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| JM Lab Nova Be or Eggleston andra 3 ? anyone? I had Eggleston Andra II's (upgraded from I's). a very forgiving speaker IMHO.The JM Lab speaker is made to an even higher build quality, but it "may" have more issues in getting the optimum set-up. also, you are comparing the esotar tweeter from ... | |
| Do you own especially uncommon gear? no Premium or fancy, but when a hurricaine knocks out my power (here in Miami) i get out my Panasonic mono-cassette-am/fm radio for news & entertainment. takes 4 D cells. battery life is exceptional- i haven't ever had to change them in the mi... | |
| Cables more hype than value? a very VERY long time ago i compared a $30 pair of OFC cables (rca-1M) to a $125 pair with teflon and some other features. the system consisted of a Hafler amplifier, a decent but not SOTA CD player, and a pair of panel speakers with a powered woo... | |
| How do you dress your cables? my sole concern is creating too much stress on cables, any cable, especially where wire has a junction with plugs or connectors. my other pet peeve is separating cable runs as much as possible, so that when i have to change something, i am not pul... | |
| Let's Talk Reel to Reel Tape Decks & Music J. Valin just reviewed the United Home Audio Tascam BR-20 phase-11 reel to reel, with lot's of mods and silver wire, etc. the machine costs $21K for record and playback mods (17K for playback only). he seems VERY enthusiastic about the sound, espe... | |
| Oppo BDP 95 vs BDP 105... I've been told by a dealer that the video gains are quite good, while the audio is about the same (2 channel). so as far as SACD performance is concerned i don't believe it has more to offer. the build quality is somewhat nicer, though.so if the c... | |
| considering 15 yr old Eggleston Andra's the issue IS how well the speakers were refurbished. my pair had original woofers which had foam surrounds. when the material started to disintigrate a bit i bought 4 brand new woofers (dynaudio) with rubber surrounds. the soundtook a nice step fo... | |
| Easter Bunny Lays New Egg imagine what one weighing 500 pounds would sound like... | |
| Reference 3A line updated they don't look like much, but i heard a pair of 3A's many years ago and they sounded amazing. i don't know too much more about them, but they were very musical and very well made. and very small... | |
| What Instrument would you listen to? that's easy- the piccolo. | |
| Henry Cole on Toast of the Nation I reserve judgement on the WM set, but i listened to ALL of the Toast of the Nation program (9 PM to 1 AM and then it repeats itself until 5 in the morning). and it was really terrific, high energy but not just a blowing session either. every year... | |
| Happy freakin NEW YEAR "TOAST OF THE NATION"-Listened to a fantastic radio show on NPR last nite from Lincoln Center as well as Chicago celebrating with awesone jazz for hour after hour. lasted all nite.they do this every year and it just gets better and better. One gro... | |
| Stereophile Class A tables What is wrong with the credibilty of a person contributing HERE regarding the sound of a given component as long as we know A.that person has been in the hobby for 5 years or more (although 15-20 would be even better) and B. they have owned and li... | |
| Rowland M925 4-chassis mono amp Mark Levinson is coming out with some new pieces in early 2013 as well including a reference preamp, cdp, etc. I am not a salesperson for ML per se, butthe company has been rendered as "over and done with" by many people contributing their "thumbs... | |
| Christmas Music great material can be heard on "Performance Today" - american public media-either on the internet OR if you have a local FM classical station they may carrysome of the featured programs as well. everything from carols to Palestrina,Corelli, etc. I... |