jrosemd
Responses from jrosemd
| The myth of "best" in audio needs to be addressed by all of us "It's all in the mind, y'know" - George Harrison, "Yellow Submarine" film, 1968. | |
| The two most common mistakes are bass and treble To Atmasphere: I'm on my third pair of low impedance, super-inefficient Magnepans. I've had many other brands of speakers - Altec, Allison, Advent, AR, B&W, Definitive Technology, Elac, KLH, Klipsch, and Wharfdale.In my opinion, Magnepans ... | |
| SACD Warning--"Do not use liquid cleaning..." ? Turtle Wax (for cars) | |
| Stirring Up Trouble Did anyone notice that this diatribe is labeled "Part l"?Looking forward to Part ll: The Empire Strikes Back | |
| Replacement Motor for a Vintage Thorens TD 160 Turntable Try this place: KAB Electro AcousticsPreserving The Sounds Of A Lifetimewww.kabusa.comwww.twitter.com/kabelectroP.O.Box 2922Plainfield, NJ 07062908-754-1479 Phone908-222-3442 Fax | |
| Is it possible to bring your kids into this hobby? I have three sons. They're all hooked on audio AND on vinyl. Fortunately, I have enough equipment to pass them my hand-me downs - speakers, amps, pre-amps and turntables. All three have respectable systems. For example, one son has Elac B6 spea... | |
| Floor Speakers Speakers for Movies / TV Definitive Technology BP9080S - High-Performance Tower Speaker with Integrated 12" Powered Subwoofer. $1,500 per speaker. My nephew has a dedicated home theater - approximately 15' x 30" - they have tremendous output on films like Top Gun. I ... | |
| Speaker Suggestions/Opinions Magnepan 1.7i's. Great value. Highly rated. | |
| Is This even possible Why can't he just connect the left and right channels from the amp to the speaker terminal - in other words have both left channel and right channel positive and negative speaker wires going into the same speaker terminal? | |
| If you had access to a time machine, what concerts would you go back to see? 9-74 - Roosevelt Raceway in Long Island - Crosby Stills & Nash, The Beach Boys, Joni Mitchell and Jesse Colin Young 11-75 - Stephen Stills - solo acoustic concert in Boston | |
| Can't believe I let myself get sucked in again. Think of all the money you saved in the last ten years by not pursuing this "hobby". | |
| CD player reliability.... good and bad. I've had bad luck with a couple of NAD CD players which broke after less than five years. Have had a Sony ES and two Marantz players that have lasted for several years. The Sony DVP-NS 999ES has a really cheap and fragile tray that occasionally... | |
| Best and Worst customer service? A few years ago, I had a blown woofer on a NOLA speaker. I called NOLA - Carl Marchisotto, the owner of the company, informed me that there were no replacement woofers available and then spent 20 minutes advising me of suitable woofers available ... | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Andrew Gold - The Fraternal Order of AllThe Wondermints (Brian Wilson's backing band) | |
| Are your current amps and other gear the best you've ever had? Yes. Magnepan 3.7's, Sonographe 400 amp, Apt Holman pre-amp, new Technics SL1200 turntable, Marantz UD7007 universal player. Roughly 1,000 LPs, 2,000 CD and 100 SACDs. If anyone is selling SACD's, I'm in the market for them. |