mapman
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| Most underrated composer of 20th Century? Maybe the core of Rock and pop culture in general also serves a more redeeming second purpose by helping to bring all those baser elements out into plain view where they are easier to deal with, rather than be hidden where they might strike withou... | |
| Why aren't new vacuum tubes as good as old ones? I wonder which the world will run out of sooner, good high quality NOS tubes that are years old or oil?I hope the suppliers of modern tube technology get their act together sooner and better than those making the new vinyl seem to be doing.I have ... | |
| Most underrated composer of 20th Century? "Those not alive and of the age of reason before rock arose have no idea of the great harm rock has done to society."I have to wonder about rock music as a cause of great harm as opposed to being part of the reaction to great harm. Great harm cert... | |
| Beatles Tribute Tv special.... I did like the "HEy Bulldog" cover a lot also and was impressed by John Legend as well.AM I the only one who liked teh Imagine Dragons Revolution cover? Nothing earth shattering certainly but nicely done I thought.I did not go into this with high ... | |
| Shirley Temple Black I only go back to 1959, but have fond memories of her movies in reruns every Sunday morning even back then on UHF out of Philly, channel 17 or 48 I believe.Definitely an American icon! | |
| Most underrated composer of 20th Century? Shubert,I'll toss this one up to dispute the proposition that no rock musician/composer can be a genius.Ammonia Avenue.Shows that take the rock/pop veneer off of certain compositions and perhaps even many of the great classical composers over the ... | |
| Amazing Solo Piano Recordings Found This wonderful tribute to Eric Woolfson of the Alan Parsons project on youtube. | |
| $1,500 upgrade budget/what would you do? Class D integrated a very good idea.Rogue Sphinx would be a great place to test out the modern high end audio amplification possibilities at an afforable price point, with its tube/Class D hybrid design. That's where its at for something that appl... | |
| Beatles Tribute Tv special.... It was a good time all around.Amazing teh impact of the BEatles over the years and that the music when played well can still sound both relevant and fresh!My whole family watched and even my 12 year old daughter enjoyed it.Imagine Dragons and Joe ... | |
| Amplifier Input Impedance Most solid state amps are designed to work with typical all SS pre-amps/systems, not higher out impedance tube pre-amps. I think its that simple.With ongoing popularity of tube gear in high end audio, some lines are designed with higher input imep... | |
| Bolero:why can't my system reproduce snare well? Are you sure it is a good recording? | |
| Is the Musical Fidelity Nu-vista M3 outdated If its in good condition and selling for the right price, no reason to look elsewhere that I can see. | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? Lacee,That's a reasonable perspective to have for these kinds of things I would say. :^) | |
| Moving to a dynamic speaker from a Electrostatic Czar,I have old Stax phones still that I use regularly and just added a set of Sennheiser Momentum phones, which deliver the expected Sennheiser sound out of a more portable and easy to drive package than some other Senns.Sennheiser and Stax are t... | |
| Best sounding integrated between $1500-$3000 "Sounded like the benefits of tube & ss without the negatives of either, IMO."There you go! |