mapman
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| 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. | |
| 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, ... |