kthomas
Responses from kthomas
| Stereo or Home Theater? Well, check out the latest U2 and Nine Inch Nails concert DVDs if you want to see current SOTA surround-sound music/video. Both are positively awesome. I saw U2 in Chicago and there were 25,000 people four nights running, all on their feet going n... | |
| Stereo or Home Theater? I love music and I love movies. Practicality has led me to have the best system I can that serves both these purposes as best as possible. There are definitely compromises, but having bought a couple channels of really excellent amplification for ... | |
| Are you spending your time at the computer instead I'm with S7horton - I probably listen more due to having a computer, though I also often have a basketball game on mute while listening to music.Do I think it's a good thing to "filter" the sound this way? That never really occurred to me as relev... | |
| Is Your System Better Than the Music You Like? Absolutely - my system is better than a large portion of my CD collection. I share the opinion that a better system doesn't make "worse" recordings worse to listen to, but worse recordings don't inspire you to run out and spend a lot more on your ... | |
| Tyler Ref Monitors vs. Dynaudio 1.3 MK11 The 1.1's work that close to the back wall, but a few of the reviews I've read of them also talk about them being easy to position. I can't imagine the 1.3's being radically different than the 1.1's, but stranger things have happened. -Kirk | |
| Krell KAV250A upgrade to FPB300? You will love the upgrade from the KAV250a to an FPB-series amp. How big a room do you have? I really can't imagine needing the FPB-600 for the 10T's unless you have a really big room or have a plan to upgrade the 10T's to something more power-dem... | |
| Dunlavy SC-IV vs. Aerial 10T characteristics I just wish all of life's "tough" choices could be as tough as deciding between a pair of Dunlavy SC-IV's and a pair of Aerial 10T's :-)I'd love to see a post 3-6 months from now when you've had the Aerials for a while. I'm definitely into the HT ... | |
| Better magazine, Stereophile or Absolute Sound I like them both, but they're both marching as fast as possible to the most commercial (ie, high circulation) style they can achieve. I would have said that TAS was the better magazine a year ago, but they have made major "strides" in catching up ... | |
| What group do you wish would be remastered? I'd like to see Smashing Pumpkins remastered, even though they were released in the 90's. If Melon Collie..... had the recording quality of the Tool releases, it would be an all-time great rock album, IMO. Unfortunately, it's all sort of mushed to... | |
| Lexicon MC-1 vs. Classe SSP 30 The Classe has the reputation of being the better performer for 2-channel music. The MC-1 has the reputation of being the best for HT audio. I have owned the MC-1 and the DC-1, but never have heard the Classe, so I can't offer a comparison. I will... | |
| SACD finally taking-off? non-classical listeners I was actually perusing at the local music emporium the other day and came across a couple SACDs that were a) actually in the bin with the other CDs, where you would most naturally find them, and b) albums I wanted. Getting a player is not a big d... | |
| jukebox w. DAC, can it be good? All of my changers are the older model and only hold 300 each, so I only have to memorize 900 CDs :-)I make copies of all my CDs that I want loaded into the changer. About 99% of the time that use the changer, I put it on random play and it's like... | |
| jukebox w. DAC, can it be good? Sony has a bunch of changers, but spend a bit extra and get one of their ES models. They hold about 400 CDs. I've got 3 of them hooked up to a very nice system, and while it's not the last word in audio, it's a bunch of fun to hit random play and ... | |
| Good budget monitor match for Plinius 8200MkII I'd suggest the Dynaudio Contour 1.1's - you can find them for just over your budget range, but not much. You'll love them for a long time - they sound great on a wide range of music, and will be driven very well by such a nice amp. I regularly se... | |
| Your thoughts on J. Atkinsons Chord DAC review...? I didn't think JA's review was that critical - it just wasn't universally rosy the way most gear reviews are these days. He pointed out some areas that he had trouble with, but the tone throughout was fairly positive as he emphasized various stren... |