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| What are your fav “Off Hollywood” films Sweet HereafterWings of DesireRoyal TannenbaumsDown By Law (Tom waits! Roberto Benigni! John Lurie!)Ghost DogGroundhog DayLife AquaticTony TakitaniWaiting for GuffmanUsual SuspectsA Scanner Darkly | |
| Speakers/ Pre Amp set up with Spectral DMA-50 I'd look at the revel m20, or maybe some of the used proac's. I just saw the m20s for $700, those were very nice speakers. When I got my thiel's it was down to the thiels, the m20s, the nautilus 805s or the proacs (1.5 or 2, i believe). Was not an... | |
| Speakers/ Pre Amp set up with Spectral DMA-50 Congrats on the 50! I think it's a great amp.Spectral Pre's are nice. I've heard good things about the mccormack tlc 1 or microline drive with spectral f you're on more of a budget. What speakers do you have? I use the 50 with thiel 1.6, think the... | |
| best artists in the last 15 years Bjork is the most solid one on my list. She has created so many new environments, is so innovative, and the results are just so beautiful, I think she's up there in the pantheon.Babyshambles/libertines - I think that guy is really tapping in, he's... | |
| Best jazz covers of rock songs Miles - human natureBrad Mehldau does some nice radiohead covers | |
| best artists in the last 15 years Libertines/babyshambles/anything else pete dougherty touches | |
| best artists in the last 15 years Bjork, Bjork, Bjork and BjorkHonorable mention - radiohead | |
| Modern day female jazz recommendations holly cole, sue mc corkle, amy winehouse | |
| Jackson Browne CD's I reconsidered him after learning that he wrote the best songs on Nico's Chelsea Girl. Before learning that I associated him with some forgettable stuff from the 80s. I agree that he's one of the most underrated songwriters around. I might have to... | |
| Catchy tunes that sound great? Train in vain - clashsuperstar - carpenterswe've only just begun - carptenters | |
| What's your profession? Age? Actuary, 41, just back into the upgrade mode after I discovered vinyl. obsessing about cartridges, having a blast with records. Have about 10K in my system.Biggest purchase was 4K on a preamp, enjoy things so much more after I quit looking for bar... | |
| Designer Hall of Fame Rick Freyer & Keith Johnson, Spectral Audio | |
| Golden Tube amps I thought they had a decent sound for the money. Compared well to my Mccormack dna 0.5. Better than anything new you could buy SS. My problem was reliability. Had it serviced twice. I still have it, would be interested in some of the mods. My old ... | |
| Spectral DMA 180 Questions Lawrence and Joe,Thanks for your comments.Robert | |
| Spectral DMA 180 Questions Thanks, Dr Joe.I was thinking about the 180 because a friend of mine, a spectral devotee, had said there was some warmth there. I'm pretty much hooked on spectral, I think the 100 should be interesting, and I hadn't really thought about it before.... |