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| How many of the musician's in Carlene's band in this video can you name? Ha! The now-deleted post was from @stuartk, who said "That's one seriously ugly acoustic guitar!!!" I couldn't agree more Stuart. What the Hell is that monstrosity?! That's what I would derisively call a "Rock Star" acoustic guitar, and that ai... | |
| How many of the musician's in Carlene's band in this video can you name? @tony1954: That must be the list from the studio recording, right? ’Cause Dave Edmunds for one is not on stage. But John Ciambotti on bass is right (I thought he looked familiar!). "Dr. John" was Lucinda Williams’ original bass player. Unless t... | |
| How many of the musician's in Carlene's band in this video can you name? Yep, along with Levon Helm and Albert Lee. | |
| Anyone else order Caladans from Clayton Shaw? @ricevs: So Ric, just how much acid have you taken? 😉 | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Excellent @bslon! Did you get to see either The Plimsouls or The Beat live? Power Pop at it’s finest! The final time I saw The Plimsouls---at a tiny dive on Ventura Blvd. in the San Fernando Valley, the opening band was one whose name was unf... | |
| When Was The Audio Golden Age? The term Golden Age has traditionally referred to the 1050’s and 60’s, when the KLH 9, Quad ESL, Klipschorn, Bozak, and Hartley loudspeakers were state-of-the-art (along with the Hartley 18" subwoofer)---with the new AR-3 nipping at their heels... | |
| One answer to an oft-asked question. @larsman: Yeah, ICE was a great source for info during the CD era. There I found details on upcoming CD releases that contained "hidden" tracks ("Easter eggs"), alternate takes, album reissues with previously-unreleased material, etc. | |
| my own experience with Tekton Design @deep_333: Yes, all else being equal, lower moving mass in a driver is a positive attribute, which is why I suggested an electrostatic. Or a planar-magnetic, for that matter. I own both. The point I was trying to make (perhaps unsuccessfully) ... | |
| Vinyl Only "Within You Without You" on the Sgt. Pepper album. But Eric, that’s the first song on side 2. Yeah, I know. Not having to hear the rest of the side is a free bonus. 😉 | |
| Best Covers Dave Edmunds is not a songwriter, so most of his music is recordings of songs written by others. Here’s his version of John Fogerty’s "Almost Saturday Night", which I prefer to John’s original. Here’s a live version of a Nick Lowe... | |
| Static on turntable When a disc is sprayed on one side only, the static charge "migrates" to the untreated side. | |
| Tube amps under $7500 If you go with a pair of Atma-Sphere M-60's (a great amp, which I have owned) or S-30, for use with a 4 ohm loudspeaker you will need the Z-Music Transformer, which raises the impedance the amp sees. OTL amps don't like low impedences. | |
| Leaving tube amps on. Ah, okay @tattooedtrackman, I see the difference. Not 24hrs/day, but all day in anticipation of listening that night. Still, I would not want to leave the 750’s on without someone in the room they are in. That is generally true of all tube amp... | |
| KEF LS50 Meta John Atkinson sure likes the speaker; it’s his reference. Of course British audiophiles, with their typically small listening rooms, are willing to forgo deep bass altogether. 50Hz? That’s mid-bass. The bottom note on a 4-string bass (the E st... | |
| Leaving tube amps on. Leave ARC 750’s on 24 hours a day? 36 power tubes total? I find it inexplicable that anyone would even consider such a foolish thing! No offense intended. ARC power amps are well known to self destruct when even a single power tube blows (ARC ... |