austinbob
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| Most unusual/mesmerizing female voice. Cassandra Wilson and Phoebe Snow. | |
| Squeeze Concert including one odd tidbit "She pours milk into the cat's saucer/I'm John Wayne as I'm walking towards her/She's like to dance, but not this minute/She's the fish I'd like to fillet."That's from memory, but those are some great lines!Remember the English pronounce it "fill ... | |
| Looking for integrated better than my Rogue Sphinx I think my Luxman 505ux is an excellent value. I tried the Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum and the Luxman was much better. It has an excellent MM and MC stage as well. Plenty powerful and built very well with great remote. List is $4000, I paid $3200 an... | |
| Tube integrated with real bass. Does it exist? http://www.toneimports.com/lmaudio/501IA.html | |
| Tube integrated with real bass. Does it exist? If I were to go with an integrated tube amp to replace my Luxman 505ux (which has much better bass response with my Harbeths than the Rogue Cronus Magnum), I would check these out.http://www.toneimports.com/lmaudio/501IA.htmlhttp://www.audioresear... | |
| Recs for solid state integrated, $2-3,000 range I currently use a Luxman 505ux with my Harbeth SHL5s and it's a great match. 100W a channel, very flexible. No DAC. Should be able to find one as a demo or used from $2400 to $3000 easily. I tried a Rogue Audio Cronus Magnum and the Luxman is much... | |
| Best speaker cable for Revel F-208's While you might get some good suggestions from Revel owners, I would offer the following. First, make sure your amplification is right for the Revels since that is arguably more important than speaker cables. Then, order three pairs of cables from... | |
| Tone of Muisc, SF - worst hifi experience. Yours? I've had nothing but positive responses with Tim. He's been polite, informative and helpful. I've bought a Luxman integrated that he recommended for my Harbeths and a Line Magnetics DAC and both were solid recommendations. Audiofilia (just made th... | |
| Need New CD Player or new DAC I owned and really liked the NAD M51 DAC and I've seen them on Audiogon for around your budget. It will also allow you to play SACD although it converts to PCM (and very well). I think it's a very musical DAC that you would enjoy. | |
| Advice on New Integrated Amplifier Luxman 505ux used fits your bill and it's bulletproof. | |
| Love / Hate relationship with vinyl? I use a Graham Slee Reflex C with my Dynavector 20X2L and it's very quiet. Why don't you try a solid-state preamp that is returnable (Music Direct) and see if that solves the issue? They have very helpful sales staff as well. | |
| Bryston BDP-1 or Upgrade transport? I owned a BDP-1 and have upgraded to a BDP-2. Sonically, they seem equivalent but the BDP-2 offers more USB inputs, the option for an internal hard drive (which I don't use) and faster overall operation when loading music. I control it with the Mp... | |
| Converting Apple Lossless to FLAC? DBPoweramp will for sure. | |
| Audio Eden & Lack of Response - Anyone Else? I had good luck with them when I bought some Audience cables. I did have to pay some custom fees but so it goes. | |
| Has anyone heard System Audio Mantra Speakers? I heard several models at Wilson Audio in Metarie, LA and was very favorably impressed. I heard the small floorstanders with a Rogue Cronus Magnum and thought it was really good sound. I would compare them to Dynaudio. |