rettrussell
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| What is the VERY BEST CD album you've ever heard? Heretobuy: +1 the Centennial Collection of Robert Johnson is the holy grail for those who love blues but could never get completely into the (understandably) noisy earlier releases, which made concentrating on the music difficult. How one man co... | |
| What is the VERY BEST CD album you've ever heard? The remastered 96 bit It’s a Beautiful Day cd sounds spectacularly good, especially “Wasted Union Blues”…..one of the heaviest tunes of the 60’s. My Hendrix Band of Gypsies cd with 2 bonus cuts was (I think) rare up until the complete concerts bo... | |
| Women Who Rock I gotta throw in Wendy O. Williams of the Plasmatics. In my opinion the most 'tittilating" of all the women mentioned, although Grace Slick is one also.. Never saw Wendy live; she appeared in this forum recently as among the loudest shows people ... | |
| LOUDEST Concert and Tinnitus Jacksonville Coliseum 1974(?) Black Sabbath. First two songs sounded amazing then drenching sound level panicked me…..ear canals felt “slick”….stuffed napkins didn’t stop 4-5 days of ringing numbness. Johnny Winter, smaller club New Orleans 1980;... | |
| RIP David Lindley What a talent. RIP. If he now rests in a gravesite, I hope his final ride was a Mercury. | |
| Female vocalist recommendations Marianne Faithful - Strange Weather & Blazing Away are good starting places; Bill Frisell is a featured guitarist, among other virtuosos. Linda Thompson (Richard’s ex) - Dreams Fly Away is a good place to start; her and Richard’s albums Pour ... | |
| "Audiophile" Power Cables: The Greatest Audio Conspiracy Theory of All Time? Still don’t see how wiring upstream of power conditioner can make a big difference…..are power conditioners lacking? FWIW, in1657 French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal made the comment about writing a shorter letter. Anecdotally of ... | |
| How do you stop house guest from damaging your speakers? No one ever gets close to the tubes....and my speakers have no removable covers. The worst I've experienced is when a friend actually was paying attention when I remarked how loud my system can get.....he picked up the remote and cranked the volu... | |
| 50 years of Hip Hop- How Come? Lot to unpack. In this day of instant music availability no one has to mow lawns and save up to agonize over which album to buy. The Temptations "Ball of Confusion", 1970, sure sounds like hip-hop to me. Every time I think "new" music is a tota... | |
| What is the current retail cost of your reference system? Illuminating answers, especially regarding cost percentages. I wouldn’t have guessed speakers would so often cost that much less than the other components. Retail on my system is a guesstimate $35-$45K but I paid less, a lot less. Why couldn’t... | |
| New Pink Floyd release Ownership of the many aspects of the Pink Floyd catalog remain murky (look it up). DSOTM is obviously the commercial behemoth of their recorded output and whoever owns it (or has recently acquired it) is milking it once again. the Immersion box ... | |
| RIP Jeff Beck @baylinor Thanks for the reminder about his time with Zappa! Zoot Allures is still one of my favorites.....and who knows?....I might still end up working in a gas station...... | |
| RIP Jeff Beck He will certainly be missed: RIP. I'm reminded of a double bill when he toured Guitar Shop with Stevie Ray Vaughn.....it was a tremendous night for guitar lovers. As an aside to that evening, Terry Bozzio (Missing Persons) almost stole the show ... | |
| Speakers that are good with tubes I love these threads and how they twist and turn, altering the "purity" of the OP questions. It's like asking two different people how a piece of electronic gear works: A typical guy off the street would reply "Push this on-off button". An elec... | |
| Only two tracks to test your system, forever! Joy Inside My Tears - Stevie Wonder, Songs in the Key of Life (BluRay disc) Gypsy in My Soul - Van Morrison, Magic Time (closely followed by Celtic New Year) |