jdombrow
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| What are your "reference" CDs? I'm surprised to find Sting on your reference CD list. I love his music, and own most of his CDs, but I find the recordings to be rather compressed with a lack of good dynamics. Anyone else feel this way about Sting's recordings, or is it just me?jd | |
| Analysis Plus Spker Cable Excellent Cable or Hype? I have Oval 9 speaker cables and a Crystal Oval interconnect in my system. They are great. I would like to try some other speaker cables for comparison, but it seems that I need to spend more money to better these cables (as Bigkidz stated).But, t... | |
| Looking for spkr suggestions Reimer speakers rarely get mentioned here. He has a full line, and they are very good (and efficient).JD | |
| Improvement over Kimber/Ixos combination? I was using some inexpensive IXOS interconnects in my all tube system for a while. I found them to be better than two models of Audioquest cables I tried (Coral and the next model up). I am now using Ananlysis Plus Crystal Oval from CD to Preamp a... | |
| Best Speakers Close to Walls See the post "whatz up with hi-end speakers near walls? " below. Lots of good suggestions. | |
| whatz up with hi-end speakers near walls? Sounds like a control issue. Nobody is asking you to place your speakers against the wall, and I doubt that anyone is seeking your approval, so what's the problem? Should we all wear the same clothes as you too? | |
| Filling my speaker stands to weigh it down? Yes, it will make a difference. A common result is tighter bass and better focus. I bought a bag of playbox sand from Home Depot. There are other materials that are recommended, but this is inexpensive. If you use sand, you should probably fill th... | |
| Tube traps Here's a link for DIY tube traps:http://www.geocities.com/jonrisch/a.htmHere's the link to his main page:http://www.geocities.com/jonrisch/ | |
| Efficient speakers for my 2A3's........ Here's a link to recommended speakers for SET amps:http://www.welbornelabs.com/recomendspeaks.htm | |
| Funky/fusion jazz with heavy base emphasis.... Check out Kim Stone's two latest solo releases. | |
| Where's the rest of the music??? Find someone who has some components you can swap into your system one at a time, including speakers. This will help determine where the problem is. Good luck.JD | |
| Speakers Woodman is right. The feedback is caused by having the microphone in front of the speakers. | |
| Music for Visually Impaired - - - - Ideas? Here's one bit of advice that may help. I have an aunt in her 90's who's eyesight and physical coordination are deteriorating. She would accidently press the wrong button on the TV remote and loose all reception, and then not be able to get it bac... | |
| Pro & Con: side firing subwoofers.... I don't like the idea of drivers facing in two different directions. jd | |
| grainy sounding high end system With all those purchases, have you made any good friends in your local stores? Is there anyone whose opinion you trust? Maybe someone else with a good ear will come over to give you some opinions and suggestions. I recently had a guy from one of t... |