n80
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| Take up drums at age 56? Update: I'm enjoying this. Practicing and playing for a couple of hours a day sometimes. Not spending enough time on rudiments though. Working on 'independence" exercises. That's where you work on getting your right arm to do different things from... | |
| "You cannot handle the truth" @jetter : "Selling a kidney to buy audio gear, ridiculous. By the way, just out of curiousity, whats the going rate for a kidney?"Its a sellers market but just like everything else it depends on who you know. And don't forget, you can only sell one! | |
| Your last concert was to see who and when? @toddnkaya : That's why I'm enjoying small venue acts so much now.I saw the Struts again last night. Drove down to Charleston, which is a super fun place anyway. Tickets were $25 and we were maybe 8 rows from the stage. Stayed in a nice hotel for ... | |
| "You cannot handle the truth" I think it is funny that no one here gets it. And some here may be offended. Others not.But we're talking about audiophiles. I don't know that I've ever encountered a group of people so driven by discontentment, greener grass and what's over the n... | |
| Your last concert was to see who and when? I saw Bryan Adams in the early 80's when he was getting started. He rocked pretty hard back then. Good opener for Foreigner and Lover Boy.Last night I went to see The Struts again. In Charlotte this time. And once again it was a great show. Crowd ... | |
| Best 80s New Wave I do not think REM was ever new wave in any way except that they were different from pretty much anything else. Always been a big REM fan. Saw them in a small venue right after their fourth album. One of the best concerts I've ever seen. Of course... | |
| Take up drums at age 56? Thanks @bdp24 .I will keep that in mind. Noticed that a lot of the local blues bands in Mississippi used Gretsch. Maybe a coincidence, I don't know.However, this Alesis kit has mylar drum heads and steel cymbals and even though it is way quieter t... | |
| Take up drums at age 56? Thanks for the additional advice guys.Took my wife by the music store today to see if the kit was still there. It was. She looked at it and said "$450? I thought you said it was $800. You better get it so it doesn’t get sold."It is sitting in my l... | |
| What are important features in a listening chair Elizabeth, with you listening preferences I would have thought you’d have preferred German. Or maybe Italian. | |
| What are important features in a listening chair I have a large leather arm chair with ottoman. I'd say that for me comfort is the number one priority. No matter what a chair means to the acoustic equation if it isn't pleasant to sit in then its useless.It has a high back, but I am tall. I can s... | |
| Best love song 21st century I'd be interested in seeing some other responses. Off the top of my head I can't think of any great love songs in this century. Surely there must be some.Maybe Polly Come Home.....Plant/Krause...but it was a remake (Gene Clark).Maybe Tennessee Whi... | |
| hi End Almost no one here has a real high end system. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? JD McPherson - Let the Good Times RollJD McPherson - Undivided Heart and SoulJD McPherson - Signs and SignifiersBlue Mountain - Dog DaysDonald Fagen - The NightflyCowboy Junkies- Trinity Session | |
| Effects of different feet on floorstanders with a thickish rug This is a debate I really don't care about. But I'm not sure what the OP is asking. Are you asking about a concrete floor with various things on top of it or are you comparing a concrete floor to a traditional joist and plywood floor? | |
| Why Do You Love Being an Audiophile? @noromance :"It is a privilege to be part of the upper echelons of humanity. It's a lonely place, however.""The downside of being better than everyone else is that people tend to assume you're pretentious."Despair, Inc. |