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| Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps Almarg - I'm a bit surprised as well, although looking back over some of the suggestions I'd say that most were not in the conventional, poorly engineered 'pop' category (though certainly some are). In the spirit of your post I'll add four I haven... | |
| First Steps into Computer Audio Get the DAC out of the noisy electronic environment of the computer....definitely will make an improvement. I don't know what your budget is, but based on what you've done so far I'll hazard a guess and recommend an MHDT Labs Paradisea DAC..You ca... | |
| Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps Yes, Antony sings, "If It Be Your Will" in the Cohen film. Great film and soundtrack, BTW. Thanks for the tip on the "I'm not There" soundtrack - I'll check that out. | |
| How to treat room acoustics? Retail sources? I just did some photographs for Modwright over at CES. Dan shared his room with Audio Machina (great speakers) and Art and Acoustics which are acoustic panels designed by Pacific Northwest artist Stephen Yates. He has a variety of designs that I'd... | |
| If you lost your stereo system would you still ??? Music, or the love of music, is the raison d'etre for the system, not the other way around. Of course I'd still listen on whatever means available. I cannot imagine life without music. | |
| Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps Antony for sure: Gorgeous voice. In the biological sense, isn't Antony Hegarty still a man? His/her voice is certainly that of a woman. I think Antony is channeling Nina Simone! Great call, regardless. Definitely gives me goosebumps. I'm particula... | |
| Modded CD Player or Stock CD Player? I've owned a couple of Dan Wright's (Modwright) modified Sony players, one, a 9000ES, with only the SS mods he did retaining and beefing up the stock power supply, the other a Platinum Signature modded 999ES with tube rectified external supply. I'... | |
| CES update 2009 I'd have to agree on the MBL's at CES: I was very impressed with their room at RMAF '07 - that system was just breathtaking in that room. This year I was not wowed by them, and certainly the volume was more limited during the time I spent listenin... | |
| Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps To get off the jazz/pop tangent, the voice of Montserrat Figueras does it for me on any of Savall's recordings of her. In a very odd way Joanna Newsome's high-pitched little girl vocals on her early album, Milk-eyed Mender, is also a standout, tho... | |
| Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps I heard a cut from Barb Jungr off a Linn Records recording at CES a few days ago that would qualify. Hats off to Duke at Audio Kinesis as it was his speakers bringing her voice to life - they were a standout for me at THE Show...way to go Duke! Th... | |
| Looking for a small bedroom amp I use a Sophia Baby in my office. If your speakers are efficient enough to handle it those are 10 sweet watts. Very reasonable on the used market too. | |
| Any Blu Ray player that will also play SACD's ? Here's a good FAQ that addresses playing SACD on the older PS3 model. | |
| Any Blu Ray player that will also play SACD's ? PS If you phone Oppo about their upcoming BDP-83 universal player; per my post above, make sure to ask them if it does play SACD and DVD-A (and it should as this is their stated intention for the player) whether it downsamples both formats via PCM... | |
| Any Blu Ray player that will also play SACD's ? You want to make sure (I think?) that, not only does the player play SACD's, but that it outputs them in their native resolution. I think the Oppo players that play SACD's, at least thus far, can only output SACD's and DVD-A's via PCM which, as I ... | |
| Best Blu Ray video and for 2 channel transport? I had my friend's Oppo from brand new - he had never used it himself and I opened his factory sealed box. He has two very elaborate systems and this was a very minor purchase for him and he was going away on holiday so I had it from new to three w... |