Tony, if I were an empeg player and I were playing Madonna's "Ray of Light" I'd go silent, too.

No way, man. Ray of Light is an awesome album.

I was never interested in Madonna in the past. There's something different about that album, something special. It's the only Madonna album I own. Something about the birth of her daughter made her change musical directions. That album sounds more like something Peter Gabriel or Tori Amos might create. It's nothing at all like her earlier work.

She even explains the changes in the lyrics on the album, describing how her career used to be all about fame and popularity, but it left her feeling empty. The album is sort of like an announcement of a change in both her life and her career.

Plus, the album is fantastic for testing audio settings. Incredible bass, and amazing analog synthesizer sweeps that cover the whole frequency spectrum. There are moments on that album which will spike the right-hand end of the spectrometer displays on the Empeg.

Tony Fabris
Empeg #144