $300--then connect all your audio and video sources t... | |
| Top 5 Rock n Roll Vocalists a couple i'll toss in:steve marriott (small faces, humble pie)--the great white soul shouterjim james (my morning jacket)--i've got very mixed feelings about their recent records, but the guy has an incredible, hypnotic voicerobin zander (cheap tr... | |
| In what price range do I need to go for a Dac ? as a probably-worthless aside, my $59-on-ebay muse audio mini hifi dac (which i've crowed about on these forums) uses the exact same dac and opamps as the op's $1500 simaudio. i know there's more to a dac's sound than just the chip, but i'd actual... | |
| Admiral Television? the other listed bass player on war babies, john siegler, became the bass player in utopia and also played bass in (no. 1 suspect) rick derringer's epononymously-titled band, deringer. now watch, we're all on the wrong track. | |
| Admiral Television? i still cling to rick derringer--found this link between him and h&o:http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/rick-derringer/concerts/palladium-september-13-1981.htmlalso, the bass player from his band derringer played with h&o.if we put this much ef... | |
| Admiral Television? keep us posted.... | |
| Admiral Television? i was intrigued enough by this whodunit to pull out the record and listen to it for clues. my best guess:1. it's not tom verlaine, since (as per hudu) he the record predated his notoriety and, above all, nothing on the record sounds like him.2. li... | |
| PSB Syncrony one vs. klipsch Rp-5 the synchrony is an outstanding speaker which would be a very substantial upgrade over the (1/4 the price) klipsch. there's alot of vg speakers between the two--mirage omd28 ($2600 new at vanns), used revel f30/32, dynaudio contour, salk songtower... | |
| Help with Acoustat Model 1 + 1 rrog, plato, thanks for the feedback. per your suggestions i had a buddy come by last night with a 450 w/ch carver pro amp, which although hardly an audiophile-grade piece, made a huge difference--it's clear i was underpowering them even with 150 ... | |
| FleetwoodMac's "Then Play On" ; Best remaster?? i can't speak to recording quality (my recollection is that it was an average 60's production), but "then play on" is arguably the best ever brit blues album; a standard that cream, savoy brown, etc. could only dream about. "o well" and "rattlesna... | |
| building the best system I can? i agree with the integrated amp route--a couple that i'm enamored of are the hk990 (which i've seen packaged with the matching cdp for <2k) and the vincent 236 (which you can find used with a matching cdp for <2k). the hk has the advantage o... | |
| What do audiophiles listen in their cars? as an audio freak, the quality of the stock system used to be my primary determinant in buying a car; thus i cycled through lexus (levinson), acura (els) and genesis (lexicon); all, esp. the acura, were great for cd playback, but lackluster for xm... | |
| Hoodoo Gurus suggestion per phasecorrect, nz is home of some of the best music ever--the flying nun label in particular has (in addition to the above mentioned) great bands like the verlaines, talldwarfs/chris knox and garageland; also check out david kilgour (ex-clean).... | |
| Why do my rolling stones albums sound bad? in his autobiography, keef states that at least early on the stones were going for the chicago chess records sound--big, dense, thick--as opposed, i suppose, to the more nuanced recordings of their peers. that said, i don't think the stones were e... | |
| Hoodoo Gurus suggestion 2d mofi--the first two (stoneage and mars) are classics, the others less essential |