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| Linda Ronstadt can't sing anymore. Tostadosunidos - Yes, must have been a different show, the one I saw was all Little Feat and Linda Ronstadt, but I wish I'd seen the one with Commander Cody, too. It was a pretty tight show, Lowell George was definitely in charge and she seemed re... | |
| When did you start to love music and why? I've always joked that the little northwest Texas town where I grew up was halfway between Buddy Holly and Roy Orbison, but it's true. Buddy Holly in Lubbock and Roy Orbison in Wink.When I was maybe ten years old I got a Sylvania portable transist... | |
| Linda Ronstadt can't sing anymore. One of my all-time favorite concerts was going to see Little Feat at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin and discovering that Linda Ronstadt was sitting in with the band. She was hanging with Lowell George at the time, I think. LIttle Feat ... | |
| Cary SLI-80 or Unison Research Simply Italy?? Unlikely you'll find anyone who has experience with both amps and you've received good advice so far. Finding something that really excites you when you hear it is the best possible reason to buy something.Having said that, I have a Cary Sli-80 F1... | |
| Alarm Clock with Audiophile Grade Sound? I've owned or help friends buy several variations on the table radio/alarm clock theme.If he's considering something like the Bose Wave a much better, less expensive alternative is one of the table radios from Cambridge Soundworks, better tuner, i... | |
| To Ride and Not Go Deaf Mental - I agree with you completely. I want to know what's going on around me, that's why I use the Etymotics. I can hear what's going on around me better with them than without because important noises are not being drowned out by constant, loud... | |
| To Ride and Not Go Deaf I've been riding most of my life and never go far without earplugs. I'm 67 and my hearing is still excellent, so there is hope.I almost always use the Etymotic ER-20 earplugs. They attenuate all frequencies equally, meaning you can still hear ever... | |
| My Music Hall CD 25 just died If you have any interest in a computer based system but don't want to deal with the complexity immediately a good path might be to get a decent DAC in the $300 range and pick up a used CD or DVD player to use as a transport. There are always high-... | |
| Music server install: internet over electric lines As Kr4 says, it depends. I tested a pair of powerlink devices, though not the Asoka variety, and while they worked, the throughput wasn't any better than Airplay from an Airport Extreme base station. And, as he suggests, if the two outlets you're ... | |
| Jolida FX-10 or...? I'm not really qualified to speculate on how much better he could do with a couple of hundred more dollars. That's usually the case but especially would be true if he were buying used at $700 rather than new at $500.Having said that, I bought the ... | |
| Interaction between Vibrapods and shelf material In case you do have a use for the Vibrapods or any isolation device made from sorbothane, you can prevent them from staining wood finishes by putting a piece of plastic wrap slightly larger than the puck between them and the wood. | |
| Has anyone tried making their own interconnects? Yes, I put together half a dozen pair of relatively inexpensive interconnects using two or three kinds of cable and connectors, not all of which I can remember. The wire that was easiest to work with was Mogami shielded microphone wire, bought fro... | |
| speaker recommendations needed Among the speakers on your list I have experience only with DeVore Super 8s and Merlin TSMs.I owned the TSMs and Devore 8s at the same time and the DeVore's were much more to my liking with both tube and SS amplification. The Super 8s are even bet... | |
| Wireless keyboard and mouse Amazon has a house brand bluetooth keyboard I've used with an iPad. I haven't put a lot of miles on it so can't speak to the reliability but it works well and it's cheap.I don't have any experience with bluetooth mice but have a Logitech M315 wire... | |
| Marantz - SA-15S2B or Yamaha CD-S2000 or iPod I love the iPod/iPad/iPhone devices, I think I own seven of them, but have never understand the use of them as the basis for a high-quality home system. Everything about their design is optimized for portability and convenience. That inevitably in... |