martykl
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| musical drummers...who are they ??? A lot of good responses here ( I particularly like Dave Mattacks and Jim Keltner as rock drummers and Jack D. for Jazz). Since, as Tvad points out, the question regarded musical drummers, I'd also look to less obvious people like Cal Tjader. He ma... | |
| Recommend alignment protractor A quick caution in re: the ttb protractor. The spindle hole is very snug and the protractor itself is quite brittle. Don't try to force it over a wide spindle. It will slip down, but won't come off. I snapped mine that way. It is cheap and does wo... | |
| Rockstar Supernova I think the show is addictive; a nice rounding out of the musical portfolio after American Idol. What can I say - I like a lot of different kinds of music.For me, the keys to Rockstar are interesting versions (mostly) of good to very good rock son... | |
| How is a piano recorded? A few years back I co-funded a recording by a small jazz band featuring a friend - Richard Todd - who is a noted French Horn player. In watching the recording sessions, it was apparent that getting the piano right was going to be the biggest probl... | |
| Music out there with good bass I happened to revisit Jennifer Warnes yesterday for the first time in ages. Her record/cd "The Hunter" has impressive bass guitar/drums on several tracks. It recalls Rickie Lee Jones "We Belong Together" (I believe that song is on her eponymously ... | |
| Recommended Redbook Under $5K Thanks for the input. I haven't visited this forum very often as digital is a secondary source for me. I haven't been looking for/thinking much about it for 5 plus years - so I wasn't aware that the subject has come up so often. Sorry to be redund... | |
| What is the best amp for Sonus Faber Cremonas? I'm presently using an ARC VT130SE with very good results. | |
| Choosing a turntable.... In my conversation with the 2 companies serving as US distributors of Acoustic Solid and Acoustic Signature 'tables, I got a different story. I'm told that A-Solid has manufactured their tables in-house for about 10 years. A-Sig started a few year... | |
| Your Favorite, Most Outstanding Guitar Solo Where to start?Some alternative cuts from the already cited Robert Fripp (try St Elmo's Fire from Eno's Another Green World) and Richard Thompson Calvary Cross (choose your version).Not yet mentioned:Todd Rundgren (Can't Stop Runnin' and While My ... | |
| MBL 101e's vs. Soundlab U-1's David, I think you indicated in your post that your MBL audition was in a room smaller than your own, but you had concerns in re: speaker size vs. room size. If you meant to indicate that your room was smaller, it's very important to audition the ... | |
| Integrated for Merlin Vsm I briefly used my Pathos Classic One with very good results. | |
| Music out there with good bass Don Dixon is well known producer (REM,Smithereens, etc.) and a less well known bassist, singer, pop songwriter. He knows how to record a pop-rock rhythm section and evidently loves the sound of his own bass. Try "Romeo at Juliard" which features a... | |
| Have you seen the VR9SE Review? I thought the most interesting thing about the piece was that it got the context right. Mike didn't pay $75K, drop the speaker into his system, and pass judgement. Reading the article, you can appreciate that the particular choice of hardware was ... | |
| Reference 3A and SS namely Krell I used to use the de Capo with a KSA50s. The combo worked well and sounded musical, but...The de Capo can sound a bit "dry" (TO ME) and the use of Krell doesn't diminish this effect although it doesn't particularly emphasize it, either.The deep ba... | |
| Recommend a TT/Tonearm combo under $2000? If the economics work out that might be a good way to go, but VPI probably prices the JMW package to make it compelling. A fully re-wired modded RB 300 is app. $600 (from Expressimo (sic?), Origin Live, Moth, etc.), so it all comes down to the pri... |