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| Greatest Guitar Band Lots forget that before they became a pop/rock band, Fleetwood Mac had Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer playing amazing blues/rock guitar. They also cut a record in Chicago (on Chess I believe) with Muddy Waters, Howling Wolfand other notables. Chec... | |
| Hum from new amp? If the cheater plug eliminates the hum, get rid of the ground. Just cut it off. Very common problem if, for instance, you are running more than one peice of equipment with grounds into the same power strip. You could also stay more than 6 inches f... | |
| Is Hales finished for Good? Too bad about Hales. I recently had a chance to hear the T8's. Damn fine speakers. | |
| Is Bigger Better? 1439bhr, great post. Double Amen. | |
| Ohms? I agree with you in general. But when I was an audio pup, I decided that I really liked those flat speakers with the ribbons on them. I'm not a technical person and picked up what was relevant along the way out of necessity. (Boy, did I make some ... | |
| Apogee Acoustics Caliper,which amp? Forgot about an amp that should work very well with the Calipers (or any other non-hybrid Apogee). Check out the Innersound amp. This was designed to power their own esl's. Unlimited headroom, loads of current and voltage. All the things that your... | |
| Line conditioners and ML ReQuests You might want to contact Martin Logan on this as well as Mike VanEvers. I find them (ML) to be very helpful. If you are trying to get rid of the slight edge you described with these tweaks, I don't think you'll be successful. What you are hearing... | |
| Amplifier for Martin Logan Requests Hey, Dave. Right now I'm using AQ Lapis IC's and AQ Midnight speaker cable. I've had these for years, left over from my Apogee/solid state amp days. I'm pondering upgrades throughout and going back and forth on the silver vs. copper speaker cable ... | |
| Line conditioners and ML ReQuests Curly, if you do this please let me know how it turns out. I thought about getting better power cords for the transformers on my CLS's, but the guys at ML didn't think it would make a difference so I never followed up with this idea. Gut feeling t... | |
| Favorite Romantic Female Vocal Song(s)? Rgd, that's the CD I'm referring to. Goofed on the title. I agree about the front to back comment. | |
| Martin Logan ReQuests and Mesa Baron Hi Curly, I think you'll find that any good tube amp (with sufficient power)will improve your system. Logans are at their best with tubes and there are a bunch of tube amps that are excellent at the bottom end. You can get good sound with the righ... | |
| Jazz Recommendations Better than a coffee table edition, I would really like to see this coffee table book come to life as an actual coffee table (as in a very popular TV show that is no longer on the air). This would be the right book for this. | |
| Favorite Romantic Female Vocal Song(s)? Lots of good recommendations and no surprises. If you are looking for a "sleeper", however, check out Jan Arden. I heard her open for Aztec Camera several years ago and was blown away. Those of you who like Margo Timmons (Cowboy Junkies) will prob... | |
| Ohms? Great thread and great explanations. However, ohm's are important even with modern solid state equipment and it's not so much to do with exotic tube equipment. Not nominal imedance, but IMEDANCE CURVES. In the real world, this is what drives amps ... | |
| Top Ten Speaker Cables of all time?... Antone had experience with a product called Gut Wire? I'd appreciate your feedback regarding this. Know nothing bout it but the name has come up from time to time. Thanks. |