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| Danny Gatton & Joey DeFrancesco Utterly fantastic stuff. The live Redneck Jazz Explosion CDs with Gatton and Buddy Emmons (on steel guitar) are also mind bending performances.Marty | |
| Two JL F212s verses two Velodyne 18 plus? Clean output capability and damping control would be my top priority, were I in your shoes. I suspect that either of your options will be great in your modestly large room (on that basis), so you probably can't go wrong, but... If you don't have A... | |
| Name 3 under appreciated pop/rock drummers Jean Yves Tola from 16 Horsepower. Not for technique, per se. But, IMHO, few drummers define the sound of their band the way Tola does. This is a particularly difficult trick in this circumstance, since the band's lead singer, David Eugene Edwards... | |
| Best cover songs? I love Fred Froom's cover of Todd Rundgren's "Pretending to Care". It's a really tough song to nail. I've heard several cover versions, but all pale next to Froom's, IMHO. Todd's original comes up short by comparison and even Jennifer Warnes (who'... | |
| Live Performances Gone Awry Aha! Fistfights among band members....forgot about that subgenre. Ray Davies vs. Dave Davies at The Capitol Theater in Passaic, NJ on (IIRC) the "Schoolboys in Disgrace" tour. Brief, but notable. Nearly empty house, too.Marty | |
| Best Rock Album in 2011 ..and a pretty good week closer to the middle of the fairway, too. I just picked up new material from Foo Fighters and Wilco on the recommendation of those above. I blow hot and cold on both bands, but these are two excellent records. I also got M... | |
| Recordings with BASS Jennifer Warnes' "The Hunter" features a really well recorded rhythm section. | |
| Stacking sub-woofers It's generally a bad idea that undoes (virtually) all of the benefits of using 2 subs - that idea being that using 2 subs will create 2 different (hopefully offsetting) patterns of reinforcing/destructuve interaction between each sub and the room.... | |
| Live Performances Gone Awry I just remembered another couple of incidents. The first is slightly OT, but maybe close enough.John Lennon hosted a concert at MSG in New York, called "One To One". It was the end of a day on which volunteers spent the day with disabled children ... | |
| ROTEL to PRIMALUNA with SONUS FABER CREMONA M I briefly used my PL 6 monos with Cremonas. The Cremona does need some grunt (I'd call it a "modestly difficult" speaker to drive), but that particular PL model was a very good match. The Cremonas ended up in my living room with a smaller, more "s... | |
| Live Performances Gone Awry Philo,I was there, too. But The Who left me cold that night (pun intended as it was well below zero outside). Lots of recorded accompaniement to Quadraphenia. Different strokes, I guess.Other Michigan disasters:Patti Smith's band gets snowed in an... | |
| Suggestions for current blues guitarists Sonny Landreth is a great call. The guy's fingers are longer than my arms - which doesn't hurt when you're playing. For an added bonus, check out his very, very early stuff with the Zydeco singer Zachary Richard. Less flahsy than his later materia... | |
| speakers/sub Mission,Have you heard any of the DRC systems (ala Audyssey). If not, you may want to audition one. Try it in a small room. I can't guarantee that you'll like the result, but I'd be shocked if you couldn't hear the difference.As Drew notes in his ... | |
| speakers/sub I agree with Drew.The best bet that I could point to is either the Velodyne SMS-1 sub-controller (app $400, I use one in my system) or the SVS Audyssey Box (app $800 plus the cost of the required external active cross-over). The specific choice of... | |
| Smallish floorstander that sounds good placed just Sorry, I just saw the budget note. Merlins will almost certainly be too expensive. I also use Preludes (in my gym) as recommended above. They sit near wall with pretty good results.Marty |