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| Very confused... Noob help needed And a word to the wise: buy speakers and components first and finally cables. Cables make the LEAST difference in sound. Many on this site will want to cast me into the burning lake of fire for this comment, but many, many audiophiles agree. | |
| Modding NAD system: adding IEC & power cord ? I agree w/Wainwright. It's highly doubtful that modding NAD's power cord is going to result in better sound. Just my opinion after having used NAD preamps for many years. | |
| Repair,Logan's woofers? The rails are a bit tough to remove, as you have to gently tap them from one end and push them off. I think to get to the woofer bolts you have to go in from the back. The transformer and electronics for the Mylar are bolted to the inside back pan... | |
| Beginner/ Starter cables Audioquest is good in any system, regardless of cost. No need to drop long green on cables. | |
| Bob Dylan finally makes sense.... Tell 'em Nrchy -- Once a fan, always a fan. And the reason the old songs/artists are revered like Gods? Because many of them had and still have more writing AND performing talent than most of the overproduced musicians today (although there are ma... | |
| To cryo or not to cryo Cryoing shmyoing . . . I agree totally w/Rrcpa. Cryoing has no basis in science, and listening tests fail to prove that people can consistently distinguish a "molecularly-aligned" amp vs a non-molecularly aligned amp. Please folks, don't fall for ... | |
| Best earplugs? I have a pair of custom 25db Westones (165.00 thru local audiologist) and love 'em. I never go to a show without them, and they stay in place for hours. They will save your ears. | |
| Any Audiophile recording of The Planets? The Telarc/ASO rcording is superb. Has excellent string tone (not spotlit like many) and balance. Awesome. | |
| Can tube preamps be as 'detailed' sounding as ss? Ditto on checking the tubes. I have tube amps that sounded positively awful (unlistenable awful) all because they had cheap driver tubes. | |
| Keef Out Of His Tree The Monkey Man & The Coconut Blblues68: The Stones quit?? Hell, no!! They still kick %$# and look bad (that means good) doing it. Jagger is the biggest musical force since Beethoven, and their live show still destroys 9/10ths of the bands out there. Life w/o the Stones would ... | |
| Anyone into GOMEZ? Yeah. Check out their live show (downloadable) on NPR's All Songs Considered website. Very cool show. | |
| what is good music? David Bowie good. Fifty Cent bad.Beethoven good. John Adams bad.DMBand good. Jimmy Eat World bad.The Rolling Stones good. Yanni bad.YES, there is good and bad music. No doubt. | |
| Vandersteen 2ce sigs? Beginner needs guidance. You might want to look at an Aragon 2002, 4004, or 8008 -- all are very well-made, powerful amps that would rock w/2ce's. But you know what else would sound excellent would be an NAD amp, receiver, or integrated amp (or a pre and amp). I have neve... | |
| What Integrated Amp for Reynaud Offrandes I had the chance to hear a pair of Offrandes w/relatively low-powered tube amps (50w Quicksilvers), and I thought they sounded very nice. I would listen to them w/your PHI 30/30 first, as you might be suprised. | |
| Best 2 channel for under 300? You might pick up a NAD (7225/7240, etc.) on Audiogon or Ebay. IMO, NAD is the best sound for the buck and better than a lot of stuff that's more expensive. If my house caught on fire, I would grab my old 7225 and then my speaks. |