mghcanuck
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| Victoriaville jazz fest, are you going??? Victoriaville is in "la belle province" of Quebec, Canada, I'd say about 1.5 to 2 hrs drive east of Montreal. I've heard good things about the Victoriaville festival, but can't comment personally.Victo, as it is referred to by the locals, is proba... | |
| My vote for Tweak of the Week Oh, this is good. And, if I may say so, I feel pretty smug about going with a Blue Circle preamp, 'cause at $485 per knob, I basically got the rest of the preamp for the price of the upgraded Shallco attenuator ($250). 'Course, what kind of twit w... | |
| Norah Jones on Bluenote?? Once more into the fray...Did I contradict myself? Um, I don't think so, but I suppose it could be construed that I did... I guess what I didn't specifically state is that I think she did a pretty good job on her first album and that, with time, s... | |
| Norah Jones on Bluenote?? Hmmmm, I really don't see the link between cheap labour and Norah Jones on Blue Note. What I do see and hear is a young musician/singer who is at the beginning of what could be a long, diverse and successful career. Her abilities are still evolvin... | |
| Best single-malt Scotch... Recently opened a bottle of Bowmore - Mariner 15 yr old - and was very pleased. Has the peat/smoky character of Islay malts, although a little tamer than others, and is very nicely balanced. Balvenie 12 and 15, as well as Lagavulin, are favourites... | |
| Blue Circle BC-86 III Gunbei,Thanks for the sound advice. Better to be patient, although it won't be easy.Max | |
| Blue Circle BC-86 III I too have the MR1200. However, I can hear it hum at times; when it starts the hum is not very audible, but it builds up over about 30 to 60 seconds and then fades away. Its most noticeable when I play music at night at low volume and has been som... | |
| Zaikesman's Username Pronunciation Field Guide To all a Happy and Prosperous New Year!Mghcanuck comprises the three initials of my full name and the fact that, well, I'm Canadian... please be gentle. Jeffloistarca, I'm guessing you must be in the vicinity of Mount Royal???Regards.Max | |
| What will you be playing to celebrate? Treyhoss, your points are well taken. I guess my questions were more rhetorical than not and I certainly don't want to appear as though I think my opinion is more valid than another's. I'm just concerned about where it all ends, who gets invaded n... | |
| What will you be playing to celebrate? It may be that a lot of the UN's indecisiveness during the '90s had to do with the intransigence of Security Council members and dues owed to the UN by one of its strongest and wealthiest members. It may appear that some leaders sit idly by, but w... | |
| What will you be playing to celebrate? Ah, but Gunbei, the money to conduct the war comes from your tax dollars. Haliburton may not even pay any tax??? The money to rebuild Iraq will also come from your tax dollars and make Haliburton and its owners even richer than they are now.GWB an... | |
| What will you be playing to celebrate? Great posts Gunbei, humour (cluster fuck, ROLOL!) and some very thought provoking info. Watching the news up here in the "great white north" yesterday evening, our national, publicly-funded broadcaster showed file-photo footage of a broadly smilin... | |
| A personal challenge Jeff and Tom, best wishes to you as you go down the very difficult road of giving up smoking. I watched my mother-in-law quit cold turkey about 12 years ago and was amazed by her will-power in overcoming the physiological and psychological addicti... | |
| Low-Fi Experience Well said Zaikesman. I'm kind of O/T, but some of the British mags - What Hi Fi? and Hi-Fi Choice come to mind - do a decent job of covering lo- and mid-fi offerings in both 2 channel and HT. They've conducted comparisons of several reasonably pri... | |
| I need a live great recording I really enjoy a lot of Keith Jarrett's work on ECM, and much of it was recorded live. Highlights include: Up For It (the most recent Trio disc), La Scala (solo), Köln Concert (solo), Whisper Not (Trio in Paris, 2-disc), The Cure (Trio, Town Hall,... |