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Worst Rock Band Ever !!!!
any band that has these two characteristics i hate1. show must include flamethrowers2. can not perform live. rock must have an audience to be authentic 
having problems with music streamer/windows?
i have one and it is plug and play for me. easiest thing i,ve ever used. maybe yours is broke. did it just stop working one day with out changing anything? i always do absent minded professor check first. is the volume up on the computer??? good l... 
Best blues guitarist, Clapton or Green
wow.. glad i read this one. objective analysis is impossible. you can not measure art with data, nice parlor room conversation but come on. subjectively everyone here is entitled to their opinion. the blues genre has been interpreted, innovated, h... 
Using headphone output from an intergrated amp
i have read this about tube amps but never solid state. i have used several integrateds as a pre to a amp with no load on the speaker outputs on the integrated. on every amp i have ever used when you plug the headphones in it bypasses the speakers... 
channel d ??
i installed pure music trial. there is definitly something different here. i,ve only listened to one itunes download. i.ll report back but i think i just spent 129 dollars. 
I found a cheap and immediately noticeable tweek
live and learn. when i got the furman i thought it was what i needed. now i see the beebee is incredible. and my emotiva amp sounds worse with the furman because of redundancy issue. at least the furman isolates the refrigerator noise. right? i ho... 
Help a new guy get started
lots of great ideas. i use the decco with a 500 watt power amp with magnepans and velodyne subs and for a budget system it is really nice. lots of flexibility and well thought out options. i did use the decco alone with mb quarts for a year and th... 
I found a cheap and immediately noticeable tweek
thanks for the answer. there is alot to this and many think it doesn,t matter but i do. i am positive that my system sounds better after midnight. not just a little better either. and i listen at all times so i don,t think it is psychological. my ... 
Receiver with no phono input: Solutions?
all great advice. if you have worn records due to a sub par turntable get ready to spend some money on new lps because you might be annoyed by surface wear noise. i find lots of great lps for 25 cents at flea markets but every once in a while i ge... 
Do you listen alone or with guest s
alone. i get tired of people yelling at me...ha. plus,,most people i know avoid all conversations concerning my audio/music opinions.i know this because their eyes glaze over! i'm sure i am not the only person on audiogon with this situation. now ... 
channel d ??
thanks. i,m going to do this. i thought itunes sounded very good with lossless so maybe i,m in for a treat? pc audio is a audio enthusiast christmas morning with all sorts of new things to try. and everything is right in front of me!! the flea mar... 
"American Sound" Speakers
i.d guess klipsch, old ar's, jbl, advent, boston, polk and the bane of audiogon,,,,bose. ha. with all the speaker designers and companies out there i guess i had better include martin logan and magnepan. gosh who did i leave out? i am sure there w... 
Receiver with no phono input: Solutions?
there are entry level phono input boxes sarting at 100 dollars and tube phono inputs for thousands and everything in between. music direct and audioadvisor sites can give you some ideas. how important will lp listening be to you? how much do you p... 
I found a cheap and immediately noticeable tweek
i use a dedicated ac line with a ps audio ac recepticle to a furman pfi15. it seems to have good ac ports[13 of em] , how do you think this works with your idea? john,, i also use ps audio power cords on everything. 
State of the art CD player? Only if you do this.
i read an article where an audiophile who has reviewed thousands of cds wrote that 1 percent were recorded well and correctly. i bet everyone on this forum will agree that a certain special cd will evoke a wow reaction and most are just ok to pret...