martykl
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| Curved and Straight Tonearms As some have already noted, s shaped arms tend be higher mass designs. The choice of arm (mass being a key issue) is generally dictated by cartridge matching (compliance), so you're usually nudged toward the curved camp or the straight camp by y... | |
| Established popular artists who released real stinkers Okay, I think we're gonna have some disagreements here. Todd Rundgren's "Nearly Human" is IMO nearly perfect and a top ten record in my collection. Yes, the SQ sucks and it sure sounds crappy, but the songwriting is flat-out fantastic and Lyle ... | |
| Who actually played drums in Whiplash movie? I usually don't admit it, but, yes.....it was me | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? I just converted my listening room to dual purpose - it now doubles as a home recording studio. I'll be monitoring my mix with Ohm 100s (and with Rythmik subs/Audyssey for a second pass). It will be interesting to see how these recordings play o... | |
| Fav Consecutive Albums by An Artist John Hiatt had a nice run in the late eighties with:Bring The FamilyStolen MomentsSlow Turning.He had done some great stuff earlier, and he's done some great stuff since - but those three are the rabbit passing through the snake. | |
| Will you be going to see YES or YES this summer? Yes | |
| Ever Bought an Audio Product that was Stupid Good for the Money? Rega RB 300 | |
| Disappointment with Pro-Ject... I was unaware of the issue. Since we are about to buy an inexpensive 'table as a birthday gift for a friend of my wife (who has suddenly decided that she wants LPs), this is timely info. I was looking for the least expensive table with a Rega ar... | |
| Small room electrostat/ planar speaker? Nothing with meaningful bass is going to sound great in an 11x12 room - too small and nearly square, double trouble. I’d try to find something with limited bass output and a mellow top end. That will sound balanced without subwoofers, which you sh... | |
| Favorite Genesis Tracks? I think I've got the title for first Genesis concert - November, 1971. We sat on folding chairs in the gymnasium at Paramus Community College. They were basically debuting Foxtrot.Consequently, I'm partial to the early material. I'll go with Wa... | |
| Brightest but shortest artistic bursts in the sky I also love the Rockpile answer - you can make a good case that they are the mother of all one and dones. Still, "CCR", "Bayou Country", "Green River" , "Willie and the Poorboys", and "Cosmo's Factory" all within two years......Nothin' like it in... | |
| Brightest but shortest artistic bursts in the sky A favorite topic of mine....and IMO.........In the rock n roll division, there's only one right answer to this question:Creedence Clearwater Revival.They released 5 classic albums in the 24 month period between Spring 1968 and 1970. They also rel... | |
| XLR/RCA dilemma Sorry, I haven't read thru this thread, but (unless there's something in there I don't know), I'd go single ended into the SMS-1 and single ended out into your amp. The SMS is a PITA to optimize, but it's really, really good. The improvement in ... | |
| Fat, tight Jazz: Trombone Shorty Long-time fan here. I took my wife to a Shorty show several years ago and she became a big fan. The, she converted a bunch of her friends. So....When Shorty came to SoCal a couple of years back, and did a show at Pepperdine University (not too ... | |
| Did Pomona Ever Have Heart? Whatever the lyric, it’s a question that’s certainly appropos to Audiogon - Pomona is east of/at the eastern end of So Cal’s "Inland Empire". It’s a dense suburban mesh of towns that feature (among other things) a large Asian (and Chinese, in part... |