martykl
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| Whats playing on your system today? I've got Richard Thompson's live "Two Lettr Words" spinning right now. It's just not fair the one guy can both write those incredible songs and play guitar like that. | |
| Do you have a secret "guilty pleasure" recording? ABBA Live. Two LP set. They try to rock it out here and there and (occasionally) succeed. Most notably, the album's version of "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (a man after midnight) works well. It's a fun reminder of the close kinship between straight po... | |
| What makes an expensive speaker expensive In most cases, expensive examples of products generate higher gross margins than inexpensive examples. A Chanel handbag may feature top quality materials and use skilled manual labor which drive up costs relative to mass market handbags, but the ... | |
| Active speakers: Audioengine vs other brands. Opinions? You could check out powered studio monitors for m-audio, Samson, Adam, jbl, etc.. Often good value, but I'm not sure if the cabinets will pass the WAF test. | |
| Artists' lps that don't get the respect deserved Mmakshak,If your "three Peter Green solo records, I thought there were only two" comment was in response to me, I was referring to the three (2 1/2 if you prefer) Fleetwood Mac albums featuring Green that preceded "Then Play On".The problem in co... | |
| SVS or Velodyne Velodyne makes lots of different models/series. They perform very differently, one to the next. It's been a while, but IME the large cabinet models are pretty good, the little guys less so.Sealed SVS subs (along with Rythmik) tend to offer great ... | |
| Marantz Pre-Pro Glitch Depending on the vintage, some Marantz AVRs had HDMI sockets that failed over time. I had to replace my family room Marantz AVR after two years of seeing one socket fail, moving the cable to the next socket, seeing that one fail after several mon... | |
| Need thoughts RE-Best Universal for my High end audio and TV, video etc. I use the Crestron G system (it's cheaper than the full blown Crestron) with a tablet as the handset. Fully satisfied with no issues in three different rooms for a period of four or five years now. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Just spun up Jeremy Spencer's "Bend in The Road". Another superb blues album from a former member of Fleetwood Mac. Spencer handles the slide duties with his usual skill and taste, but the extra treat here is a second guitarist called Brett Luca... | |
| Artists' lps that don't get the respect deserved I'll also second Ghost on The James Gang. I'll take them over The Eagles all day long, but that's another minority position on my part. | |
| Artists' lps that don't get the respect deserved Interesting comments here. Putting aside jazz, blues, classical recordings and obscure singer/songwriter types, I'd add a few thoughts.Rod Stewart's "Every Picture" isn't getting much love here and I think it's a terrific record. So, that one mi... | |
| Old friend looking for acoustic folk inspired music Also old, but new to those not yet familiar :-).....The British folk-baroque of the '60s and '70s. Fairport Convention and Pentangle are particularly great because the guitar players (Richard Thompson in FC and Bert Jansch with John Renbourn in P... | |
| Whats a good freq to measure baseline SPL when calibrating a sub? One more idea:If you can generate both pink noise and white noise, sweep both. IMO, pink noise will give you better octave to octave balance while white noise will be more helpful for optimizing the hand-off from subwoofer to main speaker. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Bdp,A little free association here: Will Rigby.........Amy Rigby.Will Rigby's ex-wife Amy Rigby is a wonderful performer in her own right (as well as in her duo with Don Dixon's wife, Marti Jones (who, incidentally, sings like an angel)). Amy al... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Loomis,It's been a very, very long time since I thought about the Palominos. I lived in Hoboken during The Feelies early run at Maxwell's, so I initially knew the Palominos as Anton Fier's new band after he quit The Feelies. Then, they just star... |