mapman
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| Do You Remember Your First CD Player? One of those highly touted (at the time) front loading Magnavox players circa 85-86.I think the first CD I purchased was either a CBS Masterworks recording of "The Moldau" by Smetana (also the first piece on vinyl LP I ever listened to as a kid), ... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? These recordings by Yes are very good for separating the contenders from the pretenders in the world of audio playback of rock music.On a different track genre-wide, try some remastered recordings of largely forgotten old Kingston Trio tunes on th... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Yes, I can vouch that Yes does work well on OHMs!Try the remastered version of "Drama" for some really awesome Squire bass!The Yes album, Close to the Edge, and Fragile are very good too. | |
| Overshadowed by bandmates Jimmie Vaughn? | |
| 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... |