kthomas
Responses from kthomas
| rock/jazz fusion For a recent release, you could try Time Crunch by the group Niacin. They have a cover of one of those old Jeff Beck songs (Blue Wind). -Kirk | |
| NEW Musical Fidelity DAC I certainly agree on the Sam Tellig thing - between Musical Fidelity and Triangle speakers he doesn't find much time to write about anything else. He appears to be close personal friends with the founders of the line and gets treated like a king. ... | |
| The partner or wife factor First time I ever went over to my wife's house, she had Al DiMeola playing over a classic pair of JBLs. She had no reason to know that would impress me (on both counts). She's very interested in music, having taken up playing the guitar a couple y... | |
| How long do you keep a component? I occassionally buy something (or a few somethings) used as a "home audition", getting rid of whatever doesn't do the trick for me very soon for little or no $$$ loss. Obviously, many of the participants on this forum do the same. I don't really c... | |
| Problems with proposed transactions? I think the percentage is low, but it's high enough that if you do a lot of transactions, you'll run into it. I don't think there are very many people who are out to purposely (grossly) mis-lead anybody, but there seem to be a fair number of peopl... | |
| If your System can Speak My system would say, "C'mon, let me rip! Turn me up! You bought me to really let loose so let's do it! I know, I know - there are other people in the house, but they don't mind. Really!"Occassionally it would say, "What the heck to I have to do to... | |
| How many levels are there? You're looking at this wrong - there are the different gradations of improvement, as described, but they're not interchangeable. You start out upgrading Levels and then realize that everything you try, while improving the sound, doesn't give you a... | |
| Dell purchase Gboren's advice is spot-on. For CD copying, it will work flawlessly - I've copied many hundreds of my CDs to load into changers. You get the occassional fault (which is immediately identified and you throw the blank away), but in general you get a... | |
| Speaker suggestions wanted If you look for a while, you could find a pair of NHT 3.3's for close to $1500 used. They're reknowned for their bass performance and are made to be placed right against the back wall. You may not like their appearance (a true love it or hate it d... | |
| Are you an Audiophille or a Music Lover No.2 ? I'll take the music. Imagine saying you can only listen to music that's more than 20 years old today - that's where somebody would get who opted for the system. For some, that wouldn't be a problem. For me, I'd feel like I had partially died.The o... | |
| Best Used CD Player 1500-3000 I'd throw in the Muse 9 Signature as a suggestion. Fabulous even if you use it just as a CD player (it does DVD as well). -Kirk | |
| better gear, worse recordings I don't have any recordings or experiences where I said, "huh, I really liked the way that sounded before I upgraded, but now with a higher resolution system it doesn't sound as good to me." I do find that as my system evolves and (hopefully) impr... | |
| Rock albums that sound good on your system? Tool is some of my favorite music and some of the best recorded hard rock going, IMO. I listen to a lot of rock on my system and like the way it sounds on most stuff. I wish it was all as well recorded as Tool, Pink Floyd, Creed, etc. Days of the ... | |
| which amp? too many choices They do all have some drawbacks in some areas of critical listening area - unfortunately, you can avoid that even in higher priced models, but certainly at the price level you're looking.Which isn't to say that what you're looking at isn't great g... | |
| One system Audio & Theater - minimize compromise? You don't mention what video display you use - if you use a RPTV with the L/R's flanking it on the front, one of the biggest things you could do would be to either switch to a front projector / retractable screen, a plasma screen, or somehow imbed... |