shubertmaniac
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| Best Blues Rock recommendations? Early blues/rock1. Paul Butterfield Blues Band2. Yardbirds Live (Smokestack Lightning,the most awe inspiring pumped blues song ever!!!!!3. Cream Live (Crossroads is another awesome song,along withSpoonful) | |
| Spectral DMA 200....Who Knows this amp? Actually Spectral's first amp was the Pure Class A DMA100,then the DMA200. The DMA200 IMHO is their finest amp ever.I've been using one since late 1980s on my Acoustat 2+2s,it will handle them with absolutely no problem. With the DMA200 you do not... | |
| Avalon: Eidolon vs Opus vs Opus Ceramique I still think there is a house sound to Avalon. Their 3Dimaging is absolutely stunning. The cabinetry and parts quality is first rate, some of the best. I find the drawbacks are the pricing though I think you can get them at some sort of discount ... | |
| Help pick opening song for my film The Look of Love, Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66This Guy is in Love with You, Herb Albert | |
| Live or Recorded; A Faustian response Perfect Detlof you are Heideggerian!!! Now Sartre wouldreact differently. Sartre: Life is totally absurd thus totally meaningless. UNLESS you make a leap of faith and believe in totally something: Religion, secular humanism,why not music?? | |
| Live or Recorded; A Faustian response Bringing up Heidegger was calulated; I would not broacha philosophical point casually. There was a point to be made. You decided it was a little deceptive, your choice. An authentic experience is a philosophical term.I would never demean any of yo... | |
| Live or Recorded; A Faustian response Do you need the VPO to get that experiential feeling?My friend(who is a great guitarist) doing lewd lyrics to Gloria on his Martin acoustic guitar?? My wife on heraccordion playing the Tic Tock Polka?? My granddaughterwith a penny whistle??? All l... | |
| Live or Recorded; A Faustian response I am not sure. Muddy Waters live at the Main Point in 1970....Rolling Stones live at the Spectrum 1969....Mahler's 7th Tonhalle Zurich Zinman conducting last Sept 18th.....my next door neighbor's daughter practicing Brahm's cello sonata. They are ... | |
| Are You An Audiophile Or A Music Lover? absolute no brainer: the music | |
| If You Could Only Keep 3-CD's LP's , Which Ones? Very Easy:1. Emerson String Quartet, Schubert's 13th/14th String Quartets (Disc 1 of a 3 disc set)2. Raphael String Ensemble, Brahm's String Sextets3. Kim Kaskashian, Brahm's late Viola sonatasThis last one is a keeper and a sleeper. For those who... | |
| Is it so bad that it is good?? David, I did tonight. Overall you are absolutely correct!!However, I am just entranced with the first three songs on the second CD. It is that killer machine gun bass that gets me going!! The rest of the CD is just filler, actually pretty mundane.... | |
| Is it so bad that it is good?? David, I did tonight. Overall you are absolutely correct!!However, I am just entranced with the first three songs on the second CD. It is that killer machine gun bass that gets me going!! The rest of the CD is just filler, actually pretty mundane.... | |
| Is it so bad that it is good?? Thanks everyone for their suggestions. Yes, I have turnedon the radio again, but the songs that get heavy rotationare Creed,POD, Nickleback,Adema(?), Puddle of Mud, and Razz(?). None sound anything like Godsmack(I only have their second CD, Awake,... | |
| Anyone Switch from Electrostatic/Planar to Dynamic Detlof, thanks for sharing info on your system(s). By theway,who is conducting the Zurich Symphony. Didn't Zinmanrecently leave?(or is going to leave?) Talk to you soon!!! | |
| Anyone Switch from Electrostatic/Planar to Dynamic Detlof, how do you control volume with that setup. Correct me if I am wrong, but all those different speakers have different sensitivities thus would give different loudness to each different set of stats. I figured with parallel speakers that wou... |