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jeff

Jake de Villiers wrote:
> My favourite place for info about that 'drug' is http://www.allmusic.com/
>
> After calling up your latest fave bass player or whatever you can click on
> 'Credits' and see a list of the records he's played on.  You can find out
> that John Clayton's been on 300 or so records and whose they were........
>
> The site is run by the brother of Dan Earlewine, guitar repairman with
> Stewart-Macdonald.
>
> This guitar repairman loves to listen to John Clayton in his Vanagons.   :)
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@cfu.net>
> wrote:
>
>
>> I bit the bullet and bought some $300 6" 3 way speakers from a french
>> company by the name of Focal.  They've held up very well over the past 6 or
>> 7 years and have handled the 75 RMS w/channel of my power amp nicely.
>>  Dynamat in the doors did help, but building some carbon fiber stiifeners
>> for the door panels was a win as well.  I wish Klipsch made some old school
>> car speakers, even though a pair of LaScalas would fit in the back of my
>> van.  75 RMS would blow the windshield out of the frame if the back window
>> didn't fail first!  One of the problems with really good car speakers is
>> that you now get to hear how bad your amplifier is either with distortion or
>> the hum.  At road speed not so much, but sitting still, yes.
>>
>> I had a fantasy about Diana Krall riding shotgun in my Vanagon(RVC), but
>> without the twins and Elvis Costello.   The Hamilton Clayton Jazz Orchestra
>> is awesome, and don't forget Anthony Wilson on the hollow body.  The Jeff
>> Hamilton Trio is another keeper from the good ol' days.  would've never
>> gotten into them if it hadn't been for watching and listening to them
>> perform with Ms. Krall in Memphis back in 2002.  My goodness, what an
>> artist; and she keeps the glamorous thing going too.  Four different
>> microphones on that Steinway of hers.
>>
>> One of the cool features of ebay's half.com is you can punch in an
>> artist's name and half.com will find every CD or DVD that artist ever
>> performed on and it includes imports likely not at your local Best  Buy/ Sam
>> Goody.  Some unique collaborations have surfaced as a result.  Then they
>> tell you what's used out there, what's new and list each seller's price from
>> cheapest to most expensive.  Sometimes the new stuff is less than the used.
>>   And about half of the CD's listed have reviews listed after the run down
>> of what songs are on the CD.
>>
>> All this information of course, to enhance the driving pleasure of your
>> Vanagon experience.
>>
>> DM&FS  "Music is my drug of choice"
>>
>>  At 09:55 PM 6/1/2008, Jake de Villiers wrote:
>>
>>
>>> John Clayton and Jeff Hamilton are great jazz players, DB and drums
>>> respectively.  You can hear them on records with Benny Green, Diana Krall
>>> and many more.
>>>
>>> On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 9:24 AM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Good point about the resistance of the speakers Jake. Something
>>>> confirmed by Jeff's comment on power useage. Hadn't thought of that.
>>>>
>>>> I just figured something more durable that wouldn't eventually get
>>>> beat up (like the speakers currently installed in the doors) and
>>>> sounded decent, would fit the bill.
>>>>
>>>> True these speakers can lack low end. Placement is crucial. They were
>>>> designed as "book shelf" speakers. The low end would be enhanced by
>>>> proximity to the wall or ?. Not so easy to do when mounted down low in
>>>> a Vanagon!  --- :^)
>>>>
>>>> " John Clayton and Jeff Hamilton" ?
>>>>
>>>> Oh now I have to google...... and learn something! --- ;^)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Neil.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 8:38 PM, Jake de Villiers
>>>> <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I honestly don't know why you'd do that Neil.
>>>>>
>>>>> Car stereos typically are looking for a 4 ohm load, not the 8 ohms
>>>>>
>>> that
>>>
>>>> home
>>>>
>>>>> stereo loudspeakers provide.  In addotion, your low end response will
>>>>>
>>> be
>>>
>>>>> limited by the teeny enclosures rather than using the door cavity as a
>>>>>
>>>> giant
>>>>
>>>>> speaker box.
>>>>>
>>>>> Its quite easy to mount 6" two way speakers in the front doors that
>>>>>
>>> will
>>>
>>>>> outperform those little boxes, and they won't be pointed at your feet!
>>>>>
>>>> :)
>>>>
>>>>> I've got pix if you want......6" in the front doors, 5 1/4" in the
>>>>>
>>>> overhead
>>>>
>>>>> cupboard, 10" sub with real power under the rear seat.  John Clayton
>>>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>>>> Jeff Hamilton sound great!
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 12:03 PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've been thinking of installing a pair of RS Minimus 7 (aka Optimus
>>>>>> PRO-X44AV) in my Westy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyone using these in their Vanagon? Opinions?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not sure yet how well they would fit below the dash.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sadly I only have one left. The other one got sold with my old truck
>>>>>> the "blue flame".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyone know where to get them new?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I used them as home stereo speakers, and for a short while, as
>>>>>> reference monitors for audio recording. For what they were, they
>>>>>> sounded quite good to me. And they were well built, and stood up
>>>>>>
>>> well.
>>>
>>>>>> Just curious,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Neil.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Neil Nicholson. 1981 Jetta-fied Westfalia - "Jaco"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
>>>>>> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Jake
>>>>> 1984 Vanagon GL
>>>>> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>>>>> Crescent Beach, BC
>>>>> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
>>>>> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Neil Nicholson. 1981 Jetta-fied Westfalia - "Jaco"
>>>>
>>>> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
>>>> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jake
>>> 1984 Vanagon GL
>>> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>>> Crescent Beach, BC
>>> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
>>> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Jake
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> Crescent Beach, BC
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>
>