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| Is the significance of room acoustics overrated? I agree with several posters here--if anything the influence of a room's acoustics is UNDERrated. When my wife and I moved into our first house a year ago, I conducted a rather unscientific (but still instructive) experiment. I decided to turn the... | |
| Ceiling Height Thanks a lot for the info, Nrchy. Actually, I received the Harley book for Christmas, but I haven't had the time to give it more than a cursory look. I'll dust it off tonight and read the chapter on room tuning. Thanks again! | |
| Ceiling Height Nrchy: The overall dimensions are approximately 25 x 20 x 7. With a little treatment (bass traps, Echo Buster panels, etc.), the room actually sounds pretty well balanced--there don't seem to be any glaringly obvious problems--but I'm not sure if ... | |
| Clapton Me and Robert Johnson It's a very good album. I picked it up the day it came out and listened to it immediately. What struck me most was EC's voice. At times in the past, particularly on blues outings, his voice struck me as that of an Englishman trying to sound like a... | |
| Aerosmith's Honkin On Bobo The build-up for "Honkin' on Bobo" has been kinda misleading. It's much more a rock album than a blues album. Rather than the band playing it straight, it's Aerosmith applying its trademark sleaze to the blues. But, whatever you wanna call it, it'... | |
| Badfinger Sns:"Magic Christain Music" is a terrifc album. It's much more delicate, overall, than their later work, but tremendous nonetheless. It's their most Beatles-inspired album, I think. "Dear Angie" is one of my all-time faves. | |
| Badfinger Wildoats:Actually, Lennon/McCartney did NOT write "No Matter What." That was a Pete Ham composition. You're probably thinking of "Come and Get It," Badfinger's first hit, which was written by McCartney.Though it helped in the short-term, I think i... | |
| Album which you have listened to most? Badfinger--pretty much any album with Pete Ham. IMHO some of the best pop/rock you'll ever hear. | |
| Album which you have listened to most? IMHO some of the best pop/rock you'll ever hear. | |
| Best drink while listening to your rig? Cpdunn:My wife and I usually go with the Six Grapes. It's nothing terribly exotic, but it's definitely one of the better "affordable" ports I've tasted. As for music, since I'm not a classical buff, I'd have to go with something pop/rock-ish and m... | |
| Personal speaker evolution Can't recall them all, but it's gone something like this: Aiwa minisystem w/ attached speakers, MB Quart floorstanders, JM Lab bookshelves, NHT SuperZero, Vandersteen 1, Vandersteen 2, Vandersteen 3, Quad ESL-63, Dunlavy SM1, Dunlavy Cantata, Von ... | |
| Best drink while listening to your rig? A short glass of Graham's port. Lights out, blinds open, snow falling into the river in the background. Music playing softly. Nice. | |
| Jena Labs - Any experience? Some may say the Symphony, but I'd go with the Pathfinder. You get better resolution, along with an audibly richer and more believable midrange. The Valhallas are still an excellent cable, but, in my mind, the Pathfinders are clearly better all ar... | |
| Von Schweikert VR7 HSE Listeners You guys are probably aware, but VSA recently introduced their top-of-the-line VR-11, and the smaller VR-9, at this year's CES. As good as the VR-7 is, the inside scoop is that these speakers bring the Von Schweikert sound to a whole new level. As... | |
| EMM Labs DCC 2 - Sneak Preview I'm getting mine either today or tomorrow. This weekend I'm putting together my main system--Kharma Midi Exquisites, Tenor hybrids, DCC2, SACD-1000--and I'm positively frothing at the mouth. Though the break-in is likely to be pretty torturous, I'... |