rockadanny
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| Your last concert was to see who and when? So long ago I cannot recall who or when. Is that bad?I have seen/heard folks as I happen to come upon them (bars, festivals), but cannot recall last time I grabbed the Mrs., jumped in the car, and sped off to a concert. Ugh. Not good. | |
| New releases of Fela Kuti I guess none knows Fela here!Not so! I have but one of his, "Army Arrangement". Am unaware of reissues. What else would you recommend? | |
| How does one get off the merry-go-round? In my case, I'm pretty sure it will be death.Ha! Good one! | |
| Who believes that Robert Plant Nyet! Not to my ears. | |
| Have you heard pro studio monitors ? Maple, sorry, forgot to answer your question. Intent of purchase was not for critical listening, but they are so good that I do end up listening critically at times in lieu of my main rig. | |
| Have you heard pro studio monitors ? Maple, setup is nearfield at my desk. So approx. 4 foot equilateral triangle. I would increase distances if I could, but that is not an option. Still, even at 4 feet, they image fine and soundstage is good too. | |
| Have you heard pro studio monitors ? After auditioning several I ended up with a pair of Adam F7 (active). Sourced by laptop in my office. Love 'em. | |
| Budget Pre with 2outputs, rectifier tube and..... +1 Mapletree Audio. Tube rectification done properly is fine. | |
| Quiet Amp Cooling Fan http://www.coolcomponents.com/I tried fans from a few different mfrs and found from these folks best cooling and most quiet. | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? Greatest bargain? Soryy, no idea. But, if power might be an issue then perhaps check out the monoblocks at Audio Mirror:http://audiomirror.com/amps.htmlLove the 45 Watt SETs on my 89db monitors. Plenty of power and sound terrific. (NOS tubes all a... | |
| Your last concert was to see who and when? The ZombiesYikes! First hit in 1965. They must ALL be zombies by now! | |
| Your most disappointing purchase or audition? tubes are soldered into the boardOMG! That is crazy! | |
| $1500 for a whole system, budding audiophile Active monitors run directly off of your laptop. Simple, inexpensive, wonderful, done! For example, I outfitted my office with a pair of Adam F7 monitors ($900) connected directly to my laptop headphone output with inexpensive cable. Adam makes a ... | |
| The best of the ECM label I find some of the music on ECM astounding, and some of it boring as heck. My favorite has to be Terje Rypdal. Start out with "Blue" and "Chaser". Then dive deeper into him if you are so inclined. | |
| Herbie Hancock best recordings Herbie's work with Mies Davis is wonderful. Of his catalogue as leader I have only these two, which I enjoy very much: Empyrean Isles; and Maiden Voyage. |