mapman
Responses from mapman
| Suddenly, Porcupine Tree SAw them live once. SOund quality was very loud to suit the music but top notch anyhoo. | |
| Bolero:why can't my system reproduce snare well? A very good recording with nice snare dynamics from start to finish is "She's So Cold" by The Rolling Stones on their Emotional Rescue album ( a very good recording overall as well). | |
| Worlds Best Trumpet Player? Hispanic perhaps?This Guy comes up high in a google search on the topic. Google should know..... :^)This Gal might be the prettiest I have seen and sounds top notch as well. | |
| Which one better choice? ARC SS amps are generally designed to work well with tube pre-amps, since that is ARCs specialty, so I like the idea of going with a company that addresses use with tube gear well, and ARC is ALWAYS a rock solid choice. | |
| Beatles Tribute Tv special.... "The Beatles already have a young audience--they don't need their music "modernized" by the young artists-of-the-moment."I don't see anything wrong with that. It shows that young people care enough to try it their way. Just replaying the same old ... | |
| Has education expanded your listening tastes? Along the "music is hostory" lines, the current information revolution going on, where anyone has acces to almost anything anytime if they so choose, represents a BIG event in music history. PEople are more swamped with information and sources of ... | |
| Has education expanded your listening tastes? "As for any comparisons of these Ikons to present day rock composers, I think it is a stretch."Frank Zappa? :^)One of my favorites who is way under the radar of many is former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett, who has successfully been dabbling on ... | |
| Denon DL-103 "one of the...." Listening to mine now. Fabulous! No desire to change. | |
| Bolero:why can't my system reproduce snare well? El,Well, if you recall it live in a good venue, then you have an excellent frame of reference for what it can sound like.Unfortunately, recordings seldom sound exactly like any particular live performance. So many factors impact what you hear live... | |
| Has education expanded your listening tastes? ..not to mention the similar very early influence of Mahler as a revolutionary modern day classical composer.Also wanted to add that in addition to education and emotion, spirituality has always played a huge role in the most popular and enduring ... | |
| Has education expanded your listening tastes? I've read where the public response at the time to bombastic new compositons from Shoenberg, Stravinsky and such early in the 20th century were the first public signs of teh phenomenon that eventually lead to rock and roll, which followed in the s... | |
| Why aren't new vacuum tubes as good as old ones? I have no clue but based on what I know from what I hear I am with the wolfman on this. New tu.bes are not all gloom and doom like most new things are often regarded to be by audiophiles. I'm sureI can guess which side the sellers of expensive NOS... | |
| Denon DL-103 "one of the...." One of mine, FWIW. | |
| Bolero:why can't my system reproduce snare well? The Evelyn Glennie version of Bolero on THis CD prominently features percussion instruments, including snare and drums, compared to many others. | |
| Has education expanded your listening tastes? "You guys all seem to be well versed in classical music, so can anyone explain the DIFFERENCE between the old stuff and 20th Century Classical music. Why does it sound different. What changed?"I'll take a stab.CLassical music prior to 20th century... |