chazzbo
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| grateful dead remasters I was blown away by the double CD "Ladies and Gentleman" the one with the Tie die swirl cover.Sonics were to die for.Interesting that it came out not on GD records but Arista.Guess the tapes off the board come out on Arista whereas the "Picks" wer... | |
| Are there any balanced electronic X-over's? Think the Pass also comes in kit form at a major price drop if you so inclined. | |
| groovin organ based soul & jazz Check out the AMG sites Soul Jazz map.I second Spindrifter on Charles Earland a.k.a. 'The Aloghty Burner".Got hip to him as player and producer of young lion tenor players "Alexander The Great" CD the last recording of Earland before his passing.T... | |
| Sub Set up Final Exam Question Asa with main speakers just putting time into placemtn can be very time comsuming (to the point of being maddening!) but can make more differnce than anything else in a system.One would obviously place the sub nest to the rear wall to re-inforce t... | |
| Opinions on Adcom 5802 and 5500 amps Sdcambell makes a good point about the softeness of the Adcom amps but depending on the rest of your rig you may feel that this isn't a problem.I sold Adcom for 6 years and found the 5802 to be a great bargain and different,way ahead of the rest o... | |
| 6922 tube companies, who do you like best? As far as new tubes go generally speaking Tesla's and Svetlana are the comapanies to go with.But because (driver)pre-amp tubes last so much longer it does make sense to invest in NOS.You might get some strong used tubes and compare them to others.... | |
| Which is better lateral or vertical bi-amping? My assumption is that two lateral stereo amps from the same model would be close enough in calibration than not.Crosstalk well that would end up being a problem if I were to just use the amps stereo fashion vertically.Problem is not enough amps ev... | |
| Help Reform another Clueless Yuppie Wha part of the country are you in?We could reccomend sources and installers we know in our area since this is obviously somehting you two will whip together on a weekend.Chazzbo | |
| B&W 303 or B&W602 or Mission for my system? P.S. Check out what I've said versus others oppinions at audioreview.com.Many folks justify what brains they are for buying what they did but many times there comparrisons can good give good leads.But it is the crtical ones where folks have shoppe... | |
| May I add a subwoofer to stereo system? REL Storm is great so is vandersteen 2QW ($750 used).But use multiple small drivers instead of one large one.This means they are fast and can keep up with music dsemands whereas with HT a single big driver gives the desired "Boom in the Room" whic... | |
| B&W 303 or B&W602 or Mission for my system? Up until last year sold B&W for 6 years at a shop where I worked.I can't recall the sound of Mission other than it was Brittish sounding though a bit lean.The 602's are a very good over all speaker and I would suggest them.The only thing is th... | |
| Which Sunfire Sub for my Magnepan 1.6's Sunfire is good for HT but for music get a sub which will more accurately define pitch anbd attackFor less than $1K used an REL Strata would be excellent.For $750 Vandersteen 2Qw.Both use multiple small drivers to get it's speed important when aug... | |
| Grado Platinum VS Dynavector 10x4 MkII Always a Grado man but have heard above before.Maybe Clearaudio Arum Beta S if you can get it where you live just to throw another out.At $350 was leasrt expensive cart in Stereophiles class B.But listen to your system and if you want warmer go Gr... | |
| Where to find new vinyl And of course Classic Records who have classical,Blue Note re-isssues (heard their new Mono 200 gr. is AWESOME!)and pop stuff.Most of it is mastered by Stan Rickman and wonder man Bernie Grundman.I love their jazz stuff above all other re-issuer's... | |
| "must have" accessories for TT and LP? Disc Doctor cleaning fuid is supposed to be the best.I make a home brew given to me by one of the engineers atVP.Empty out 1 Gal of distilled watter into a bowl or two.Add I pint rubbing alcohol into jug.The add 2-3 DROPS of clear dish liquid (rem... |