garfish
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| "Burn in" Are you serious? Just wanted to see if you were awake Jostler. Actually, your assertion could be proven with a carefully controlled study (maybe it has been been?), but not likely by you or me, IMO. It would cost a lot in terms of time, money, effort, committment ... | |
| Results of granite platforms for Silverl Mike, I enjoyed reading your thread and observations on speaker set-up. I have a similar speaker/floor situation. On a related topic, any recommendations for materials to use for stands for big SS mono-blocs over the same type of flooring? I haven... | |
| "Burn in" Are you serious? A bold claim Jostler3 (see your statement re: incontrovertible). Incontrovertible means: indisputable, factual, and accepted without contoversary. If your statement were true, this thread wouldn't exist? I suggest that this issue (burn in)is very ... | |
| Cheap bi-wiring? Blues_man; you state above "70% or more of high end is BS". You would be doing me,other Audiogon members, and audiophiles world-wide, a great service if you would post the (presumably) 30% of high-end audio that is valid;(ie, not BS)-- by product/... | |
| Cryo your cables? An interesting thread. Does anyone know if the changes due to "cryo" treatment are permanent, short lived, wear off gradually, or what. Alexc above presents some questions and cautions not everyone would think of. It'd be interesting to know more ... | |
| Thanks for advice on smooth amp! Doug, above gives good advice re: a tube pre-amp-- it's an approach I totally agree with. If you want a smoother, but still inexpensive CD player, I'd check out Rotel and NAD. BTW, there are some very good inexpensive DACs now available if you can... | |
| Tubes? Transistors? Which are better? After 3 weeks of listening to a SF Power 2 (tubes), I switched back to McCormack DNA-2DX (SS), and the improvement in rhythmic drive and bass was dramatic, and also the 2DX does low volume and low level detail much better. I sold the Power 2 and b... | |
| Help me find a smooth solid-state amp? Hi Djjp; of the amps you mentioned, either a Classe 100 or 150, or DNA.5 are neutral to mellow SS amps, but if your system really is exceedingly bright, I doubt that your Adcom 5400 is the whole problem. Did your system get brighter when you added... | |
| Soul Recommendations Should have said..... yes, I agree that much of Junior Wells best music definitely has a soul "bent"-- I've often thought of it as soft Chicago blues. Craig | |
| Soul Recommendations Redkiwi......have had reconciliation with Dogface and his woman. Thanks for asking. Craig. | |
| Greatest Guitar Band Mikec, re: SRV, brings to mind the early Fabuluous Thunderbirds, also one of the greats. Craig | |
| Greatest Guitar Band George Thorogood is the greatest guitar player in the world! Hey, it's the silly season isn't it? I play the guitar better than GT, but along with his Delaware Destroyers band, I really enjoy their music and have all their CDs. Why? GT is a blues ... | |
| Audio & the Emperor’s new clothes. Good posts Keis and Kthomas-- I agree. The last friend I showed my stereo system to is still using 8 trk tapes (I'm serious), and of course has never heard of the likes of McCormack, Levinson, SF, or even Vandersteen. I upgrade to satisfy and impr... | |
| Soul Recommendations Hi Redkiwi; Not an expert in the soul arena myself, but I've sure got to 2nd Musicdoks recommendation of Ray Charles "Greatest Country & Western Hits", in CD it's on the Rhino label and despite the title, doesn't sound much like C/W at all-- t... | |
| Greatest Guitar Band My favorite "guitar music genre" is blues/rock. That said, I've only recently discovered Dave Hole, a blues/rock slide guitar player of the 1st order. He's from Australia, but found his way to Chicago and put out 5 CDs on the Alligator Label. Dave... |