dawgfish
Responses from dawgfish
| Monitors for a small room - please help At the risk of falling into the trap of advocating that you "buy what I have" -- advice that many A'gon posters seem to give with many different words -- I will say that my home office is a fairly small room and my system in there makes awfully go... | |
| Vandersteen Model 7: has anyone heard? I have heard the 7's with Ayre stack of MXR, KXR, C-5xe. Yahtzee!!!!!!!!!!! | |
| Remember the Electric Light Orchestra Always felt that ELO got worse instead of better over time. On the Third Day and Eldorado were both really good efforts, but then their music seemed to get less interesting as they seemed to be chasing popularity. I suppose selling lots of albums ... | |
| DAC to match $2-3K CD player The modest exposure I've had to the Ayre QB-9 has been impressive, and the reviews are good. I think it's about a $3k idea.Full disclosure: I don't have that piece, but have other Ayre gear that I enjoy. | |
| Help Father of the bride dance song. My daughter and I danced to "Boogie Shoes." As you might expect, there is an inside joke there. Congratulations! | |
| Speakers for Rotel RSX-1057 Rotel seems to enjoy some great synergy with B&W. I imagine the wide-ranging B&W product line would allow you to find something that fits within your budget.Happy listening,Dawgfish | |
| Vandy quatro vs Vandy 5’s One other thing you might keep in mind: if you go with the 5's, you do have an upgrade path (though admittedly not a cheap one) to 5a status should funds and tastes dictate that in the future. If you go with the Quatros, you pretty much have them ... | |
| Personal amp evolution Going way, way, WAY back to junior HS: Curtes Mathes compact stereo (ick)High school: Kenwood KA6006 integrated (60 wpc) -- headed in right directionPost-college graduaton: Yamaha receiver (can't remember model) Yamaha dies after about 14 years, a... | |
| A reading suggestion I concur. Very fun read.If you're a rock fan, another good read is "Rock and Roll Will Save Your Soul" by Steve Almond.Happy listening (and reading). | |
| Personal speaker evolution Macdad -- That's essentially what I did -- a whole new system in one rather significant bite. Seriously upgraded my two-channel capabilities with the Ayre stack and 5a's. Will say I got what I consider a screaming deal on demos from my local deale... | |
| Sexiest Pop Song Ever? A few that I don't think have been mentioned:Patricia Barber's cover of "Light My Fire"Dave Matthews "Say Good-bye"Diana Krall's cover of "A Case of You"Christy Baron, "This Must Be You" | |
| Personal speaker evolution When I was in junior high, I received a Christmas present of my first stereo: a Curtis-Mathes (they made TVs) with 8" two-way speakers. Terrible.My senior year in high school, I scrimped and saved and bought by first "real" system, featuring Elect... | |
| Why I like my home system better than live music It's interesting that this issue was just posted -- the "As We See It" column in the most recent issue of Stereophile was on this very subject. | |
| Looking for the Honda S2000 of turntables I've read this entire string and it has opened my eyes, as well. I expect to be in the analog market, albeit at a slightly higher price point, in the not-too distant future, and the dialogue has been valuable.I'm sure that the turntable experts ma... | |
| Toddler-Friendly Budget Speakers? I don't think a toddler could tip over a pair of Dunlavy V's, but surely that isn't what you had in mind! :-)Happy listening. |