rockadanny
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| Forgotten heavy bands from late 60's to early 70's Some Detroit area bands to seek out for that time frame: Iggy and the Stooges "The Stooges" "Fun House" "Raw Power", MC5 "Kick out the Jams", Frigid Pink "Frigid Pink". | |
| Frank Zappa? For me, I only like Hot Rats, though not sure if I ever heard Joe's Garage. I do also like Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar, but don't consider that a real release, more of a novelty. But a darned good one. | |
| Choral Music Suggestions +1 on the Pergolesi Stabat Mater Florilegium. It is terrific on Channel Classics CD (SACD/Redbook/DSD/Surround 5.0)Also recommend "Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Works", on Chandos (SACD/Redbook/DSD/Multi-channel).And for something different, withelec... | |
| Best beer John - Agree on Founders. Nearly every flavor is very big and good. Us beer imbibers live in an amazing time with so many terrific choices out there these days. I feel like a kid in a candy store sometimes. | |
| Best beer Sierra Nevada Hoptimum satisfies greatly during this scorching summer. | |
| Equipment that has made you 'stop' looking? My current system as is, cables and all. Especially cables, thank God! I turned into a neurotic crazy nutcase looking for the right ICs for my system. Turned out that for me, I preferred copper for all cables (SC, IC, and PC). That really helped m... | |
| Diana Krall Survey I like DK very much. I think she is talented and greatly appreciate artists such as she who produce superbly recorded material. I have heard most of her material and own three of her releases: "Live in Paris" and "All for You", which are my favori... | |
| Subs/Monitors vs Full-Range Speakers - Pros/Cons Xti16 - dual subs in my system are not for more bass, but for smoother bass response. If properly set up, two or more subs can reduce nulls/peaks where one sub cannot. | |
| The most haunting music you ever heard? michael mantler/edward gorey "the hapless child" | |
| Best beer current two favs: skull splitter and st. bernardus ebt 12. both very flavorful. mmm ... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music for me as of late are bill evans' "moonbeams" and keith jarrett's "jasmine". very moving, terrific stuff. | |
| Guitar Solos enjoying zappa's "shut up and play yer guitar" - 3 discs - lots of terrific solos. | |
| Pubul57- audiophile, philosopher, and friend Sad. My sincere condolences to his family. Paul was always such a gentleman. | |
| Amplifier for Totem Forest I have read (never heard) that the MC275 is a great match with these speakers. Perhaps worth investigating. | |
| A website that has audible sample tracks? http://www.allmusic.com/ |