deadhead1000
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| NO listening sessions posible , bookshelf for a Raven Nighthawk I also have to put speakers on a book shelf, I went with Harbeth for the front port and very neutral sound. A bit boring to look at however. KEF would be another good choice which I have owned. I have heard the Sonus Faber and liked it quite a bit... | |
| REL vs JL AUDIO I just upgraded to a JL, heard most of the brands in this thread. The thing that won me over was their DSP, they are built like tanks and weight just as much. Solid. But I wouldn’t have minded a Rel or Martin Logan, I brought before the new KEFs c... | |
| Please Suggest Approaches to Perceived System Darkening Did you blow a tweeter? I had the opposite issue, my system seemed to get a little shrill and the music seemed thinner. Turned out my wife had put a small rip in the speaker of my sub woofer with the vacuum cleaner and didn’t tell me…although it d... | |
| Biggest "bang for the buck" audio gear you have owned(in your history)? Nakamichi Tape deck and AR turntable. Both made amazing improvements. | |
| APPLE PHONES.......NO SERVICE Totally Fake. Why would anyone go to a audio blog to annoy people about their phone not working that they brought off the back of a truck? This whole thread should be deleted. Maybe if I mention Rap Music one of the admins will delete it like they... | |
| Is it worth it to add a music server just for FLAC files? I own a Bluesound Vault2, it’s basically what you have in one package with a DAC and a really nice user interface, in my option much better the Mconnect. My personal opinion is, I love my Bluesound vault, and I use an outboard DAc with it now, but... | |
| Demos - To Charge a Fee or to Not Charge a Fee? I worked in several audios stores, there’s been looks-looks forever, yes I am sure it’s gotten worse, but even knowing how hard it is to be a store owner and a salesman, I would walk out if someone said pay me upfront. In fact in the city I live i... | |
| Looking to buy bookshelf/monitor speakers I owned the Totem Rainmakers for years, excellent bookshelf speakers, the newer versions like the Sky are even better. | |
| Integrated / speaker pairings in the $6-7K range Luxman and Harbeth (you can find other threads on this combo), Totem and NAD was a nice setup for me, but you cannot compare the two systems in the way they sound. Totally, totally different. So I totally agree with SOIX4 | |
| how much were cassettes in the 80s and 90s? did they get cheaper as the 90s went on? I worked in audio retail back then, there is no exact retail price as it depended on what deal the store got and what sale price we put on them. Retail, there were prices for single, three packs and boxes of 10 for sale, wholesale we’d sometimes b... | |
| Favorite conductors for composers Karajan for Beethoven, the 6th, 7th, excellent. He takes great care for the 'less famous' ones as much as for the 5th, and of course the 9th. But honestly, half the fun of listening to classical is comparing how different conductors interpret vari... | |
| 8-Tracks and Open-Reels: Who’s Got ‘Em and Whatcha Got? @fuzztone Yep, still have about 100 mix tapes I made in the 70-80's on a Nak. with Maxell tapes. Still sound fine. A friend of mine used to make 8-track recordings, but finally gave up when he kept recording over the beginning of the tapes. Pre-re... | |
| Help me decide on first turntable purchase I basically went though the same thing to get back into Vinyl. I went with the Rega 6 and their MC, as it avoided all the setup issues and matching, etc. It was high enough 'high-end' to satisfy a jump back into vinyl, without going over board. ... | |
| I need quiet as much as music sometimes so help me please Although most Bose stuff is really bad compared to other equipment, their noise-canceling headphones are the best noise-cancelling have found - I tried many and spent good money trying. Why? They still hold some of the best patents for noise-cance... | |
| Upgrade Time I had Mcintosh separates for years, went with a Luxman integrated just last year (I could have gone Hegal and others, but that's another story as to why). I find it sounds way, way better, however to be fair, my Mac was getting quite old. Anyway, ... |