Best Of
Re: Van Morrison
"The Essential Van Morrison" is a two disc CD best of for $14. Could start there to get a sense of what songs are most appealing from different periods then look for the separate albums those songs are on. His style of music has evolved over time but the core of it hasn't changed all that much.
He refused to have most of his albums remastered and released on CD so some are very difficult to find now. That complicates things! The album "His Band and the Street Choir" is the third of the best early three along with Astral Weeks and Moondance. Something like "Tupelo Honey" is hard to find. I've always like "Poetic Champions Compose" from the 1980s period but good luck finding that on CD new.
But, all of his material appears to be available on Qobuz with a lot of it available for purchase and download in 24/96 high res versions.
https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/poetic-champions-compose-van-morrison/0886445370843
He refused to have most of his albums remastered and released on CD so some are very difficult to find now. That complicates things! The album "His Band and the Street Choir" is the third of the best early three along with Astral Weeks and Moondance. Something like "Tupelo Honey" is hard to find. I've always like "Poetic Champions Compose" from the 1980s period but good luck finding that on CD new.
But, all of his material appears to be available on Qobuz with a lot of it available for purchase and download in 24/96 high res versions.
https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/poetic-champions-compose-van-morrison/0886445370843
Emlyn
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Re: Van Morrison
I grew up with his early stuff like Astral Weeks, Moondance etc. and thought he was good, but not a hero of mine. I had an Irish friend in the 70's that thought he was God. I did get into his much later stuff, however, and Enlightenment (around 1990) remains one of my favorite albums. Another sort of hidden gem that I like a lot is a one off collaboration album with Brit/Irish skiffle artist Lonnie Donegan and trad jazz trombonist Chris Barber on The Skiffle Sessions (2000) - recorded live with great takes on old 1950's skiffle and even a Van Morrison guitar solo !
OleBoot
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Re: You’re doing it wrong…
Yeah, when you average it out, 4 out of 3 people have issues with math.
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Tom
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Tom
treitz3
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Re: Polk Mini Monitors
Funny you should say that, most everybody I know that had a set of those had them in their vehicles.
pitdogg2
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Re: Polk Mini Monitors
Cool. How are they?
I've never heard any Tektons.
I have heard the older flagship and the little brother versions of the Tekton's. They have the ability to really shine or be an "okay speaker". They are very sensitive to upstream gear.
In the right room, they can throw a rather impressive soundstage and the big brother is a true full range speaker.
They are actually introducing an even bigger flagship than the existing one. I think this will solve some some things that are (or could be) a little beaming at times with certain instruments and voices.
Tom
treitz3
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7A with unique cabinets
The original owner had the dealer put formica on them to match his decor at home better. 
odcics2
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Re: Polk Mini Monitors
Cool. How are they?
I've never heard any Tektons.
Better than the Polk mini monitors 😂
They actually sound Polk like in my opinion. Very nice full mids and sweet non fatiguing highs.
DeRod
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Re: Identify the model
The RM6200 satellite/subwoofer system came with a subwoofer given the model number PSW250 and the RM6600 came with a model number PSW350. The labeling on the back indicates this was part of a system rather than a standalone PSW350 version which had the LFE connector to the right of the Line In jacks.
Emlyn
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