jaybo
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| Looking to start a vintage jazz collection, no offense, but now is a lousey time to start a jazz lp collection. most great jazz lp's will never be reissued on vinyl, and a few thousand mint originals can set you back a summer home.....get japanese mini lp cd's before they dry up and go thro... | |
| Lp playback rituals pray before spinning each lp that there are no new clicks and pops. | |
| Best CD player money can buy ? MBL, Nagra, Naim? 1. only buy something you can audition or try...2. don't spend too much...the dna of all current players is closer than ever.....3. look into older models from levinson, sonic frontiers, and the above mentioned naim.....they still have what it tak... | |
| region 1 or pal, better picture? it depends on the quality of the film to tape to dlt transfer. in theory, PAL is superior(more lines of resolution).....in practice its a title by title, region by region, fiasco. the brand of the dvd company(for indy stuff) is the most important ... | |
| Is analog & vinyl anoying? Is it worht it. unless one has a huge record collection, stay with what you have. its fun 'and' anoying, and over the last year or so, new pressings are worse than ever. generally more expensive too (the sleeve quality is great). when everything lines up perfectl... | |
| Which is the best version of Famous Blue Raincoat? they all sound great...have not worried about comparisons. | |
| Do you own the Jeff Beck "Best Of " Live CD? the real irony is... he's still 'the best' and his one true love is car collecting, not guitar playing. oh well....Michael Bloomfield (bless his soul)was another guy with the talent of 'ten', and never even tried. | |
| The sealed LP... what is the point? a have hundreds of multiple items...many sealed....ultimely there is no point...to be a collector, you don't need a point. | |
| Blue Ridge Sound Engineering Speakers ??? let me be clear on a couple of things........1.i do not consider allison ic20's as one of the best allison designs. 2.the last generation of allison one's will compete with any 30k speaker made today in regard to tone....3. i have no opinion on th... | |
| Help with Jazz BeBop a gift certificate.....as a collector, i hate to get albums or cd's(even rare stuff).....i want the moola to shop....thata at least half the thrill. | |
| The Cost of Cables the moral of all this is to spend less on cables, and buy a porsche. | |
| The Cost of Cables the wire in hi end cables is 'magic'. it costs lots of money to cast a spell on copper...even more for silver. also cable jackets that are cool colors are many times more expensive than colors that are not cool. cables also sounds much better (swe... | |
| Integrated amp and CD player for the new B&W 805S? i would suggest a creek,cambridge, or cyrus combo. the b&w 805's are great | |
| B & W 802 Nautilus and Monoblocks the mac402, 352, or 501's....of those you have listed, the krell | |
| Review: Mordaunt Short Performance 6 Speaker great review of an overlooked benchmark speaker. |