bondmanp
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| Do You Buy Speakers Without Hearing Them? The speakers I bought after a dozen auditions of all sorts of speakers at local hifi shops in 2000 were good, but ultimately, not keepers. In 2009 I bought my current speakers without any auditions, based largely on a lengthy thread here on the '... | |
| Anthony (Tony) Cordesman has passed away Loved his audio reviewing work. Not nearly as big a fan of his other work as a national and global security analyst. I wrote to him once because I took issue with something he had written regarding geopolitics, mentioning that I was a big fan of... | |
| Best Covers Rob Dickinson - "Wish You Were Here" | |
| Best Covers I Am the Walrus - Boingo Wild Horses - The Sundays Dance Me Til the End of Love - Madeline Peyroux Miss Otis Regrets/Just One of Those Things - The Pogues with Kristy MacColl It's Alright with Me - Tom Waits So In Love - k.d. Lang | |
| Obvious Epiphany @kennyc Yes, but...as others and I have said, there are factors that will affect the sound stage that are not static. So, if you can't adjust channel balance, you might find yourself moving your chair over and over. Too much exercise for most au... | |
| Obvious Epiphany @n80 I would absolutely try tilting the speakers up a little. Also, consider stands or footers that would increase the height of the speakers, with or without tilting them. Sound Anchors makes great, custom fitted speaker stands at reasonable pric... | |
| Favorite Obscure Rock Song I don't really find these obscure. If you can find it on Qobuz, it's not really obscure, IMHO. "Abort" by Tribe "Jennifer's Bills" by Spirit Varnish Here are some you might actually find on some streaming services: "100% White Girl" by VKTM... | |
| Obvious Epiphany A non-centered soundstage is like fingernails on a chalkboard for me. I don't even read preamp reviews if the subject doesn't have a balance control or left and right volume pots. My McIntosh preamp has a huge range of balance adjustment in very... | |
| Review : Emerson ER-7001 Am/Fm radio. Return of the radio king! Cool. I love cheap 'n' cheerful audio! I have an old Sangean table radio with auxiliary input in the kitchen. Got it free. Just plug in your phone or DAP for tunes. My earliest purchase was a Rat Shack table radio with wood cab and cloth speak... | |
| DAC upgrade +1 for the Denafrips Pontus II. Fabulous DAC for the money. | |
| Why No McIntosh Recommendations? Going on 13 years with my C220 preamp that I bought used from Audio Classics. Great purchase. Sounds terrific, lots of useful features. No desire to upgrade except to higher up the McIntosh line. I recommend it wherever appropriate, as they ar... | |
| Tube preamp match with Solid Stare amp FWIW, I run a McIntosh C220 (discontinued) into an Arion Audio S500 switching amp. Love this combo. The C220, which you can find used without too much difficulty, has the features you want and more. It’s very good tube phono stage is MM only. Movi... | |
| Musical subwoofer under $2000 Strong recommendation for a pair of used Vandersteen 2Wq subs. I bought one, then a second, and eventually bought the M5HP battery biased crossovers. They are, to me, ideal. Deep, tuneful bass when it's present in the source material, and not h... | |
| Is there such a thing as a good medium priced music streamer? Strong recommendation for this streamer from SmallGreenComputer: https://www.smallgreencomputer.com/collections/systemoptique/products/opticalrendu-v2-0 It’s on sale. I have and enjoy the UltraRendu as part of the basic bundle from Andrew at Sma... | |
| Sound Stage and Imaging My Ohm Walsh 2000s do what you want, as long as you don’t overdamp your room. $3800/pair new, but any larger Ohm Walsh speakers will produce similar results, and used, are often within your budget. Stick to models such as the 4 or 5, XO designatio... |