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| Which companies also offer good service?? Green Mountain Audio, Discovery Cable, Tyler Acoustics. First class owners and companies. All go into extraordinary realms of personal attention and customer service. And they obviously love doing it. | |
| anyone listen to marching bands? "Digital March", Tokyo Brass Ensemble, Japanese Denon release 38C38-7027. Well recorded, great dynamics, stirring as hell. "World's Greatest Marches", Intersound 3828, 3 disc compilation. Everything from Sousa to Wagner to Elgar to Mendelssohn. Sp... | |
| EH 6550's? I don't know how to establish a clickable link but here's some useful info for you. http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_9_2/power-tube-comparison-6-2002.html | |
| Eerie, Ethereal, Moody, Involving Soundtracks I made a small contribuion above and have been following this exchange with interest.What a great thread! Informative as all getout and hi-class entertainment to boot. | |
| Eerie, Ethereal, Moody, Involving Soundtracks One more."Remedies In Heresies" by Elijah's Mantle. This is music to accompany a film called "Philosophy With A Hammer". Too complex to explain musical character and context, but certainly non-secular, modern and majestically scary in old testimen... | |
| Eerie, Ethereal, Moody, Involving Soundtracks Bernard Hermann's score to "Night Digger", a polished little Gothic thriller from early '70's is a favorite. Hermann did a number of musical soundtracks for Alfred Hitchcock, including "Psycho". If I am not mistaken, he also collaborated with Orse... | |
| Where do I go from Eva Cassidy? Try Susannah McCorkle, Shirley Horn and Sheila Jordan. Someone may have already mentioned Patricia Barber. Jimmy Scott has a natural upper register voice of unusual character. Not castrati, but with masculine power in what would normally be a fema... | |
| For those of you that love Brazilian music... Sakamoto and the Morelenbaums recorded "Casa: Tribute To Jobim" in Jobim's house, on Jobim's piano. They later expanded the idea to include Joao Gilberto and others of the ilk on "Day In New York".For a contemporary, equally tasty slice of Brazil ... | |
| Need good speaker cable for modest system. Ditto the Discovery 1-2-3. For the money it is very difficult to better if you want a true to the music cable. | |
| Discovery cables.... My entire experience with Discovery has been first class. The comments above are accurate in their description of the "sound" characteristics of Discovery cables. They seem to have a rightness to them. You may find more satisfaction elsewhere but ... | |
| need some suggestions for Acoustics Blues "Catfish" Keith has won numerous Grammy awards for his acoustic solo playing. Try Jessie May Hemphill, a contemporary of Burnside and Kimborough. Once a singularly unique performer, sadly a victim of a stroke and now unable to perform. I hope she ... | |
| Guitar Solos ..Great contemporary solo guitarists who frequently defy category. 1. Bill Frisell 2. Michael Brook 3. Nguyen LeAlso HAPA (Barry Flannigan and Keli'i Kaneali'i), who released a 1997 disc called "In The Name Of Love" on Coconut Grove label. Just s... | |
| will monitors work in a large room? I am using GMA Europas in a space 35'x75', firing crosswise. They're supplimented with a single, active Tyler 12" subwoofer. Without resorting to too many adjectives, I can say that the Europas are the finest speaker I have personally experienced.... | |
| Green Mountain Audio still in business? I own Green Mountain Europas; that is my only connection to the company.During the wait for my speakers to be built and shipped I was in touch with Roy Johnson many times, mostly by phone,some email. I felt that communications were at a high level... | |
| The best DAC for the money Try http://ack.dhs.org for dAck info. Chris Own is Ack!I got one on trial and decided to buy it after 2 hours listening. The battery maintenance regimen is no big deal. If anybody is interested in details contact me. |