Leonard Smalls

Egg Man - Beastie Boys

The Hardest Fart - Olivia Dean

https://www.emporiumhifi.com/head-office-norfolk-suffolk/manticore-mantra-turntable-with-logic-datum-ii-arm/

Boys and Girls - Blur

I remember many years ago, when I had a Leak amp and Richard Allen speakers, I wasn't get much bass due to low powered amp and relatively low efficiency speakers no matter what positions the bass and treble controls were at - it just sounded completely unnatural and a bit unpleasant. So I took the tape out and (1st hifi heresy alert) plugged it via phono to stereo 1/4" jack lead into my (2nd hifi heresy alert) Marshall Jubilee bass amp, which was using a large Yamaha folded horn cab with 15" speaker. Turning all the bass amp's tone controls down apart from 50 and 120Hz gave an altogether more pleasing amount of surprisingly natural bottom end...

Depends on what you want! I'd say warning flags are raised by the fact it says "Surround power Amplifier" in the manual, but only has 2 channels. And that it claims 400W without specifying whether that's peak music power output, RMS output or some other vague measurement. And the only quoted spec is a signal:noise of 80dB - this is pretty low. My hifi amp is 115dB! So I wouldn't call it hifi in any way - you're probably better off sticking with what you've got complete with graphic in tape loop as previously mentioned.

For proper control I'd want something like this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/366056421870?_skw=klark+teknik&itmmeta=01KE1G4GPMCA0H01QNA5TR8V95&hash=item553aa9b9ee:g:XrcAAeSwMzppPVFi&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA8NHOg0D50eDiCdi%2FfP0r02sB47D3H41nPodwVckMlypGUGuKHHAl0KoHThrbEeLFOmMMzPBbmuC0WA4L0V%2Fw8kYuK7DWrNsdViIcyv220diFs1RsVMqNXxq91zHZwaeKrjjZknv1so8S8XEmRQq3TmwRw6OjpzRTz3LIb7daQy7uEEyQ%2BXuHtQsbTgeud6gIhmZMLpGfvpMACVaBrc5R3iFfiCIWj%2FGSyoZsyI%2B0ZEad6uHkC9d96nf%2F8wvGuQNXj3%2BxZtq817vvkSObI80xG3sYJeNdT0IViYcib%2BIkDuj34YzACT2L9LmZ%2BhbLWJA4%2BA%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR7KLkrDwZg It's the industry-standard studio eq...

You'd need it for that screechy treble! 😁😉😃

Heresy! It's well known that amplifiers must not have any sort of time controls, as this interferes with the Ultimate Goal, which is High Fidelity, or absolutely accurate reproduction of the original... 😁 I find that the best way to bring out the bass, is to have a large amp and speakers with decent low end extension, but if that's not an option get a graphic equaliser, as there's more control over other affected frequencies. Second best is something like my work Sansui amp, it's got a loudness button and 6 band graphic. Though I rarely use either as it sounds artificial and thumpy, apart from at very low level.

Or not... 'Tis a musing on whether it's best to be eternally just comfortable, or to venture frequently outside your comfort-zone. Bass is my trusty Wal, with a spot of guitar (strat), Rhodes plug-in, drums programmed in EZ Drummer using Clyde Stubblefield Phat Kit, trombone is stuff recorded many moons ago for a previous compocompo by my old m8 Nick - I've taken some liberties with everything as it's all cut up to within an inch of its life then smothered in Quadraverb, Objeq Delay, Temperence Reverb or Dubstation apart from bass which is a single take improv from which it all stemmed... Track has a good coating of Bassroom, Mixroom and Ozone 9.

Mama Funk!

Talking of irrational prejudices, I remember talking to my Mrs about someone or other on't telly (can't remember who). We both said we didn't like her for some unfathomable reason - we couldn't work out what it was until my Mrs said "she's got an annoying chin!". And that's what it was!

Y'all will be pleased to hear that I've been working on some Jazz-Dub...

It's either: a) all our entries are so terrible that the majority of BCers know that for the sake of their sanity they'd be wise to ignore the Compo Compo every month b) Most BCers are so busy that they can't spare 10 minutes or so to skim through the entries c) Most BCers aren't interested in any new music at all, as nobody's made anything worth listening to for at least 30 years d) Those who don't take any part just assume it's some sort of clique they're not invited to e) a combination of all those things f) something else entirely

Surfin' Bird! - The Cramps

No idea! But I did replace the 15" in my Yamaha folded horn 1x15 with a Precision Devices 600w unit, which was quite an upgrade!

Or look at Adam's offerings... Had mine for a few years and they're very neutral. This bundle is £509: https://www.gear4music.com/Recording-and-Computers/Adam-T8V-Studio-Monitors-with-Stands-Pair/526L

I want to work on my knowledge of modes so I can do double the amount of widdley-wooing.

How's your guitar playing? 😁 That's what we need, we've already got two bass players!

Pictures On My Wall - Echo and the Bunnymen

Me neither - I've bought at least 12 sets, including the ridiculously cheap £9.99 heavyweight NYXLs, and all have worked on Player's code, and all lasted as expected... I've found DRs to be not really any better, but cost significantly more. Newtone were good, but still not better. Rotosounds hardly lasted at all, Ernie Ball were OK as were Elixir but still no better that D'Addario. Only ones I like slightly more are Labella Super Slaps which were proper zingy.

I've had this a lot with various delivery firms... It basically means that they've received notification that this parcel exists but that they haven't been actually given the item yet. You'll get next day delivery after they've finally found and scanned the thingy!

I got a Die Toten Hosen t-shirt..

But is it Real Bonnie Ownership? I mean the sort that had chocolate electrics and leaked oil all over the garage floor, none of that It Just Works rubbish! 😁 I speak as owner of a bike that desn't leak, but had chocolate electrics until I changed 'em... Though I did become an expert in roadside carb-dismantling!

Me too... I've been buying from the D'Addario store on Amazon where they're proper cheap, and not fake as a) they're from D'Addario b) the code works on Player's Circle.