martykl
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| Name 3 under appreciated pop/rock drummers Memories!I saw Little Feat in Central Park NYC in the '70s and it was one of the best shows I've ever seen. Special Bonus: the opening act was a band called Seatrain and Lowell George sat in on guitar for their whole show. An unbelievable night of... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? The new website ohmspeaker.com is kinda shocking. Moped to rocketship overnight. If John is reading this, the only thing missing is an easy "click thru" to a photo of each model from the data sheet page. Other than that, welcome to the new millenn... | |
| Soothing the night.... My wife uses a device that is IIRC called the "Dream Machine" from Brookstone. I can't comment personally, but it works for her.Marty | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Peter,I see this as a potential marketing mistake. At the end of the day, this is a hobbyist purchase. People frequently base their purchase decision on their view of the particular technology as much as the product's performance. If you could hid... | |
| The best acoustic guitar recordings?? Not sure if it's been mentioned yet, but Ry Cooder and VM Bhatt "Meeting by the River" is very interesting music by 2 great players. It is beautifully recorded, too. Cooder plays guitar, but Bhatt plays a variety of acoustic stringed instruments f... | |
| 'Holographic Sound Stage?' I read the OP's question more narrowly. Luna asks whether the imaging and staging that a quality hi-fi can produce are ever encountered at live performances. My answer is somewhere between "never" and "almost never". Nonetheless, I find that excel... | |
| Need opinion of which subs to get I use a pair of Rhythmiks and couldn't be happier. I've also heard great things about SVS from people that I trust. You're probably in good shape either way.I always note that I use an Audyssey enabled pre-pro from Onkyo to integrate the subs, eve... | |
| Organ CDs with really deep bass There's a great recording of a Gerhard Weinberger concert consisting of short Liszt and Bach pieces that's called "Concert at Passenau". It was recorded on the Passenau organ in Germany (at the time the largest organ in the world). I bought a CD o... | |
| Amp and pre-amp I suspect that, if you are still concerned with amplifier performance, you're not drunk enough. | |
| Is soundstage just a distortion? Grab any Q sound encoded source material and you'll Very Clearly see (hear?) that soundstage is not only not a "distortion", but its also not purely a function of your system. If your program material is recorded in a manner that allows dramatic s... | |
| Top 10 Alt-country bands Another guy around the edges of the alt-country silo that deserves mention here is the late Jay Bennett. His solo stuff, his work with Edward (Edwin?) Burch, and his contribution to Wilco form a pretty impressive body of work IMHO.Marty | |
| Dunlavy SC IV or Merlin VSM M Advertising works, which is why people buy it. Bobby's presence on these forums is smart business. It also reflects an effort that few manufacturers (Ralph at Atmasphere notably among the exceptions) are willing to make. His line may be more aggre... | |
| Top 10 Alt-country bands If Hiss Golden Messenger qualifies as Alt-country, IMHO they go right to the top of the list. However, they sound more Alt-acoustic blues to me. Either way, Poor Moon is a stunningly good record.Marty | |
| Top 10 Alt-country bands loomis,IMHO, Foster and Lloyd is one of the quirkier bands to come down the road in many moons. Radney Foster is the country part and Bill Lloyd the Alt (pop) part. In the end, I think I prefer Bill Lloyd straight up, but I agree that they did som... | |
| Sub placement NVP,Not IME. For the last 6 years, I've used a RTA to measure FR at the listening position. If the subs are in a good spot, I get good results irrespective of orientation. There may be small differences, but if you're setting up subs by ear, I wou... |