martykl
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| Opinions on Todd Rundgren fronting the New Cars? To second Piezo's comments, Todd is the ultimate double edged sword: He deliberately wanders off into the bizarre corners of music and challenges listeners to follow. I'm a huge fan and, as often as not, I don't get it. But, he is an amazing songw... | |
| Opinions on Todd Rundgren fronting the New Cars? The press release I saw that prompted this thread indicated that Ric was out, Todd and Kasim in. I don't know much more than that. | |
| Opinions on Todd Rundgren fronting the New Cars? Ric married the model and bolted. After he left, the band, um, stalled. Todd and Kasim Sultan joined and off they go. | |
| Best lines in a song I suppose there's a bunch out of John Hiatt to share, including:"I've seen my own ass in a double whiskey glass""Still you argue for your options and you angle for your case,You wouldn't know a burning bush if it blew up in your face""One thing's ... | |
| Best lines in a song In these intolerant times, Dar Williams "The Christians and the Pagans" has special resonance for me. While I find the entire lyric quite moving, there is one line I particularly like. About mid-song, Williams describes a kitchen crisis during the... | |
| Blues recommendations anyone? Other sub genres include zydeco and blues piano (both of which tend to be Louisiana-centric). Many rock fans find both genres easy to love. For the former, you might try Zachary Richard (Fatras! is great, but any record featuring Sonny Landreth on... | |
| Decent audio in terrible room? You might try a studio monitor like the Lipinski. It's expensive but designed to work close to a wall - and for nearfield listening. That's the way I heard it a pro dealer in west LA. Imaging will be compromised and bass limited (probably a good t... | |
| Electrostats I recently stumbled across a pair of eminent technology hybrids (planar magnetic panels crossed to a dynamic woofer). Off a limited audition, I thought they were very impressive. It's probably worth your time to visit their website.Good luck.Marty | |
| budget table brain buster I forgot to mention that Moth Alamo also sells a variation of the Rega armed theme. Info is available at Britaudio.com | |
| budget table brain buster In this price range everyone seems to use some variation of the same tonearm. The only exceptions seem to be Rega and Goldring, which use variations of the Rega arm. At this price point you have to prioritize amongst speed accuracy, isolation capa... | |
| speakers for wall bookcase NHT makes a speaker with an adjustment for on shelf placement. It may not be the greatest speaker in the world, but it is competent and at least it was designed specifically for your situation. Any NHT dealer can help identify the specific model. | |
| Are Merlins too much? I briefly used my VSM SEs in a similarly sized room. Backed up within 2 feet of the wall, the tonal balance actually improved - and quite significantly. The trade off was some loss of pitch definition in the bass and deterioration of the otherwise... | |
| Owning too many speakers Parsifal Encores, VSM SEs, Zingali 3s, Sonatinas, plus Red Rose minis, Infinity Modulus, old Sonus Faber bookshelves and 3A de Capos. There may be some others hiding in a corner somehwere.Definitely a problem.Still, can't help thinking about Sound... | |
| The Most Beautiful Song of The RnR era? Thanks again, everyone.The recent post was certainly...comprehensive!I actually finished 2 cds using many of the recommendations you all so kindly posted. Some people tended to favor beautiful singing, so I did one cd focused this way, while anoth... | |
| VPI - HR-X or a SME 20/2A Macallan,You may want to check in with Brooks Berdan in Monrovia, Ca. He is a well-known analog guy (he famously developed mods to the early Oracle which the company included in its later versions of the table) and is a dealer for both tables. I d... |