garfish
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| How would you rate your listening room? Hi Mark...; thanks for the mini-review of the 5s-- whets my appetite. | |
| How would you rate your listening room? Dhougg; one thing I am considering re speakers is Vand. 5s which have built in subs and are room tunable for bass. Craig. | |
| How would you rate your listening room? After seeing the dimensions and ratings of some of the above rooms, eg Dugg's, Albert's, and Metaphysic's, I may have to re-think my own rating. I can see why Albert had to down-rate a bit-- so he could up-grade!! Duggg's is huge (I'm envious), an... | |
| Favorite nos tube? Dekay; are you comparing Sovtek 6922 pre-amp tubes to 300B amp tubes? I have an SF Line 2 pre-amp, and I like the stock 6922 Sovteks-- very neutral and detailed; some say sterile and boring. But just yesterday I put in a set of Valvo 6DJ8's (at tw... | |
| Classics and Cults. Bogus Journalism? Cw; I think Detlof's post is right on-- wish I had written it. In the high end, it seems that even well recognized products/names have a tough time of it. About the time I bought a McCormack DNA-2DX amp, the company essentially folded in a divorce... | |
| Solid state power amps.; on or off? ....any component that lasts 13 years with either no servicing or just one servicing is a gem. Craig. | |
| A twist on "Your absolute best..." Good post Tireguy; I also made my own double-wide stereo stand-- concrete filled corner posts, British Tenderfeet, 200+ lbs. etc. I want my previous post back so I too can select my stereo rack-- thanks for the reminder. Cheers. Craig | |
| A twist on "Your absolute best..." Hi Trelja; when I was a kid (45-50 yrs. ago), my folks had an Edison windup phonograph in the attic, complete with a stack of near 1/4" thick records. We got to play it once in awhile, and all I'll say is that hifi has come a long way since then! ... | |
| Blind Listening Tests? Dtittle; I think in my first response I spelled your name wrong-- sorry, and I looked closer this time. Thanks for your response-- the equipment you have certainly indicates that you are "one of us". I mentioned critical listening skills-- well, t... | |
| New Age, Neo-Celtic, World Beat Music Sean; hard rock or metal generally not "my thing". I do like "Dead Can Dance". Where does that fit? I'd like to thank everyone above who made recommendations, and especially Tao who had quite a list. I copied the thread. Thanks. Craig. | |
| Blind Listening Tests? Hi Dlittle; A well written thread, but you don't tell us what experience you have had with sighted testing, or what your stereo system consists of? Respectfully, I would ask you to consider this question from the perspective of the sighted test, e... | |
| absolute best component you ever owned Hi Kelly; No bets here. I'll just add that the McCormack goes to SMC for full upgrade in March, the 360S DAC is fully upgradable, and the 37 Transport, besides sounding great, has permanent disc/track programming-- a feature I'd hate to be without... | |
| absolute best component you ever owned ......it's a toss-up between my McCormack DNA-2DX amp and Levinson 360S DAC. These are each incredibly musical pieces of equipment, and along with a Levinson 37 Transport, are going to be permanent pieces in my system. Craig. | |
| Wanted leads on blues, blues rock folk Hi Lwin; I can strongly recommend Terry Evans-- his CDs have been Stereophile Mags recording of the month a couple of times, but don't let that turn you off. It's great music. Young blues/rockers that are favorites are Susan Tedeschi, Sue Foley, a... | |
| New Age, Neo-Celtic, World Beat Music Sean; I don't know what you mean by "harder" Celtic influenced music. As a generality, I don't care for the Jigs and Reels in traditional Celtic folk music, but really like the ballads. Craig |