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| Does anyone listen to the radio anymore? @larsman WHFS was a treasure. Still miss it. | |
| Does anyone listen to the radio anymore? I do. On the MD side of the DMV area, we have a good npr station 88.5, a great independent station 89.3 and a hyper-local station that is wonderfully weird, 94.3. But I don’t listen to them through my system — more car and kitchen. | |
| How can they not effect the sound I used to own some wonderful Von Schweikert speakers. The dome tweeter of one was dented. On the advice of VS, I used the tube extension of a vacuum cleaner to remove the dent. The directions were as follows: with vacuum on and tube held stead... | |
| Boulder 866 experience? Users? I owned an 866 with DAC for several years. It’s a wonderful integrated and the DAC is fantastic, especially given the relatively minor up charge. To better the sound, I looked listened up the Boulder line to separates, before settling on D’Agosti... | |
| Getting a Divorce and can now buy floor standing speakers The last few years of CAF, the room that I thought sounded the best was the mbl room. Perhaps it was the electronics, but I think the speakers are amazing. The have a number of offerings in your price range. Definitely worth a listen. | |
| New Amp Advice I just switched from a Boulder 866 (with DAC) to a D'Agostino Momentum 250MxV. Before making my selection, I listened closely to the Boulder 1061 and 1161, as well as the D'Agostino. All four were compared as amplifiers over several listening se... | |
| Can we make major musical discoveries at age 50, 65, or 80? For me, my attachment to the music of my youth is in large part due to the amount of emotion I have invested it with. This overlaps with, but is not exactly the same as nostalgia. Nostalgia allows me to enjoy certain songs that I rejected when th... | |
| Location of compoments. @mclinnguy I thought that was the stairway to heaven. I saw the Who in 1981 in KC and, while he didn’t impale his hand, his fingertips were bleeding such that, by the end of the show, you could clearly see an arc of blood with each windmill (I ... | |
| Townshend Audio Seismic Podiums Review I have Townsend products under my speakers and amp. Great product and great customer service. I’ve been eyeing their F1 Fractal speaker cables, as well. | |
| Can you recommend Jazz for some one that doesn't like Jazz? I can’t recall ever reading a full set of responses and agreeing so thoroughly with them. There is a lot of great advice above. A reason to treasure this site. I’d add to the many excellent recommendations: Herbie Hancock, Headhunters and Canta... | |
| Capital Audiofest Coming Up! @bluorion i had an eye out for them, but didn’t see any. That said, I missed a dozen or so rooms. | |
| Capital Audiofest Coming Up! I went back late Sunday and tried to buy the MBL C41 streamer at a demo discount. No dice. It was already spoken for. “But we’d be happy to find you a brand new one.” I don’t mean to sound snarky. They were actually quite nice to speak with. | |
| Capital Audiofest Coming Up! @ckr1969 Burmester 232 Integrated Amp. It sounded great. Reminded me of my Boulder 866 — very clean and engaging, great soundstage and accurately conveyed instrumental and vocal timbres. I also heard the Accuphase E-800 and E-5000 integrated ... | |
| Pop album that has stood the test of time k.d. lang, Ingenue Gary Numan and the Tubeway Army, Replicas Jeff Beck’s Guitar Shop the first three Public Enemy offerings. | |
| Capital Audiofest Coming Up! Almost forgot — best “low-cost” sound for me was the local pairing of Eastern Bay Speakers with LTA electronics (644). LTA was featured in several rooms. The newish LTA DAC and other gear sounded great in each of the different systems I heard. ... |