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| Trade- off, power SS vs tube magic. Music is a peaceful endeavor, so let's leave the flames at home, OK? As Prince said, "I have two sides, and they both friends." | |
| B&W CDM-1 original ............... opinions wanted I did an in-home demo of these back in the day and didn't think they were special. The mids sounded thin and a bit "pinched"...not as fleshed out, smooth, or as dynamic as my Fried Q5s. They didn't sound bad, just not my cup of tea. | |
| Which hdtv would you recommend and why? Don't fall for the LED based on a hyped up store display! Plasma is still a very, very good technology, and they are affordable. LEDs are initially impressive, and my god, they are overpriced. | |
| Which hdtv would you recommend and why? Samsung plasma 450 series (42") is what I picked up a year ago, and it's been killer. The advantage of the Samsungs over the Panasonics is that they have more picture control, which is useful if you are obsessed w/customizing your viewing experien... | |
| "Crack" sound in left speaker tube amp It may be that you have an arcing tube. Arcing gives off a loud "pop/crack" heard thru the speaker, usually after the first few seconds or minutes of being powered up. Turn the lights off, power up, and watch the power tubes. You will be able to c... | |
| Any Tom Waits Fans? Heck, yeah. Best show I EVER saw was Waits at the Fox in Atlanta on his Glitter and Doom tour...the coolest crowd, too. He started an hour late, but when he started, it was like nothing I'd ever heard. His band was killer too. Utterly effortless a... | |
| Noobie looking for advice First, you'll need a decent receiver or preamp w/a phono stage. You might check out some of the older NADs that have good phono stages, as they can be had for not a lot. If you're satisfied w/the sound of this, I'd say stop and invest your money i... | |
| Name your lame duck artist........ Yes they can. | |
| Name your lame duck artist........ Yeah, I was listening to my local jazz show the other night, and thought, "Jeez, what is this?" It was Patricia Barber, and just horrendously awful (not that she has "made it," but still really bad.) | |
| Can I use two preamps? Thanks for the advice all, and I think I will try a 3dB attenuator first like you said Stanwal to see if that works. This is obviously cheaper than getting two, and it might just work. Rwwear, unfortunately, my M60s are not balanced, so the XLRs a... | |
| Can I use two preamps? Excellent and logical suggestions for solving the balance problem, but I specifically want the QS pre, as I have QS amps and really like the sound. I was looking for a more technical answer in regards to simply using one channel, etc. | |
| How can you not have multichannel system I see your point, Kal. What I was getting at was that most live shows do not have dedicated surround channels via speaker banks behind and around the audience. | |
| How can you not have multichannel system Ummm...when acts like the Stones and Radiohead introduce "surround sound" as part of their live shows, I'll invest in multichannel. But that will never happen. Sooo, my point is... | |
| Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps Always thought Ernestine Anderson was amazing on a good system. Her "best of CD" w/several live recordings is very, very good. | |
| Christmas Jazz Anybody? I know that Wynton came out with some Xmas tunes w/Mumbles a while back (early 90s)...might have been "Crescent City Christmas." I taped it off FM back in the day but never knew what the release was, but the tunes walk the fine line between tradit... |