jrosemd
Responses from jrosemd
| Any favorites for cosmetics/design/how a product looks? Marantz electronics have always looked great. | |
| What are songs where people or instruments sound closer to you? Beach Boys "Sunflower" | |
| What is your take on high efficient speakers vs. low efficient speakers? I'm on my third pair of Magnepans. Sensitivity is rated at 86db - very low efficiency. I've owned Altecs, Advents, KLH, Klipsch, Nola, Allison, B&W 802's which cost a fortune. Nothing comes close to the Magnepans. | |
| What is your take on high efficient speakers vs. low efficient speakers? I'm on my third pair of Magnepans. Sensitivity is rated at 86db - very low efficiency. I've owned Altecs, Advents, KLH, Klipsch, Nola, Allison, B&W 802's which cost a fortune. Nothing comes close to the Magnepans. | |
| Best music in 2022 Remastered with loads of additional material: The Beach Boys "Sounds of Summer". | |
| Your method for discovering great music. If you find a band which you like, Google "bands that sound like [name of band]." | |
| Why I sold my Magnepan .7's I'm a trained jazz saxophone player. I have roughly 500 jazz LPS and 1000 jazz CDs, including SACDs I'm on my third pair of Maggies, having previously owned Advents, AR's and B&Ws. I have not had any of the problems with Maggies of which you... | |
| Your Favorite Christmas Song-One only Please- Mariah Carey- All I Want for Christmas Is You | |
| The "British Invasion". A question for you old farts out there. At my school, it was either the Beatles or the Stones. Fringe groups liked The Animals, The Kinks, The Zombies and Them. I don't recall anyone liking the Dave Clark Five. | |
| Top 3 songs to evaluate a system 1. Beach Boys: Heroes and Villains - Sounds of Summer2. Frank Zappa: Blessed Relief - The Grand Wazoo3. The Who: Quadrophenia - Quadrophenia | |
| RE: the question: ":Why do forum interactions become contentious". . . "Why can't we all just get along?" - Rodney King | |
| Looking for new speakers for large audio room B&W 800 D4 series. I have the 802's and they're magnificent. | |
| Jazz Fans-- Name some of your favorite, less well known recordings Carla Bley: Anything by her, but particularly the large group recordings. Gerry Mulligan: Walk on the Water, Age of SteamFrank Zappa: Grand Wazoo, Hot Rats - both of these feature large g... | |
| Biggest "bang for the buck" audio gear you have owned(in your history)? 3 pairs of Magnepans - 1 pair in each of the last three decadesTechnics SL1200 turntableConrad Johnson ampApt Holman pre-amp | |
| Audio deals you bought that seem impossible for the price? The three pairs of Magnepan speakers that I have purchased.They sound much better than any speakers in their respective price ranges. |