grislybutter
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| A little puzzled by my newly acquired Yamaha A-S801 I tried the A-S801 from Crutchfield a while back and it sounded lifeless, no musicality. Detailed? - yes, involving - no. I mentioned it on this forum and to @ghdprentice and there was a lot of pushback from Yamaha fans, so it could have been syne... | |
| OK Audiogon, help me out please an hour drive is quite short considering the money you are looking to spend... it's short enough for any budget | |
| Has this ever happened to you? it happened once and I pretended it didn't. Still chasing it (and what would I chase if I had it - scary prospect...) | |
| Movie/film suggestions. re Brad Pitt, I don't think he is a great actor. He seems to be a modest and charming person, who works hard to become one and it shows. Authenticity goes a a long way. One of my favorite movies is Dinner with Schmucks. Carrell is a dynamite! | |
| Movie/film suggestions. @thecarpathian yes, the original. I never saw the remake. | |
| Movie/film suggestions. Ok, in no particular order, 5 more serious movies, not yet mentioned Time of the Gypsies (great soundtrack) Until the End of the World Solaris Babel Rocco and His Brothers I used to love Jean de Florette & Manon of the Spring but craz... | |
| Movie/film suggestions. on a serious note, Inglorious Basterds. He is an annoying person (in interviews) but he gets some things very right. | |
| Movie/film suggestions. ok, not starting a movie club with @thecarpathian and @immathewj then. Weirdos | |
| Things we cannot be bothered by anymore Lies. Outrageous, baseless, manipulative lies | |
| A not sarcastic question for the power conditioner/upgraded power cord folks I know this has been a long winded and convoluted way to get my expert advice. Buy the box of rocks. https://www.ebay.com/itm/265757970590 | |
| OK Audiogon, help me out please here is the worst advice when you are focused on 2 models: checkout more. There are 100s of great speakers in your price range especially used https://speakerchoices.com/?pricemin=5000&pricemax=10000 | |
| OK Audiogon, help me out please You will get more speaker for the money with Monitor Audio. It’s a larger company selling more speakers and they are more consumer than high end. But that doesn’t mean your ears would like MA more than Sonus Faber, you would need to listen to both... | |
| Karen Carpeneter died 42 years ago. @immatthewj let’s share it | |
| Karen Carpeneter died 42 years ago. @immatthewj @wyoboy Fine! I guess I take it back, seeing the Queen doesn't make it as fun a story to tell than getting busted for it | |
| HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH TO SPEND ON A SYSTEM? IF YOU GET THE SOUND DOES IT MATTER? well, in that case @wolf_garcia I just bought an $80 speaker cable! |