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| Standmount speaker suggestion Yeah, Accordo Goldberg are $15K... not in the OPs budget although the most visually striking speaker ever produced, in my eyes anyway | |
| Looking for a new DAC Have listened to so many... a lot of them just sound the same so I went to a tube DAC. 1st a Line Magnetic 502ca (which I still have) and a better Canor DAC 2.10. Both are excellent and once you swap out for better vintage 12au7 & 6922, they a... | |
| Standmount speaker suggestion Preowned all the way: KEF Reference 1, Totem Element Fire II, Focal Sopra 1, SF Guarneri Homage or even the Cremona Auditor M not in any particular order. Just my opinion... | |
| Tune of the Day Steve Strauss - "Old Crow" off Just Like Love Grace Carter - "Wicked Game" off Wicked Game Cat Power - "Like a Rolling Stone" off Live at Royal Albert Hall 3 great tracks for a lazy Sunday | |
| Tune of the Day John Mayall - "The Mists of Time" off Stories Julian Sas - "Blues for J" off For The Lost and Found Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Ship Song" off The Good Son In a certain mood these days... | |
| David Johansen has passed away I booked Buster Poindexter at Roxy, Boston in '89... put on an amazing show with full orchestra. Stayed really late and partied with the staff after-hours; a very cool guy indeed. | |
| The "young people' music thread - Artists younger than 40 years old Leon Bridgs - Son Little - Raye - Olivia Dean - Anderson East - Black Punas. Just some acts I'm streaming lately. A lotta talent in that group | |
| $3500 floor standing speakers used. What would be your choice ? Aerial Acoustics, 10T - not easy to find, big & heavy but for $3-$3500 used, Mike Kelly's masterpiece is still an amazing system. https://www.stereophile.com/content/aerial-acoustics-10t-loudspeaker-page-3 | |
| Movie/film suggestions. Colors - 1988 LA Gang Bangers Good Will Hunting - 1997 Genius Janitor Network - 1976 News Meltdown Rudy - 1993 Lesson in Perseverance High Fidelity - 2000 Record Shop Rom Com Lost In Translation - 2003 May/December Fascination Dog Day Aft... | |
| Most reputable independent tube equipment repair facilities in the US ? C. Schnieder @ Holt Hill Audio in Mass. I have found no one better to work on my Con Jon & ARC tube amps. You gotta wait a bit cause he's busy, (understandable) but it's well worth it. I'm not a fan of shipping either. Too many hands all over ... | |
| A great singer you may have never heard, or even heard of. If we're taking about voice/stage presence (work hand in hand) I'll toss in Charlie Farren from the 70s-00s Boston music scene. Just a super voice & frontman for bands like Live Lobster, Balloon, The Enemy, Joe Perry Project and Farrenheit. Th... | |
| Looking for a simple system Geez... keep it simple and all Italian. Opera Prima stand mounts, Unison Reserch Unico Nuovo tube hybred integrated. Now toss in a BluSound Node and Mytek Liberty II DAC w/ Supra cables all around. Can squeak all that in for just south of $10K. Wh... | |
| 12au7 tube? @signaforce + 1 on the 60s Brimar, cv4003. Use them in my DAC & much preferred over many of the other usual suspects. I believe the 50s Brimars are even better but good luck finding a pair south of $500. | |
| I am checking out these DAC's for my system I was asked a while ago to post a review of the Canor, DAC 2.10 and at the time just didn't have the hours into it to make an informative report. Still don't really have the words to describe it but I can share these. Of the DACs in the $3-5.5K ra... | |
| Favorite Album Cover (picture or art on the cover) A Very Special Christmas, Various Artists done by Keith Haring. This album, for me anyway, is synonymous with the holidays and the massive Christmas parities I used to throw back in the 80's. All the album's proceeds went to Special Olympics which... |