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| Can a monitor sound like a floorstander?? You're on the right track by looking at Monitor 40s. You might also look at similar speakers- Spendor 1/2s, Spendor SP2/3s, Harbeth HP5s, ATCs, etc. Speakers of these designs can provide the weight of floorstanders and the imaging and air of monit... | |
| An observation about "Modern" classical music. Aaaah, it's refreshing to see a thread about the substance of our hobby as opposed to the hardware of our hobby. I've been an avid classical music listener for years and continue to believe that people enjoy music that follows a few basic rules:1.... | |
| What components would you take to a desert island? Enough, people! | |
| Help on finding an in wall center speaker B&W sells a ton of their in-wall speakers: I've heard them and they sound good to me. You might also check out Polk'n new amplified in-walls as well as RBH's line (pricier but also much more dynamic w/higher power handling ability). | |
| Burn in the cable Don't waste your money on any of the break-in products, as, technically, cables "break in" every time they receive current. | |
| What's your chair ? Good question: Mine is an old maple rocking chair that my mom rocked me in as a baby. Hmmm -- music, childhood, bliss: Is there a connection somewhere? | |
| Your Top 5 Sax Players? WoodsColtraneAdderlyYoungJoe HendersonJosh Redman and Chris Potter: way underated who will be greats. | |
| Cary SLI-80 Speakers Recommendation You also owe it to yourself to try to audition the Spendor Classic series (SP 2/3, 1/2, etc.) If you like a nice smooth sound, this might be a great combination. | |
| Best live album you've ever heard? Absolutely. They got this one so right -- spacious, dynamic, tonally balanced. I think this ranks right on up there. | |
| Best live album you've ever heard? I agree w/the previous Alice In Chains fans. It's depressing as you can get, but phew, depressing music has rarely sounded better on CD. Two thumbs way up. | |
| Cable auditions - Hard Work? Point well taken, Jafox, and OK, I may have oversimplified and generalized an important part of our hobby. I think I was simply dismayed that there are those of us out there who are getting hung up on the system link that I feel is perhaps the lea... | |
| Best digital cable to audition? I recently tried the Triad Acoustics Golden Pinnacle series and was very impressed. They have a patented EAM (Electron Alignment Matrix) technology (I know it sounds hoaky) that separates the frequencies into "designated carrier constructs." Whate... | |
| California Audio Labs CL-5 repair? Man, I feel your pain. I've had THREE (count 'em) bad CALs and finally said to heck with them. My advice is to toss it in your trash bin like I did my last one and move on to a company that's still in business. | |
| Cable auditions - Hard Work? If you are spending hours comparing cables, something is not right w/the rest of your system. Folks, the cables biz is a scam, and the sooner audiophiles learn this, the more money we'll have for what we value most: music. | |
| B&W 703 - How to tame the highs? Very simple. Get rid of them! |