martykl
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| Subwoofer options for Magnepan with crossover betwen pre and amp? I use Rhythmik subs with MMGs (rotated with Ohm 100 omnis). I’m 100% pleased with the pairing. However, I use an Audyssey equipped pre-pro as a preamp. I know that some will reject this idea on principle, but IMO it’s the easy, sure fire way to ge... | |
| Music you llisten to in your car, but rarely play on your rig at home Rock n rolljazz, blues, folk, vocal, etc dominate the (limited) time I spend in front of my big rig. Everywhere else (including Sonos, my car, etc), I get my fix of rock n roll. | |
| Chuck Berry will be 90 next week. Many, many yeas back, I saw Chuck Berry play in a friend's backyard for his birthday party. My friend told me that Chuck had two young local guys he used as a rhythm section for private shows in the NYC metro area. They got paid by the hour. Ch... | |
| Anyone listen to Pandora lately? Also listen through Sonos and find the SQ on Pandora unremarkable. However, there are reasons it may sound better than it used to.If you've added zones, it's possible that your network has gotten "meshier" (strange word), which really does help S... | |
| Best band never to release a truly great album? Not surprisingly, BDP nails this one,Little Village, Possibly the most promising supergroup of them all, released that? It's not bad at all, but it is an absolutely pedestrian album. I like it a fair bit, but great it ain't.I'm not sure that any... | |
| Chuck Berry will be 90 next week. You had to post this? That means I'm.....Never mindAs far as I'm concerned, Chuck invented rock n roll guitar | |
| Favorite guitar players not named...... Four of my choices (John Renbourn, Richard Thompson, Tommy Emmanuel, and Lindsey Buckingham) are superior acoustic guitar players. | |
| Your first component that was "special" zavato and kennyIIRCFrom suburban NJ, it was a NJ Transit train to Penn Station then a shuttle to Grand Central and a 7 train out to Shea Stadium. Mostly when the Dodgers were in town, as my family had moved out to Jersey from Brooklyn.Last time... | |
| Your first component that was "special" Kef Corelli speakers ca 1974 | |
| MBL omnidirectional speakers. How do they sound ? MBL sometimes demos the 101s at very high volume with a very good, tho unfamiliar, electric blues recording. At the LAX show, maybe five or six years ago, it was the single most convincing recording of a small combo with electric guitar that I'v... | |
| Favorite guitar players not named...... Love the call on Bert Jansch, so I'll add his Pentangle band mate John Renbourn. Jansch was the more influential player, but Renbourn is a miracle of nuance.All the Fleetwood Mac alum (Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, Dave Mason, Rick Vito and especial... | |
| Help Id speakers As a couple of posts here note, Wharefdale used a capital W as a logo for quite a while. I'd start there. | |
| Must speakers have certain volume to sound convincing ? Inna,Too bad you are not impressed with Getz and Gilberto. Everyone has their preferences. I happen to like the music, the playing, and the singing, but that was not remotely the point of my post.The music/playing/singing is a matter of taste. ... | |
| Must speakers have certain volume to sound convincing ? I guess everyone hears things differently, but one of the greatest impressions a speaker has ever left on me was Stan Getz's sax and Astrud Gilberto's voice on Girl from Ipanema as reproduced by large SoundLab panels. I'm not sure what Inna consi... | |
| Song covers that are better than the originals Funny that you struck a chord (pardon the pun) with me once again, BDP.I actually admire Jimi a ton and fully appreciate what he brought to the table in terms of changing the way a lot of people approach the instrument, so I guess that I disagree ... |