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| Do you find yourself turning down the bass on Coldplay albums? Nope, never occurred to me - and couldn't if I wanted to as I have no tone controls and haven't since like 1981. | |
| What is the current retail cost of your reference system? I'm always up go for highest value/deal/performance ratio. So to replace my 22yr old CJ preamp - $13500, amp - $1200, streamer - $600, CD Player - $400, speakers $2600. So: $18300 | |
| Is there anything better than live recordings? Been to, oh, a thousand or so concerts in last 50yrs (from Hip Hop to the Bolshoi), I have about 500 CDs and about 4000 songs saved on Qobuz. I have never, ever, heard a live recording of a track sound as good as the studio. Only very rarely does ... | |
| What are your top 3 favorite female singers? Christine McVie, RIP, Carla Bonoff, k d lang | |
| Speakers that are good with tubes Tubes, typically at least, give a warm sound that had absolutely nothing to do with efficiency of the speakers themselves. Current of your tbe amp would be more important than power. But assuming a typical audiophile 100-200w tube amp you can driv... | |
| Candidates for best speakers in the $2000-5000 market If you have a decent sized room and the power (more accurately, current) Magnepan 1.7is win best speakers in that price point every year. Plus, doing Magna Risers really makes them sing even more | |
| Which LS3/5a? Great discussion. In the mid '80s I bought a pair of Rogers branded speakers that I thought after all this time were LS3/5as and loved them. I drove them with a Hafler DH-200 and a CJ PV-2. They played loud with great detail and warmth, plenty of ... | |
| Do You Tell Others How Much You Have Invested in Your System? Well I never worry about security but I do occassionally put rough numbers to my system with others. In my mind to show the great value it is. | |
| Tube preamp options Unbelievable no one has mentioned conrad-johnson. You. Cannot go wrong. Brilliant quality and the best tube sound; several price points. | |
| Sad songs- We love them- We need them David Gray has loads - he's rather known - or them but certainly one of the saddest songs ever is "The One I Love." | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear The Headboys eponymously titled album. | |
| Where did you buy your first audio gear? Audio Warehouse. Sharonville, OH . Harmon Kardon 50w receiver, Sanyo tape deck, RtR bookshelf's, Dual Turntable, not sure of the cartridge, 1980. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Audio Warehouse. Sharonville, OH | |
| We Can Make Classic Cars Outperform Today's "SuperCars": Why Not Vintage Audio? But, if it was free, who'd a feckin' Camaro over a Veyron? And yop speed is just whacking off. Lap times are what matter. Apex speeds, etc. Caring about 1/4mi and top speed is like saying the lowest system is the best, nonsense And completely unl... | |
| Magico Ultimate III - $700,000 Speakers Yawn |