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| Advice on speakers? Some great speakers out of Europe include DALI Ikon 6s, Dynaudio Excites, and Neat Motives. | |
| Best driving music. Ragged Glory by Neil Young. | |
| Devore and Shindo match I recently was in NY and dropped into In Living Stereo, which is an authorized dealer of both products. They had a nice demo going of the DeVore 8s and the Shindo Montille amp. I was very impressed on the overall musicality of the system, especial... | |
| Mark Knophler; recommended music?? Warner Brothers in the mid 1970s had an acclaimed promotional arm, The Warner Record Show, that put out a series of live albums by up and coming artists, including Dire Straits and Talking Heads. This is the best sounding Dire Straits I have heard... | |
| Rock: well recorded bass...60s/70s I used to talk like that coming out of a Faces concert. :) | |
| Where to start in building a beginner's system? Cambridge Audio makes some smart components that will marry well with your "ideal" 2 channel system driven by an iPod. I would get their simple integrated amp, a 540 or 640 Azur, and get their Magic DAC and a Wadia 170 iPod Doc. There is a good re... | |
| Speaker Technology over the last 10 years I would agree with Revel. They have invested a huge amount of R & D into their line in the last 5 years. Just not affordable for the casual consumer.I would say another interesting story is the cross-over of the pro studio community to the con... | |
| Speaker Technology over the last 10 years The marketplace has changed radically, with fewer multi-national electronic companies dominating the space by offering audiophile components across the equipment spectrum. You rarely see the hold that the Japanese had several decades ago. In many ... | |
| Amp for desktop system? You should bypass getting seperates and get active monitors. Try Audioengine 2.0 "active" speakers for $199 or Blue Sky Audio EXO for $250 from Guitar Center. | |
| Some irrefutable truths about rock and roll Jim Morrison and Elvis are dead. They have developed a taste for fast food and Starbucks coffee.Paul McCartney was dead but is now headlining Coachella. | |
| Best CD Neil Young, "Eldorado", a Japanese import EP. Paul Kelly, May 1992. | |
| Subwoofer for ATC scm ?? ATC has a subwoofer. I have heard it and it is very good from a cross-over perspective. | |
| Good Bookshelf Speakers B & W, Dynaudio, Paradigm Try auditioning these speakers:From England:ATC 11sB & W 685Neat Motive 3isSpendor SA1sFrom Denmark:DALI Lektor 2.0sI think all of these are best in market at the moment and are at different price points. | |
| Rotel RA-1062 AMP and Paradigm Studio 20 v4 Paradigm makes excellent products. Skiing Ninja has announced a hotrodded version of the Studio 20 which I would look at before buying the factory version. The performance aspects will be night and day.From comparison purposes, you might want to l... | |
| Top ten DD turntables of all time? Technics 1200. They still slam with a Ortofon Black, Red, Bronze or Red cartridge. |