mitchagain
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| Those rare albums that are great on first listen. Jackson Browne - "For Everyman" Lloyd Cole & Commotions - "Rattlesnakes" Crack the Sky - "Crack the Sky" Dixie Dregs - "What If" Mark Eitzel - "60 Watt Silver Lining" Robin Lane & Chartbusters - "Imitation Life" Leadon - Georgiades B... | |
| 18 inch subwoofer vs multiple 12 inch subwoofers with bookshelf speakers @thxbest There is a video on Youtube that is titled: "Dual Rythmik FM-8 Subwoofers as Speaker Stands?" that is probably worth a look. | |
| Listening position/speaker position The 8' triangle formula has always worked well for me; but, the room dimensions and furniture & speaker placement options always dictated that. More often than not, the listening position usually ended up being 9 - 10' away; thus, fulling the ... | |
| Opinions on PS Audio Direct Stream DAC (Mk 1) With that particular DAC, using an I2S cable was a very smart move on your part! | |
| Should we care if a piece of equipment comes from a pet-free, kid-free, smoke-free home? You must have missed the recent "The Dog Peed on My Speaker" thread. | |
| Has anyone heard from bdp24 lately? @bdp24 It's great to see you back here! I will send you a PM re Dwight Twilley. | |
| Best Covers ^^^^^^^^ Technically speaking, no; but, that's based on a black & white and/or narrowed minded perspective. I agree that a good remix often feels like a complete reinvention of a song; and, many previous examples cited in this thread fall int... | |
| Best single volume guide to classical music I recently helped an elderly friend dispose of their CD collection. The one classical CD that caught my eye was called: "Classics at the Movies." It's a 4 CD set that featured classical music used in 40 different movies, including: 2001, A Space O... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! @tyray, great point and question. I have a Coda amp and would love to recommend Coda to any of my friends who are in the market for an integrated amp. Unfortunately, none of them can afford the CSiB (definitely not new and probably not used); so, ... | |
| Best Covers "Chelsea Hotel" - Lloyd Cole "Everybody Knows" - Concrete Blonde "All Tomorrow's Parties" - Bryan Ferry "If I Were a Carpenter" - Bob Seger | |
| Best Covers In the "hilarious" category: "Jump" - Aztec Camera "I Will Survive" - Cake "Pump It Up" - Prozak For Lovers In the "Wow, that took courage and talent to tackle that one:" "Walk On the Wild Side" - Edie Brickell & New Bohemians "River" - ... | |
| Best Covers @garebear +1 on Gregg Allman's version of "These Days," although I've always liked the original version by Jackson Browne just as much. However, I think the ultimate version is when Gregg and Jackson perform it together live at the "All My Friends... | |
| Favorite Obscure Rock Song @jssmith, thanks for the shoutout! I'm glad to know that I'm not the only Trapeze fan here. (More cowbell please!!!). I forgot to include "Red Shoes" by THE THROWING MUSES in my color themed choices of obscure or at least semi-obscure songs. | |
| Favorite Obscure Rock Song TRAPEZE - "Black Cloud" BEBOP DELUXE - "Blue As a Jewel*" (Demo version*) X - "White Girl" FETCHIN' BONES - "Deep Blue" WISHBONE ASH - "You See Red" | |
| Your greatest high end audio purchase!!! My greatest purchase is the one that gets me off of the upgrade train, even if that situation ends up being only temporary. |