martykl
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| Why are so many companies like harbeth making old speakers designs and charging thousends? I've avoided this one, too, but...Active digital crossovers (and room correction) are a more recent innovation, so there's been some recent technology developments out there, but Tim's point is mostly taken.IMO, there are few innovations that just... | |
| Top Ten Rock Vocalists Come to think of it,, now that Rundgren’s name is in the ring, how about Meat Loaf? As long as you don’t need your vocals understated (that also applies to about 3/4 of the names already mentioned), I’d argue that Mr Loaf delivers his songs with g... | |
| Top Ten Rock Vocalists I'll toss Todd Rundgren into the mix. | |
| Albums you can listen too all the way through and it's all good There are many, many that qualify for me, but two that I listened to straight through in my car the other day:Drums Along The Hudson - The BongosSet To Pop - Bill Lloyd | |
| Top 10 Alt-country bands Another one that deserves mention is Junior Gone Wild. They played country inflected music with rock n roll energy and a sometimes very funny lyrical take on "the morality play" that informs a lot of Louvin Brothers inspired country music. | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? Arcam,A fine choice, but - I say - if you're going with Peter Green, you pretty much have to go for a sexual lyric like Long Grey Mare ("she won't let me ride her any more") or Rattlesnake Shake:"Ain't but one thing a good man can do....the rattle... | |
| Top Ten Rock Vocalists Elvis Presley deserves a place somewhere on that list. | |
| ( Vinyl) Your latest purchase and where? Yesterday, I bought Mothership (Zep) and Kiln House (Fleetwood Mac). I've heard a ton about the Zep box and my original copy of Kiln is on its last legs. Both purchases were at Stax Wax, a new vinyl only store (owned by the family that once owne... | |
| Silverline Speakers Minuet Supreme Plus - Sonatina MKIV I'm a (very satisfied) twice represented Silverline owner.I've had Sonatinas (Avalon style cabinets) in a HT set-up in my family room for almost a decade. We use that system for tv viewing every day and the Silverlines perform like champs. When ... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? I can't comment on the older models, but my Ohm 100s absolutely go towards the leaner, more articulate side through the bass region. If anything, I'd call the bass ever-so-slightly over damped. It's possible that a more recent model may better s... | |
| John Martyn I'm also a fan - he was a really innovative guitar player as well as one of the stranger (and more interesting) characters in 60s/70s popular music. He cut across genres in a pretty unusual way and did so with a very quirky approach to his instru... | |
| Obscure bands Here’s another one that I love:John Croslin was the main man in The Reivers (AKA Zeitgeist, before a conflict with another band caused them to change their name). This was one of the earliest and IMO best alt-country bands. I’m not sure that they’... | |
| What are the best subwoofers to use with Magnepan 20.1s? I think that the crossover set-up you choose will be at least as important as the sub you choose. I use Rythmiks with small Maggies and they pair superbly IMO. However, I use Audyssey bass management and there's no doubt in my mind that it's a b... | |
| Obscure bands Max,I spaced on Wake Ooloo. Great catch. I used to live in Hoboken and got to see just about every iteration of The Feelies (not sure if I mentioned The Trypes, who may or may not have ever recorded a record). All of them were terrific. There ... | |
| Obscure bands Another spin-off:. Health & Happiness ShowJames Mastro (guitarist and songwriting partner to Richard Barone in The Bongos) started this alt-country/guitar pop band. They did three extremely good records without much in the way of recognition. |