Quote: Originally posted by kartik Wish... ....granted! http://www.amusicdirect.com/products...ku=AMARADV8400 the DV8400 and SA8400 are different units. - w

Quote: Originally posted by yidimsum Marantz is owned by Philips - likely manufactured in the exact same factories. Marantz was sold by Philips a while ago; it's now owned by the parent company of Denon. - w

Quote: Originally posted by bootman Koufax threw a complete game against the Twins on two days rest. ...and that's why Sandy Koufax retired at age 30. Having thrown as many pitches as he had, Pedro should've been removed...that said, the Red Sox deserved it; if there's such a...

flaming lips = good...how's that for a comment? i'm firmly in the "yoshimi..." camp; as great as "the soft bulletin" is, yoshimi strikes me as being a more adventurous, eclectic and emotional melange of electronica and pop. The instrumental tracks are a high point as well... - w

Quote: Originally posted by Newbiez And everyone forgot Muse, radiohead tribute, yes. But what a honor it is to them. I don't think Muse fits in with this discussion; their debut album was released towards the tail end of the 90s (1998-1999), well after the demise of...

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Quote: Originally posted by MusicJunkie I hadn't heard of them until I saw them on Conan last night. Anyone else see them? They had an incredible instrumental sound that totally jammed. I think I'll pick up one of their cds. MJ last night? was it a repeat or did they decide to...

Two names come to mind, both (loosely) in the Nick Drake mould: Tom McRae and Ed Harcourt. Both are worth checking out, even Ed, despite his occasionally asinine behaviour at gigs (as once recounted by a female friend of mine).. - w

The new Muse disc is out ('Absolution') and I aim to grab it (probably through CD Wow)..am also waiting for the new Electric Soft Parade ('The American Adventure', due Oct. 13). - w

Like most of us who were in high school at the time, I too thought that oasis initially had the upper hand (who can forget hearing 'Live Forever' for the first time), mainly because they had street cred, a couple of working class boys vs. the upper middle-class preppies of blur. Then Liam & Noel...

*far* too many to count...the last one I attended was Mogwai's gig at the Phoenix last week: the band was their usual wall-of-sound selves, but played a bit too much from 'Young Team' and not enough from 'Rock Action'..and no Cody - w

Quote: Originally posted by j-curve Hey, one more quip like that and next week you'll be looking at a Yamaha multi-bit player... with "4X Oversampling"!! Unless of course, you'd care to show us the insides of the Marantz. sure, the digicam's locked and loaded...one of these...

- you're showing us the innards of an old, fairly mediocre CD player because...? - replacing an op amp-based output stage w/ a valve-based stage isn't 'crazy'; several aftermarket modders offer this upgrade. - w

..just started Michel Faber's "The Crimson Petal and the White"..I realize this sounds cliched, but it really is a 'page turner'.. - w

The new Elbow album came out yesterday...lovely, lovely stuff. You might also want to check out The Lightning Seeds..they aren't around anymore, but a "Best Of" compilation should still be available. Brendan Benson and Stars are also worth checking out. - wasif