celtic66
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| Any high-efficiency bookshelf spkrs Own the Coincident UHS TRS Signatures they are very detailed and musical. Listened a great deal to the DiCapos and they are also very good, image well. Either is very good. | |
| christmas music I don't mean to be offensive, but you have to know this site has some heavy hitters and throwing out Andy Williams......well. This seems like schlock, when there is so much great Christmas music out there, well performed and produced. Try some gre... | |
| Why are LCDs more popular than plasma? These are broad statements, but the better LCDs tend to be brighter than plasma as the glass front tends to be a duller image in brighter light applications such as sunlight streaming through a window. | |
| Pet audiophile peeves - name yours Expensive Life-Style audio, poor performance and lots of cash for the marketer. We all know who they are. | |
| James Randi vs. Anjou Pear - once and for all The earth is flat I tell you!! I've seen it with mine own eyes!! | |
| Loud bad noises Laser is most likely dying. | |
| What determines the volume of a Turntable? Should work fine. Output is combination of cartidge mV and phono amplification sent to preamp. | |
| Modify Oppo 980 or add External DAC? I own the Oppo and feel it's grand for what it is. However, it is a $200 machine, thus the transport assembly cannot be too expensive and all other parts surrounding it must be cheap. I would not drop hundreds into a mod on this unit as it may fai... | |
| Any way to tell if stylus is chipped? Microscope time. | |
| Thoughts on PS Audio 5.6 pre PS Audio makes very good preamps, you've done well. | |
| Tubes for Cary CD301 It's ALL about the tubes. Characteristics will change dramatically with each change. Mullards are very good but very overpriced so don't go crazy. You're on the right track. | |
| the smoothest sounding speaker Spendors are definitely somewhat colored but in a very musical way. They are still well made in Britain transducers and forgiving of less than optimal equipment. | |
| The most unique style speakers that sound good? Blueroom minipods. | |
| Most Influential American Musician of All Time? Uru975 has the correct Double Jeopardy answer with Gershwin. While my vanity plate reads SATCHMO, and he is a monster in terms of influence and creativity, Gershwin's reach internationally was/is so great. And besides, consider all of the greats d... | |
| New Oppo DV-980H Just set up a small system for a friend using the Oppo 981 for DVD/CD. Running it through an Assemblage 2.0 upgraded version with Onkyo receiver and Focal speakers. Very respectable 2 channel at that level with help from the DAC. |