Elitism

Posted by: wal riley on 07 January 2001

Is it me or what?
By no means am i saying that all contributors are guilty of this, but it does appear to me that certain of them don't appear to take seriously anyone who has invested less than £10k in their equipment. (i.e. people with large mortgages, shit-paid jobs or a combination of the two)and to me this smacks of elitism. Anyone else feel the same?

Posted on: 11 January 2001 by Steve Catterall

dozy

REM are certainly country influenced - they even do 'pure country' covers at live concerts.
The Eagles are almost totally country with a bit of a rock influence. They were considered the leaders of the 'country rock' movement after all.

Dylan made serveral country albums.

The Dixie Chicks, however, are just a bad pop group

Posted on: 11 January 2001 by Steve Catterall

Here's how the allmusic guide classifies her

Mary-Chapin Carpenter
Born Feb 21, 1958 in Princeton, NJ
Years Active
Genres Country
Styles Country-Folk, Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Country
Instruments Vocals, Songwriter, Guitar
Tones Reflective, Street-Smart, Sentimental, Confident, Springlike, Cathartic
Labels Sony (13), Columbia (9)

Posted on: 11 January 2001 by John C

Jonathon throw yourself in at the deep end "...Im going down three times but Lord I'm only comin' up twice". Yoakham was good but Hank is king of the blues.

Johnî

Posted on: 11 January 2001 by Phil Barry

Shee*t! Just don't forget that Buddy Holly was weaned on c&w! As was Jerry Lee Lewis. (not meaning to disregard the other influences on these pioneers)

As for equipment elitism, I started with a 62/140. The 62 started as a 42.4, and the 140 started as a 110, but I got 'em as 62/140 for about $700 in 1992. I now have an 82/2Xhc/250 - far better than I ever hoped to be able to afford. So don't worry about where you're at now.

On the musical enjoyment front, I found the 62/140 to be eminently communicative and musical at virtually all times. Yes, a 52/135 system was better, and bargains at their prices, but I could live with the 62/140 until I could afford better.

Andf I could listen to megabuck Linn or c-j or ARC or ML systems and think they were great - until I went home and relistened to my humble setup - the humble setup just sounded right.

Posted on: 12 January 2001 by John C

" From time to time I get a sense of pufferey, a certain peacockiness and preening of the intellectual and cognitive feathers, as it were."

Frederick you've made my day with that sentence. Is this is the answer to the why women arent on the forum.Too muc h male mating display. All good clean fun though.

John
Who really wants to indulge in some puffery and preening now
ps Its called goin down the pub in England

Posted on: 12 January 2001 by Steve Catterall

That's a pity as its rather a good collection of her early work. I'm sure it must be available somewhere. (they have it at absound in canada, audiostreet in the UK, and at cduniverse - ships in 24hrs)

However, pretty much everything she's done is pretty good. The latest album 'Forget About It' is very good, and must be available everywhere - I'd certainly recomment that.

Posted on: 14 January 2001 by Top Cat

Hooch's ATC100s are active, so a six-pack of anything wouldn't really help. I've never heard a fully loaded DBL or SBL (only passive SBLs) but, if what I read is to be believed, the ATC100 active system on a heap of Mana will at the very least give the 6-pack DBL setup a run for its money at a fraction of the cost.

Again, disclaimer as I haven't heard either, but sometimes throwing money at a problem is not a solution that works...

John (who has a humble system indeed)

Posted on: 15 January 2001 by wal riley

Frederick,
In the words of Alexei Sayle:
"Me and you against the world, eh mate!" (but not including, "between you and me, i think i'm gonna be sick!")