dodgealum
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| 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. | |
| Non classical piano based music recommendaiton Woah Bdgregory! Major groaning on "Standards". Great LP despite the moans. How about Bill Charlap (gotta plug the local favorite) and Ella Fitzgerald "Let No Man Write My Epitaph" | |
| Has Anyone Removed & Replaced the VPI Arm One thing you may want to consider is that the longer arm is more difficult to handle than the shorter one. With the unipivot design the assembly tends to be more difficult to place on the leading edge groove and remove from the center after play.... | |
| the smoothest sounding speaker I hate to argue with you Lou but in my experience it is the loudspeaker that is most often to blame for fatiguing sound. Before I found and fell in love with your DA-1's, I heard countless speakers--most often connected to top shelf electronics (b... | |
| Modern day female jazz recommendations Carole Sloan and Stacy Kent come to mind of those not mentioned already. | |
| the smoothest sounding speaker I would suggest you check out Daedalus Audio. One of Lou's key design objectives is NO listener fatigue. I had the DA-1's for a couple years and they were the most non-fatiguing (yet lively and dynamic) speaker I've ever owned or heard--and I've o... |