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| Todd Rundgren Best of Lp's As McGarick points out, TR likes to wander and therefore his records tend to feel inconsistent, both within each cd, and from cd to cd. However, there's such a great wealth of music there that you just have to wade through some of the more curious... | |
| Todd Rundgren Best of Lp's Luc,Be careful with Rundgren's LP reissues. There are a few places in and around LA that probably still have them and they're cheap, as well. Unfortunately, they're uniformly thin and screechy sounding. His CDs are a mixed bag sonically, but the L... | |
| How about an accordion thread? If you like rock music, you should think Zydeco. It's a blues tradition that's often hybridized with rock music by many of the biggest players.Zachary Richard is a zydeco accordian player who has put together some smokin' bands over the years. His... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Rebbi,I'm not sure of your taste in music, but I have another recommendation for you if it runs to "stripped down" rock music - think Neil Young style. The cd is called "With These Hands" by Alejandro Escovedo. He's something of a cult figure beca... | |
| How large of a speaker do I need My experience is consistent with JohnnyB's. My room has one open wall in a room that is app 24' wide and 14' from front wall to seating, with the large open space behind the listener. It produces all kinds of problems, notably a "hump" between 80h... | |
| Canadian or US made monitors for about $500 The Canadian PSB Image Monitors (larger model, forget the precise designation) are up. For another $100, the USA made Magnepan SMG (factory direct) covers app the same bandwidth, dipole style. Since you need stands for the PSBs, the final pricing ... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Rebbi"Show You How" and "It Was You" are the key tracks on "Under The Skin". Louder is better.Marty | |
| Acoustic Solid Transparent? Don't know the Transparent, but I have an ASolid "Wood Classic(?)" (not sure of the precise model designation, but it's the top "wood" model w/the large plinth, platter, and motor as well as electronic motor controller). It works very well, sounds... | |
| Best Live Recording on LP I love Zachary Richard's "Fatras: Live in Montreal", and continue to cue it up regularly after more than 25 years. This is a smokin' Zydeco band with a very young, impossibly skinny Sonny Landreth on guitar. The recording quality is really good, o... | |
| Shahinian and Ohm DiebenkornI've successfully used my 100s with the 70ish watt Prima Luna monos, but prefer my ARC VT130SE which is app 120 watts per. My room is large (app 23' X 14' X 17' ceilings, with a large open space behind the listening position) and I do go... | |
| Reference 3a MM de Capo i with Pass Labs? Gus,The de Capos are a very easy load for any amp and reasonably sensitive, as well. At various times, I used Cary 300b monos, an Atmasphere S30, and a big ARC VT 130SE, as well as a SS Krell KSA 50s. All worked well, but each sounded a bit differ... | |
| Reference 3a MM de Capo i with Pass Labs? I used to own de Capos and always preferred them with tubes.Marty | |
| The gift of music to our children Audiophile style Weiserb, nice tale!My 3 year old daughter just had a week long visit from her four cousins, age 4 yrs to 9 yrs. The cousins are uniformly obsessed with Disney radio; "Hannah Montana" and the like. Their dad explained that this music is so skillful... | |
| Some irrefutable truths about rock and roll "Like A Rolling Stone" the greatest ROCK song ever?Personally, I'd be inclined to place it second to "Johnny B Goode".Note: For me, this one is Chuck Berry vs Dylan, no Beatles involved (until someone - Audiofiel? - involves them).Second Note: Ple... | |
| Richard Thompson recommendations A couple more thoughts:For sound quality, you may want to look for the Mitchell Froom productions. These aren't necessarily "audiophile" recordings, but they are generally good recordings of vocal/guitar surrounded by lots of stuff that "enhances"... |