rockadanny
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| Well Rounded Speakers $2500-$3000? I own a pair of Fontaines (originals, not the II's) and they are superb for jazz, and lite-classical, but for full orchestra classical and rock they need LF assistance. With a (or a pair of) sub(s) and a pair of Jim Goulding's felt tweeter pads th... | |
| Who gets your system and music after you are gone? Ditto Markpao. Or more likely my wife will donate it to the local Humane Society. Some luck schlep will get a pair of $5k speakers for $25. | |
| Single vs Dual Subs Get the best sub you can afford now. Get another later if you don't have enough $$ left over ...I wanted 12" drivers minimum for my sub(s) so I was only able to purchase one - the best 12" sub I could find. It helped a lot, filling in the last oct... | |
| A great new for me Coltrane find - "Jazz"? Philjolet - Ole' - thanks for the rec! | |
| A great new for me Coltrane find - "Jazz"? Grimace - Thanks. Another which flew under my radar. Will definitely check this one out. | |
| Need Expert Help for a Gift Are you confident he'll like an iPod? I don't mean to sound smug or put a damper on your plans, but I (me, not saying your husband) would not accept one if it were given to me for free. In fact, I won a nice one a while back and sold it to buy som... | |
| A great new for me Coltrane find - "Jazz"? Philjolet - Yes! | |
| Which James Bond Theme Recording RevOrganDrum, "James Bond Theme". These guys, Jim Heath (guitar; better known as Reverend Horton Heat), Tim Alexander (Hammond organ) and Todd Soesbe (drums) put out a lot of fun, roots music and would be a gas to see live. | |
| Sunday morning music...what's spinning? Gospel and/or acoustic blues, usually: Rev. James Cleveland, "The Best of James Cleveland [Hob]"; Bukka White, "The Complete Bukka White"; Rory Block; Townes Van Zandt, "Live at the Old Quarter"; J.B. Lenoir, "Vietnam Blues: The Complete L&R R... | |
| Sexiest Pop Song Ever? Melissa Etheridge - Bring Me Some Water. Not creamy/dreamy sexy, but intense/gutsy sexy. | |
| best rock voices Roy seems like a nice guy and all, but I just don't get (hear) it. I don't understand the adulation. Especially as a "rock" voice. | |
| Mapletree Ultra 4A SE - mods Dag! I wish you hadn't said that. Now my upgrade wheels are churning ... and just when I thought I was finally done!Can you describe the improvements a little more please? | |
| The disappearance of the traditional amplifier These powered monitors got tubes in 'em? ;^} | |
| Mapletree Ultra 4A SE - mods bypassing the channel level controls?I wouldn't. Have you tested your channels individually at your listening seat? I tested mine (250Hz; 500Hz; 1kHz) and discovered that the left channel was off by -3dB from the right. Why? Perhaps my room (asymm... | |
| Andra II speaker tilt/effective tweeter height I found crossing in front interesting for vocals and small number of instruments - as if player was 2 feet in front of me - kind of spooky. But for the sake of all kinds of music over all I ended up toeing them to cross about 2-3 feet behind my he... |