celtic66
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| Which Jazz Albums are similar to Kind of Blue Don't know if you are enamored by Miles' style of play or genre of jazz. As far as style, check out Howard McGhee, Clifford Brown and Chet Baker for similar styles of playing with a coolness. As far as era of music it is endless with some of the t... | |
| looking for an inexpensive dvd player The $50-70 Toshibas that Costco sells are stupidly great sounding. You can even add a DAC (optical/coax) to improve them. Really, they are that good. | |
| Anyone have input regarding portable systems? They new powered sub/sat from Acoustic Energy for $200. | |
| Repair for Tandberg Troll? Doug Seigel at Audio Specialties, Portland, OR is very decent. 503 257 3206. Call and ask, very competent as he also runs a used only store so has seen about everything. | |
| Upgrading crossover? Always a good idea to upgrade if you are up to it. I've done about 15 different pairs with great results. Always make a quick schematic of the crossover so you don't confuse wiring and components. Do only one speaker at a time and try it first, th... | |
| Best sonics/music on CD Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World soundtrackElla Fitzgerald "Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie"Louis and Ella, "Again", MoFi dual disc | |
| hifi audio in movies "Diva". All the newest and best Nakamichi, Studer/Revox of the era. Very nice system. | |
| LS3/5. What do u think ...the best match English made integrated: Onix, Cyrus, Sudgen, Naim. These little guys seems to like lower to mid power with lots of damping factor and solid current. They also liked my VTL Tiny Triodes at only 25wpc/triode.Cables, might try the Signal Cable, they... | |
| Fanfare FM-2G-C antenna I'm not using the 'college band', have the regular Fanfare. The ccrane Reflect will beat the Fanfare for directional use. So if you have a station or stations coming from the same direction this is the best alternative and is more easily hidden th... | |
| tube int amp rec VTL 85 IT perhaps. Lots of current. | |
| What CD player will warm my Thiel/Classe systm? The CEC/Parasound belt drive top loading players are quite analog and open sounding. Well under $1,000. | |
| Canadian Musicians Colin James | |
| help me build a system for $1200 Keep Cambridge and NAD, add Adcom 600 or Assemblage 1.0 DAC for $150, Spendor SE used at $700, do some nice stands and Signal Cable PCs and wire. Done. | |
| just setting up for the FIRST time... The Audioquest will work fine. The Atoms like a decent speaker stand (steel) with a little mass. Buy some poster board putty ($1.50 Office Depot), break up the putty and roll into balls with your hands, place a ball at each corner of the top plate... | |
| What portable CD player do you recommend? iRiver makes great discman type players. Truly surprising and one with an optical out. Read review on headphones.com. |