garfish
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| What is the most decadent, most self indulgent-- Sean; We KNOW about you, and you can no doubt BS with the best of us;>). Jeff, was that Prozac Tablets-- the new "laid back" models? LOL! I like the way you people think, and feel that I "fit right in". Cheers. Craig | |
| Best Blues Rock recommendations? Hi Raymond; Most of the "heavy weights" of Blues/Rock are covered above-- and I agree with most, but if you're really serious about wanting Blues/Rock CDs that REALLY ROCK, nobody does it better than Lonnie Brooks-- he has several absolutely smoki... | |
| linelevel pre that facilitates balanced bi-amping? That's quite a list of "requirements"-- hard to meet them all. If your friend would accept a tubed pre-amp, the Sonic Frontiers Line series of pre-amps could meet all the requirements except, of course they're not solid state. And the stock tubes ... | |
| 8 Gauge Speaker Cable I guess I don't totally understand the question. Whole houses are wired using 12 ga. Romex and many of those circuits serve much more than 150 watt devices (combined).That said, I like big wires, and when I put in a dedicated AC system, I used 6 g... | |
| Does it hurt when you sell at a loss? Luis; I don't mind posting my feelings about tube amps vs SS-- actually, I like like both, and for some music much prefer tubes-- Jacintha, Diana Krall, and Shirley Horn smooth jazz ballads for instance.Actually, Bob B. said it well for me too. I ... | |
| What is the most decadent, most self indulgent-- Well people, I had kind of forgotten about HT-- a whole other story, eg I have every "backup component" I need for music in my admittedly "half-assed" HT system. I mean who actually "needs" a Muse M2 DAC in their HT system?-- not to mention, SF Li... | |
| Does it hurt when you sell at a loss? I no longer view losing money as "losses", but rather as valuable learning experiences. Example, a couple years ago I bought a nice used tube amp, used it for 30 days and sold it for $300. less than I paid. Was it worth it? Yes, every cent. I very... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? 1. 1994 Nissan 4X4 Kingcab (a 4X4 is required here and is known as a "Coos Bay Cadillac;>)2. Same as above (wife drives '91 Buick Century).3. Kingcab 4X4 of some kind + a 2 seat, convertible sports car-- doesn't have to be expensive, but w/ pri... | |
| How do you decide on new music to buy? I use many of the techniques noted above, but the last several months, I've been exchanging "sampler" CDRs w/ other A'Gon members and have really come up with some great new artists-- well, new to me. These include Allison Moorer, Alison Krauss, a... | |
| LISTENER Magazine...What Do You Think? Well.........6 issues a year? I even forget I have a subscription. And they don't seem to review anything I'm interested in, which is pretty much "mainstream high-end gear"-- is that an oxymoron? So, just for lack of interest in the esoteric stuff... | |
| Headphones and amp questions Like Sd above, the Senn. 600s are the best 'phones I've heard too.In my above post, I should have mentioned that the Headroom Supreme amp makes an excellent headphone amp for home use too-- as well as for travel. Great versatility, and it's small.... | |
| Suggested NEW CATEGORIES It seems to me that both "vintage" and "table radios" would require pictures to have much value, and I mean inside and out pics. So much of these categories are really all about depends greatly on appearance. With pics, these categories could be i... | |
| Headphones and amp questions Hi Brian; The Senn. 600s are an open back design and can be heard-- at very low levels-- for a few feet, so it might bother someone you were in bed with? But the 600s allow air flow through the cans (don't want hot, sweaty ears) and are more comfo... | |
| OK to place amp on top of subwoofer? 10-4 Sean. Good take Danner, and I agree if it has to be done, using a de-coupling approach would probably be best, ie the Vibrapods. There is a good reason Steve McCormack put 6 large Sorbothane-like feet on his 90 lb. DNA2 amp. Cheers, Craig | |
| Jazz with less horns?? If you like beautiful female vocals/jazz ballads (w/o horns-- except for Shirley;>), I'd recommend Jacintha, her XRCD2 "Autumn Leaves" is excellent. Also, Diana Krall of course-- all CDs are good, Shirley Horn "Ultimate", and Holly Cole "Tempta... |