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| Natalie Merchant's Tigerlily on LP...any good? I have it and like it very much. Can't say I've done a direct comparison with the Redbook CD, which I own--just haven't had the inclination. Such a great record--just seems right to have it on vinyl. | |
| Heard my friend's system, thinking of leaving hifi Well, Portugal11, your last post has me thinking about a pair of Daedalus Audio DA-1's for you. Full range--check. Sound like real music--check. High WAF--check. I just sold mine for $3500, which was a very fair price. (I'm taking delivery on a pa... | |
| Your First Concert was..... The Outlaws at the old Paramount Theater in NYC. 1978 I believe. We all went to McCann's near the Garden because no one checked ID (we were 16). My friend fell asleep through the whole show and only woke up for "Green Grass..." | |
| Heard my friend's system, thinking of leaving hifi One of the great things about hearing a truly great system is that (aside from live music) it gives you a reference point at which to aim. The fact that your friend is nearby and good enough to have you over means that as you sample different prod... | |
| Vandersteen 5a vs. B&W 802D vs. Maggie 3.6 vs.? I can't say enough good things about the Harbeth's. I owned a pair of Compact 7's for a long while and loved every minute with them. I also owned a pair of Spendor S-100's a while back--also a very musical sounding speaker. While I've only heard t... | |
| Vandersteen 5a vs. B&W 802D vs. Maggie 3.6 vs.? Not knowing anything about your room and given the three models you mention I would vote for the Vandy 5A's. Given their design features that allow you to tailor the system to the room I could see living with these speakers for the long haul. They... | |
| esoteric ? If you are thinking Esoteric I'd suggest picking up a model with the VRDS (or VRDS-NEO) transport, which is the best out there. You can try to find an X-03 used for about what a new SA-10 will cost. | |
| Best Audiophile Dealer in Greater Portland OR Lou Hinkley of Daedalus Audio is moving his shop down to Portland from north of Seattle in the next several weeks. Lou is a musician who also builds some of the finest acoustic amplification and home audio loudspeakers--period. He also carries a n... | |
| most annoying neighbor? I shared a townhouse in DC with a guy who was a "writer" who "worked" from 2am (after the bars closed) until 5:30 (just before I had to get up for work). We lived directly above him and while he was "working" he played what sounded like a continuo... | |
| Stereophile Article - Holt telling it like it is. A couple? | |
| Stereophile Review of Quatro Wood I think the comparison with the sock version would have been useful since the Quatro underwent some significant reengineering in order to provide a fully wood veneered cabinet. The wood version looks much better and will blend into the room more e... | |
| What started you on the merry go round? Two events come to mind. When I was around 12 years old my father, who had an audiophile friend, asked him to build a system to be housed in a 1950's style piece of furniture. You may know the kind--where the highball glasses, stored individually ... | |
| Best New speaker under $5000 The Sonogram was one of the few truly great sounding, great value speakers that I heard at the Hi End Show. I only listened for 10 minutes or so (not in the market for speakers) but it was clear they were lucid, coherent, tonally and spatially cor... | |
| Name your favorite sax solo. Great thread. I've been banging my head all day thinking of additions from some of the great jazz LP's of all time. Then I decided to stay away from mentioning solos from any jazz pieces and concentrate on sax solos in other genres. There are simp... | |
| Name your favorite sax solo. I would second "Doctor Wu" and add Clarence Clemons solo from "Independence Day" on The River. Real simple, just moves me. |