davetherave
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| Farewell Rick Wright of Pink Floyd Funny, I had tickets to see Yes this past summer and the tour was cancelled because of Jon Anderson's breathing problems. I am 51, and it's occurred to me that my rock heroes are going to start leaving us pretty soon, and I wondered how it would f... | |
| What would you chose? I'd upgrade my wife... to yours. | |
| Integrateds: Warm sounding SS vs Hybrid The Audio Refinement Complete is often described in reviews as sounding tube-like. There is one for sale on Audiogon at this moment. | |
| Newbie amp help......why? A receiver is a combination of preamp, amplifier and tuner. An integrated amp combines the preamp and amplifier. You could also choose to go with separates— a preamp in one box and an amplifier in another box. In all of these scenarios, there is a... | |
| Roger Waters Amused to Death LP what is it worth$ I had a sealed copy, made in Holland; sold it on eBay 5 or 6 years ago for a little over $300. (Of course, that was before the dollar was worthless.) YMMV. | |
| Songs about the end of the cold war / Soviets Not a chart-topper, there is "A Great Day For Freedom" on the David Gilmour-led Pink Floyd's 'The Division Bell' album. | |
| Why does my headphone set up sound better ? I think you guys are answering the wrong question. I believe the question is, "Why does the headphone output of my CD player sound better than the CDP as transport > DAC > headphone amp?"It's hard to say. I would venture that replacing the P... | |
| The best acoustic guitar recordings?? Lots of acoustic guitar in all of Nick Drake's stuff, along with the melancholic vocals. | |
| Ideal room dimensions for great system sound? Golden Ratio: The ratio of depth, width, and height based on the Greek Golden Rectangle. Often applied to speaker boxes or listening room design. The Ratio: W = 1.0, Depth = 0.618W, Height = 1.618W. The ratio of depth, width, and height based on t... | |
| Senn 650 replacement cable You can read much discussion about the merits of the MANY different Senn cables available at head-fi.org. (Sorry about your wallet.) | |
| Wise audio aphorisms If you think your stereo is fatiguing, just wait 'til you get mono. | |
| Good sounding 70's live LPs... The 3-lp 'Yessongs' by Yes is notoriously not well-recorded, but the performances are amazing. | |
| Good sounding 70's live LPs... There's a nice one by the Allman Brothers... at the Fillmore, I think. | |
| CD Player with digital input? Cary 303/200 and 306/200. | |
| Turntable setup Long Island or NYC ? Give a call to Innovative Audio in Brooklyn Heights. (They have another store in Manhattan, but IIRC, turntables are serviced in Brooklyn). They are a Linn dealer, and could probably help with your TT. |