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| Need help matching speakers with amplifer My take: (1) 50K-foot level overview in general:… repost… Audio - amps vs speakers The philosophy is clear. An affordable speaker with decent amplification (and source) makes a lot more sense than an expensive speaker with a cheap amp (a... | |
| Great recordings with great harmonies from 1960s @sns Kudos for his shoutout to The Vogues. They are among the few groups that sound as good live as their studio masters “ Turn Around, Look At Me” https://youtu.be/qQZQIqOmAu8 | |
| Great recordings with great harmonies from 1960s Another fine cover in 2006/from a pair of 60’s smash hits. Barry Manilow duet of “Cherish/ Windy” with The Association. pay heed to the novel interweaving of the two hits contrasting refrains around the 3 minute mark of the song. A well engineer... | |
| Great recordings with great harmonies from 1960s Sometimes a current cover version of a 60’s hit is better than the original. During the British Invasion in the 60’s, think The Troggs hit of “ Love Is All Around “ …. https://youtu.be/WO6glz0wpmo and now …. click on the Wet, Wet, Wet ste... | |
| Great recordings with great harmonies from 1960s The 5th Dimension Age of Aquarius 1969 https://youtu.be/kjxSCAalsBE?si=XPD-c9FAJVqCG2bj Up, Up and Away https://youtu.be/J2hI3-KvYZY?si=_bLL5b_oXWaYRLkA One Less Bell to Answer ( Marilyn McCoo vocals & Burt Bacharach song ) ... | |
| Great recordings with great harmonies from 1960s From across the pond: The Tremeloes : "Silence Is Golden" (UK, 1967) https://youtu.be/0AbAw6cbu2s?si=j3YV3yrp8cj5Dy5Y Here Comes My Baby (1967) https://youtu.be/OtU-VBKA2NQ?si=dQ8OmuT9SCN_3VOf | |
| Great recordings with great harmonies from 1960s The Association ….. think “ Cherish “, “Windy”, and “Never My Love” According to BMI, which keeps track of such data, "Never My Love" was the second-most played song on American radio and television in the 20th century, trailing only "You've Los... | |
| What does your DAC sound like Hans Beekhuyzen has the GRIMM in his top reference system and touts it his reference choice and best-of-breed determined by performance and his not insignificant budget strata . https://youtu.be/g_WTck71bHM https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K_p7fWe9... | |
| thinking of buying used Dynaudio contour 5.4to replace totem Forest with 2 Rel 9x ‘s. @harkey My summary postscript….. Sure…some drive Fords, some drive Chevys, some drive Bimmers, and some drive Jags; because it depends on …..(insert bespoke reasons…). Since you already own the two closest floorstander models of TOTEMs paired... | |
| thinking of buying used Dynaudio contour 5.4to replace totem Forest with 2 Rel 9x ‘s. I’ve owned the TOTEM FORESTs in a prior system so I know it’s signature sound , warts and strengths very well A friend has the DYNAUDIO CONTOUR 20i stand-mounts paired to a quality HEGEL streamer/ amp and CHORD dac, so I am very familiar with t... | |
| Network Switches Yes …. An audiophile grade high-end network switch made an audio performance upgrade ….But …incorporated into a full cradle-to-crave (network switch / cable / upgraded network switch power supply) upgrade approach. MY EXPERIENCES : this was a se... | |
| Sonically -Cardas the difference between the CLEAR Loudspeaker cable ,and CLEAR BEYOND @boostedis a good read on CARDAS …,I forgot to highlight their proprietary GOLDEN RATIO Litz cable design and construction . “ ….Beyond the purity of their proprietary best-of-breed copper, Cardas employs the Golden Ratio (approximately 1:1.61... | |
| Sonically -Cardas the difference between the CLEAR Loudspeaker cable ,and CLEAR BEYOND @boostedis Doing a deep dive into NORDOST is going to be note difficult. NORDOST technology was originally not starting out as audio cable company , Nordost’s roots were in the Military, Medical and Aerospace industries. It gives the company a... | |
| Sonically -Cardas the difference between the CLEAR Loudspeaker cable ,and CLEAR BEYOND @boostedis CARDAS has two main factors : (1) their proprietary best of breed copper . see https://www.cardas.com/cardas-copper (2);Design, process and engineering. - deep dive into their cables https://www.cardas.com/deep-dive - CARDAS... | |
| Sonically -Cardas the difference between the CLEAR Loudspeaker cable ,and CLEAR BEYOND DARKO gives a YOUTUBE tutorial about the significant merits of selecting CARDAS CLEAR BEYOND speaker cables . “ This is the BEST video about LOUDSPEAKER CABLES that you will see all year…” https://youtu.be/PW3QHfH9Nho |