chashmal
Responses from chashmal
| The most important word of advise? Music is more important than equiptment. | |
| The right room. Being a contrarian by nature, I have to disagree. I think any room can work to some degree if you work it. There is always a solution when one considers objects, surfaces, placement, and listening area. Experiment like crazy. Break every rule. Kno... | |
| Help me choose which speakers to buy No being a wise-ass, I seriously suggest you spend a little more. If I were you I would wait around for Reference 3A DiCapo's. I saw a pair last week for $650. Sweet, detailed, and very open. What are you using for an amp? | |
| Ipod Into The Main System Well put: 'perfume on a turd'. The industry standard. Kids and people who don't really listen love it. | |
| Anthem, Rotel or Bryston ??? How about the Audio Refinement? Made by YBA, affordable, and SWEET! Sounds like tubes with the slamming accuracy of solid state. Also try the Audio Analouge, Italian made, similar. Just as great. I have had both and I loved them. | |
| best artists in the last 15 years Hamid Drake: drummer. Student of the late Ed Blackwell. Plays with William Parker a lot. Has done records with Cecil Taylor, Bill Dixon, and Pharoah Sanders. Amazing. | |
| The best monitors for $1000 used I would get a Reference 3a DiCappo i. There was one up for $650 recently, a serious great value. Maybe a bit over $1000, but worth it. If you luck out substantially below. | |
| Is the market changeing? woops..I meant $1500. Too much coffee=do everything too fast! | |
| Is the market changeing? Maybe more stuff will come on the used market cheaper, but new prices will soar. It is already happening. What will that do? I think firm up true high end die-hards and help eliminate the mid-fi filler stuff. It might in the end be a good thing, i... | |
| Which Webern box set do 20th century fans like? I have to say, the Craft complete works LP box set (Columbia from the 1950's) is one of the best sounding vinyl recordings I own. The performances are great but are very specific. Some might hate it, I love it. There is a very intimate close mike ... | |
| How to add a Subwoofer to 2 channel stereo setup? I have a set of Tetra rebels, which are sublime low bass speakers. I remedy this with a Rel sub. The Rel has a line with 3 connections: positive, negative, and ground. I simply wind the positive and ground wire around the amp's right speaker termi... | |
| tube friendly speaker rec Reference 3a's might be the ticket. | |
| Linn back in vinyl big time with the LP12 Majik The LP12 might be the only thing they ever made that I think sounds good. They have made so much market filling mid-fi junk, but the LP12 is stellar (I have owned one for 10 years). | |
| turntable skipping with footsteps I have had several turntables, and I have found that floor and rack made more difference than anything. I would say to go with a piece of equiptment that sounds as good as possible and then get a rack which is as stable as possible. Some floors ju... | |
| Name three of yours the most favourite drummers 1. Ed Blackwell2. Bill Bruford3. Hamid Drake |