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get vinyl rig or audio aero capital
UncleJeff - yes the resale on an Audio Aero is a big plusand I also do 2 channel home theater so using the dac end on my dvd player would be a good useI do have some rather nice vinylparticularly Japanese pressings played once (taped to Nak)most o... 
get vinyl rig or audio aero capital
thanks for the responseskeep them comingespecially recommendationsit's just when I start adding up the table arm cartridge shelf and preamp one's easily at $2-$4 kused Capitoles under $5living in New Orleans I have no such chance of such an auditi... 
Best Blues Comp for 4th party...
the chess blues box is pretty nicetom 
Rock Music: 1951-1976 vs. 1977-2003
give me only 10 years of rock musicit would be hard to choose between1969-19791970-19801971-1981and single years like 71,72,75 have more musical focus than a whole decade in the 80's or 90's 
Which artists do you just not get?
radioheadstring cheese incidentphish 
Who's Your Favorite Bass Players; Why?
jazz world Jaco and Mingusrock world - John Paul Jones - improv anythingTony Levin - Gabriel and Crimson bottom endEntwhistle - too flashy but worked well with Townsend's power chords and Moon's bombastChris Squire - Yes virtuoso 
8 Time Grammy Award Winner? For Real?
Nora Jones shows the music industry that well structured songs sung in a heartfelt way go a long waythe year before Steely Dan won for Two Against Naturethat was a real shock 
Power Conditioner - balanced power hookup?
what about equi=tech the company that developed balanced power? I've enjoyed much more detail with my equitech on my front endTom 
Q. about ARC LS5; & running an all balanced system
I own an LS 5 MKII and owned an LS 2 MK IIno contest - the LS5 is musical, resolving, engagingthe LS2 has a shrill high end and sounds constrainedps you can get cheater plugs and run your rca interconnects with the plugs to the balanced connection... 
room treatments? is it the room that's bright?
RivesI didn't get them free, I am merely trying them outEven though I've been a loyal customer, this dealer wants top dollar for most things, even cosmetically flawed older pieces, we will see what he offers.I did measure the responses again with ... 
room treatments? is it the room that's bright?
RivesI borrowed an assortment of tube traps - old not all cosmetically there, from my local dealer - he had these in a storage area. Looks like it tamed a lot of my lower freq problems - did more measurements and much less bass bloating, sounds be... 
room treatments? is it the room that's bright?
It was hard to match levels with the levels going down all the way to the 55-60 spl end, so I had to increase volume for the testhere are my results nearfield and listening positionfreq near listening20hz 51 7725 51 8431.5 55 8740 55 9450 58 9063 ... 
room treatments? is it the room that's bright?
RIVEs thanks for the inputYes, I'm aware of the near field / far field differences, my results were a little confusing as the levels between the two were a bit variable. Hence looking into your Radio shack spl equilibrated test disc. Yes it appear... 
room treatments? is it the room that's bright?
I did the spl tests with the stereophile cd and found distinct differences between the 3ft away source and the listening position. Will post later (at home). Not sure I believe all the distinct differences and want a second source test to verifyRi... 
Rock Lyrics - Best Reference to Other Rock Group
Lennon self parodied the Beatles par excellence in glass onion...Old fleetwood mac tune silver heals"If I could sing like Paul McCartney or get funky like Etta James... I'd never change"