gdoodle
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| man do I miss Tower records and Here is Los Angeles we still have SecondSpin, CD Trader (both on Ventura Blvd) and the awesome Amoeba records. But I do miss the 98% of CD/LP stores that are gone. But we have to get over it and move on. The old days ain't coming back. Record labe... | |
| Apple TV I've been using it with an outboard DAC for over a year and enjoy it a lot - where else can you find such a versatile transport/media server for only $200?The thing is very fun and easy to use. I've spent spent several months ripping a thousand mo... | |
| The Tubes Love the tubes for years. How about the awesome guitar solo on "Talk to ya Later" by Steve Lukather of Toto fame...? not too mention singers "Fee Waybill" - and the hot "Re Styles" ... production by Todd Rundgren.... very zappa-like satire and soc... | |
| Music for toddlers and parents? "They Might Be Giants" has long been my son's favorite band - I loved them since I was in college - now they are making kids music discs in addition to "regular" stuff. Even before they were doing kids records they were doing quirky, funny "pseudo... | |
| How Do You Organize Your Music? Weird Experiment: Currently my stuff is organized by record label, makes sense if your stuff is mostly jazz or classical:ECM, bluenote, verve, reprise, DG, London, etc... I used to work at a record store where the classical was arranged by label a... | |
| Ugliest Speakers??? All of them - according to my wife. | |
| James Randi vs. Anjou Pear - once and for all Open challenge? Not. Sounds like more of a media stunt than a real challenge:"This offer is not open to any and all persons. Before being considered as an applicant, the person applying must satisfy two conditions: First, he/she must have a “media... | |
| Notes on Todd Rundgren Show Glad to hear you had a great Todd show. I'm also a Todd fan - saw him only once - 2 years ago in LA. Show was very bizarre - started out with this anti-religeous rant "Facist Christ" - he was dressed like the pope and all his band was wearing diff... | |
| Jazz guys: Bebop, Hard Bop etc. Hey that's cool - sounds like we like a lot of the same stuff. I was just trying to add a little humor (very little). Can someone really define a genre in words - withOUT just listing a bunch of players? I think at best you'll settle for is "perio... | |
| Jazz guys: Bebop, Hard Bop etc. Let's see... in addition to the Bebop there's the A-bop, C-bop, D-bop and re-bop... Now that Starbucks sells music they have the half-caf grande latte-bop... but seriously folks - most of the players you've mentioned would cringe at any attempts t... | |
| Cheap DIY FM Antenna CMk - I would just build it with speaker wire - the thing about the 300 ohm cable is that the wires are separated by about a half inch - not sure what this does - but you could simulate this by separating but holding them at half inch with duct ta... | |
| Cheap DIY FM Antenna Cmk - I am using one such home brew antenna - its hanging on a nail behind my large entertainment unit - out of sight. Hooked up to my 70's vintage Kenwood receiver. Better reception than the store bought thing - but we are in the floor of a valle... | |
| Monitor Audio Made in China? Labor is just one way that the Chinese cut costs. I spoke to a CEO of a well known speaker maker at a show recently. Some drivers he ordered from a well known scandanavian company were apparently sourced from china without his knowledge and contra... | |
| unrelated to audio- digital camera buffs please I second the Canon suggestion. Small canon's can't be beat IMO. Good lenses and good electronics (metering etc) is more important that lots of megapixels. Canon has a very usable optical viewfinder - I use this instead of the LCD to save the batte... | |
| Speakers for $140 or less Hsu Research has a new monitor the HB-1 that sells for $129 per unit - I demoed it at HES and was blown away by it - for the price. Not a floorstander. Horn tweeter.http://www.hsuresearch.com/products/hb-1.html |