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| Best John Mayer Album Not really. His early stuff is more hit conscious, sorta some place where SteelyDan, Hall&Oates and frosted PopTarts collide. The "Try" album has more bluesy feel, some nice solos, and with live ambience plus Jordan & Palladino. IMHO worth... | |
| Best lines in a song "She's a great dancer, but not really that great of a girlfriend". - The Hold Steady | |
| Bel Canto DAC3 without preamp I demoed your amps & dac3 direct into DeVore Nines. Then we added a Manley Shrimp pre. We also tried a Manley Stingray integrated in place of the amps. In all cases both the salesguy and I preferred the sound with the tube preamp sections in t... | |
| Tube Rolling - No Change in Sound For once, a thread where everybody is right! FWIW, I have been able to get pretty significant changes in my rig's sound by rolling 6dj8's in a number of different preamps in driver and output stages. The Kenrads definitely added some of the "fat t... | |
| Best John Mayer Album Mac, there's a big difference between suggesting that Stevie Ray fans might enjoy "Try", and implying that I hold the two on the same plane. The reason I mentioned it is that Mayer has been quoted as saying that SRV was a hero of his, and that he'... | |
| Which James Bond Theme Recording Goldfinger. Listen to Pussy Galore. | |
| Pass Labs X250 with merlin VSM-mm/system overhaul? Consider the Dodd preamp. It's battery powered, so you also save by not needing an expensive power cable. Tremendous value, and dead quiet. You can tweak it a bit by your choice of tubes. Looks gorgeous and has a nice matching volume-only remote. ... | |
| Best John Mayer Album Try! - John Mayer Trio Live is a great LP. Agree that Continuum is also very good. Room For Squares, his debut has lots of good songwriting, but is more of a "wish I was Steely Dan" feel to it. Like many artists, sophmore(& junior) slump hits ... | |
| Which used Merlin VSM offers best bang for buck?? Depends on what amp your will pair them with. If you are tube inclined, it's a broader question. If you use ss amp, the newer models are probably better suited. I agree that the difference between BAM and SuperBAM was big. Your best bet is to spea... | |
| Comments about Nottingham quirks Most of the quirks mentioned aren't really valid reasons to avoid a Nott table. As a former Spacedeck owner, my experience is that the only really problematic issue is the super-fragile nature of the tonearm wire. This is the touchiest wire I've s... | |
| CD exchange club? check out trading via lala.com. It's great. | |
| RFI in tube system Don't buy any components to suppress noise until you know what's going on... | |
| Periphery Record Rings The VPI ring hasn't been a PITA for me. Agree w/Dgarretson about the benefits, not to mention that warped LPs will never be a trouble again. Cheers,Spencer | |
| RFI in tube system Poorly shielded interconnects are often acting as antennae, so try is to replace yours w/the cheap interconnects that typically come w/olds vcrs(2 wires, white, red, & yellow). They sonically are lousy, but they are usually very well shielded ... | |
| Jadis JA30 - Quad ESL63 .. 4,8 or 16ohms? If you can afford it, the Berning ZH270 is a tremendous match with the 63's. Cheers,Spencer |