jmalen123
Responses from jmalen123
| Somebody Please Make This Already... I use 2 Mcintosh C50 preamps. 1 to control my main speakers and 1 for my 3 subwoofers. Bass output of the extremely diverse music I enjoy varies greatly and this ended up being the best way to remedy the problem. After time I pretty much know wher... | |
| Who's winning? It has less to do with the equipment than it does with the person. Some people are more likely to be content with what they have. Our upbringing or early life may have programmed some of us to appreciate what we have more than others. I never woul... | |
| The best opening act you've ever seen & heard? Mine was seeing Pat Benatar open for Billy Squire. Pat and Spyder killed it, and Squire got booed off the stage. As a side note... Santana's drummer Michael Shrieve was the youngest performer at Woodstock. | |
| Speaker upgrade? Subwoofer. Easy peasy. | |
| WHY DO SOME AUDIOPHILES TRY TO TELL OTHERS WHAT THEY CAN OR CAN’T HEAR IN A SYSTEM? Simply... they are a-holes. | |
| Do Audio Hobbyists Commonly Fail to Fully Utilize Their Systems? The limiting factor for many is music choice. When your palate of musical choice is narrow your system capability will be narrow. The internet has allowed us all to bask in the brilliance of recording engineers, music production and artistic geniu... | |
| What contributes most to a change in how an amplifier sounds? The transformer. | |
| Reasonably priced preamplifier The Anthem STR is a phenomenal preamp for the price. Specs are great but the flexibility and sound characteristics are even better. | |
| Steve Morse pays tribute to Jeff beck Class playing tribute to class. This is one of the reasons music touches all cultures. | |
| Room with glass windows as a walls. Obviously, the easiest audiophile solution would be to move and build a new home with a dedicated listening room and its own electrical source. Other than that, I can be of no assistance. Or... just enjoy life and the accompanying soundtrack to it... | |
| analyzing sound I be dumb just like when sound good. | |
| SACD Players McIntosh and enjoy the music. | |
| When I listen to my system....... Good gravy, the either-or conundrum again. The Internet gives us infinite choices. We can have it all if you are willing to explore the glorious choices. | |
| Fun read... Cured my "Audiophilia" years ago but now have the dreaded "Musicphilia". Damn internet. | |
| It’s true what they say/and a question The live version of Lingus by the band Snarky Puppy has one of the best sounding drum performances I have heard. Larnell Lewis learned the song on the flight to the gig as a fill in, and shines like the true star he is. It is one of the coolest st... |