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| Adcom GFA-5800 Opinions If I had to get an Adcom amp, especially for those terrific 801's, either of the 555's can sound pretty good with a non-Adcom pre. A good preamp can make an 'eh' amp sound not so 'eh' at all. Consider a nice, vintage Conrad Johnson PV8 or 11, an ... | |
| DAC recommendation The Musical Fidelity V Dac2 can be had for about $200 and it's a fairly easy plug & play unit that will keep you in very good sound while you research more permanent solutions, if such a thing now exists.I recently heard Vandersteen Treos that... | |
| Do you listen mainly to Audiophile CDs and records? I think when you're working with audiophile records more than regular dreck, you're listening to the equipment more than music itself. I would love my rig to produce all the sonic tricks it can do with everything I play, but most times I just want... | |
| Seller suspended from Audiogon... But does anyone know what happened to the Primaluna? | |
| Greatest Rock Drummers Y’know, I haven’t seen a mention of Liberty DeVito. DeVito was fking superb. I saw Billy Joel a bunch of times and it was mostly more to see LD. The kit rocked. Haven’t bothered with Billy Joel since the disbandment.Same idea for Rush. I really ha... | |
| Greatest Rock Drummers Michael Shrieve 1969 upstate NY. I was about 25 feet away from them when they did Soul Sacrifice.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_pDjX65vHoWhat a moment of R&R genius. An irrefutable high point, so to speak. | |
| Digital Music sounds too bright? I’m with audioengr on this. I’ve had both Thiel & Maggie 3.5’s with a big ugly TV right between ’em in a tight-ish set up and I never found soundstage or imaging suffering for it. In fact, that roundup could have been very bright, but it wasn’... | |
| Greatest Rock Drummers Ringo was the best drummer for The Beatles, Keith Moon the best for The Who (though Zak Starkey, Ringo’s kid, is doing a fantastic job in The Who now. I saw Keith with The Who live twice, and he was a possessed madman. I mean that literally).Seein... |