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Guilty pleasure,Del Shannon,C.Baker etc.
I had the pleasure to see Diana Krall..in the parking lotin back of a pub in Milwaukee. The owner of this bar hadgiven her a place to play when she was a nobody..and shere-paid the favor by playing there again a summer or twoago again..when she wa... 
Valarie Carter-Wild Child, any fans?
as a follow-up,...I had seen Jackson Browne live in '94,and she was with him...wish she had done a solo. Also sorryabout the typo...ie: Valerie.. 
Best Sax Jazz
Coletrane with Johhny Hartman, Desmond-Pure Desmond. 
Guilty pleasure,Del Shannon,C.Baker etc.
Swampwalker....thanks for the reminder..I had almost forgotten how much I had enjoyed mid-'70s Ronstadt. If youhave a chance to find one..The Valarie Carter album fromthat time perior "Wild Child" is great. Jim 
Best Male Singers of the 20th Century
Johnny Hartman, Billy Eckstine, Roy Orbison....all forpure voice quality.......singers with poorer voices, but were able to convey emmotion...Chet Baker, Frank Sinatra,Del Shannon...yes...he even had influence on The Beatles,ELO...and many others... 
Amplification for Maggie MG 1.6Qr s
...thanks for the replies! Anyone have any experience using the 1.6 Qr's with Classe or Plinius integrateds? 
Building a new listening room. Help ?
Contact Thiel, and see if they will send you their paperon room construction. Thiel, Kimber and Cardas seem to have the most available for consummers on listening rooms. 
absolute best component you ever owned
Maggie MG-20, CJ ART.... 
Integrated Amp for Thiel 2.3 s ?
The VAC Avaitar and the Classe CAP-100/150 are just superbwith the Thiel 1.5, 2.2 and 2.3. 
Best Travelin Music
Also, "All Day Music" by War. 
Best Travelin Music
For some reason.......likely top down trips to Road America..with it playing..... The l970's album by Valarie Carter called"Wild Child" has always ment "Road Trip" to me. 
Top 10 TV Shows
Burkes Law.....!!!! Didn't even realize anyone else on theface of the earth remembered it. Bob Newhart.Maverick.MTM.77 Sunset Strip....only for the "camp" 50's value.Outer Limits.Ed Sullivan..Perhaps the #1...The Tonight Show..w/J.C.Wanted Dead or... 
C/W music Audiogon members
Classic country (American original...like Jazz) is nothinglike the Country Music Video Pop.....that many people seeas country music. While great country music has roots andmeaning....as well as heart/class....current pop/country isthe most $$$$ pr... 
Magnepan 3.6 ribbon tweeters
I have owned several sets o Magnepans..3 with the ribbons and the only concern was mine. I made the mistake of usingthe vac on the grills....and damaged the ribbon with the vac suction! Most people that have continual problems with tweeters, I bel... 
Magnepan Mg3.6 tweeters and fuses
Do you in anyway have a TV connected to your system...with a cable feed? Many cable TV feeds have DC current or worse on the ground..that can cause system wide problems...or your CD player is passing along high freq. garbage that you can't here......