bishopwill
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| Cocktail of choice when listening to fav music? Laphroig with a tiny dribble of cool water added. | |
| How much does your system retail for? Roughly $30K for 2-channel and $12K for HT. Like Albert, the idea of trying to add up the cost of my software daunts me.will | |
| I don't understand Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" I agree with the earlier poster who argued that jazz is something to be experienced, not dissected. Although there are some awfully intellectual treatises on jazz structure, etc., IMO it is primarily a visceral experience.I am a classically traine... | |
| money getting tight? Keep in mind that people who buy from speciality sites like this one are by and large a lot more knowledgable than folks who shop on eBay. I listed a pair of 9/10 Mahlers on another audio-only site at 50% of MSRP and got no serious offers. I liste... | |
| Linn's Ninka speaker: Anyone heard it?? Psychicanimal, you're right. How could I forget dear old Bozo...er...Bose. But I wasn't thinking of dimestore brands at the time.Deven8, your point is well taken. I have long argued that we should listen a lot and buy what we like that we can affo... | |
| Linn's Ninka speaker: Anyone heard it?? I have to agree with Botrytis about the muddiness of the Ninkas. A real disappointment. That being said, I have by and large been less than overwhelmed with Linn equipment. Linn and B&W are, in my opinionated but pretty experienced view, two o... | |
| What's your favorite speaker finish? A good grade of Brazilian rosewood is wonderful. Alas, what one mostly sees is far too dark because the low-contrast wood is far more plentiful and thus costs the builder less.Bubinga is beautiful and becoming more popular but most builders and ca... | |
| Full range rear speakers It is said that both NHT and Definitive Technology speakers were designed from the ground up for HT purposes although, of course, neither company would ever admit this and both are marketed as dual-use systems.There's my rumor for the day...will | |
| How long it take to run in brand new loudspeaker? Depends a lot on the system, of course. The Paradigm 100s in my HT set up needed 300 hours to settle in. OTOH, the Mezzo Utopias in my music room didn't change much from day one. will | |
| Why Put Up With "Wife Approval Factor"? Before taking the cloth your prelate was married for nearly twenty years to a woman with a passion for horses. Our arrangement was very clear: I won't tell you how to do your horse thing and you won't tell me how to do my sound thing. One or two t... | |
| Collection of buzzwords decribing sound character? My question is: How many veils have been lifted in the history of high fidelity?will | |
| Review: Klipsch Klipschorn Speaker What are the minimum room dimensions for the use of K-horns? | |
| Who is the best maracas player of all times? Carmen Miranda retired the trophy 40 years ago. | |
| I wanna hear some "audio" jokes...and What do you call a guy who hangs out with musicians?A drummer.Bah-boomp-boomp.....tizzzzzzzz | |
| What is the worst recorded CD you have? Sugarbrie: I'm relocating to DC and looking forward to getting back into some quality choral singing. I attended a workshop done by Alice Parker some years ago. Wow! She blew us away. Love her arrangements.Good luck with the concert; wish I could ... |