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| Guitar Solos Frank Zappa, both solos in King Kong, from "You Can't Do that on Stage Anymore", Volume 3. Also, his solo in"The Torture never Stops", from the CD release of "Live in New York". And dozens more. | |
| question for naim flacap owners Naim definitely does not recommend any tweaking of their stuff at all. No power conditioners or anything like that either. I think they know what they are doing, and heed their advice. But then, I haven't done a comparison. I'm anyway suspicious o... | |
| thoughts on frank zappa Ah well, yes, a genius. Most of the falsehoods about him iterated above have already been rebuffed in subsequent posts. How does Burnt Weenie Sandwich play in Czech? Great. It's almost entirely instrumental, and the vocal compositions are silly so... | |
| beethoven string quartets I'm not sure about the complete set, but the Quartetto Italiano is superb in the (great) late quartets. The recording is from the 70's I think, on Phillips, and i don't know if it's been digitalized. But if you are into vinyl, find these. they are... | |
| Calling all acoustic guitar fans... Norman Blake, "Whiskey for Breakfast", n Rounder Records. I have the LP, and it is incredible. Utterly true to the sound of the instrument, no compression of dynamincs or bandwidth, and virtuouso, tasteful playing. Really terrific. Can't speak for... | |
| Bob Dylan SACD- is it just me? Hey Shasta,If you're talking about "Love and Theft", then, yeah, listen again. It is truly brilliant. | |
| A shocking reminder I'm having the same problem -- one 'burb away from Bethesda -- and the contact point is my RB250 tonearm at the pick-up arm right next to my dynavector 10x5 MC. So there's a nasty little static shock millimeters from my magnets. Could these little... | |
| newbie 1st post 2 channel reccomendations. PRAT = Pace, Rhythm, and Timing. British gear -- like Naim and Linn -- are famous for it. This is an emphasis that contrasts with that on soundstaging, timbre, "air". If you think about it, live music, unless you are sitting way too close, rarely ... | |
| newbie 1st post 2 channel reccomendations. Cloudgif would be right if the component that made the biggest audible difference were the one that made the biggest difference in musical pleasure in the long run. But it isn't. The fact that you can hear big differences between speakers means th... | |
| newbie 1st post 2 channel reccomendations. Hi Atagi,There's very little reason for you to listen to me, as I am a newbie too, and have next to no experience compared with these $$$ loaded hobby-meisters who hang around on the 'gon. But for what it's worth, I think a Naim Nait is just great... | |
| Who's Your Favorite Bass Players; Why? Check out Scott Thunes, who played for Zapppa in the 80s. Evidently, he is a jerk, so cannot get work. But man can he play. Also, it would be a shame not to mention Paul McCartny here. No band can be as great as the Beatles were without a great rh... | |
| Anyone still do insightful or intelligent lyrics? Bob Dylan, as if he required mention in this context. "Love and Theft' is as good, lyrically, as popular music gets. And that's about as good lyrically as music gets, period.They Might be Giants are very smart and very clever, though insightful wo... | |
| Recommendation - Complete Beethoven Sonatas many of the above are impeccable -- especially Brendel (probably first choice) and Arrau (if you like Beethoven more as Liszt's predecessor than as Hayden's successor). But I also really like Ashkenazy. He gets such fabulously muscular yet purling... | |
| Guilty Pleasures To Duanegoosen: There is nothing guilty about liking Joe's Garage. When people have to start apologizing for liking Zappa, rather than expecting others to apologize for not getting it (not that they will, but they should), we will have a real prob... | |
| Vinyl way too quiet through headphones Jeez, Liz,Why the shrieking, what with the double punctuation and the all caps, and the many exclamantion points, and all? Matt did something reasonable -- use the mid gain for the not-a-regular-MC-but-not-an-MM-either setting -- especially when h... |