xiekitchen
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| Bose 901...really Eldartford;See my response above on 801... also, I knew a bluegrass band that used a set of 801's, no sub, with a tube power amp, worked quite well, even outside (this was in the mid 1980's).I just bought the Weather Report "Live at Montreau" DVD ... | |
| Top 5 recievers of the 70's and 80's ???? Marantz 2270, | |
| Would a heavy hand on the volume blow my 845s Yeah Stanley can have that effect... "Life is just a Game"(how about those drums Mr. Cobham!), "School Days", "Hot Fun", "Lopsy Lo", "Power", "Hello Jeff" you just want to keep turning it up. That's what 200 watt amps and JBL L-300's are for. | |
| Two amplifiers feeding the same pair of speakers? You can ONLY use 2 amps if the speakers are bi-wirable and one amp going only to crossover section of each driver(tweeter or woofer). If you try to power a loudspeaker with 2 amps one will try to over power the other and one will loose and blow up... | |
| Music for toddlers and parents? Samuel -Ahh, don't you mean Jethro Tull "Songs From the Wood"I CANNOT picture Kenny Loggins performing that album! Ha! | |
| All time favorite speaker cables Y'all got that right - Cardas Hex golden 5c I've got a pair and they are it. I use all Golden Cross now but the Hex is great. I had, a long time ago, Quadlink, but the Hex was way better. | |
| Music for toddlers and parents? A favorite thing for me and my now 2.5 yr. old son is to march around the coffee table in the upstairs living room listening to Donald Fagin's Morph the cat while we take turns banging on a drum... I used to be real careful and when he was a baby ... | |
| Brag About Your Vinyl Collection I used to have a Banana Splits "floppy" vinyl 45 that you had to punch out of the back of a ceriel box, you had to put pennies on it to get it to play. | |
| TT mat suggestions... Uptownaudio: thanks for your information and observation... I have the Ringmat on my Rega P-9 and so far it works the best out of stock felt, and Audioquest Sorbothane. I had the Audioquest on my Rega 3 since about 1992. | |
| TT mat suggestions... what about the Ringmat? why is this suddenly "out of fasion"?I'd like to hear from someone who has compared Ringmat to these listed above. | |
| cable lifters, how to maximize benefit? I'd like to hear from someone who is using cable lifters and heard a difference.. I don't use them but would be interested if they really work. I have a Zerostat from 20+ years ago, never tried it on cables. | |
| Who is your favorite blues guitarist Albert Collins! | |
| Brag About Your Vinyl Collection John Klemmer - "Straight from the Heart" limited Direct to Disk, bought it when it first came out, fairly rare, fairly expensive now.Many MOFI disks, some somewhat rare: (Steely Dan - Katy Lied, Earl Klugh - Late Night Guitar, Stefan Grappeli/Barn... | |
| Speakers that do rock justice ... many other threads - same subject on agon in the past.Get some BIG JBLs: L200, L300Play Jeff Beck Freeway jam and they will make your ears bleed. | |
| What's the story with Japanese pressings? Rlawry is correct:I have many Japanese pressings, the 60's Jazz Verve and other jazz are very good, whereas the pop/progressive have very quiet vinyl formula, 2nd generation master tapes are used and the pressing lacks the spacial detail found in,... |