ejr1953
Responses from ejr1953
| If you could only own 7 Jazz/blues albums. What would they be? Sonny Rollins: Saxophone CollosusJeff Hamilton Trio: SymbiosisStanley Clarke: The Stanley Clarke BandDiana Krall: Live from ParisNorah Jones: Come Away with MeMahavishnu Orchestra: Inner Mounting FlamePat Metheny: Beyond the Missouri Sky | |
| Best Drum Solos I was a drummer in high school & college, had a set of Ludwigs (that were made in Chicago, IL, so you can probably guess how old I am), and I am almost embarrassed to admit this, but I saw Grand Funk Railroad live at RFK Stadium in DC and that... | |
| Your picks of mediocre or lousy vocals with great musicians! Probably the absolute worst is "Wilford Brimley with the Jeff Hamilton Trio".I can't understand why Jeff Hamilton did this album, Brimley's vocals are absolutely the worst! | |
| Need a receiver for Klipsch Heresy speakers I'd recommend you look at the NAD integrated amps. They don't have the "shrill" sound that many other brands have, great dynamics and are reasonably priced. | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Mozart Violin Concerto #3: Anne-Sophie Mutter (DG set of Mozart violin concertos, 2006)Beethoven Symphony #5: Herbert Von Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic (DG set of the 9 Beethoven symphonies, recorded in 1963 in the "old" concert hall in Berlin)"The ... | |
| Your Best Tweak Lately Getting the integration of the sub woofers with the speakers...and positioning bass traps:REW (Room EQ Wizard) software, downloaded to my Windows10 laptop (free to download, accepts donations). miniDSP UMIK-1 USB Measurement Calibrated Microphone... | |
| Best drink while listening to your rig? Drambuie (neat), or Grey Goose & Tonic, or Grey Goose & fresh squeezed OJ. | |
| Equipment that has made you 'stop' looking? McIntosh C50 Pre-Amp, McIntosh MC452 Power Amp, PS Audio P10 Power Plant Power Conditioner, PS Audio DirectStream DAC, Autonomic MMS-5A Server, Bryston BHA-1 Headphone Amp, Focal Sopra No2 Speakers, JL Audio F113V2 Sub Woofers, Wireworld Cables, 1... | |
| Worst or Best Excuses! I've been married for over 35 years, I guess she's used to me by now.No questions about the audio gear and it's cost, LOTS of questions about all those bass traps on the walls & ceilings! | |
| Sellers Beware!!! I have had two bad experiences, where a potential "buyer" communicates with me via Audiogon's "in mail", negotiates a "purchase price" with me either by "in mail" or by phone, the tune is always "cash & local pick up", but they decide to reduc... | |
| Dynaco A-25, the Large Advent, and JBL Century L-100: which one nad the best sound?? Wow! Back in the day I had all three of those speakers, driven by a McIntosh MC225, then a McIntosh MC275 and finally a Marantz 2275 receiver.If you listen to a lot of rock & roll the JBL's would be my first choice.If you listen to all sorts ... | |
| Enjoying My New Focal Sopra No2's Stevizzy,I had the Sopra's "dialed in" to the room, then later, when I added a pair of sub woofers and was dealing with the "boominess" in the room, adding bass trap after bass trap, the soundstage that the Sopra's were really great with suddenly ... | |
| Vienna Liszt vs. Focal Sopra No2 I have had my Sopra No2's now for five months and am smitten.Having said that, I auditioned them in a room about the size you mentioned and they sounded "good" but didn't sound "great" in that smaller room, with an 80 watt per channel integrated d... | |
| Speakers that open up at low volume levels They weren't my "cup of tea", but you might want to audition a pair of Harbeth's, if you like that "English sound". If not, I'd recommend auditioning a pair from the Totem Element line as well. Both are very smooth, very musical, great sound sta... | |
| Can you smell your speakers when youre rockin out? Very funny! Never heard of speakers smelling.I received a pair of Focal speakers in September with beryllium tweeters and a notice in the owner’s manual about the dangers of ingesting that metal.I texted one of my audio buddies to see if I should ... |