Yes, please. I love Hammond organs… and Leslie speakers.
I got to see Preston touring with the Rolling Stones back in '75 at the Cotton Bowl. He was awesome and the Stones gave him a 10 to 15 minute showcase. He also danced “The Bump” with Mick.
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That is awesome. His appearance on Bert Sugarman’s Midnight Special, rocking “Will It Go Round in Circles”, is one of my go-to youtubes when I need to be put in a good mood.
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So the second most disappointing news of this week…a couple of high-end audio companies, McIntosh and Sonus Faber snapped up by Bose. This is like your favorite microbrew being bought up by Budweiser. Which means the end of anything special.
If you’re in the market for high end stuff, now might be a good time before it all turns to Budweiser.
Sigh
It’s all about that Bose…
Can you give us a tier rating for some of these brands?
Well, McIntosh is Turley. Bose is Franzia. Does that help?
Are Turley and Franzia pitchers?
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I think they sell Franzia by the pitcher.
McIntosh isn’t the highest end, but they are very, very good and they have a reputation for rugged quality, customer service, and the ability to repair. Their designs are iconic and consistent. They will even facilitate your repair. If you have an amp from 1968, they will still manufacture parts for it. Hell, they will manufacture and send you a shipping container specially made for your amp so that you can send it for repairs. Bose is about marketing. They are mediocre in quality, with an eye on flash and they are notoriously anti-repair. If something goes wrong, buy a new one. That’s their marketing strategy. They epitomize the disposable goods culture.
McIntosh is Rolex…Bose is an Apple Watch.
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I have a McIntosh MA6100 integrated amp from about 1973. It’s still going strong.
I’ve had my eye on THIS BAD BOY for a while now. I may have to bite the bullet and pull the trigger.
The tube covers are :chefs kiss:.
They can be…
Is your ice maker like the one Doc Brown uses in Back to the Future 3?
Mine has more moving parts.
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Turley is.
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McIntosh vintage gear will do through the roof.
As if vintage gear isn’t overpriced enough.
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An under-appreciated line in “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” happens when the two idiot burglars break into a stately home to steal the valuable shotguns. They decide that the owners don’t have any money because “they can’t even afford new furniture.”
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“London Calling” is 45 years old. I’ll be in my bunk…taking a nap.
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Jay-Z has 100 problems.
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I’ve been tying redfish flies and listening to The NY Times list of 100 songs for 2024. They’re very compatible things. I’ve particularly liked Cold Beer & Country Music by Zach Toro, Laura Marling, and Wristwatch by MJ Lenderman. I was a bit put off by Flo’s Walk Like This, and it made me feel old. Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth has a song where apparently she walks up and down the aisle at Walgreens and lists stuff on the shelf. The Times’ critics really seem to like Sabrina Carpenter, Shaboozey, Cash Cobain, and Beyonce’s country album. There’s a band called Helado Negro, which is a great band name, and a band called Hurray for the Riff Raff. I liked their song well enough to look them up, and learned that the band was formed by a non-binary person in New Orleans, whose pronouns are they/them. New Orleans could use more they/thems.
There was a lot of music in 2024. I missed most of it because you people never left 2023. I’ve had to depend on The New York Times.
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