weim_boy
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| Best Rock Drummers Hey,this thread was just worked over on my motorcycle bullitan board (R1100s)a ranking by gigital dream door follows: (BTW I do not think that Buddy Rich is a non-rock no brainer.Not with cats like Elvin Jones about. 1. Neil Peart (Rush) 2. John ... | |
| Bill Evans The Village Vanguard Sessions the complete vvs (3CD) is one of my favorites.I'm a big Bill E Fan.Top 3 for my (ymmv) are in no order:complete VVSYou Must Believe In SpringTurn out the starsOn LP yes - waltz For Debbie is way better on the high quality reissue. | |
| EAR 834P or Cary PH302 A bit more than a bit more...list:EAR basic $995EAR MM/MC option $1,395Mitch basic upgrade $300-ishCary 302 $2,500I have not additioned the Cary - it may very well be better than the EAR (I like the Cary CD player I do have) but I'm happy enough w... | |
| EL34 Integrated no brainer- shanling 35 watt integrated.good out of the box.roll the tubes (not a big deal) and your really sweet.additional mods available for down the road upgrades.I have one in my office driving a set of proac 2.5's.very, very pleasing, if not... | |
| Pet Peeves - my Rants and Raves "Amen brother on the peanuts...who ever invented those worthless things should be subjected to 2 weeks non-stop Milli Vanilli, ABBA or something even worse."Hey,On my sales I've used peanuts to pack the OEM box inside an over-box. If this is piss'... | |
| General consensus on buying used eq. I agree with the comments regarding avoiding phono cartidges and equipment from defunct companies ( I have a Sonics Frontier Line 2 which has a bad i/c - my local guy is stumped, now I need to search out a healer).Other than that I feel pretty goo... | |
| Music Reference vs. Quicksilver I am using an RM10 (original version) to drive as pair of Proac 2_5's in a 2nd system.Plenty of nice spounding power in a 12*14' high ceiling room. | |
| Tyler Acoustic vs. Paradigm I have a pair of Linbrook Monitors (Wormy Maple - very beautiful finish).I am running a Dehavilland UltraVerve->VAC 110/110.I also have a REL Stadium III stuck in the corner.I'm pleased with the set up -tweaking is done for now - just listening... | |
| deHavilland Ultraverve 6sn7 tube question? I rolled in a NOS Sylvania--- I likes it:"Got you a perfect Sylvania 6SN7W from 1943 NOS,tested, balanced and low noise. These came out ofHanford Nuclear Reactor stocks in Washington from afriend of mine who works there."Charlie KittlesonVacuum Tu... | |
| C J Premiere 11A versus Music Reference RM200 One option is to pick up a set of autotransformers from Paul Speltz.They effectively increase the ohm load the amp sees.I used a pair between a Music Reference RM-10 35 watt amp and a 4 ohm MTM configured monitor to decent effect. | |
| I'm looking for thoughts on the Tyler Acoustics... I recently picked up a pair of Linbrook monitors. (Basically this monitor uses the middle three drivers from the Woodmeer). I am running them with an UltraVerve preamp and a little Music Reference 35 watt tube amp.Very natural and musical. Full so... |