beemerrider
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| i want better sounding speakers As far as the hardware part of it goes I believe speakers leave the biggest "thumbprint," followed by amplification (the phono cartridge could be in second place if you're an LP kind of guy). Source material is, to me, a huge culprit when it comes... | |
| i want better sounding speakers I had to laugh when I saw your subject line. My first reaction was, "Don't we all?!" On second thought, however, I would like to recommend Tyler Acoustics Linbrook Signature Monitors as great "do it all" speakers at their price point. You can get ... | |
| Does anyone like vintage speakers? Rackon reminds me that my very first pair of speakers were JBL L99s, the "large bookshelf" ones which had 14" woofers and wood fretwork grills. When I bought those what I really wanted were the B&W DM2s (see my post above) but I could not affo... | |
| Does anyone like vintage speakers? In one of my two systems I currently rotate in and out two vintage pairs of speakers: 1. B&W DM2s are from 1972 and were John Bowers' attempt (largely successful) of redesigning the universally applauded Spendor BC1s so that they would produce... | |
| The Chieftains - which CDs have the best sound? Yes, great recommendations, y'all. Thanks for taking out the time to answer my question. Texasdave, please let me know how you like "Over the Sea to Skye." | |
| Speaker Stands Filled With Kitty Litter? TRUE??? Yep, for the last three years I have been using clay-based kitty litter (pre-kitty) in my Tyler Acoustics stands for the Linbrook Monitors. Works well. Bonus: 6 months' back up for my three cats in the event of Armegeddon. | |
| Classe integrated and Tyler Linbrooks Haven't tried a Classe amp but I have used the following on my Linbrooks: Simaudio I-5 integrated, McCormack DNA-125, Pass Aleph 30, Magnum Dynalab 308 integrated and Denon 2805 receiver. I had no problems with any of them. However, the best sound... | |
| Review: Tyler Acoustics Linbrook Signature Monitors Monitor A few more words about break in: Since I wrote the above mini review I have purchased another set of Linbrooks from Ty so that I can use one pair as mains in my HT set up. This pair are used trade ins with very few hours on them. As with my first ... | |
| Sonic characteristics of various output tubes? Thanks to Newbee and Ray. I'm a little surprised that no one else has offered commentary on this thread but maybe it's not as simple as one might think. | |
| Best female vocals on CD Here are 3 who haven't been mentioned, which I find hard to believe as this (great) thread is now running for five years! Kiri Tekanawa doing any Gershwin, Cole Porter, or the role of Maria in West Side Story...to me the most exquisite female voic... | |
| Classical music - starting points Thanks, guys. I've pretty much always liked Solti so I think I will head in that direction. | |
| Classical music - starting points Newbee, thanks for your encouragement. I will give Mahler's First a go...why don't you go ahead and recommend the one you like best. I'll add it to my next Amazon order. I know practically nothing about the composer and will do a little reading. O... | |
| Classical music - starting points Thanks, Rushton. Yours is the voice of reason vis. a vis. how a given piece of music will "resonate" with an individual. In my case I like stuff all the way from Renaissance and Baroque to Bernstein when it comes to classical. However, when I aske... | |
| Classical music - starting points Newbee, you are da man! That's a great list for neophytes and I agree with it 100%. If one were to stray either side of the Romantic period I would be forced to add these as my next ten choices:1. "Concierto de Aranjuez" - Rodrigo2. "Piano Concert... | |
| I am not an opera fan...but... Papertrail, La Boheme is the very first opera which captured my heart, too. I can't call myself an opera buff, but I am very glad that Puccini passed this way. Each and every one of his operas offers lush, romantic, memorable melodies. Nessun Dorm... |