bdgregory
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| What music do you want to play really loud? Supertramp - "School" ; Genesis - "Supper's Ready" ; Led Zeppelin "Stairway to Heaven" ; King Crimson - "Red" ; Camel - pretty much anything by them; Gentle Giant - "3 Friends" (esp side 2) | |
| Best tracks to "show off" your system Supertramp - "School" from Crime of the Century on MFSL Original Master Recording. | |
| Your First System 1971: Kenwood Receiver (17 w/channel - don't recall the model #), Garrard changer, (don't recall the model, nor the cartridge) Warfedale W40 Speakers (still have them). | |
| Jazz CD suggestions for evening ambience Ralph Towner/Gary Burton - "Matchbook" I would describe this as similar in ambiance to Pat Metheny - "One Quiet Night". And I haven't heard and better albums with vibes. | |
| Speakers that work close to the back wall I'll second the statement made by Johnnantis about Rega's. I recently bought a pair of Rega Ela's. I have them positioned about 8" from the wall now and they actually sound better than when they were out about 3 ft. The bass is fuller, and there's... | |
| Best way to remove static build-up? I recall seeing a clever aparatus one Audiogoner made himself (I just don't recall who it was - but I recall finding it among the "tweeks" forum). It's a Brass door nob mounted on a pole, and wired to ground, but it has an inline resistor to elimi... | |
| Top Ten Electronic/alternative Albums Here's my 10 (or so . . .), not necessarily in any order. All of these are well recorded, but as Cdelplato did above, I used an * to indicate those that are especially well recorded.Mike Oldfield: Songs of a Distant Earth*; Ommadawn (HDCD)Bill Las... | |
| Looking for an acoustic guitar recording.. Check out The Pentangle. It's a quintet from the 70s led by John Renbourn and Bert Jansch both incredible acoustic players. It includes a great female vocalist (Jacqui McShee), stand up bass,and drummer. I suggest starting with "Sweet Child" - it'... | |
| Paradigm 9SEMKIII... Dark Speakers? I have a pair of 7seIII's in my dining room. They have a bit of a boomy low end (not to the point that it's offensive to me), and the high end isn't as bright as my totems, nor my Infinitys. If this is what you're experiencing, I think that may be... | |
| Help Low Freq. From Totems? Is it there? Upstateaudio - thanks, I have had my eye on the totem subs - precisely because I expect they will integrate best with the Sttafs. was hoping to find one second hand to save a few bucks. I'm also thinking about the REL Strata III. Any opinions on h... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? on the lighter side . . ."See the little faggot with the earing and the makeupYeah buddy that's his own hairThat little faggot got his own jet airplaneThat little faggot he's a millionaire" from Dire Straits - "Money for Nothing"and more serious .... | |
| Help Low Freq. From Totems? Is it there? I have a pair of Sttafs - I'm not sure if these are the ones you say you're familiar with. The bass is quite good for most music - probably 85% of what I listen to. But for some Rock music I find the lack of extreme deep bass a little wanting. I'v... | |
| Problem with line noise from Phono preamp Hifimaniac had the solution. I knew enough to make sure the tone arm ground was secure, but since there's no obvious place to ground the phone pre chassis to the B&K, it just didn't occur to me to ground it. I also assumed that the phono chass... | |
| Eerie, Ethereal, Moody, Involving Soundtracks hey Rx8man I think I have lots of these, though they're not sound tracks, they are concept albums. There are some good ones mentioned already above, but also try some Mike Oldfield. His best is "Ommadawn" (not Tubular Bells). Also try "Songs of Di... | |
| van morrison's best sounding album? I like Moondance and St Dominick's Preview the best. I agree with Panderso - Moondance is the most accessible. I also like Avalon Sunset (except for the first track) . . . and I think it's the best produced of the albums I'm familiar with. I'm per... |