jax2
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| Tube or SS for Vocals/Strings God, you're a jagoff, Stan. The drum major of the Audiogon Jagoff Parade. I don't wann'a be around for that parade. Though it's amazing anyone can play such a tiny instrument, much less a whole marching band. Be sure to bring binoculars if you re... | |
| Dynaudio 1.3SE v. Silverline SR17 I've owned all three versions of the SR17 short of the newest, the SR17.5's. There is a significant improvement from the very first version to my ears, in both the second and third. I believe Alan changed both drivers from one to two, though I'm n... | |
| Tube or SS for Vocals/Strings Thanks Grant. I hear you had a good time with Howard and the Green Man at the VTV show, although both Howard and Dean said the show was a bit disappointing other than the Edgarhorn room(?). Baroque_lover - Do a search on the forums here under "arr... | |
| Tube or SS for Vocals/Strings Given your room size, which is relatively small, and sticking with your Arro speakers, I'd look for a tube amp putting out about 35wpc, prefereably Triode. The choices then will be up to your budget. If you are not technically inclined, or don't w... | |
| Tube or SS for Vocals/Strings I'd agree with Pawlowski (but he probably wasn't considering your current speakers in his recommendation): Nothing like a fat bottle to make strings and vocals load your room with sound that's moist with sweat and slides across your senses like a ... | |
| Chris Whitley 1960-2005 I'm very sorry to hear this news. I went to high school with Chris back in Vermont in the late 70's. I remember him as the kind of guy who, though he hung with a pretty 'tough' crowd, he always got along with everyone because of his contagious spi... | |
| About Lugnut -- Patrick Malone Godspeed on your journey Pat! I hear they have horns up there. I hope they're running them with tubes! I will miss your generous contributions as well as thoughtful and thought-provoking debate. My deepest sympathies go out to Pat's family and fri... | |
| tall solid speaker stands? Ah, you're talking about rears in a surround system. Sorry, I didn't understand. All bets are off as I Marco don't do the surround thing. I see your dillema now. The custom route is likely the way to go. I don't think you'll otherwise find stands ... | |
| whats the biggest mistake you made? Islandear - a quick check of my feedback should dissapate any concerns over any farm-animal testicle substitute scams. Mine's the real deal. It was kept in the more desirable salt-brine till only recently when the "Diesel incident" occured and we ... | |
| The Mechanics of WAF Happy Wife = Happy LifeThat's a pretty simplistic answer. I find much to agree with in many of the posts already. Onhwy61 nailed my faults to a tea...and Mechans illustrates a mirror story to mine as well. Knowing how much my wife would object I b... | |
| whats the biggest mistake you made? Islander - You live near me I think (Seattle), so you can come and check out my testacle in person. It's pickled in vinegar and we keep it in the pantry after our dog, Diesel, knocked the Ball jar off the shelf in the bedroom it had been on, and a... | |
| whats the biggest mistake you made? Sold my vintage 98' Shakti magic pebbles for a song! I've tried a dozen different bottles of'em since letting that one special bottle go, but they just haven't had the synergy the 98' vintage did. I'd give my left testacle to get those pebbles bac... | |
| tall solid speaker stands? 36" tall?! What, are you going to listen while standing up? Stands are supposed to bring the tweeter to your ear level while seated. That means you would add the distance from the bottom of the speaker to tweeter + the height of the stand to equal... | |
| Has digital come close to or beat up analog yet ? Digital gave analog a bloody nose with a right hook. I'm pretty sure it's broken. Analog put down digital with a sucker-punch to the groin, and kicked'em while he was down. There is no clear winner, just a lot of cleaning up to do. For God's sake,... | |
| Wireless link from your computer to your system. Do you not find that the computer itself is kind of noisy?My laptop is pretty quiet. The Mac-Mini is also quiet. Don't know about PC's. You could always build a quiet box with 2" pinkboard insulation from Home Depot. You could encase it in 3/4 inc... |