jpharris
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| Dynaudio Contours or Monitor Audio for HT Daniel,I too love the Dynaudio's for my dual system. I thought the Monitors sounded harsher when I recently checked them out, the Dyn midrange and treble are much smoother and more natural. I am using Contour 1.8 MkII fronts and a Countour Center,... | |
| sacd vs xrcd Dandreescu, The sale was in their demo sale flier, and it seems you have to call in to get the deal or enter code DSO2 in their comments section. Their web site is not the most robust. Yes it was back catalog, but they had about 100 listed . I hav... | |
| sacd vs xrcd On my system (Sony SCD555ES TAP9000 Adcom 7400 Dynaudio Contour1.8II with Nordost Solarwind cabling) I find the SACD XRCD to be a push. I'll take either one. Old Jazz chestnuts sound great on both. Rock and Roll SACDs don't seem to sound to much b... | |
| Songs that you just have to sing Anything from Oklahoma (movie better than Broadway)Jackie Wilson Said and Wild Night, Van MorrisonGimme Back my Bullets and I Aint the One, Lynyrd SkynyrdLet's Stay Together, Al GreenRock & Roll Woman, Buffalo SpringfieldRose of Cimmaron, Poco... | |
| John Entwistle RIP From the story on the inside cover of Quadrophenia:"The bass player was a laugh. He never did anything. Nothing. He used to smile sometime, but the smile would only last half a second and then it would switch off again. ...skip a bit... His bass s... | |
| Are you spending your time at the computer instead This is what I do while watching my 2 yr old daughter play in the sandbox or watch educational videos. Rest time. Strange little girl, likes Mingus but not Miles, loves Mendelssohn, but no Beethoven but the 3rd Symphony, loves Marshall Tucker Band... | |
| Sony SCD-C555ES good for redbook? I like it alot. I am running it with the TAP9000ES Analog Multichannel preamp and a Adcom power amp and Dynaudio Contour 1.8 Mk II speakers. Tried a few mid priced interconnects, and settled on Nordost Solar Wind. Oddly enough the first thing I no... | |
| Mid-Hi fi Phono preamp w/ volume control? Thanks for the info. I have heard the full featured unit, I think it was EAR 864?? and loved it, but it was too pricey for what I wanted. I will look into the 834 models with volume control. I agree that it doesn't fit the mid fi description, but ... | |
| Best female vocals on CD Maybe try the "Trio's" discs, with Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt and Dolly Parton. Anytime you have discs where Linda Ronstadt has the roughest voice, you are doing well. I agree with the consensus the Margo Timmins has the moist, sorry I mistype... | |
| Speaker wire is it science or psychology I have tried several different cables and used my wife as a guinea pig. She has definitely noticed differences between the three I tried. I tried some old 12 gauge stranded zip cord, some Kimber 4TC and Analysis plus oval. All were matched using a... | |
| Dynaudio 1.8 MKII I have the 1.8 mkII's and I do not think that they need a lot of volume to shine. I get very smooth midrange (the reason I bought them - female vocals) at low levels. They tend to be somewhat bass shy until you put the juice to them. However, the ... |