arcticdeth
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| Why do you need so much power? Emotiva - NO. And yes, even with high eff speakers, you will need the watts for headroom, and quiet to loud passages, the song ending slam of drums and guitar/bass. And with a good high quality/descent amp you will most likely not clip the amp. | |
| Parasound newclassic 200 pre or a Halo P 5? P-5 | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear @knighttodd. Angel!great band! | |
| Wharfedale Elysian 4 Incredible build quality and sound, but made in China. Same product, only made elsewhere.apple the biggest,iphones, iPads, pods, etc etc. they have about 30$ worth of parts, and stuff, yet, they sell em for 1,000$profit is the ultimate goal. Nothing else matters. | |
| Pass X150.5 or Odyssey Stratos monos? To each his own.I’m ecstatic with my odyssey monos’and other equipment.if George don’t like odyssey monos, and feels they are inferior and a poor amplifier, that’s ok.I know the kismet monos I power my modified cerwin vega D-9’s with control, and ... | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear CAN - Tago MagoUrsa Major - S/T (‘72) | |
| Which speakers did you find bright, fatiguing or just disappointing in some way? My worst experience with Klipschorns was hooked up to the Adcom monoblocs. Just a bad combo, it made me grit teeth, and my ears hurt, not from being loud, but from super harsh treble. Asked for an amp,change, told me come back next weekend, and ... | |
| Albums you played endlessly growing up @noromance some,70’s show we went to had Louden Wainwright II I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO YELLED “dead skunk” “I see I have 1 fan tonight” he said.more than half empty hall.Norman green Baum. 4-6 other obscure singers at this show.amazimg show.I knew... | |
| What 50wpc or higher amps have a totally different sound from Pass Labs, in a good way? Keep what you have. Not much better. If you want diff sound,..get new,speakers, keep the amps. Not much better. Speakers make the biggest difference! | |
| Are your current amps and other gear the best you've ever had? Way! Mega!! Took me 35 years to get where I’m at. Starter small w receiver, etc, moved my way upit takes time and patience,! Don’t think I can get any better....... maybe get new cables n see what happens, for hear, I’m a the top, and any chan... | |
| Albums you played endlessly growing up Too much to type as far as album names. Tankmotorhead GBHRavenufospartan warriorcrossfirevenomjudas priest y&tsamsontrustslayerceltic frostsodomkreatorAcceptTankard (German invasion)destructionrattscorpions/ michael,schenker. MDCThe exploitedv... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? My stack for Friday night..., pre picked by me and my cousin last weekend for this weekends LDF. (Liver damage festival) Judas Priest - Rocka-rolla Y&T - Down for the countHumble pie - Thunderbox. Coney hatch - S/T Mama’s boys - Turn it up. ... | |
| The Weekend Who ? | |
| How to go about collecting Classical Music Hit the goodwill, and similar resale shops. I flip through hundreds of classical records, and similar stuff just to find 1-3 good rock n roll albums. Most are 3 for a dollar, make sure to look at the vinyl, a lot are mostly new looking, still shin... | |
| conrad Johnson 350se and Magnepan 20 speaker When my Rotel rb1090 failed, I was given 2 amps , 1 per week, on my choice, and the approval of my dealer, known them for years. First was the Sunfire regular 300WPC amp, loved her, power seemed unlimited, with the great voltage or current speaker... |