fjblair

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Favorite punk song.
Something off of Never Mind the Bollocks. Probably God Save the Queen. 
It's National "One Hit Wonder" Day!
Kung Fu Fighting-Carl Douglas 
A visit to the (Audio) Doctor
It's a really bad look when someone goes to the trouble to sign up on internet forums just to bash a dealer. Grain of salt. 
Cd disc changers.
I still have my old Adcom GCD-575 that I put in rotation now and then. Not high end, but still an really good CD player. 
What would be involved in updating Hersey II’s to Hersey IV’s?
"No doubt every speaker could benefit from mods, but Klipsch and mods are on an entirely different level than most or all other speaker brands of which I am aware. ""If the new Heresy speaker are ported then I would gravitate toward the versions t... 
Things that make you go, "Hmmmmm...."
His expectation seeking confirmation bias. A 10k player that sells for 600 will be by far the exception, not the rule. 
Best integrated from this list...
I can't see any Adcom gear especially what was mentioned having a huge, wide soundstage. If that was the case it would be mentioned more in the forums and would be the flavor of the week. So you don't know anything about the gear other than yo... 
amp make discharge noise
I also have an old GFA-555 that still sees action and it has always that has always done the squiggly sound thing at shutdown. I was also told by Adcom that it is normal. If I remember correctly lowering the volume seemed to make it less obvious. ... 
Wilson Sophia 2 vs B&W 802d
Congratulations on the Sophia's. Let us know your impressions. 
Wilson Sophia 2 vs B&W 802d
Thnaks for the forum link Jetusmc.I can arrange to listen to the Paradigm for 2 channel purposes. There is a Paradigm dealer a couple hours away. I don't do home theatre unfortunately. I never really considered the 802 or 803 to be lacking much in... 
Wilson Sophia 2 vs B&W 802d
Hey Jetusmc, where is the B&W forum with the 803d thread?Still leaning toward Sophia II myself also. Never considered Ushers because I haven't heard them and don't know of any dealers where I can listen to them. I would love to find the sound ... 
Wilson Sophia 2 vs B&W 802d
I am also considering the Sophia's, and B&W's. I have the green light but on the Wilson's but am considering the 803D's and some $ left to play around with. The Sophia's are incredible but at $14k they are pricey(for me). If I were choosing be...