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| Do you ever wonder? Shadorne, I can't check the link currently.is it Shirley Bassey or Shirley Jones? Or some other well known Shirley?Shirley Jones was hot when she was young and had an angelic voice, at least as I remember from "Oklahoma".Shirley Bassey I do not ge... | |
| Do you ever wonder? Yes, I never used to get Louis Armstrong or Duke Ellington and much early jazz even!Ken Burn's "Jazz" documentary turned me 180 degrees on that one. A little education CAN be dangerous.... | |
| Do you ever wonder? Whoops, I forgot:Little River bandLynyrd SkynrdEngland Dan and John Ford ColeyDr. HookDidn't used to get them...but after closer scrutiny I do now. | |
| Do you ever wonder? I used to wonder about Philip Glass but haven't thought about him for awhile?I used to wonder about these names but mostly can appreciate them now after looking more closely.Sometimes I think people often don't get something that others do because... | |
| US vs Japanese Beatles remasters Don't whichever recordings cost the most always sound better to us even if they are not? | |
| Bookshelf Speakers? Second the Triangles. Hard to beat. | |
| Do you ever wonder? It does make me wonder how a group like ELP ever became so popular in their heyday, and I like ELP a lot. | |
| Do you ever wonder? Cam3366:Running the "quircky" test on your entries:Kiss - quirckyQueen - quirckySpears - quirckyR. Martin - quirckyMcCartney solo - past his prime at 67 now but historically as un-quircky as most any major pop star I can think of, I suppose. Go fi... | |
| Do you ever wonder? My 8 year old daughter loves Disney Channel. Seems like every attractive teen on a show that can carry a tune to any extent at all there these days also gets pushed as a recording artist. I do think Miley Cyrus has talent and it will be interestin... | |
| Musicl Fidelity A3.2 integrated or A3 separates I am only somewhat familiar with those pieces from prior research but I suspect it is worth the difference. | |
| Do you ever wonder? RE Phil Collins: Mostly a combination of talent, personality and business sense/management combined. In general, all three are needed for an artist to enjoy long term continued success on a large scale. Having said that, I can take or leave most o... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Interesting the European Signature version has a tipped up top end. Maybe to make resemble the MBL sound more? | |
| What time do you wear? I'm partial to vintage Hamilton watches that used to be designed and made here in the good ol USA. | |
| Beatles Remasters compared to 1 gr. Hits os 02 From Wikipedia article on the "Beatles 1" CD:"According to the liner notes of the album, the original analogue masters were "digitally remastered at 24 bits resolution, processed using Sonic Solutions NoNoise technology and mastered to 16 bit usin... | |
| NAD M25 vs Bryston 4BSST/6BSST No, but power output differences aside, I'd suspect the NAD sounds warmer and the Bryston to sound crisper and tighter with more detail in general from what I have read and heard. |