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| Sax, piano, guitar recommendations Ghosthousethe YT 2007 interview with Bill Bruford is pretty cool. | |
| Has all decency left the entire planet? Far too often ignorance and evil are co-mingled as one- and this is not usually the case. To think it is becomes dangerous - large groups can be denigrated and targeted due to the acts of a few ignorant members- not evil- but ignorant. Please don’... | |
| Sax, piano, guitar recommendations AlexatposThe Chet Baker is really great. Totally unfamiliar with him. Listening to James Taylor New Moon Shine right now. 17 degrees outside. Good afternoon for some soul warming music. Thank you. GhosthouseI expected the Kenny G to raise a few ey... | |
| Sax, piano, guitar recommendations Familiar with Ry Cooper but not Marc Ribot. That is Fantastic. I have the Missouri Sky CD. Great stuff. Many thanks. | |
| Sax, piano, guitar recommendations Just ordered a Gene Ammons CD. Thank you and any others are appreciated. | |
| Help in putting together my system with used equipment on Audiogon and eBay. Here is the link for the Thiels.https://jacksonville.craigslist.org/ele/d/ponte-vedra-thiel-speakers/7019428351.htmlI have no experience with ML's or B&W's. Only Vandersteen, Klipsch Heritage, Ohm, Advent, and Thiels. | |
| Help in putting together my system with used equipment on Audiogon and eBay. There’s a set of Thiel 3.5’s on Craigslist in Ponte Verde. I believe these would match well with the Bryston. | |
| Who else here is frugal? Interesting perspectives. I worry some are what chases newbies away from the hobby- not arguing anyone’s right to hold whatever opinion they wish- only that these things are situational. If your reference is an am radio in the garage a simple $10... | |
| Who else here is frugal? “Spending not enough money usually results in more unhappiness than spending a bit too much. Of course spending way too much makes me unhappy as well.”This resonated with me. After years of ignoring higher end audio due to life I recently got back... | |
| BEST FEMALE VOCAL EVER Surprised Annie Lennox wasn’t mentioned. Haunting voice. | |
| Nikko Alpha II Capacitor question https://www.mouser.com/Passive-Components/Capacitors/Aluminum-Electrolytic-Capacitors/_/N-75hqt?P=1z...Here are options from Mouser. I was initially wrong- the current capacitors have only 2 terminals- but each terminal has 2 poles to attach multi... | |
| Nikko Alpha II Capacitor question They aren’t actually soldered to the board. They terminals are connected to wires that form a bit of a pigtail around them- the pigtail grips them. The capacitors are roughly 1.5” in diameter and 3” tall. I will look at digikey. Thank you all for... | |
| Thiel Owners I have searched the thread and not found an answer. Apologies if it exists and I have missed it. I own some beautiful CS5s and am considering a set of Parasound JC1s. Anyone every hear the combo? 2 channel audio only. Thank you in advance. | |
| Thiel Owners HthThanks. I am not up and running yet due to reworking the room... also known as my office.Will start with the 8bst and then we can refine. | |
| Interesting/unusual concert pairings. Wendy Williams and the Plasmatics opened for Kiss- probably 1982. Hard core punk warming up for theatrical rock. Enjoyed both bands immensely. Wendy was in saran wrap. |