loomisjohnson
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| I NEED AN AMP!! BUT WHAT?? HELP PLEASE!! i agree with the parasound and vincent recs--you can't go wrong with either | |
| Dylan wins Nobel Prize in Literature highway 61 may have been the zenith of his songwriting, but blonde on blonde has always been my bitch--for my money it's his best-sounding, best sung and most organic. it's nice to be discussing him in the context of an honor as opposed to an RIP. | |
| Dylan wins Nobel Prize in Literature really surprising, but well deserved. whatever you think of his body of work in musical terms, he's our greatest lyricist by a wide margin. i still enjoy reading his "lyrics-1962-1985," which work as poetry on their own terms. | |
| Onkyo 809 receiver: using as preamp with Bryston amp the vinyl is only going to sound as good as the phono pre-amp--i'm not sure how good the phono out on the onkyo is, but i'd guess that a separate 2 channel pre-amp with a high-quality phono section would sound better, especially with a high-qualit... | |
| Sub woofer i'm currently running my revel f30s with a ml depth and i'm very happy with the pairing. the ml is very fast and tight and gives some weight to the f30s, which are lean at the low end. haven't heard the f208s but surmise ithey'd have similar chara... | |
| Speakers for Rotel RA1570 integrated the rega rs1 are really good in a near-wall configuration. for a step-up, the paradigm signature 1. | |
| Bill Chinook / Bruce Springsteen at least when mr. trump is annointed we'll be able to discourse freely without fear of such rigid censorship | |
| Bill Chinook / Bruce Springsteen i'll agree with marty that his music started sucking post-BITUSA when he started trying to write major statements--i feel the same way about jackson browne and the much less gifted john mellencamp. he did get off a good one now and again after BIT... | |
| worst sounding great lps we were just talking on another thread about how bad-sounding springsteen's classic stuff was--just listened to born to run and have to agree. graham parker's "stick to me" was also terribly produced by nick lowe, who's own records are very well d... | |
| Bill Chinook / Bruce Springsteen i think the river is his best set of songs, but the albums i'm inclined to actually sit down and listen to are the folky ones-- tom joad and nebraska, where he sounds unforced and uninclined to make everything sound like an epic. | |
| Bill Chinook / Bruce Springsteen i shoudn't wade into tis polemical fray, though i do find it surprising that people would disqualify springsteen's music on patriotic grounds--whether or not you agree with his politics, it's hard to fault the guy for expressing his opinion. to m... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report quicksilver, happy trails. john cippolina was a vastly underrated guitar god, here doing bo diddly for an hour or so | |
| THE most sonically dissappointing (lp) you own of great music? graham parker's stick to me is abysmally recorded, tho full of great tunes; likewise much of the smiths. marshall crenshaw's field day and iggy's raw power also come to mind | |
| Are there any albums you consider perfect? i always though that if you replaced "going mobile" (which i never much cared for on who's next with "pure and easy", it would be perfect record.that said, i wouldn't change a note on blonde on blonde or astral weeks, although there's a lot less v... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? flamin groovies, jumpin in the night--recorded after the departure of their main man, roy loney (whose "out after dark" is fantastic and on spotify). more of a jangle pop direction. lots of covers (including a version of "werewolves of london" th... |