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| Best short-lived band? Thunderclap Newman. | |
| Best Sounding EL84 - 7189 Great choice. By the way, who did your restoration work? | |
| Best Sounding EL84 - 7189 Jsman, I think the Amperex 6BQ5's that I've tried are right there with the Mullards. The reason I mentioned the Mullards by name as a favorite is because I just happened to be listening to to my Heathkit UA-2's with the Mullards installed when I r... | |
| Best Sounding EL84 - 7189 I read Jsman's inquiry to mean he's interested in tubes rather than amps.The 6BQ5/7189 "sound" is my preference. I have done extensive research and have owned monobloc amps from Fisher, Heathkit, Sherwood, Eico, Magnavox, Scott and others. Having ... | |
| A "Unique" Voice... Mary Margaret O'Hara, Hazil Adkins, The Amazing Delores, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Lila Downs, R.L.Burnsides, "Little" Jimmy Scott, Blossom Dearie, James "Blood" Ulmer. Wasis Diop, Jack Bruce, Tony Joe White, Catfish Keith, Rockie Charles, Sekou Sund... | |
| Neat cheap amp suggestions . Help me have fun. ART SLA-1. New, $200. On Ebay, less. Smart. | |
| Undiscovered blues gems..... "Undiscovered" is operative word. Try these: Black Diamond Heavies - "You Damn Right" Mark Holder - "My Black Name" One String Blues (Rural Blues On Skid Row) Houndog - "Houndog" Rockie Charles - "Born For You" James Mathus - "National Antiseptic"... | |
| Good sources for tubes other than Upscale Brent Jessee Recording is a good dealer. | |
| best rock voices Many good candidates. I'll add Burton Cummings of Guess Who. | |
| I need an IC with excellent noise rejection Save yourself some money and call Joe DePhillps at Discovery Cable before you buy. His cables are really first class, as is he. Great products, advice and service, period. | |
| GMA Europa owners use what amp? I should have emphasized that I have no complaints about the Edge equipment. My happiness is of a completely subjective nature having to do with the preferred equipment, not in the fact of having rid myself of Edge gear. Edge Electronics is a firs... | |
| GMA Europa owners use what amp? I built a system entirely around the Europas without ever first hearing them. On Roy's quiet recommendation I bought Edge gear -- the M8 amp and T-3 preamp. Marvelous. I learned a lot about high-fidelity with this setup. About a year afterwards, I... | |
| Tyler House Sound You'll like the Tylers; fast, clean, revealing, musical. Ty may appear a country boy but he has a great ear, and is smart about speaker voicing. The F-2's will like the Aragon. With solid state amps, I like copper wires for all Tyler speakers I've... | |
| The most emotional amp out there? I'm swooning over the most luscious Heathkit UA-2's. They are unmodified but completely refreshed, generating 16 watts (per side) from NOS 6BQ5's. | |
| 5 CD's on your current "permanent " rotation. ...Geoff Smith - "Fifteen Wild Decembers" - Contemporary, cool-blooded, piano-driven minimalism with Nicola Walker Smith's soaring vocals filtered through some nineteenth century-ish existentialism. Think Shelly, Bronte, Keats, Dickenson, etc. Lov... |