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| lps sound bad I have been in the concert biz for 30 years and I see people pay scalper prices ALL DAY LONG. Most concerts sound terrible from a sonic perspective in the first rows. I think a better investment is getting the best sounding album. You will get a g... | |
| "Litmus test" songs Here are some albums I always take out.Soundstage: Paul Kelly, "May 1992"Electric guitar/decay,surge and whomp: Midnight Oil, "Earth and Sun and Moon"Acoustic: James Taylor, "Fire and Rain"Live Ambience: Neil Young,"On the Beach" and "Zuma". | |
| Best DIY tweak? Plugging in the power cord. The music really came alive. | |
| The best hifi magazine? Your ears. They never lie. Your brain, which is loaded with propensities and reactions to the joy of music. Nothing else matters around opinion other than experience. | |
| Best system used for $10,000 for classical music ATC Speakers (have built in amps); These are used at Disney Music Hall and Telarc StudiosBryston pre-amp ssor:From Italy:Unico ampsOpera speakers | |
| lps sound bad There is a great deal of variation in recording quality brought on by when and how they are pressed. Some classic rock labels are famous for issuing dead wax in droves: ABC, RCA, to name a few. You can have thirty copies of an old record and they ... | |
| what concerts do you wish you attended? Led Zep London | |
| Vintage Turntables compared to modern? My dad listened to the same tt for 40 years--the same Garrard 301 as mentioned above. Nice return on investment. | |
| Your vinyl guilty pleasure??? James Brown, The Big Payback | |
| Best lines in a song Graham Parker. "Don't make us out to be peons or fools/we are into Zeppelin and Paula Abdul!" From "Over the Border to America." | |
| What is your favorite recording with a quirck The phone ring at the end of "Life On Mars" by David Bowie. You can hear it during the piano fade-out. Evidently someone left the door open in the control room. | |
| Looking for the BEST Version of Quadrophenia? I have the original Track record and I have not found anything better. Most digital and vinyl recordings that came after lack a sense of bass and the guitars seem veiled--especially on opening track "Can you see the real me?" and "Bell Boy." My co... | |
| "House sound" of VPI, Clearaudio, Rega, MH, etc. "What Hi Fi? Sound and Vision" magazine out of UK offers a monthly feature where they rank 1,400 products by one to five stars. They cover turntables and will give you good insights into your house sound by brand and model. They awarded Clearaudio... | |
| speakers for classical music Opera from Italy; Almarro from Japan. | |
| How much longer will CDs be made? I favor your wife. The big box retailers are devoting less and less space for them--a sure sign of death. Many are turning shelve space to DVD and computer games. I would fully explore DAC and downloadable music or look at integrated computer gami... |