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    Favorite Campy Old Sci-Fi Flick

    THE KILLER SHREWS Ingrid Goude, Miss Universe 1957 : "There are two or three hundred giant shrews out there. Monsters, weighing between fifty and a hundred pounds!" James Best, later to become the Dukes of Hazzard's Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane : “Fifty to a hundred pounds! Why, that’s as...
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    Favorite Campy Old Sci-Fi Flick

    Tom, I did a search for "Attack of the Bee Girls" on www.allmovie.com and came up with nothing. I think you meant Invasion of the Bee Girls. I grew up watching sci-fi/horror camp movies so I love 'em all. Plan 9 From Outer Space is an obvious choice in this genre. Truly a masterpiece of...
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    help me build a new system.

    According to the conventional wisdom on Audioasylum, there are two decent cheap integrated amps: the NAD C320BEE and the Panasonic XR-45. It seems that most people at AA recommend using the Panny’s digital inputs only. I own the other recommended budget integrated – the C320BEE. It’s truly...
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    Funny Accents

    Quote: Originally Posted by Dixie Flatline I was amazed during my time in Finland at how perfect most people's English was. . . The funniest thing was a salesgirl we met in the Stockmann store in Helsinki -- after talking to her for ten minutes, my wife and I still had to ask her to be...
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    Fiona Apple-New Album shelved by sony

    Well I just listened to the newly leaked song called “Better Version of Me.” Sounds much better than Extraordinary Machine. Better Version doesn’t sound like she’s completely out of her depth like the title track does. I still think the song Extraordinary Machine is terrible and should only be...
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    quick review of Music Hall CD25 vs Philips 963

    bundee1, I’m actually on my second 963. I had one in the fall of 2003 and sold it. Then I bought another one when I put my speaker system together. I thought the 963 was slightly bright with headphones but with my KEF speakers it sounds excellent. My newer 963 was manufactured in October...
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    quick review of Music Hall CD25 vs Philips 963

    Thanks for the review. I suggest you change the stock power cord on the 963SA. Even something cheap like the Volex 17604 will dramatically improve bass response. I use a subwoofer in my system (I listen to loudspeakers about 90% of the time) and could not believe the difference with a...
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    Fiona Apple-New Album shelved by sony

    True, I haven't heard any of the other songs from the album. But if they're like the title track it's clear that she intended to 'slap Sony in the face' with the new CD. Normally, I’d really respect an artist branching out -- but only if that artist can actually pull off the new musical...
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    Fiona Apple-New Album shelved by sony

    Well, the title track to Fiona’s new CD, Extraordinary Machine, has been leaked all over the net and I just listened to it a few moments ago. Man, What??? It’s no wonder Sony has shelved the album. It’s clear that the new CD will never see the light of day and that Sony will drop Fiona very...
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    recommendations for female music?

    I’ve been on a HUGE Kate Bush kick recently and so I recommend the Hounds of Love album. It’s one of the great masterpieces of 1980s pop, IMO. As much as I like Hounds, I actually prefer the more experimental / avant-garde Dreaming album. I don’t recommend The Dreaming, however, for those just...
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    Beatles:Japanese vinyl. What's the difference?

    Quote: Originally Posted by evil-zen try http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums they are the experts on beatles vinyl. Here are a bunch of threads from www.stevehoffman.tv/forums on Beatles LPs: The Beatles "Best Pressings" list Beatles Vinyl collecting: What are the first 10...
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    Beatles:Japanese vinyl. What's the difference?

    Are you referring to the new EMI Japanese pressings? From what I read on the vinyl board of www.audioasylum.com, the new Toshiba EMI LPs are taken from the 1987 digital remasters -- the same masters used to make the 1987 CDs. They have gotten very negative reviews. Here are Tuberoller's...
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    NAD C320BEE Amp

    Head-fi’s the only place I’ve seen negative reviews for the C320BEE. The response both on www.audioasylum.com and in professional print reviews has been overwhelmingly positive for the NAD. Speaking of audioasylum, here’s a thread on the Panny XR45 vs. the C320BEE. I’m really satisfied with...
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    Beyer DT-770 vs. Ultrasone HFI-700

    Thanks for the advice, guys. It’s so interesting how vilified the DT-770s are on this forum. Actually, I take that almost as a badge of honor because I’ve personally found so much of the conventional wisdom here at Head-Fi to be total rubbish. It’s also interesting how so many people use...
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    Beyer DT-770 vs. Ultrasone HFI-700

    Quote: Originally Posted by Iron_Dreamer Sound-wise the Ultrasone has the strongest bass in the lowest octave of really almost sub-sonic headshaking stuff, but the rest is not nearly the DT770 which borders on too much bass for me like the Grado PS1. The mids of the DT770 sound better...
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