djlackey5
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| Burned CDs can sound better than the original? One way: I run my CAL Icon Mk2 CD player through a TDS Harmonic Recovery System before the preamp. In burning a CD, I can choose digital direct cable connection (CD player to burner) or analogue cable connection (CD player to HRS to preamp to burn... | |
| What Speakers ?? The B&W and Polk speakers I have heard in the $1,000 have sounded a little harsh in the treble. Try to audition some PSB, Tannoy and Triangle speakers in the same price range. | |
| Rowland Concentra 2 I heard the new one at Stereo Exchange in NYC just last week. It sounded great teamed with a pair of ProAc Response 2.5's and a Close Encounters of the Third Kind looking Oracle CD player. It made me want one. I thought, "Who needs separates with ... | |
| Which McCormack The SMC revisions, as Steve M explained to me, do not change the basic character of the amp. The overall sound remains similar, but tweaked in such a way to provide more fine detail. Do not expect a radical change. After hearing about my system, h... | |
| Bookshelf sized-cost no object In addition to the choices above (of which I have only heard the Red Rose #3...WOW!), listen to ProAc Response 1sc ($2000), Joseph rm7si ($1800), and the MBL 311D ($4000). | |
| Speaker Upgrade Hold on a second there, Babalouie. I'm no home theater basher, but for a movies-only setup (no music), you really do not need to go wild on speakers. Make sure you have a great DVD player. Toshiba makes some very good and some very poor players. T... | |
| Speaker upgrade - please advise. Outlier- Did you get the subwoofer knowing that you were moving up to the Virgos? I would think that they have plenty of bass, especially in a room 18 x 15. Let us know your progress. | |
| Who is selling Musical Fidelity Now ? It is my understanding that Audio Advisor is now acting as the U.S. distributor for MF gear. As such, if they were to continued selling it retail they would be competing with the very dealers that they have signed on to now represent the line. Thi... | |
| Girlfriends and wifes, how do YOU cope? Honesty is indeed the best policy, but marraige involves compromise. The dollars should be within your means, but if she has an expensive clothes or jewelry habit, you're golden. To make the spending more acceptable, all new components become "gif... | |
| new Whiskeytown release One track, "Don't Be Sad," is featured on the CMJ New Music Monthly magazine and CD, July issue. It is pretty good, but I would not have known that it was Whiskeytown, and I love "Strangers Almanac." The real standout track on this disc (that fans... | |
| Tube amps... what is so great about 'em Depends what you listen to (and want to hear). Not everybody should own tubes. If you only listen to rock, and have spent your whole life listening to it on solid state gear, chances are that you will not think tubes sound "right". On the other ha... | |
| How does one get off the merry-go-round? I would bet that the majority of posters to this site will never get off the merry-go-round. While I do not buy into the music-lover versus equipment-lover debate, there are people who simply have decided to turn their love for audio into a hobby.... | |
| buying decision? B W/ Vienna Acoustics? In your price range new, I would suggest the Audio Physic Tempo III ($3000) or the Von Schweikert VR3.5 ($3500). Used, you can't beat the ProAc Response 2.5 ($3500 pair on Audiogon now, $4500-5500 new depending on finish). Audio Nexus in Summit, N... | |
| What songs make you cry? Only two songs have ever made me literally cry: Peter Gabriel's 'Father and Son' (from the import "Story of OVO" disc) and Five for Fighting's 'Love Song' (from "Message from Albert"), a song about a couple splitting up sung from their child's per... |