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| Stereo Tube Amp Comparisons I've listened to nearly all of the amps discussed in this post over the past few years, and they reflect very different musical and sonic priorities to be sure. One thing I can say with certainty is that they sound very different in different cont... | |
| klipsch speakers,be honest A True Klipsch Story. In my first year of college I went to a George Thoroughgood concert that was being held in a smallish venue, a couple hundred seats at most. On either side of the stage were two compact black speakers with a distinctive doubl... | |
| Who Was Your Favorite One Hit Wonder Play That Funky Music by Wild Cherry. Major league funky butt bass line. | |
| Wilson Watt/Puppy 6 or 7 versus Sophia From the centerline of the front face of the speakers to the side walls is 2 ft., 6.5 in. They are 8 ft., 9 in. apart, centerline to centerline, and are 4 ft., 6.25 in. from the front wall. They are canted inward at approximately 32°. The listenin... | |
| Wilson Watt/Puppy 6 or 7 versus Sophia I have my WP7s in a 13.5 x 17 foot room with one corner squared off by a fireplace, and two thirds of one of the side walls opening out into a much larger, reasonably well damped room. Because of the enormous amount of acoustic energy these speake... | |
| The Best Live album Some that I didn't see that I think should be considered:War - LiveEarth, Wind and Fire - GratitudeModern Jazz Quartet - The Last ConcertElla Fitzgerald - In Rome, The 40th Birthday Concert | |
| Best blues guitarist, Clapton or Green As great as Eric Clapton and Peter Green were/are as guitarists, I can't, under any circumstances consider them among the greatest Blues guitarists. NOT EVEN CLOSE! The greatest Blues players emote in a way that is completely separate from techniq... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? "Idiot wind. Blowing every time you move your teeth. You're an idiot babe. It's a wonder that you still know how to breath"Bob Dylan - "Idiot Wind" from Blood on the Tracks | |
| Love is certainly but is music...? I've expressed, more or less the exact sentiments on many occasions. Great music retunes the inner oscillator, if you know what I mean. Physiologically, I'm sure it leads to endorphin release, sometimes very intensely! Endorphins are your own, per... | |
| What music do you want to play really loud? Who-Live at Leeds (the whole bloody thing)Supertramp-SchoolYes-SoundchaserGenesis-Lamb Lies Down on BroadwayStan Kenton-FreeBuddy Rich Big Band-DiabolusJoe Williams and Count Basie-Every Day I've Got the BluesJoe Turner-Flip, Flop and Fly... | |
| Can you help with music selection? Ellen McIlwaine is a damn fine musician. She possesses a strong contralto voice with great power in both the highest and lowest parts of her range. She also plays a wicked slide guitar. I think the reason she never became a known quantity is the e... | |
| Caribbean Music Recommendations Monty Alexander's Ivory and Steel: Jamboree. A mighty tasty stew of Monty's soulful post-bop piano stylings combined with wicked pan playing by Othello Molineaux and Boogsie Sharpe. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? ÂRonald Shannon Jackson & Decoding Society: Decode ThisÂHank Mobley: Straight No FilterÂDrive-by Truckers: Southern Rock OperaÂFranscisco Aguabella: H2O | |
| is this the best guitar ever I saw this group twice in the early/mid 80s. The first was an amazing display of guitar pyrotechnics that was strangely uninvolving. The second time John McLaughlin was replaced by Steve Morse of Dixie Dregs fame. He was clearly the technical equa... | |
| Album cd or LP with best bass for new subwoofer The opening bars of Das Rheingold will shake your house to its foundations. This sustained pipe organ pedal point will most definitely shiver your timbers. |