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    What is your favorite Live Recording?

    Love this recording, Punky's Whips shakes my house. Frank Zappa - Hammersmith Odeon CD1: 1-1. Convocation/The Purple Lagoon [2:18] 1-2. Dancin' Fool [3:43] 1-3. Peaches En Regalia [2:36] 1-4. The Torture Never Stops [13:52] 1-5. Tryin' To Grow A Chin [3:37] 1-6. City Of Tiny Lites...
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    Bob Weir's Stereo

    OIC, well he has some certificates of authenticity, but thats all I can say as its not mine.
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    Bob Weir's Stereo

    OK, and once they started downsizing (post '95) lots of unused dusty gear got sold. Whats your point?
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    Rmaf 2010

    I really enjoyed Rogers room, as did I love the entire event. One more thing I love about Denver I guess, not that I needed another...
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    Rmaf 2010

    These are my photos from the show. I was only able to attend 1 day so I missed a fair amount of exhibitors, but I managed to prioritize those I really wanted to catch and do so. A slideshow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimna/sets/72157625186777024/show/ or the show page to pic through...
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    How Recordings Are Made vs. Concert Hall Realism at Home: Piano Recordings

    I am music lover who prefers fidelity. Life without high quality sound is tolerable, however life without music is not. IMO obviously YMMV
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    What is your favorite Live Recording?

    The new release Grateful Dead - Formerly The Warlocks is excellent.
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    Bob Weir's Stereo

    PS. About a yr after Jerry died and they began the real down sizing of GD Enterprises parts of "The Wall" was for sale frequently on ebay. I know a guy in Cally that constructed a playback at his house made almost completely of the wall of sound drivers and amps. He swore up and down that he...
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    Bob Weir's Stereo

    I am to young to say first hand, but I have a few books on the wall, in that period it was the greatest concert experience on the road. This is outlined well in a GD gear book I have, some argue that Pink Floyd was the better concert experience, but they always say its because of the theatrics...
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    How Recordings Are Made vs. Concert Hall Realism at Home: Piano Recordings

    a decca tree array is no secret, and widely used in taping circles. taperssection.com has tons of info on them.
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    The 12 Most Significant Loudspeakers of All Time

    Great read, thanks for contributing to my wasted time at work!
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    Near-Field Listening: Acquired Taste or Proper Paradigm?

    Very nice writeup! Lots of new things you have stated that I need to ponder, and some I already have and agree on. One is the height of the speaker. Below is a pic of my DIY plinths I build for mine. second are the 'second venue' effect. Ive treated my room as well as I can for this reason...
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    Sound by Singer Closing or "Why the High End is Doomed, part 2"

    FTR, I meant no disrespect to those of you who have put countless yrs in the trenches of an audio journey. I aspire to be you some day. My post was aimed at the industry itself, not to disrespect my elders. I for one hope HE soldiers on and adapts to the reality of the times. Without it I...
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    Sound by Singer Closing or "Why the High End is Doomed, part 2"

    To comment more on the high end industry than SBS... I am curious about the age of everyone involved in this discussion, just because you all seem to be an accurate example of the HE industries collective think tank. I really feel that much like the folks talking here, the HE industry is a...

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