timwat
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| Speakers : Who uses What ? I followed the scanspeak web site (www.vifa-peak.dk) list of distributors to Madisound (www.madisound.com). Click "retrofits" to find a list of replacements and substitutes sorted by loudspeaker manufacturer. Hope this helps a bit. | |
| Ground Cheaters-Good or Bad? Are you referring to the "female 3 plugs-to-male 2 plug" adapter (Like cutting the ground plug off)? I would suggest using an isolation transformer before defeating the earth ground to your system. Defeating the earth ground gets rid of the 60hz n... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music I was referring to Carmen's "All By Myself" (on the first side of that release), which lifts from what pianists commonly refer to as Rach 2 (the Piano concerto). You're referring, I think, to "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again", the other hit (on the... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Hcfolm: Unfortunately in Carmen's case, it's just the opposite of what it seems. Carmen was a child prodigy, Julliard trained as a concert pianist before he hit the pop stage w/ the Rasberries and demonstrated his affinity for the Beatles. So he h... | |
| Clean Ears: Cheap Tweak? Yes, I concur...although I feel weird raising my hand and I'm not sure why. Sort of like caring for the final transducer in the signal chain. Funny story, 20 years ago I knew a guitar player who actually WANTED earwax to accumulate and muffle his ... | |
| Best Dead Concert on Mp3 Whoa, Mrmom. Let's not get our panties in a knot. Go check the thread re: "Achingly Beautiful Music" and you'll see composers and musicians from Mahler, Bach & Beethoven to Cowboy Junkies, Weather Report, Pat Metheny and Bill Evans lauded. Dev... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Please forgive the length of this post: I second (or third) the Barber Adagio, Albinoni's as well. Would also add Rachmaninoff 2nd & 3rd Piano Concerti, Keith Jarrett's "Hourglass" from "Staircase/Hourglass/Sundial/Sand" & "My Song" from s... | |
| building a room from the ground up... One easy one is (assuming raised pier foundation) using manufactured I-beam joists vs. 2x4's. Essentially cures any possible long-term floor squeak, but you probably already knew that one. Another trick used in our recording studios is to build me... | |
| Problems with U.P.S. Having worked as a loader for UPS while I was in college, that short experience taught me NEVER to send or receive ANYTHING UPS. Not pretty what happens inside the truck on the swing shift, believe you me. | |
| Best CDR ? I second (or 3rd) the vote for HHB. I own the 850 and am blown away by output quality. Just be careful to feed it quality media when recording; I'm only using HHB Silver media. I bought mine from Sweetwater Sound in Indiana, a premiere pro music s... | |
| Best Small Office Speakers This suggestion might be a bit far afield, but consider small pro studio nearfield monitors. A set of Event 20/20 unpowered monitors list for est. $400, and I've had very good impressions in recording sessions with them. Mind you, they may not be ... | |
| Worst Music of All-Time I must have missed the press release that "The Barbra" was in league with the devil. I thought she had gained the noteriety she had because in her historical context, she was one of the few doing what she was doing, that being making a name for he... | |
| Best Male Singers of the 20th Century Rayhall - very interesting comments. From what little I've read, Sinatra was gracious and kind to Connick. I heard the 1st time Connick performed in front of the Chairman, he totally choked, clammed the song and had to start over again, having hum... | |
| Best Male Singers of the 20th Century Rayhall - my "nominees" were intended in jest. Rob and Fab were Milli Vanilli, and Eddie Mahoney (aka Money) was...well, best appreciated on a set of Bose 501's. | |
| Best Male Singers of the 20th Century Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan. After all, they won a Grammy as "Best new artist" in their day. Along the same lines, Eddie Money, Andrew Ridgeley and Falco. Freddy Mercury gets posthumous honorable mention for best overbite. William Shatner hands... |