tomaswv
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| What song have you played the most? Last ten years: Mary Chaplin Carpenter—Come On, Come OnPrevious twenty years: Charles Mingus—Goodbye Porkpie Hat, from Three or Four Shades of Blue | |
| What do audiophiles do in their cars? I agree that most car systems sound pretty good—much better than 10-20 years ago. The Burmester in my Mercedes sounds very good. It’s still a car, though, and the sound competes with wind motor and tire noise. I’m done with XM radio. The sound i... | |
| You own a store, you sell 2 brands, which? Simaudio for electronics, Dali for speakers. | |
| What Are Your Reference Discs? or Specific Reference Tracks These are my go to CDs:Rosanne Cash—Rules of TravelRodney Crowell—The OutsiderKD Lang—Hymns of the 49th ParallelMary Chaplin Carpenter—Come On Come OnSteeleye Span—Hark! The Village WaitClifford Jordan—Live at Ethyl’sRon Carter—The Golden StrikerJ... | |
| Are these exceptionally well recorded, or what? They are class D (Bel Canto ref500m) and I do leave them on all the time. But they were off quite a while when I installed the preamp and reconfigured my cables. | |
| Are these exceptionally well recorded, or what? Possibly 200 hours, so it could be coming in to its own. | |
| Are you familiar with this amazing artist? Africa Speaks is an amazing album by Carlos Santana, featuring Concha Buika. Interesting backstory on how he reached out to her. | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? The moon is a silver lady glowing through my lifeIn a little space above the musicI wish upon your faceI wish upon my dreamsIn the middle of this crazy world bubbling with pretty pearls and spinning through the blueHirth Martinez: The Moone Toone | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Here’s a couple more:Hirth Martinez—Hirth from Earth and Big Bright Street. | |
| Embarrassed....Audio furniture help Salamander. Buy it viaAmazon prime for the free shipping. I have one in the tv room that is built to accommodate a sound bar. I ditched the sound bar and put in two speakers instead. Sounded boxy til I lined the shelf with sound absorbing foam, a... | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Yes to Dr. John Gris Gris!Robinella: Robinella and the CC String Band.Pandit Vijay Raghav Rao: The Fantasy of Indian Drums. Especially side 2. Amazing sound. | |
| What are you streaming tonight? I’ve been on a Gabor Szabo jag all day: Bacchinal, The Sorcerer, Small World, and, with Chico Hamilton: El Chico and The Further Adventures of El Chico. Amazed that he got his sound out of a large acoustic guitar (Martin D45) not usually associate... | |
| Name a few albums which helped determine your musical tastes The bread of those early years:Phil Ochs—pleasures of the harborJohn Fahey—days have gone byJohn Mayall—the turning pointLeonard Cohen—songs from a roomGolden Ring—a gathering of friends for making musicThe Band—music from big pinkBob Dylan—John W... | |
| Upgrade: will I hear it? I think you may be right. Not that the Marantz is bad, but that it is more unlike a straight preamp. The Cambridge, bel canto, and benchmark DACs might each sound slightly different, but they are all good DACs. | |
| Upgrade: will I hear it? LOL. Let’s try to audition first, then auction |