onhwy61
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| Why Do Musicians Still Need Record Companies? Raise money to pay for the recording. Hook up with a sympathetic producer. Eat and have a roof over head during recording. Promote record release. Distribute recording to industry influentials and actually get them to listen. Book tour dates. Arra... | |
| Similar sounding bands. "Marquee Moon" and "Talking Heads '77" both came out in the same year with the Television record being released first. Both bands were regular performers at CBGBs and were probably well acquainted with each others' music. | |
| Who believes that Robert Plant Robert Plant was the second choice for the New Yardbirds and only got the job after Terry Reid turned it down. Reid was also offered the Deep Purple spot that eventually went to Ian Gillan. | |
| What makes Telefunken tubes sound better? What do you mean I'm wrong! Mazda, Mullard and others did make tubes every bit as good as Telefunken. It's a fact and you need to get even weller educated to understand. | |
| What makes Telefunken tubes sound better? (WW2) would not have occurred without Calvin Coolidge's decision to keep bleeding Germany to deathThis is a very feeble attempt to absolve Germany as the sole cause of the European theater of WW2. WW2 would not have happened in Europe if not for t... | |
| How Things Change Sabai, I don't always agree or even understand some of the things you've posted about, but I'm really glad you're willing to share what you're doing. It's interesting and thought provoking.Trelja brings up the concept of the journey. For me the jo... | |
| Sony HAPZ1 For prospective buyers and owners Your cable company can arbitrally decide to drop your favorite channel. Your software company can stop supporting the OS you use. Your smart phone doesn't have to support an app you like. Your favorite FM station can change formats. If you buy a i... | |
| State of the Source: Server, computer....or what? Once you commit to a specific music server setup it is a non-trivial task to switch to another system. Between the ripping, tagging, playlists and comments someone can have more than a thousand manhours invested in a setup. There is very little in... | |
| Jazz for aficionados There's a certain kind of person who cannot be elevated. They can only drag you down to their level. | |
| solid state integrateds that will hold their value If the choice was only the Rowland or the YBA, I would go with the Rowland. Steady ownership with a good history of servicing non-current models. The Concentra and Concentra II do sound different so depending upon your loudspeakers you might prefe... | |
| Best products for baffle material s ? I don't know the answer to this question, nor do I even have an opinion, but will the B&Ws sound better with a less resonant cabinet or will they just sound a little different? | |
| Is Coincident Statement Phono pre-amp an overkill Interesting update. | |
| At what point do you set up for mono? If you are going to go mono, then go all the way. Start with a mono source and follow through to a single loudspeaker. The results might surprise you. | |
| I Just Know It's BS ... But I Have't Tried It Yet Have you ever noticed that it's the same small number of people who are always touting some not understood by conventional science product? Despite all the scientific studies that point out how fallible and easily mislead human sensory perception ... | |
| Amplifier specs, does they matter? Of course they matter, how can anyone say otherwise. Input/output impedance, input sensitivity, gain, number of channels, dimensions, operating voltage, number and type of inputs and color are all critical information. The information won't tell y... |