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OK, I thought of another that for me, kicks butt and shows what Carver gear can do across the frequency spectrum. Apocalyptica is a Finnish group started in 1993 doing covers of Metallica music by four classically trained cellists who could not make enough money in the symphony. This recording, one of its early disks, and that it is 4 cellos with a range across an one of the widest spectrums for a stringed instrument is powerful, soulful, and haunting. The band has since added a larger repertoire of music (both original and covers), vocals and percussion - but their early Metallica covers are a trip when you play it loud through a TFM45, or M1.0tMKII and Carver Amazings. The bass frequencies jump off the drivers and hit with hard impact on your face. The high frequency melodies give you the sense there are spirits or ghosts speaking to you right there in the room.

Thats a good song that I haven't listened to in many many years - thanks for bringing it up. I'm currently setting up a low end system in my sons basement. Mostly for sports and gaming. I always include Steely Dan's two against nature DVD as reference material. It's well produced in general. The DTS track has a lot of surround content at higher than normal levels. At times there is a high level of instrumental segregation - like the center chan might only have a drum. Not always to my liking but it's a good test of each speaker in a 5.1 setup, the stereo track is excellent as well. Higher listening levels never make me fatigued.

The "motto" of ECM, Edition Of Contemporary Music, might be "the Most Beautiful Sound Next to Silence". Founded by Manfred Eicher, ECM is best known for jazz music, but the label has released a variety of recordings, and ECM often refuses to acknowledge boundaries between genres. The recordings have an ECM Sound: pristine, immediate, wind across a crystalline landscape, sound + silence. I like, in particular, Terje Rypdal , Return Of Per Ulv on If Mountains Could Sing.

Queen and David Bowie Under Pressure

VIKINGS returns tonight !

Hello All! Hope everyone is warm tonight. Bit cold here is St. Louis like many places. Looking to upgrade my system. I had a M-1.0t back in the day running some home built speakers after friends took out my other cheap gear with Tchaikovsky 1812 cannon's. Currently have some Magnepan 1.6 's that just ate my Harman Kardon AVR8000 receiver. Yes I knew it was just a matter of time pushing those speakers. So now i'm looking at one or two Sunfire 300 amps. I see there are two on eBay. Totally open to suggestions as well. Love that Bob is back! Look forward to chatting with like minded audioheads. Damon

Tha Clash Rock The Casbah

If you close your eyes, it really sounds real.

Three Days Grace The Animal I Have Become

Foo Fighters Times Like These

The Who Summertime Blues

thank you everyone! I'm anxiously waiting to get my amplifier setup up to snuff so I can finally have a listen to my infinity kappa 9s. little back story about them, I picked them up from a friend for 100$, all the woofer surrounds were shot, they were sitting in a storage unit for who knows how many years. I sent the woofers and polydomes out to Miller sound to repair. I've also sanded and stained the wood to an ebony finish (I'm not a fan of light wood speakers especially with towers as big as the 9s are) so I have roughly 650$ into my kappas and I have yet to properly hear them. I can't financially look at the mcintosh/krell/etc they truly deserve for a good while so I'm just trying to get something more budget friendly going so I can finally bring the kappas out of hiding and enjoy them. I was trying to upload a few pics of my gear for you guys to see but all my pictures are more that 1mb!

Twenty One Pilots Heathens

Welcome ! Hashy will hook you up!

This one is well engineered... as near as my aged gear and ears can tell. + 100 on "Brothers In Arms "

There are so many excellent recordings. You won't go wrong with anything mastered by Steve Hoffman of DCC & AFK. Alan Parsons, Thomas Dolby, Todd Rundgren, Quincy Jones and Mutt Lange were also phenomenal. Most anything with the MFSL label is very well done with a few exceptions. Some of my favorites: