hartf36
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| Great Recordings, Sonically Speaking - and Why. For live music, Little Feat’s Waiting for Columbus has always ranked high, along with the epic Jazz at the Pawnshop.I’ve always considered the 2002 Verve SACD release of Getz/Gilberto to be a good recording.Norah Jones' Come Away With Me is a very... | |
| I really could use some help here..... Don't let anyone tell you your B&K gear is "junk". My EX-442 Sonata makes my Maggies sing. Literally. | |
| Received a Bill for State Tax on An Amp Bought in Canada Last Year The orange cultists are certainly providing some good morning amusement too-DAY! *LMFAO while waving a sparkler* | |
| What Are Your Reference Discs? or Specific Reference Tracks +1 for Sting's "Ten Summoners Tales". A stellar collection of well-written, well-played and well-produced music.+1 for Lyle Lovett's "Joshua Judges Ruth" (esp. "Church").+1 for "Jazz at the Pawnshop" (3-SACD 30th Anniversary edition)"Getz/Gilbert... | |
| Old Amps that can still Kick Butt I'll run my EX-442 Sonata and modded DH220 until they die or I'm crisp.Whichever comes first. | |
| eBay / PayPal: Beware - enough is never enough. Longtime eBayer (20 years, 600 transactions, 100% positive feedback). An increase in scamming “buyers” the last few years, eBay consistently siding with those buyers in disputes the last few years and this new selling policy have finally done it ... | |
| User Error Disaster I've got an EX442 Sonata that is long in the tooth, but I simply love it. I expect I'll do the same as you when it starts going: fix it. John Hillig (Musical Concepts) modded the Hafler DH220 I've got in my office, so I expect I'd send my B&... | |
| Solid state amplifiers and sound stage, especially front to back "depth" My 1993 B&K EX442 Sonata (350 wpc/4 ohms) puts me right in the studio whenever I listen to "Kind of Blue". It's pairing with my MMGs (out 3' from the wall) gives me an excellent soundstage in both width and depth. | |
| So done with audiophile fuses I switched from plain glass fuses to ceramic and did detect a noticeable difference. Not earth-shattering, but noticeable. My fuse experiment ended there. Until I took the fuses out of my Maggies and replaced them with like-sized sections of si... | |
| How loud are you typically listening? If you're exposed to 85 dB on an 8-hour time-weighted average at work, your employer has to get you a baseline audiogram, have a hearing conservation program, get you an annual hearing test, and make hearing protection available to you. At a 90 d... | |
| Stirring Up Trouble Any two given people (take your pick) are as likely to hear something - anything - exactly the same as they are to have the same fingerprints. | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Ian Dury and the Blockheads "New Boots and Panties": one of punk's cutting edge figures with a talented band that can actually play some musical punk.The Tubes "What Do You Want From Live": highly underrated musicians playing some great, fun par... | |
| Combining 2 channel audio and home theatre Having said that, unless you get really lucky, you're probably not going to do that for $700. Agreed | |
| Combining 2 channel audio and home theatre I was in a similar situation, wanting to double-duty my audio system for 2-channel listening and H/T. I also have a Denon AVR (X-4000). Because my main speakers are Magnepan MMGs that require more power than the Denon has to adequately drive them,... | |
| Maggies to Tekton? I had considered the Spatial OB lineup before, but read several commenters who suggested that, in their opinion, there wasn’t all that much difference between the Maggies and Spatials. Others, like gkr7007, thought it was an acceptable trade. Howe... |