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| best vocal harmonies in rock England Dan and John Ford Coley.Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | |
| The disappearance of the traditional amplifier My gut tells me the Field Coil technology has the most upside potential to deliver superior sound compared to permanent magnets, if executed well. I'm waiting to see and hear of a wide range Walsh driver that employs field coil technology. Now THA... | |
| Are our 'test' records adequate? Tuboo,Good stuff. I agree with the process outlined as an effective way to really differentiate and select a good playback system | |
| best vocal harmonies in rock YEah, Bee Gees and LRB are good! Forgot about them. | |
| best vocal harmonies in rock Klaatu's vocal harmonies went a long way towards making many people seriously ponder the false rumor that they were in fact the Beatles incognito back in the middle 70's. | |
| best vocal harmonies in rock Actually, Lindisfarne reminded me that the group "Lindisfarne" was pretty darn good also.Also the Dutch prog-rock band "Kayak" produced many purely heavenly vocal harmonies.While in the prog-rock vein, toos in the Canadian prog-rockers "Klaatu" | |
| Peak Consult Dragon. Anyone??????? I heard a pair of similar size Peak Consult speaks running on new Luxman amplification about a year back at a high end dealer in Manhattan. May not have been Dragons.I recall the sound being so different that I did not know what to make of it. May... | |
| best vocal harmonies in rock Also The Moody Blues, Wings, The Hollies, the Outlaws, Doobie Brothers, Eagles, B-52s, Grateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage, original King Crimson, Steely Dan, Alan Parson's Project, Uriah Heep, amazingly even Steve Hackett in some of his ... | |
| Shure Dynamic Stabilizer on/off experimentation Hmm, I can see the argument either way depending.Its been years but I always used it when I had one mainly because it helped keep the stylus clean.No harm trying it both with and without and see what sounds better. | |
| "Frightening" or "Relaxing" sound quality? Mr T.:Somehow I was under the impression from your prior posts that you were content with a portable boom box for a system because you had correctly deducted that all systems were imperfect anyhow so it didn't matter? Or was it that systems that w... | |
| "Frightening" or "Relaxing" sound quality? Semantics are important in science and engineering but alone fall way short when it comes to accurately describing the nature of what one hears. Semantics of spoken language might be capable of relating enough to describe a general type of sound, ... | |
| "Frightening" or "Relaxing" sound quality? "if you can be so taken with an illusion , more power to you. especially with orchestral music, the diffference between real and recorded is great indeed. it may be mind over matter, again"We all have our illusions, and you have reality. May you f... | |
| Signs of cartridge wear Well, sibilance where it did not exist before on a particular record is often a sign of a worn or damaged stylus.Do you have a spare cart in good shape to swap in for comparison? That's how I determine this when needed.Of course, also make sure di... | |
| "Frightening" or "Relaxing" sound quality? "I think the one other MOST important item, other than phase/time is just some sizeable membrane area to get some 'SCALE'. "Good point. This is another area where the unique radiation pattern of a Walsh driver, like those used in the OHMs over the... | |
| "Frightening" or "Relaxing" sound quality? Yes! Thanks once again Atmasphere for keeping this conversation grounded in an objective test process that can be tested rather than in random subjective observations! |