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| help narrowing down my list of speakers, $2500 You will almost certainly hate this post. However, the VMPS Ribbon Monitor IIs would absolutely lunch every member of your shortlist with rock music. They have the bass extension and dynamic impact of speakers many, many times their price, without... | |
| LP storage? What do you use? Another vote for Per Madsen's modular furniture. Very cleverly designed. Sturdy, attractive and versatile. Particularly great for moving as racks fit perfectly (with a 1" layer of packing peanuts) into standard book boxes. I moved a 2,000+ record ... | |
| Favorite live LPs Ella Fitzgerald - Ella in RomeWar - LiveSarah Vaughn - Live in JapanModern Jazz Quartet - Last ConcertThe Band - The Last Waltz | |
| It's 2050. I'm 84 years old... The three J's: Jimi, Janis and Jim. | |
| best rock voices Janis Joplin and Roger Daltrey are my female and male favorites. | |
| Jazz Recs for Classical Music Fan - Challenging Maasada 8: Live in Sevilla. Great music, astounding musicianship, excellent recording. | |
| Jazz Piano? The Smithsonian Collection of Jazz Piano is a great place to start. It takes you through the beginnings and all of the subsequent major movements in jazz, as well as some of its most important practitioners. The performances that they choose are g... | |
| best concert venue A little hall on the campus of Whittier College, in Whittier CA. Saw several slack-key guitarists and their ensembles there several years ago, and was amazed at the clarity, warmth and unhyped tonality of this hall. Voices, guitars and percussion ... | |
| Your First System 1973 - I got what I call my "Dentist's office system", so called because every dentist's office had one at the time. It consisted of a Panasonic 4 wpc receiver, and a pair of trapezoidal plastic single driver speakers that had captive wires that p... | |
| What's Your Favorite Rollins album? Live at the Vanguard | |
| Besides Audio, what other ''passion'' do you have? My wife and family foremost. My lesser passions include; my career in science, playing music (percussion instruments), listening to live and recorded music, martial arts (Aikido), reading for pleasure, electronics, cooking, and gardening. | |
| Tube Amp Suggestions The Music Reference RM-200 would be an excellent match for your system. It provides in excess of 100 wpc into anything above 4 ohms, and even substantial output into lower impedances. Sonically, it yields a direct, unembellished presentation, with... | |
| Personal turntable/cartridge evolution 1. 1973-1974 BSR 2400 changer with stock ceramic cartridge2. 1974-1975 BIC 940 changer with Shure M91ED3. 1975-1976 BIC 940 w/Audio Technica cartridge4. 1976-1980 Philips 312 w/several Signet TK7 cartridges5. 1980-1982 Ariston RD11S/SME3019/Signet... | |
| Watt Puppy 7/Ear 861 I've heard these speakers with a lot of different electronics and I would have to say that your degree of satisfaction would be entirely dependent on your expectations. While I have heard them sound quite beautiful with 17 wpc tube amps, in a smal... | |
| 5 CD's on your current "permanent " rotation. Masada: Masada 8, Live in SevillaKings of Leon: Youth and Young ManhoodCafe Tecuba: Cuatros CaminosAhmad Jamal: In Search of MomentumPrince: Musicology |