jdoris
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| New Adcom GFA-555 se - Special Edition "Wasn't there a Yugo SE at one point?"Audiofeil likes car analogies, but hates sushi analogies! | |
| Best Christmas Album The alt.country type Mindy Smith made a nice Christmas record last year. Bought it for my sister, who enjoyed it. John | |
| Help building new system: devore, verity or Sonus? Hi Brookjoo. I've a somewhat similar room situation: 13'x 13' x 9.5'h, although the room is openish on two sides, which may make it a bit larger acoustically. Like you, visuals preclude my doing more elaborate room treatments. We have similar tast... | |
| new Magico speakers the Q5 "Please define "real" and "value." Do you refer to intrinsic, inherent or instrumental value? Do you refer to social reality or to some objective reality as Searle distinguishes?"This is pretty deep, but do we really need Searle to have a discussi... | |
| heard Melody Gardot? I'm with Bryan. She's certainly very good, but I think there's lots of newer female jazz vocalists in her company. If you haven't heard her, Valerie Joyce records nice music on Chesky, with the sound quality typical of that house. People may also ... | |
| hardwood floor and speaker I use pennies under the spikes to protect my wood floor, as suggested by George Short of North Creek, the designer/manufacturer of my speakers. 8 cents, out the door. John | |
| Small monitor- made in the states I have North Eskas, which I enjoy very much, so I can second Muzikat's suggestion that you look into North's "bookshelf" models, which are voiced for such applications (many or most smaller speakers aren't). There are models at a range of pricepoi... | |
| PS Audio PerfectWave DAC vs Bel Canto DAC3 Hi Sgr. On the thread linked below, it seemed like you were favoring the Levinson gear over the PW. Did your judgment change over time? Why?Best,Johnhttp://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ddgtl&1245900512&openusid&Sgr&4&5&... | |
| PS Audio Perfect Wave Transport/DAC experiences I am using the Perfect Wave DAC with a Macbook. I purchased from Underwood, where Walter gave me a generous trade on a Musical Fidelity A5 CDP (with Underwood Level 2 mods). I was using a Marsh 2000b, which I sold off and am now going preless into... | |
| Will mother move your speakers at Thanksgiving? If you'll also have white, Big House White, a CA blend, is among the best buys in wine I know about right now (12-14 reg/7$ on sale at my grocery). If you're feeling more expansive, Caymus Conundrum (25$) is another CA blend with lots of interest ... | |
| Will mother move your speakers at Thanksgiving? 2007 in the Southern Rhone is very strong. Some of them will be drinking now, and will tend to be of a generous style that will mate pretty well with TG menus, which often include a range of tastes. John | |
| How to fill speaker stands If you cut the bottom off a plastic milk jug, you'll have a large funnel. If the posts to be filled are narrower than the milk jug opening, maybe a 2 liter soda bottle? John | |
| Help designing mac mini music server I had trouble with set up on Buffalo NAS, and found their support negligible. Sent it back. YMMV. John | |
| Making the best of mediocre speakers Marty is right that one doesn't need in-walls to start a feud with neighbors. I'd expect in-wall would be less problematic for a wall that did not communicate with another apt. (in addition, construction details might prevent installation for some... | |
| Speaker Placement Problem North Creek makes speakers designed for this application. Of done as a kit, price friendly. John |