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Searching Prior Threads...Worth Your Time...
As a follow-up. If they take suggestions. Mention Search Audiogon Forum on the page that shows up when you hit the "learn" button too. The only search that is mentioned there takes you to Hifiheaven. Sincerely, I remain 
Searching Prior Threads...Worth Your Time...
As someone new to this forum I have a suggestion. Most forums, or other sites I use, place the search engine in the most conspicious place possible. Take a look at the asylum or Bottlehead. The text search is front and center. Here, unless I'm mis... 
GRASS ANYONE?
D99Well I do not hold myself out to be a BG xpert but since you got me here under false pretenses I'll drop a few winners. Not exactly bluegrass but all music by BGers. Give a listen to: Anything by Clarence White, the man who changed time in blue... 
I called Richard Vandersteen
Garfish...you say he's harsh, shrill, fatiguing...hey!..we'll get along perfectly.Sincerely, I remain 
Speaker ratings, how to interpret?
Bomarc: Well, as usual, it's hard to say clearly all you mean in these short posts and, when you make the distinction between "specs" and "measurements", I tend to agree with you. Sometimes I think some folks around here are measurement adverse an... 
What High End Manufacturers Could Learn From Bose
Learn from Bose? Well.. how to make small crappy speakers I guess.Sincerely, I remain 
I called Richard Vandersteen
Has anybody NOT called Richard Vandersteen? No wonder he's pissed off. Geeez!Sincerely, I remain 
Speaker ratings, how to interpret?
Bomarc, With all due respect, the only dimensions that matter are not if it will fit on your shelf and whether the shelf will hold it. Specs can't tell the whole story but they have a lot of important things to say and some basic mistakes can be a... 
Are more expensive speakers better?
Reading Pbbs post I think he was supporting Vandersteens and pointing to the sometime ridiculas reviews given in high-end mags. Stereophile sometimes seems almost incapable of admitting that anything without a ridiculous price tag is listenable. I... 
TOTALLY CONFUSED about analog
Good Bishop, I have to disagree with you. Good beer and rare beef...it goes without saying. But chocolate???Sincerely, I remain 
Garage Sale Steals - What to look for?
Anything with tubes in it.Sincerely, I remain 
Speaker ratings, how to interpret?
Not going to say very much except emphasize that this is REALLY an important question you ask. One of the most important issues when it comes to matching equipment. When an amp lacks for power for a given speaker/circuit it "clips". I think clippi... 
TOTALLY CONFUSED about analog
Well, I think lps and cds both have their place. If you want "general listening", and "no background noise" is your primary criteria, then you certainly can't argue with your argument about cds Pbb. I have been hoping that technology would step in... 
Cable dollar allocation
Is there a "rule" having to do with 10% or 20%? I guess I missed it. Sincerely, I remain 
soliloquy 5.3 need Amp recommendations, please
Have a friend who has a a speaker like the 5.3 in that it is 90db and 8ohms nominal imp. She has an Audiomat Arpege that she picked up used for about $1400. Integrated , 30W per channel. Listens to the same music you do. I've never heard it turned...