jaybo

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Recommendation needed for Turntable
dual 505-4 
Quality recordings of reggae/ska and alternative
start with the first wave..anything my millie(aka millie small) and desmond dekker. some of the coolest music ever. 
Mono recordings - Listen with one speaker or two??
five speakers if you like...or earbuds. 
Zu Essence vs Martin Logan
how you narrowed down to two completely different sounding speakers is interesting, so i would listen to more before purchasing anything. 
amp question
your pre and amp are exceptional 
New Green Mountain Rios - has anyone heard them?
someone needs to overhaul the website. 
Sounds better at home
blues magoos 
Sounds better at home
i guess my blue cheer concerts were a bad idea 
Are there any albums you consider perfect?
william lyall-solo casting 
2-ways that are close to 3-ways
there are a pair of audes blues on agon for under a grand. these are up to around 4k new(still a value), and they are pretty easy to drive. the audes, like the coincidents are classic balanced sound from top to bottom, and though they're not the f... 
2-ways that are close to 3-ways
you have 3 solid speakers. 
SET the best?
1. you have a great system 2. never build a system around an amplifier (a carwreck) 3.no stereo plays every record or cd perfectly....and it never is 'like' live music, good or bad. 
Omni Speaker Options
add the shahinian hawk or diapason and the ohm 5000 to your shortlist of end-all omnis, though there many other non omnis that will go head to head with the mbl as well. 
dustcover up, down or off
if you don't hear a difference, do what you want...if you do hear a difference, the answer is the same. 
Vinyl reissues
the honest and confusing answer is sometimes 'the original' doesn't even sound like 'the original'....sometimes it does, and sometimes it doesn't. in either case that can be a 'good' or 'bad' thing. most of us with our 'original vintage ears', don...