rbrowne
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| Flying Lotus: "The Hendrix of his Generation" ? Coincidentally last night I listened to Cosmogramma and Nosaj Thing's Drift back to back. Same genre of music but very different musical influences. I like them both. Burial, who was mentioned above, also gets my recommendation. | |
| directional cables? "As for the arrows, they simply indicate at which end of a single ended audio frequency cable the shield is tied to ground. This helps to select a common piece of equipment (usually the preamp) as the single grounding point for all the signal cabl... | |
| Jack White's Streaming Vinyl There was a related story on NPR yesterday at: Jack White's Record Label: Old Sounds, New TricksAccording to the story the live shows at Third Man Records that are made available on vinyl and digital downloads are recorded on eight track analog tape. | |
| Top 5 Hamburgers Thanks to this thread I finally got off my ass and went to The Counter, which I had been meaning to do for a long time. Not the original in SM, but a newer one in Marina. Good burgers and fixin's. Solid recommendation. | |
| Contemporary composers. Please help. In addition to the good recommendations already listed I'll add Robert Simpson. | |
| Best 'cue to eat while listening to the Blues Thanks for the tip on Baby Blue's. I never knew about it and its just a short drive from me. I think I'll check it out this weekend.Not barbeque, but to widen the culinary scope a bit, one of the most memorable places I have eaten at was Buster Ho... | |
| Allnic Gel tube dampers If you are going for cheaper and effective you need to look no further than Herbie's Audio Lab Tube Dampers in their various iterations. They can be found at: Herbie's Audio Lab Tube Dampers | |
| Tube amp for Spendor S3/5 SE Surprisingly I had excellent results with an Audio Note P2 SE amp (18 wpc) with S3/5 speakers. You don't necessarily need a lot of power with those speakers providing you are not trying to fill a large room. | |
| Favourite ECM Titles I have quite a few ECM recordings and some fine ones have already been listed so I'll add these:Egberto Gismonti - Danças Das CabeçasRolf Lislevand - Nuove MusicheRolf Lislevand - DiminuitoKim Kashkashian - NeharotAnouar Brahem - The Astounding Ey... | |
| 2 preamp switcher. Is this what you are looking for? Decware RSB6 Rotary Switchbox | |
| Will mother move your speakers at Thanksgiving? 2007 Cotes Du Rhone is a good Thanksgiving recommendation. For a Rhone style from California I favor the 2007 Tablas Creek "Cotes de Tablas". Excellent! | |
| small speakers Spendor S3/5 speakers work very well in a room of your size. | |
| Good looking and nice glass speaker stands You could try it but don't play any Ella Fitzgerald recordings. Remember the old Memorex commercials from the 70's? | |
| Overshadowed by bandmates Regarding Charles Lloyd, "Love-In" recorded live at the Fillmore West was the first recording I bought of him when it came out in LP in 1967. His band for the recording included Keith Jarrett (piano); Ron McClure (bass); Jack DeJohnette (drums). | |
| Movies that featured High End equipment The French sci-fi film noir movie "Chrysalis" showed the protagonist detective playing a LP on a turntable in his apartment. Don't know the brand. |