celtic66
Responses from celtic66
| Observations on Audiogon Posts I've played the audiophile game for over 35 years and enjoyed all of my systems regardless of flaws simply because of their faint ability to bring Dinah Washington or Lyle Lovett into my room less a ticket. The DISsatisfaction oft expressed by tho... | |
| Bought the new Oppo DVD981HD player... Okay....... this is a $230 player that does everything. Assembled a lower end system for a friend using the Oppo 981 for both DVD and 2 channel. Inserted upgraded Assemblage 2.0 DAC and must say that it is now respectable 2 channel for what it is.... | |
| High End Audio in Portland Oregon Stereotypesaudio.com The new store is great and comparable or better than many I've visited nationwide over my years of contracting and searching out stores. Excellent quality equipment matched to knowlegeable professional people. | |
| Name a couple of HOLY GRAIL LPs Bernie Krauss "Citadels of Mystery", Ry Cooder "Jazz" | |
| Audioquest recordings....... Website time: http://www.rockian.com.au/aqmpge.htm | |
| Midrange Better Than Harbeth or Spendor? Really, the ATCs are so fine. I like Harbeth and Spendor alot, but the midrange of ATCs is less nasal and more open. Downside is the ATCs are VERY critical to source and amplification. | |
| Vintage NAD 3080 Owned lots of NAD over the years and love it. However, in this case age is a factor and I've listened to the newer Jolida which is quite good for the money. I'll vote that direction. | |
| "Is that a record??? " You attempted to hold dialogue with employees of the USPS about a non-mainstream subject? You're at fault here. | |
| Good Baritone Sax Recording? James Carter "The Real Quiet Storm" and "Chasin' the Gypsy" with excellent performances and recordings. "Three Baritone Saxophone Band Plays Mulligan" with Ronnie Cuber, Nick Brignola and Gary Smulyan is great with decent recording. Hamiet Bluiett... | |
| How loud do you listen to your music? I don't. | |
| Tough choice for a new setup, please look The CEC is ugly and exceptional as a transport. I don't know if it's the belt drive or just the assembly, but it does sing with an external DAC which would smoke the other players. | |
| Best Portable Digital Device I'm old school. iRiver still makes a very good portable CD player which blasts the iPod/mp3 compressed sound. It will drive the Etymotics easily enough. One model even has a digital out for a DAC. They are very suprising even when plugged into a h... | |
| Warmest speaker? Rogers LS3/5A with tube electronics fits the bill. | |
| Audiophile movie Great movie. Yes, a bit over the top. Reminded me of catching the train to Salzburg to retrieve my bosses new (demo) Bimmer 535i and taking it for a crazy Autobahn run into the zone. Excessive, pure and well above the fray of ordinary American dri... | |
| $1500 bookshelf speakers with laid-back highs? Spendors really are so musical and a bit laid back. They are also driven well by most quality electronics and present no strange loads. |