martykl
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| Music Your Wife Will Really LISTEN To with you ? Zinfan,If you're looking for interesting French Horn recordings, you may want to check out Richard Todd "With A Twist". Rick runs the horn department at USC and is an amazing player who put together a great jazz group for this session.Disclosure: ... | |
| Which speaker is the master of IMAGING ???? I currently use both Parsifal Encores and Merlin VSM SEs in 2 different systems. Both are excellent at imaging. Neither can match the little ProAc Super Tablettes I heard 20 years ago, which offered the most tangible presentation of depth I can re... | |
| Thinking about an Audio Research PH5 You may want to consider a used Audible Illusions Modulus Pre w/phono.They're very good, widely available and inexpensive. The overall sound through the phono is a bit warmer than ARC (and a bit noisier) but, on balance you may prefer it to an all... | |
| Room setup Questions: Small Room with Magnepan MMG Trial & error (& more error) will be required here.You may want to try the desk against the back wall and use a swivel chair to double for work and listening (i.e. desk behind you when listening). Because the MMG has both limited deep bass... | |
| The Most Beautiful Song of The RnR era? Thanks for the ideas, everyone. To clarify:R'n'R era really means music made by rock musicians. Since the idea is to debunk his notion that rock musicians haven't made any beautiful music, I thought a well selected compilation might broaden my fat... | |
| Who is your overall favorite guitarist? Where's Todd Rundgren?I tripped across this thread again recently and thought - Three years, 265 amazingly diverse and interesting responses naming hundreds of players and -No Todd? Anyone else old enough to remember when he was the domestic alter... | |
| The Debate's Not Over There are some quirky ducks in this pond.Might as well jump in.Beatles catalogue may overwhelm Beach Boys, but "God Only Knows" would be my pick for the most beautiful song out of either (or anyone else during the r'n'r era).Dylan may top Smokey, ... | |
| Best Guitar CD Recording Jerry Douglas is the amazing dobro player for Alison Krauss. His recent cd "Lookout for Hope" is a close miked show off disc. I also happen to like the music, but even if you don't love the music, it's hard not to love the playing.Also, there is a... | |
| Von Schweikert DB99 or Vandersteen 5A ?? BTW -No "tight vs. dry" jokes please. In retrospect, maybe a less than ideal choice of words. :Have fun shopping!Marty.P.S. If you're expanding your options beyond the 5A and the DB99 as originally posted - there are other interesting choices in t... | |
| Von Schweikert DB99 or Vandersteen 5A ?? Sam,To clarify my comments on the Parsifal's bass:On most music, you will probably find it absolutely satisfying down to the lowest registers. However, certain recordings will reveal the shortcomings of the underdamped Verity approach versus the p... | |
| Von Schweikert DB99 or Vandersteen 5A ?? To those thinking Parsifal vs 5A, I'd bet that your preference will be clear pretty quickly, though which choice you make will reflect your priorities. I own Parsifal Encores and have extensively auditioned 5As. Verities can't begin to touch the p... | |
| Top Five for 2005 I thought 2005 was a slow year for new releases and ended up buying mostly older music. That said:1 EELS - Blinking Lights. (Easily the best I heard this year.)2 Richard Thompson - Front Parlour Ballads3 Bright Eyes - Wide Awake4 Brendan Benson - ... | |
| Best tube amp s for magnepan 3.6r I used an ARC VT 130SE with great success. Of course there is the matter of room size and preferred listening level. | |
| Undiscovered blues gems..... Not really recent, but blues piano is a "sub genre" you may have missed. Try anything from Professor Longhair. Also James Booker's "Lost Paramount Tapes" is an absolutely great introduction to this music. | |
| Avantgarde..... Still a contender??? Iv've never had the A/G's in my system but have heard them sound mediocre (at a NoCal dealer) and I've heard them sound tremendous (SoCal dealer). Ultimately, I bought Zingali as they were much less expensive and a "first step" into horns.One thin... |