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| Overshadowed by bandmates Elliot Easton in the Cars also.How about Ricky Wilson, the original guitarist in The B52s? The guy who did all the great riffs on their first album? | |
| what are your five essential songs I don't think any 5 songs alone can sustain me. I'd find another hobby.But if I had to chose:Epitaph - King CrimsonSuppers Ready - Genesis (at least its 20 minutes long....)Man Erg or Still Life - Van Der Graaf GeneratorBlue World - Moody BluesSom... | |
| Overshadowed by bandmates Steve Hackett with Genesis.Jim Capaldi with Traffic.Also of course Lindsey Buckingham in Fleetwood Mac! | |
| best vocal harmonies in rock Ditto on The Strawbs.I almost spit their name out but hadn't listened to them in a while so was not sure.I need to do that! | |
| From tiny Silverline's to slightly bigger PSB's "Why not consider something like a used pair of Klipsch Forte II? "I have and still may some day. | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Funny!Parasound, you may be the first to make that assertion about me!Honestly, though, I am not an easily satisfied person when it comes to the sound of my music. I do try to keep a level head and be consistent in what I communicate to others on ... | |
| From tiny Silverline's to slightly bigger PSB's Adding a good sub is certainly an option if you like the speaks but they just are too small to pressurize the room. | |
| What do you see as the downside of tubes? Rleff,Thanks.I know that it is possible for oneself to keep tube devices in proper working order. Personally I just haven't done it for a while and never with an expensive hiogh end tube amp and was curious what tools and procedures people use wit... | |
| Peak Consult Dragon. Anyone??????? I mainly recall the Peaks as having a uniquely revealing top end and muddy low and an overall timbre correspondingly unlike any other speak like it I have heard.I think it was running on moderate power Luxman tube gear...maybe not a good choice. T... | |
| What do you see as the downside of tubes? How do you reliably diagnose the bad or failing tubes for replacement when an amp has so many tubes in use? | |
| What do you see as the downside of tubes? Kusina, wow!Gotta admit that as someone who just wants to spend as much time as possible listening to good sounding music for reasonable cost high power tube amps employing many tubes in particular do scare me. I'm sure they are fantastic when thi... | |
| What do you see as the downside of tubes? Not sure if anyone mentioned that some tube amps may take a while to warm up and sound right after turned on.I think tubes at the line stage level in the source or pre-amp rather than in the power amp are a lower impact way to get some of the meri... | |
| What should I upgrade first? I like the general idea of adding a decent tube driven stage or two, starting with the DAC and/or pre-amp. | |
| best vocal harmonies in rock Bee Gees certainly got huge mileage out of their vocal harmonizing and it certainly became the most unique and recognizable aspect of their music, perhaps more so than any other. | |
| best vocal harmonies in rock If we're considering groups with more folk than rock leanings gotta through in the original Kingston Trio as one of the all time best. |