mrmitch
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| Prog Rock Go4vinyl, Funny you should mention a lot of good prog came from Italy. Premiata Forneria Marconi was an Italian prog group that was pretty good. Genesis was huge in Italy as many of their concerts were done there. Perhaps the Italians love prog du... | |
| Listening habits and LP storage My LP's are stored in two-tiered cabinets much like you find records in at any of the record stores only they're furniture grade wood with a nice cherry finish. This way the albums face front and you can flip through them easily. Each one holds 50... | |
| Analytical or Musical Which way to go? Wolf-garcia, sorry you felt I was knocking an age group of which I'm a part (62 yrs. old). That wasn't my intention at all, it was just ONE example of why measurements aren't the end-all be-all. Seems a bit odd that many speaker designers voice th... | |
| Looking for the BASS Ralph, have to agree with you about the downward firing woofer. I have a pair of Unity Audio Signature 1's from the early 90's that I still love (Bob Grost did it right)that use downwards firing woofers. I dont get near 20 Hz as each woofer is 10"... | |
| Analytical or Musical Which way to go? In light of the fact that there are so many variables that comprise your stereo , I feel you have to go with what sound pleases you, the musicality camp over accuracy. Look, we have an amplifier, preamp,cd player and possible a separate DAC, turnt... | |
| Once again: Lindsey Buckingham Live Marty, I get what youre saying and yes, I probably am more of a blues guitar purist as far as solos. And had to laugh at your technique explanation! But gee, if his pull-offs are that good, wonder what his hammer-on's are like (guitar player here). | |
| Prog Rock Ptmcontulting, in digging around a little bit I just found out that Neal Morse is now in a band called Flying Colors with of all people Steve Morse (no relation). Morse used to be with the Dixie Dregs and Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater is also in... | |
| Tube Preamp Paired with Tube Phono Stage? I have a tubed Joule Electra LA Mk 2 pre-amp and a tubed Fosgate Signature phono pre-amp. The reason its not overkill in my system is the solid state Belles 350A amp and Dynavector 20XH cartridge, so system synergy is very important as others have... | |
| Best version of Moody Blues "Days of Future Passed I have the album on vinyl only, but have both the Mofi and an original 1st pressing Deram from the UK, and the Deram is slightly better, but everyone's system, room, and hearing differs, so youre result may vary. | |
| Once again: Lindsey Buckingham Live Bill, youre a gem!!! Have to agree, never liked Buckingham much,IMO a grandstander who was guilty of a lot of guitar masturbation. | |
| Extremely well recorded jazz double bass? cymbals? Christian McBride's "Gettin To It" on Verve. It has what youre looking for in spades. The jazz luminaries backing him are Joshua Redman, Roy Hargrove, Cyrus Chestnut, and Lewis Nash on drums. One cut, "Splanky" even has a bass trio consisting of M... | |
| Prog Rock Not a modern day outfit but popular in the 90's were Spock's Beard. I like their "V" (as in Roman numeral) Special Edition-great sound and playing. Also Porcupine Tree's "Metanoia". Am also a big fan of the old Gentle Giant-their live double album... | |
| MoFi Release Meets Expectations FINALLY Understand what youre saying totally and Mofi is a crap shoot these days-didnt used to be. I was totally underwhelmed by teir relase of Santana's first album-dynamics absent, compressed-the original Columbia release is much better. This was releas... | |
| Name your 5 favorite Led Zeppelin tracks. 1. When The Levee Breaks 2. Dazed and Confused 3. Communications Breakdown 4. The Battle of Evermore 5 The Rain Song | |
| Review: Intuitive Design/Pitcher Sound Labs Summit PSL 624 Speaker What Theaudotweak said is so true. You can also overdo room treatments to the point of killing your sound. He has it right, fill the stands or do a room with traps and diffusors til you hear the life go out of the music, then back it off a bit til... |