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| Songs about the end of the cold war / Soviets "Russians" by Sting, off the Dream of the Blue Turtles record | |
| Proac+Cary and Accuphase or Esoteric CD Why not buy a Cary CDP? You can select tubed or solid state output, and upsample. The best of all worlds. I love my Cary! | |
| Advice on turntable rig I love Oracles, and there's one here on the 'gon:http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?anlgtabl&1221603586 | |
| Anyone else miss audiophile nervosa? Buy the XRCD version of BIA, remarkable disc | |
| Buying Bookshelves, I love B&W but.... I'd go with Eminent Technology LFT-16 speakers (check out my garage system in my Virtual Systems), if for some reason you don't like the ET's my second choice would be Totem Model One's. Some folks like the ProAc's, they're worth a listen too. | |
| best amp to drive Gallo 3.1's? I own Gallo 3.1's in two systems. I use a Classe DR-8 (70wpc but high current) and BAT VK-500 with BATPAK (250wpc and enough current to act as an arc welder). I don't think the 3.1's need a ton of juice, these happen to be the amps I use and I'm v... | |
| Tubes at Best Buy. Yes, it's true. $500 for the complete system (street price), seems reasonable to me for casual listening. Compare/contrast this system vs. the B&W Zeppelin at $600 and I think Philips has a winner on their hands. | |
| Preamps with large display needed for bad eyesight Balanced Audio has good sized displays, and they are world class preamps! | |
| Is it live or is it Memorex???? Long ramble. Swamp,I feel exactly the same way, and tried to sort out the why's for some time now. There's no doubt the recording gear at live shows have improved considerably, as have the skilled techs behind the mixing boards. The other thing I've noticed is... | |
| Hard Drive/Computer Audio at the SHOW and CES I have compared lossy and "lossless" compression to WAV files, and I can hear a difference (but I'm picky, no doubt). I ripped all of my CD's to external hard drives as WAV files and use them on my iPod when I travel, it was VERY time consuming (t... | |
| Hard Drive/Computer Audio at the SHOW and CES Swampwalker,I don't have a problem with any media, and I use it all so I'm not an "elitist". I do think you ought to match the media to the appropriate gear, the gent mentioned iTunes and I just don't see how that plays well into a high end system... | |
| Hard Drive/Computer Audio at the SHOW and CES I spent my time at the Venetian and T.H.E. Show, I didn't bother with the LVCC where the consumer stuff is kept. You're interested in convenience, there's plenty of consumer-grade products to pick from that cater to that side of the market, Apple'... | |
| Hard Drive/Computer Audio at the SHOW and CES There was some stuff there, I don't recall the various models but suffice to say there wasn't an abundance of gear oriented towards computer storage and playback. Lots and lots of turntables though! | |
| Why is the industry so lame? Wdrazek,I've owned an Ipod for four years now so I'm not arguing for/against a product I'm unfamiliar with. I copy my CD's to my iPod in WAV format to avoid the audible problems evident with compression, but the iPod still isn't all that great sou... | |
| Why is the industry so lame? Wdrazek: Your point is you value convenience, others value quality. There's no doubt that those of us that put the musical experience above all else are a minority, but I think it's fair to say we woke up and smelled the coffee already. "Remember,... |