martykl
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| Fleetwood Mac I'll nominate the Buckingham/Nicks version of Fleetwood Mac as as a finalist for Best Rock Band Ever. The original Mac was a very good, though maddeningly inconsistent blues rock band that had some truly great moments. And many more not-so-great m... | |
| Alex Chilton RIP Zaikesman,Go slow with that discard pile. It could be a phase. I've walked away from that genre for years at a time - for much the same reason that you cite - but, eventually, I do come back. These songs offer a different kind of reward.Smithereen... | |
| Best of the "Best of Chicago" Compilations The first CTA record is one of the great schizophrenic records of all time. On the one hand, the hit machine that would dominate AM radio for decades. On the other, Terry Kath and his maniac guitar. After that record, we never saw the truly maniac... | |
| the greatest pop song ever? Thriller?(question mark)MartySorry. Couldn't resist | |
| What is your favorite guitar solo of all time? Hodu,IIRC, that solo on "Baby's on Fire" is actually a duet between Fripp and Paul Rudolph. (BTW - the same goes for the intro to Sweet Jane on RnR Animal, also a duet). Phil Manzanera's solo on BoF on 801 Live is - I think, but I could be wrong -... | |
| What is your favorite guitar solo of all time? And acoustically there's a few from Leo Kottke, Django's Nuahes, and Lindsey Buckingham's Big Love. | |
| What is your favorite guitar solo of all time? Ooh. I forgot Bon Temps Roulet live by Sonny Landreth for Zachary RichardIn steady rotation for about 30 years nowMarty | |
| What is your favorite guitar solo of all time? Calvary Cross live by Richard ThompsonHarlem Nocturne. Danny GattonCome live by Lindsey BuckinghamAmong othersMarty | |
| Multi channel preamps for Movies I'd suggest that you audition a good pre-pro that is equipped with Audyssey room correction. The top of the line Integra 80.1 - which is a very good (though maybe not great by 'phile standards) sounding unit - will allow you to compare "corrected"... | |
| Dreaded wall unit BTW,Since you custom designed your unit, this shouldn't be extraordinarily expensive. In my case, it was certainly cheaper than high end stands (albeit not quite as stable - despite myu best best design effort). Still a major improvement over in-c... | |
| Dreaded wall unit I have a similar deal in my family room. I use floorstanders, but made 2 modifications to a wall unit which otherwise - I suspect - is pretty similar to yours. 1) I hinged the face of the portion of the wall unit that is directly in front of the s... | |
| Alex Chilton RIP wow. sad and unexpectedan inspiration to so many. he'll be missedmarty | |
| Wynton - The Only Person in Jazz Who Matters? Loomis,You stole my post almost word for word. Marsalis is an extremely accomplished technician, and the highest profile player in contemporary jazz. That's not too shabby a resume, right there.OTOH, his compositional and interpretive work isn't m... | |
| Setting Sub Crossover Freq I should clarify a bit. IMHO, the greatest benefit you'll get from a(n) (optimally installed) sub occurs ABOVE 70hz. This benefit is the ability to address the quarter wave null and the "hump" that so often occurs about half an octave to a full oc... | |
| musical sub Since your Anthem already includes ARC, one extra bit of flexibility you might look for in a sub would be adjustable Q. The Rythmiks have this feature (I use two 12" Rythmiks and agree with Dawgyte's recommendation), as do certain SVS models. Marty |