rockadanny
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| First song to "Blow You Away"... Qdrone - Awesome! Had no idea there was a live version. THANKS!! Take a magic carpet ride on me. | |
| Best Male Singers of the 20th Century Mark Murphy - check out his latest, "Once to Every Heart". Over 70 years old!!!! | |
| First song to "Blow You Away"... "The Pusher" (Hoyt Axton) performed live by Steppenwolf at the Olympia in Detroit (1969?), 4th row (my ears are still ringing). It was a mind-boggling awakening to loud, fuzzy, gutteral, blues-rock ... thank God! | |
| Amp Advice for Newbies Check out www.avahifi.com. Then call Frank Van Alstine and speak to him about your requirements (651-330-9871). You will become the most informed and best guided "Newbie" on your block. | |
| Has anybody else experienced the magic of Karan?? The magic of Karen? Oh yeah! Twice: once in the band room after school, and once in my parents' station wagon at the park after a football game. She really was ... huh? What? Oh, it's Karan? Not Karen? Um, never mind. Sorry ... | |
| Any Lambchop fans here? recommend an album plz. Thanks J. And I concur: "Damaged" is excellent. | |
| Any Lambchop fans here? recommend an album plz. Along with, "Is a Woman", I also have "Treasure Chest of the Enemy". Kurt Wagner is one sick puppy (I mean that in a good way). My favorite cut is, "Kurt Wagner's Heart Attack". I heard, "Aw C'mon", and, "No, You C'mon". Again, good stuff, though ... | |
| Personal amp evolution THANK YOU Mr. Frank Van Alstine ...1. Kenwood receiver - served me well (I thought at the time) for many years.2. Opera Consonance a120 Hybrid Integrated - my first foray into hi-end. Thank you Mr. Stephen Harris (playhouseaudio.com) for your kind... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Gawdbless - Huh? My point is that well recorded/engineered material is so much MORE enjoyable as my system improved, that the poor recorded/engineered material became less so because thanks to my quality system I know (or can imagine) how much mor... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? There is no such thing as a bad recording.Oy vey. The BETTER my system gets, the more recordings I'm discovering as bad. | |
| VR 2's, audes blues or eminent tecnology lft viii After auditioning the VR2's and the Audes Blues back-to-back, it was clear to me that the VR2's sounded less distorted. I liked the clarity of the VR2's over the Audes Blues, especially while listening to jazz, vocals, and acoustic music. The Aude... | |
| Pre for TAD-60 Bud,No prob. No, I am not affiliated with Mapletree Audio in any way. I am just so danged impressed with the quality of my preamp from Dr. Peppard that I could spit! And only $650 new!? Actually, mine was $675 because a slight upgrade to another p... | |
| Pre for TAD-60 After receiving my Linestage 2A SE preamp from Dr. Lloyd Peppard (www.mapletreeaudio.com) I am finally jumping off of the audio merry-go-round. This preamp uses octal-based tubes, has a separate power supply, is wired point-to-point, and you can s... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Aktchi,I understand your interest in comparing the HT3s to Tyler, Silverline, etc., as those are presumably in a class higher than most speakers I have heard. Unfortuntely I have not had the opportunity to hear any of them. I would love to go to o... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Aktchi,Comparisons were of some speakers past. I admit that the HT3s were nearly the most expensive speakers I've heard. The others: Audes Blues; Tannoy Eyris DC-3; Vandersteen 2ce; Von Schweikert VR-2; Zu Druid; Vienna Acoustic Beethoven Baby Gra... |