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Every few months I get the bug for some floor standing speakers. I went to Paradigm to find the local dealer in RI. They are a custom install shop but I sent them an e-mail to see what they might have. I scored a pair of store demo V5 Studio 100's. :banana-dance: :banana-rock: :banana-rock...

Well, my tax return needs to be spent on toys this year. I've got $3K coming and that will get me into a new pair of L/R towers. I love my five studio 20's and they are the devil I know. I just want to upgrade a bit. The 100's will make me happy. I listened to the 60's last year and felt they...

Last night my son took me to see a Pink floyd cover band in Providence, RI. The show was at "The Vets" which seats about 1,900 and has great seating and acoustics. This show was fantastic. They had a more mature crowd hooting and shouting for more. They played an entire single side of each...

I'm not sure if this has been covered here before. So, I'll relate my experiences with my new Yammy receiver. The book on my Pioneer DV-610AV universal player says the it would output SACD/DVD-A over HDMI. After hooking everything up, I could only get 2.0 with a number of discs. I thought I was...

Well, after ten years of loyal service, my Denon 1802 died on me. This is in my secondary office system so everything is hooked up analog. 5.1 for the universal disc player and a turntable. Boy, it's hard to get analog inputs on a $500 - $1500 receiver. Phono inputs are almost as rare. My one...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just saw that one of the most amazing guitar players I ever heard just died from complications from surgery: Alvin Lee. He was part of the WBRU (Boston) experience during my youth. His performance at Woodstock was...

After 33 years, The Who finally perform in Providence http://www.turnto10.com/story/21393481/after-33-years-the-who-finally-perform-in-providence My company raffled off tickets to see them. I was off visiting my parents in Boston. They called me, I didn't answer - they went on to the next...

Help out a foggy memory old fart here. I was looking through my burned discs and found a half dozen with this title. A quick search through the bag o bricks which is now S&V brought me to this thread...

I thought there was a concert DVD thread but couldn't find it. These are about the only discs I buy, and they are getting harder to find. So, last night is WAR. A very tight, multi rythmed group from the late 60's. They still sounded fine in 2007. Track listing 1.The World is a Ghetto 2.Get...

I'm thinking that this could be a special event worth remembering. (Maybe only for me and a select few other old farts) Here are 76 Dylan tunes over four discs by names we know (or not). Working my way backwards, the best cuts so far are Eric Burdon (Animals & solo) covering "Gotta serve...

Those who are interested might want to pay attention to the 2012 CES show in January. Stream TV Networks has a new widget that they claim can work with just about anything and turn regular 2D media into 3D (not sure where the data to do that resides in a 2D format, but I digress) Thi is their...

According to http://sellout.woot.com/ RCA has a voice controlled remote control. I wonder if it really only responds to my voice or does chaos occur at random times? I wonder.

The other night, I finished a DVD concert (Government Mule) and switched over to my cable DVR to watch TV. A big blue box appeared on the screen with this ominous message. “The HD content protection of your display has been compromised. Please use your YPbPr cable for your HD content”. The...

A few friends and I went to Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel in Providence last night to check out Warren Haynes. Boy this guy puts on a great show. His new album is different from his southern rock flavors. This is more R&B / soul oriented with a very tight back-up band (think The Roots). He played the...

My last edition of the Burning Shed newsletter links to EMI which has: Stand Up (Collector's Edition) (2cd/1dvda) $17 This Was (Collector's Edition) (double cd) $8.80 A Passion Play (enhanced cd) $6.75 A / Slipstream (cd/dvd) $11.50 All have videos mixed. Prices good till Nov 15th...

Another great find on the Carson Daly Show. This is what Soul should sound like. I hope he takes off like a rocket. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moiUyFQQE-0

I thought it was strange that I kept getting notices that this or that title was no longer available. My queue went from 11 to 2 titles in a week. I log in today and this was waiting for me "PLEASE NOTE: Your subscription will end when yourmusic.com closes on June 29, 2011. No queue shipments...

Here is a game I found on Patriots Planet Forum, perhaps you all would like to play along and see if we can't get something going. We are into music and should be able to rock (sic) at this game. A song is named and then the next person has to name a song that shares a word with the original...

I'm an old school guy.... Phono input, 5.1 analog inputs for SACD/DVD-A I would lke to be able to feel comfortable going Blue Ray and 1080P in the future. lots of HDMI stuff. It seems like Analog inputs are going away so this seems like the best choice for the present. thoughts? my finger...

This is concerning my new RX-V1065 (with HD tuner). When I sent up auto scan to preset memory, I only find 9 FM, 1 HD, and zero AM stations. This is both with the cheesy FM strand & AM loop antennas provided or my rabbit ears meant to catch FM. Ok, call it signal strength. My real question is...