kurt_tank
Responses from kurt_tank
| Why so much???? I agree with Kal.I usually buy music that I want, because I have actually heard it either at a friends (house or car), or on the radio. If I bought it, why not keep it. Storage is not that big a deal. (Even if I put them in boxes in the closet, wh... | |
| HE 2004 West Cancelled due the worker lockout ARGHHH !!!!!!!!!!!I had everything lined up and ready to go.I was going to meet my wife up in SF after the Expo and have a birthday celebration dinner and stay the night in S.F. | |
| Recommendations for a variable out c/d player.... Another vote for the Opus 21!Really a great sounding cdp, that is almost (but not quite) analog sounding.Good Luck in your search! | |
| best rock voices For me, its a tie: Paul McCartney Jim Morrison, for the male singers.Honorary mentions include: Eric Burden, Robert Plant & Roger DaltryFor the females singer, also a tie: Grace Slick & Janis JoplinHonorary Mentions: Mama Cass, Jonatha Brooke | |
| Pass labs X600 Since you are getting no responses, I will give you a couple to try out, that are found relatively often on Audiogon.Either the Levinson 33's or the 33H's.Both have been very well reviewed.They don't have the power of the Pass X600's, but they cer... | |
| best speaker? D_Edwards is quite wrong.The Revel Line was designed using Mark Levinson equipment.Revel is a line of Harmon International, as is Mark Levinson. (Obviously they did not use my amp, as it is 15 years old, however, they did use the 400 series and ot... | |
| best speaker? Well, looking at your equipment, the Revels would obviously work well, since they were designed with Levinson equipment in mind.However, if you are considering the Maggies, you should determine the type of speaker you really want. There is a big d... | |
| Revel Salons in an enclosure? The will not sound good, and I have heard them used as you describe.Century Stereo (in San Jose, CA) had a pair of Salons in large receases/enclosures in the wall, which had a fabric covered door. They used them in their premium home theater room.... | |
| Amp with Revel Ultima Studio or Salon I use the Mark Levinson No. 23 with the Studios. They work great and I recommend it highly. (I would stay away from the 27 and 27.5, not because it would sound bad, but just because it would not have the power the Studios really need. I used to ha... | |
| best concert venue The Greek Theater in Berkeley, California. | |
| Half-price "Used / New" Cables I agree with Aroc, that most used high end gear, including cables, go for around 50% of retail. (That is how I upgraded my entire system, (including, conincidentally, my used Cardas Golden Reference cables), in the past 18 months or so.) The minut... | |
| Counterpoint SA220 vs. modern amp Be careful buying Counterpoint product, as reliability was always the issue with that line. Both myself, my brother and another friend of his, all had various Counterpoint preamps and amps, and we all had trouble of one kind or another.That being ... | |
| Why is Sony Digital sound more like vinyl? Well Dave, I have to disagree as well.I have had two very well respected Sony ES (two channel) cd players. I will certainly agree that both are extremely well built (probably the best built, mass produced, cd players I have ever seen) and both hav... | |
| The effects of corporate music Nrchy, I agree.I will also suggest that there have been only a few in the past decade or so, but you are right, that they are becoming fewer and further between.Personally, I think Rock'n'Roll is going through one of the droughts that occurs every... | |
| new gear vs used gear 2 new - 12 used pieces.The only new items I bought from a dealer were 2 specialty cables I needeed. One to connect my Opus 21 cdp to my Ayre preamp. It was a DIN to XLR cable, which never shows up used. (I have not seen one anyway.) Another was a ... |