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| High-efficiency speakers and high-power amps? Thanks to everyone for your thoughtful responses. I asked mostly out of curiosity, not because I'm terribly unhappy with something in my current setup. I guess the best way to proceed would be simply to find a high-efficiency, single-driver system... | |
| Vandy or Maggy? Wait just a minute, Schubert. Does this mean that you are selling -- or have already sold -- your beloved Silverline Preludes? I've been following your comments about them for some time -- to the point where I've considered them as a prime candida... | |
| R.I.P. Lou Reed Played the first and last Velvets albums today in his honor and memory. Will spin a couple of favorite solo records tomorrow -- "New York" and "Magic and Loss," probably. When he was good -- which was often -- he was amazing. When he was maddening... | |
| A reference lp for the modern age. Thanks for the reminder -- I'd known about this record, but somehow didn't get around to getting it. Just ordered it now, though. I had the great good fortune of seeing the Be Good Tanyas around the time of their first record, "Blue Horse," and ab... | |
| Newest iPhone Apple's latest available, the iPhone 5C, is hardly an upgrade. The truly new model, the 5S, won't be sold until next Friday, Sept. 20. (The 5C is essentially a repackaged 5.)I'll be getting a 5S late next month, after my current contract (I've got... | |
| New Apple TV More info here:http://www.macrumors.com/2013/09/06/no-new-apple-tv-coming-next-week-but-apple-will-upgrade-software/ | |
| What are these B&W speakers worth? The 801s are completely worthless, but, since I'm such a great guy, I'd be willing to take them off your hands for you. Post your address and I'll send a truck around tomorrow.No, seriously, subscribing to the A'gon Bluebook is the way to go.-- Ho... | |
| New cartridge for Rega P3-24 I'm using an Ortofon 2M Bronze on my P3 2000 and am really quite happy with things. I'm playing records and enjoying them, sometimes buying more vinyl, not worrying about my system very much -- or at all, even. One very cool thing about the Ortofo... | |
| why no recent Merlin speaker reviews? I laughed right out loud to read Testpilot's post. When I've looked at the Merlin site, it's always seemed so odd, so needlessly confusing -- is the Merlin TSM QWERTY the newer model, or is it the Merlin TSM ASDFG? It need not be this hard.-- Howard | |
| Pink Floyd on Pandora What struck me in the Floyd-authored op-ed piece -- and what prompted me to post it here in the first place -- was the idea that Pandora, at least as the writers would have us believe, is attempting to snow the artists, saying one thing while hopi... | |
| What is your preference, Records or CDs? When I was out and about this afternoon, I found myself thinking, for some reason, about U2's debut album. I've got "Boy" on vinyl, on CD, and have the CD ripped to a server. Since I just felt like hearing it, more or less in the background, I fir... | |
| Recommendations for a "summer" amp? I'll second (or is it third?) the W4S. Cool, great sound, right price. | |
| Why does most new music suck? In the past few days I've listened to Jack White's "Blunderbuss," a couple of albums by Wilco, two Drive-By Truckers records, the latest from Ryan Adams. All of these artists have been around for a decade or more, but all are making new -- and ver... | |
| best snack for listening? Good Scotch. | |
| HELP PICKING NEW TURNTABLE I've had an MMF 5 and several different Regas -- two older P2s, a P3 2000. I'd recommend the Rega over the Music Hall. I found it to be a better table with a much better arm (not sure if the 5.1 has the same tonearm as the 5). Also, given your cho... |