waltersalas
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| Preamp Deal of the Century Thanks for the tips, guys. I know a lot of people reading this thread must think there is a considerable amount of hyperbole about this unit, but it has truly transformed my system. Only problem so far: not enough sleep. I just keep thinking of so... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century At last, the wait is over, for me and I hope all the others who ordered their units back in Feb/March/April. The Syrah arrived today and is now sitting happily in my system.OK, first impressions: I must say, it is difficult to believe that a tube ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Same here. Got an email this morning. I guess Mick finished up several of these about the same time. I look forward to the various reports that I am sure will be forthcoming. Time to start tube shopping for those Ken Rad black glass, huh? | |
| Jazz lovers. Any Dizzy Gillespie recommendations? For a nice introduction and overview, I recommend the Ken Burns' "best of." Many of those are top drawer. You can branch out from there. | |
| Three best Dylan albums??? 1) The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan2) Blonde on Blonde3) Highway 61 RevisitedHard to pick just three. There are 8-10 "best" Dylan albums, in my opinion, including 'Blood on the Tracks', 'Another Side of Bob Dylan', 'The Basement Tapes', 'Nashville Skyli... | |
| "EAR VS Cables" Hey rlwainwright,You want literature, grab yourself a copy of F. Scott Fitzgerald's collected short stories and have yourself a big time. But please, keep your mean-spirited remarks to yourself. I'll take 'remedial' writing over smart-xxx remarks ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Yes! Thanks for the update, Fiddler. I'm about a month behind you, so it may be that I will get my Supratek about the time the leaves are changing here in the Great Smokies. Looking forward to your next post.Cheers,Chris | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Updates please! Has anybody who's ordered one of these since January got it yet? Fiddler? Fiddler?! I ordered mine in late March and am just wondering where I am in the pecking order. | |
| Songs that you just have to sing "Dancing Queen" - Abba"Joy to the World" - Three Dog Night"Stairway to Heaven" - Led Zeppelin"Margaritaville" - Jimmy Buffett"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" - Bob Dylan"Wild Horses", "Angie" - Rolling Stones"Proud Mary", "I Heard It Through the Grapev... | |
| Best band never to release a truly great album? Lynyrd Skynyrd, unless you count the Gold and Platinum best-of. | |
| Best Female Rock Group Sleater-Kinney and PJ Harvey are spot-on choices. Both have delivered the goods over the course of their last several albums. Both qualify as major artists, IMO. | |
| Your favorite three Rolling Stones songs? Jumpin' Jack FlashWild HorsesGimme Shelter(top ten would be easier...) | |
| The best books on music I am a big fan of Robert Christgau's books, especially his three Consumer Guide compilations of the 70s, 80s, and 90s. In these books, there are capsule reviews and grades of literally thousands of records--mostly rock and pop, some jazz (fusion) ... | |
| What is the best Beatle Song I Saw Her Standing There | |
| Guidance regarding 2 female Jazz legends please.. As a longtime fan of Holiday, I am of the (dissenting) that her recordings on Verve are at least the equal of the earlier Columbias. In fact, I actually prefer the Verve recordings and have spent many a night reveling in the box set, which include... |