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Live at Carnegie Hall
Here is the all music guide link for the band Renaissance:http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=CASS80306021225&sql=Bqyh9kebt7q7b~C#disc0 
Songs of the sea and shanties
The Strawbs 'Down By The Sea' from Bursting At The Seams. A classic from 1973 
inferior p-mount cartridge?
Sorry, I can't answer you question becaused I never used them, but to let you know that Ortofon has a few models:X1-MCP (high output moving coil)TM 20U (moving magnet, Super OM20 in p-mount) 
Looking for thunderstorm audio CD...
Do a search on allmusic.com for thunderstorms as "title", for nature this one stood out. This is the same one I've purchased for my parents mini-dachshund, Willie last Christmas. (No he didn't get scared). http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&... 
Good DVD Concert?
Steve Hackett- Tokyo Tapes (Live In Japan)Roger Waters- In The FleshKing Crimson- Deja VroomEcho And The Bunnymen- Live In LiverpoolThe Cure- TriogyDead Can DanceG3 
What do You listen to?
I've left out an important to me complication cd:Heavenly Voices - a collection of the finest female vocals in Ethereal, Darkwave and Gothic. (a Cleopatra best of release of Germany's Hyperium label 5 or 6 part cd release of the same name.For thos... 
Pre-amp outs
With the Denon AVR-4800 you can assign via the menu the L/R front amps to the rear (or side? I forgot) L/R channels and by using an external stereo amp connected to the L/R front pre outs thereby going from 5.1 to 7.1 HT. BTW there are pre outs fo... 
What do You listen to?
From the almost 14 feet of vinyl and 127 cds I listen to Gothic Rock and Ethereal music genre. Being 50 years of age, it looks as if I'm the only you enjoying this style of music. I once made some bumper stickers than read "I was GOTH before Goth ... 
your favorite violin or fiddle cuts, and why?
Eddie Jobson from the progressive rock group UK (UK, Danger Money; 1978, 1979).Jean-Luc Ponty jazz fusion-rock (Enigmatic Ocean, Cosmic Messenger; 1977, 1978). Augmented the electric violin with guitarist pedals (echoplex,distortion,phase,wha,etc.... 
Early 1970's rock: Name some of your favorites
Sean I knew that about Marc after Bruce of the Record Stop told me about him about 18 years ago, have one of their LPs. Saw Dust in a free WNEW-FM concert in Prospect Park in Brooklyn, they opened for Flash (made up of the orginal members, guitari... 
Lafayette LR-1100 stereo receiver/T-2000 t'table
I worked for Lafayette in the QC/repair department in a warehouse in Hauppauge, NY back in the 1974 era. The company HQ's was in Syosset, NY (both on LI). They been out of business for a very long time. 
Names of Bands...
The Cocteau Twins from Grangemounth,Scotland in 1979 took their name from a song from fellow Scotmen Simple Minds. 
Do You Remember Your First Music Purchase?
A mono version of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band purchased from EJ Korvettes. Too many scratches to be played. Purchased a stereo version years later. 
5 best underrated or unknown bands and why?
Here are my favorite record companies, I'm sure you can findmany unknown bands within their sites:http://www.projekt.com/ (my favorites: Mira, Lycia)http://www.cleorecs.com/ (Hevanly Voices; Switchblade Symphony; Tributes to the Cure, Siouxsie &am... 
Budget musical sub: sealed or vented design....
There was an article in The Perfect Vision about subs, I believe it was last year. They describe the trade offs of each design (sealed, ported/passive radiator) and driver size, for music and films. They also rated 25 subs FWIW. I myself used 2 Mi...