mijknarf
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| Your First Concert was..... Jackson Browne on his "Running on Empty" tour at the great outdoor Blossom Music Center in Ohio. I played that album hundreds of times before I went and I'll never forget the sound of the first note of that live music, magical. Thanks for taking m... | |
| Anyone got a "Best of" jazz CDs for 2007? I'll stretch the category of "Jazz" slightly:1. Joshua Redman - Back East. A delight for the ears. Terrific recording, superb creativity w/o being weird.2. Kurt Elling - Nightmoves. Wonderful vocal range that really is applied well to the quality ... | |
| Build my own speakers? Go for it. I started out slow by building a subwoofer first. Despite the fact that a sub is a simple box/amp/driver, there is a whole lot more to it than slapping those components together. I learned a ton. I met many great contacts as well. By th... | |
| single versus multiple driver? I've hesitated responding to this thread because I'm a "Rookie" with regard to single driver speakers, but I thought I'd add my limited experience with my Lowther Transmission Line speakers. I just finished listening to a new Dave Matthews CD "Liv... | |
| My favorite Steely Dan song has to be... "Black Cow"... it takes me back | |
| How Do You Organize Your Music? I find that my listening moods tend to be divide into four categories and this is how I have my music filed:1. Female vocals (alphabetically)2. Male vocals (alphabetically)3. Non vocal (50's to 70's mainly Jazz/Blues alphabetically)4. Non vocal (8... | |
| What started you on the merry go round? Dad started out in 1953 with a Sherwood amp and a University Triaxial Mono speaker, which gave him the fever. About 1969 he bought a Fisher receiver and a pair of AR 2AX speakers which I remember listening to. It sounded so clear much like Art sta... | |
| GMA Callisto vertical tilt and placement issues Mine are on 24" stands, I'm sitting 9 feet away, and the adjustment screws are set to the specs in the manual. I can't specify the amount of toe in, but I have found them best when each one points just over my outside shoulder. I also don't hear m... | |
| GMA Callisto vertical tilt and placement issues The tweeter should be at your ear height, not the woofer. They are designed for 24" stands, so your stands are adding 1.5" plus the cones you stated you are using add more (not specified in your post) so they definately are NOT set up correctly. M... | |
| What's your latest "Discovery" I came across a video of Dave Matthews Band "Jimmy Thing" on YouTube (the live version in Central Park). In the middle is a super guitar riff by some guy I didn't recognize. I did a little research and found out it's Warren Haynes of Gov'mt Mule. ... | |
| Your Fav EL34 and why? I'm far from qualifying a favorite here, but I can say that I have lived with 50 watt P/P zero feedback EL34 monoblock amps for about three years now. Mine are AES Sixpacs that came standard with Ruby brand EL34 output tubes. I understand Ruby to ... | |
| First cd purchase Avguygeorge: Nope, 1985 was "Brothers In Arms" first release. | |
| First cd purchase It was 1985 and I brought home "Brothers In Arms" - Dire Straits. I remember my jaw hitting the floor as it spun in my new Technics CDP. | |
| Best female vocals on CD Cassandre McKinley - "Til Tomorrow Remembering Marvin Gaye" on MaxJazz label. Wonderfully recorded and just a pure voice true to the Jazz genre. Highly recommended. | |
| Best of Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan For great late night listening, I often turn to two acoustic Ella Fitzgerald recordings with Joe Pass on guitar: "Speak Love" and "Fitzgerald & Pass... Again". The recording quality is excellent and the pure sound of just the guitar with Ells'... |