calbrs03
Responses from calbrs03
| 30 Years, 5 Cities, Many Storms - Not One Failure I'm skeptical of power conditioning as well. And yet, I own a power conditioner/surge suppressor. I also unplug the damn thing at the first crack of thunder. I live under alternating sieges of superstition and hokum. | |
| why don't they get it? There is nothing wrong with blue light or volume control. Do not get married soon. | |
| Something for Everyone in Super High Fidelity Several that came to mind: Ray, Aimee MannPatanga, Trace BundyGloria, U2Skating, Vince Giraldi TrioRing Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey), De La SoulClampdown, The ClashTheme from JawsAin't Nobody, Chaka KhanBolero, Maurice RavelBlue Monday, New OrderCabaret,... | |
| Your ONE all time favorite love song? New Order, Bizarre Love Triangle. No one says you have to dance slow. | |
| Regardless of how much you've spent... If there's something I want, say, speakers or a cdp, then I'll have brain-lock until I satisfy the want. But I don't want, much. Not like I used to. No, I keep my gear for long spells, highly polished and tightly tweaked, so I can devote more and ... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Ditto Satie's Gymnopedies 1-3; add Prince's, When You Were Mine and The Rolling Stone's, Moonlight Mile. | |
| Favorite driving music I drive to Broken Social Scene, 7/4 (Shoreline) on repeat. | |
| High end stores closing do you really care The stores in my area are 1) open to home auditions but don't carry the gear I want to hear, 2) closed to home auditions but have the gear I want, or 3) have more of the gear I want but want an appointment to survey my interests. I bought an amp t... | |
| How loud do you listen to your music? 70 db is pretty loud, not extreme, but it's getting up there. 50-60 is much safer. Here's a pretty good site for comparisons:www.abelard.org/hear/hear.htm#how-loudIs your room treated? If not, you might want to think about bass traps and diffusers... | |
| Classe CDP-1.5, 1 or .5 experience?? I've had a CDP .5 for about five years, and I probably won't buy another cd player , at least until the format wars are settled. HDCD is/was IMO the best format and is amazing on this player; unfortunately, the discs are hard to find. I'm anticipa... | |
| HDCD compatible? Thanks. I've had a hdcd player for many years, but not enough damn discs to make it seem worth the money I paid. The discs sound terrific. | |
| HDCD compatible? Actually there were quite a number of HDCD encoded CD's released, some of which didn't stamp the HDCD logo on the jackets.Unsound, how does one find this information if it's not on the disc? Is there a code, a numeric prefix? A flag? A color? Or i... | |
| Are the Grammy's becoming irrelevant? What bothers me is that a large group of people who watch this junk want to know and are impressed by the political positions of musical artists than they are by the political positions of their elected officials. Perhaps a generalization, but one... | |
| Help with isolation for Linn LP12 on wood floor Try the rubber/foam component isolation feet.www.oregondv.com/ | |
| Help me hunt for a SS integrated Thanks everyone for your suggestions--keep them coming. Fresh ideas and alternative perspectives are what I'm after. To those whom have suggested University Audio, I have been there, often. They have a smart, though oddly aloof, crew that sells gr... |