danvignau
Responses from danvignau
| Most recordings you own by a single artist, group, or composer Since I have a lot of LP's and CD's, people have asked me this. As a trumpet player, I just knew it was Maynard Ferguson, by far. A buddy counted the albums, and Lo and Behold, it was Jethro Tull. Shocked the Hell out of me! | |
| Lifespan of amps and preamps? If you decide to go digital, keep your old system. My 39 year old B&W's and old Adcom amp sound fine with my television. My "new" system sounds better, but it has 1980's Audire electronics and 1990'd B&W's. Recently, I auditioned some r... | |
| Is there such a thing as too much power? As far as the car analogy goes, My 350 hp supercharged S2000, is far less tractable, due to requiring 7000-9000 engine speed, than are most turbo cars, such as my 15 psi 280 hp MR2. This autocross suspended MR2 and most Porsches are great without... | |
| Is there such a thing as too much power? Forty years ago, When I "downgraded" from a Phase Linear 400 to a 100 wpc Audire, it was a major improvement, with subsequent improvements since, pretty much unrelated to power. However! The best home system I ever heard was a pair of ac... | |
| Why no interest in reel to reel if you're looking for the ultimate sound? Commercial reel to reel tapes sound truly horrible. I recently bought a few dozen, and they are much worse than I remembered. I guess it is because I am now comparing them to something other than how they sounded on my old 1970's system, and the... | |
| TTWeights new Black Onyx Idler drive Turntable OOPS! I omitted the the latest, Formula 1 derived, Koeningsegg camless engine. I guess that would be akin to a magnetically suspended air drive TT platter. | |
| TTWeights new Black Onyx Idler drive Turntable Engineering a decent idler drive turntable is akin to supercharging an old flathead Ford. It can be done, but why bother, and why go to the expense, when we have twin cam four and five valve engines to improve upon, without trying to engineer a si... | |
| My Demo results: I feel like I'm at a frustrating block in my speaker journey I tried out a top Marantz AVR. It was practically free if I wanted it. I hooked it up to my B&W 803's, and guess what? " Various B&W- Metallic, boring, no dynamics" Your words. Yep! They sounded just like the electronics.... | |
| Who's Gone Topless? What about fans for cooling? Oh yeah! You guys like your equipment to be placed where people can see it. I have a mirror that shows the red amp LED's from the ex-laundry room, in case I over drive the amps. It also makes the CD remote work a bit ... | |
| Who's Gone Topless? 1wal22: Yes, good weed is really the best sound stage opener, especially with a single malt, at least for most music. Johnny Walker cinnamin is good for blues, and supposedly country rock, expept for Lennard Skynard: I am told Fireball is the b... | |
| Who's Gone Topless? middlemass: South Florida heat? Do you not keep your house at a consistent temperature? Do your neighbors mind having your windows open when blasting away the music? I would certainly go topless for tubes. You should have seen the ventilati... | |
| Who's Gone Topless? The three amps in my system are not topless, but they are separated by two inch spacers, and are in a different room from the speakers. Since they do not run hot, barely even warm at 400 watts per channel with two ohm loads, I wonder why so many ... | |
| It happened again tonight prof: Yes, the time machine of recorded music is great, and sounds better. I am the first to admit that my Twin Audire dual mono amps powering my B&W 803's and Bryston powered subs sounds much better than my old Fisher quad receiver (Later, ... | |
| It happened again tonight My first real jazz haunt was The Cafe Exchange, a tiny bar above a musician store, The Musicians Exchange in Fort Lauderdale. Their back lot had multiple garages for rent for bands to use for practice. When Buddy Rich came to South Florida to pla... | |
| It happened again tonight ROXY54: Pink was played in the movie The Wall by Bob Geldof, the lead singer of The Boomtown Rats.BUT!Pink Anderson and Floyd Council, two old times blues men. |