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| The best hifi magazine? I want info/opinion ... sub to SPhile and TAS, check out web sites, but mostly love reading about stuff ... don't need "ultimate" or "final" authority thoughts from reviewers, but do want to read their thoughts ... and MOST CERTAINLY hate the vitr... | |
| Source or speaker Go with speakers and then back to sources as necessary. What's the point of thinking differently? | |
| Help Please....Interconnects...Silver vs. Copper? I loved my 804N's ... used them with a Musical Fidelity A-20 and then Classé 101 and 151's ... so much build quality and sound that only got bigger and more profound without ever breaking down into jibberish ... those and the 803s were simply grea... | |
| Opinions On Mark Levinson No. 36 DAC Repair I had a ML-36 combined with an AR-1 CD player ... simply loved the setup ... later took the ML out of the system ... the sound was a bit different, though not much, and I immediately wondered why I had spent almost $4k for a DAC that, in my opinio... | |
| If money is not a problem If dollars were no problem ... I'd buy right now that Harley that I intend to buy next March ... as for music, I love the A318B/M33A synergy ... totally wonderful for me ... my specificities ... | |
| what is the best amp you've ever heard I'm really pleased with the Almarro A318B & Almarro M33A combo, but also loved the A205A Almarro with Cain SuperAbbys and one Bailey, as well as the Musical Fidelity A20 (20 watts Class A) with B&W 804N's ... all of these were gripping ...... | |
| Best U.S.A. speakers? I love the sound of "full-range" single-driver speakers ... have had Cains and now using Almarro M33A's ... and KCS speakers ... just no way to go wrong, especially if using tube amplification | |
| Jazz artists for late starter. Chris Potter, Donny McCaslin, Eric Alexander, Candy Dulfer and ... pick up some great fusion by Charlie Hunter while you're at it. Check out some Wayne Shorter, too, in addition to Manu Katche and Kenny Werner | |
| Almarro M1A? **Can't respond to the M1A's, but I do own the M33A's ... extremely musical speakers ... all of the positives of full-range drivers, but low end down to a claimed 35Hz, and I'd bet that's fairly accurate. Every bit the speaker that my Cains/Bailey... | |
| Where are you today? I used SS 1970s thru 2004 ... lots of receivers and separates. Tried a Pathos hybrid with new Cain SuperAbbys/sub in early 2005, but TC emphasized I'd be much happier with a tube amp, so I switched to tubes (one Sophia followed quickly by three Al... | |
| Speaker Choice for Almarro 318B So, I just picked up a set of Almarro M33A speakers ... powered by my 318B ... simply wonderful, great extension, no need for a sub, and powerfully immediate and engaging ... just as any good crossover-less speaker should be ... I no longer miss m... | |
| Why are all the Virtual Systems mega-assaults now? I have an interest in specific speakers, for example, but mostly I just like to see the relationship between room and audio system ... sometimes I'm impressed, sometimes I'm left wondering, and yet other times I count my blessings. | |
| Freak Me Out Mary Margaret O'Hara's CD "Miss America" ... an extremely good CD that you will never forget ... makes a black hole look like a luminary | |
| Your favorite recent discovery While Donny McCaslin has been playing for a while, I just bumped into his music these past several months and his CDs "Soar" and "In Pursuit" are superb sax efforts. Eric Alexander's "Nightlife in Tokyo" is sax playing that impacts me more each ti... | |
| Tyler Woodmere II: any advices? I've had a couple of Tyler speakers and B&Ws, loved both, totally impressed by the build quality of the B&Ws ... but they took (albeit with great ease) large horsepower to let them bloom, bring them to life, which was overwhelming in a ver... |