I've switched rooms and material. Currently viewing John Mayer's new concert DVD "Where The Light Is" which debuted in select theaters for a special one-day event. Didn't see it there but I'm enjoying it quite a bit right now at home. For under fourteen-bucks for the DVD, I chose it over the CD.
Now I'm a John Mayer fan and feel he really doesn't get his due as an artist and guitar player. Most think of him as a Pop musician, but he's really much more. We've discussed before the disappointment with his earlier Trio CD release but here the best of the three sets is the Trio with electric bass and drums. These guys are cookin' and the audio quality seems pretty exceptional. Of course I'm playing it on the old 030 system (D130, 075) so it suits my ears. Just something about the sound stage presented by just a pair of 15" speakers when you're sitting in the sweet spot. If you like bluesy jazz with a heavy guitar emphasis, you might want to give it a try. The straight-up concert band set is good, as well, and the opening acoustic set is well done. And you can fast-forward past the "interview" cuts if you're not interested in that stuff. Mayer certainly isn't the best blues-man there is, and many won't think him authentic, but after hearing B.B. King talk his way through a concert last week, it's a pleasure to hear and see someone actually play a guitar. And I like B.B.
My daughter tells me I'm gonna go deaf, but she must be confusing loudness with the tickling of her ear follicles . . . or whatever it is they're talking about on that other thread! The Crown DC300A-II is set at twelve-o'clock and the Soundcraftsmen DX4200 is barely at ten-o'clock. I haven't gotten close to the sweet-spot yet! This is how I do my best work and still enjoy my Saturday afternoon. Rock on