mitchagain
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| Best debut album I saw The Dolls open for Mott The Hoople in 1973 on the All The Young Dudes tour. It was probably the wildest show that I ever saw. Best described as "Halloween on acid." | |
| Focal Kanta No 2 I also received the email about the Kanta # 2's at TMR Audio for $5600. I auditioned them and they look even better in person!You should jump all over that deal and quick!! | |
| Best debut album Richard Barone - "Cool Blue Halo"It came out about a year before MTV Unplugged started, and it pretty much started the chamber pop movement. | |
| Best debut album @bkeskeThanks for the Mark Eitzel stories! His concert monologues are legendary. I can only imagine what he is like to talk to. I lived in Ohio for 3 years in the 80's, and my job frequently had me on High Street near the OSU campus. There was a g... | |
| Best debut album + 1 on the "usual suspects": Doors - Hendrix - Led Zep - King Crimson - Television - Dire Straits - Rickie Lee Jones - Pretenders - Elvis Costello - Joe Jackson & REM.+ 1 on the "not so" usual suspects: Dada - Jellyfish - Spirit - Velvet Under... | |
| 10K system If a had a friend looking to put together a $10K system, I'd recommend buying used whenever possible and it would look something like this:INTEGRATED AMP ($2K budget): I like the combination of a tube preamp and a solid stare amp; so, you're choic... | |
| Do we ask too much of our audio systems? Anyone involved with photography knows that a camera cannot totally capture what the human eye sees; so, the same goes for our ears when comparing an audio system to a live concert or being a fly on the wall in a recording studio.So, I guess it c... | |
| What kind of listener are you? @barts, I completely agree that a new piece of equipment or added tweak causes more analytical listening. But, perhaps we should substitute the adjective "scientific" for "analytical" listening, as we are obviously trying to prove to ourselves tha... | |
| Wow an old album that rocked your world @nitrobob, I flew to Baltimore last March to catch a Crack The Sky acoustic show at The Baltimore Soundstage. They were backed by a 5 piece string quartet and the show was fantastic. John Palumbo said they were taping the show; but, it has yet to ... | |
| Wow an old album that rocked your world Richard Barone - "Cool Blue Halo"Crack The Sky - "Crack The Sky"Bruce Cockburn - "Inner City Front" | |
| Suggestions for $2k budget I see 2 listings on The Music Room website (TMRAudio.com) that is in your budget:1) VANDERSTEEN 2CE Signature II @ $1799 *2) TRIANGLE Esprit Gaia EZ @ $2200 I also see 2 listings on AUDIOGON that is in your budget: 1) PSB Platinum T - 8 @ 1800 *... | |
| Most amusing album or song titles "Oscillate Wildly" - The SmithsProbably best known for being used as background muzak by the Weather Channel during their early days of existence. | |
| Most amusing album or song titles Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper:"Stuffin' Martha's Muffin""I'm Living With a Three Foot Antichrist""Jesus At McDonald's" | |
| SACD Nick Drake - "A Treasury"Renaissance - "Scheherazade and Other Stories"Steely Dan - "Gaucho"The first two should be reasonably priced; but, I have not checked the current prices on Gaucho lately. | |
| Most recordings you own by a single artist, group, or composer @skyscraper, if you're looking for some Richard Thompson releases that feature good guitar playing, I recommend that you seek out some of his "officially sanctioned bootlegs," such as:"Duck Napped;" "More Guitar" or "Semi - Detached Mock Tudor."Th... |