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| In Search of Beatles Rock but not Pop Thank you everyone for so many thoughtful replies. Zaikesman -- superb post! Your point about every song being an uncontestable masterpiece is exactly what I was talking about and why I was wondering if I was missing something, so your comments we... | |
| Are you Elegant, Stylish and Obsessive? P_mnkThank you -- I was only joking. I have an eclectic mix of things -- a very modern glass and aluminum desk from the Conran shop, a satin black baby grand, a lot of traditional English Regency/Victorian mahogony, some chinese antiques, turkish ... | |
| Are you Elegant, Stylish and Obsessive? Do you sell furniture? | |
| Are you Elegant, Stylish and Obsessive? Sean -- thanks. It's good to know where you stand.TWL -- To get a "stylish" laptop, I would probably have to abandon my windows environment for a Titanium Powerbook or something. More problems. But I like the concept.Any other ideas for liner note... | |
| Tweak for Magnepan users Dear Slipknot1Do your MGIIIs have the narrow feet from front to back or the bigger wooden (chipboard?) bases?Did you just plop them on top of the marble or use tiptoes or padding etc? They don't slide around?I too would love to hear any other idea... | |
| Is there such a thing as a good analogue turntable Yamaha PX-2 linear tracking circa 1980.Rare, difficult to service (?) but an excellent, fully automatic turntable. | |
| Listening Through Walls at Show: Vodoo or Valid? Again, I wouldn't recommend making a major purchase decision this way, but I do agree there is something to it. It's as if the quick listen from outside gave a gut level, emotional reaction, and a stepped back perspective of the entire forest and ... | |
| Do step up transformers degrade sound? I would first call the manufacturer. Having lived in London and New York and taken components in both directions, I have learned that they can often be changed quickly and easily for little expense. That would certainly be better than using a tran... | |
| I'm still working to love digital, are you? Further to sexual metaphors, perhaps digital is more like paying for a "date" from a mercenary escort service.Aggressively marketed, at a glance looks "perfect", supposedly technically superior, but in the end, a mechanical, soulless, overpriced a... | |
| Retro Hi End Trivia Question Michael Elliott -- Thanks. Yes, it was with a Grado. Or occasionally the old Denon (103?) moving coil. That must have been a popular set up. Exotic, inspiring and musical.Perhaps I am just being sentimental and nostalgic but I would still swear th... | |
| Retro Hi End Trivia Question Ahhh...the Rappaport amps....When I worked in an audio store in high school and college, we took in a Rappaport pre amp in trade. The Orion guide as I recall, valued it at about fifty cents.We practically couldn't give it away, despite the alleged... | |
| What happened to Red Rose R3? I heard the Rosebud this weekend with the new Red Rose integrated amplifier and a Sony SACD 777? player. I did not like the system. This may have something do do with the fact that the Rosebuds were on very short stands pointing inward and upward ... | |
| Beyond SACD with Redbook: Price No Object Eadese: Thank you. Do you use just the Audiomeca DAC? With the Sony 9000 ES as a transport? Or do you use another transport?And Twl, that is a very interesting point about the CES show. The one box theory makes sense as well. Just for further disc... | |
| Beyond SACD with Redbook: Price No Object Hmmmmm....this is all very interesting. Thank you for so many excellent posts.Maybe I should just buy the Mephisto II for redbook with a Sony ES 9000 for DVDs and the occasional SACD? Or go ahead with the SCD-1 as planned and buy the Audiomecca DA... | |
| Low Level, Nearfield Nirvana? Hmmmmmm.......interesting that we have two votes already for Proacs.Would anyone vote for electrostatics for low volume magic? I recently heard the new Quads being played through Quad amps and thought they sounded pretty good, if not very punchy.A... |