larryi
Responses from larryi
| Is the BAlabo BC-1 MKII Preamp the reigning King? Declaring something is the "best ever," only to be surpassed by another "best ever" in the next issue is the modus operandi of Absolute Sound. I believe subsequent best linestages that followed included gear from Soulution and Constellation, and w... | |
| Best Integrated amp for my ProAc The Proac Tablettes are truly great sounding speakers for the price/size. My local dealer has hooked them up to some silly expensive electronics for shootouts, and with each incremental improvement of components, such as a better DAC, the differen... | |
| Best bourbon? Weller is fantastic. A friend of mine who has all of the Buffalo Trace bourbons likes the Weller more than Pappy or Stagg. But, all three are extremely hard to find. My bottle of Stagg, bought in November was just one of three bottles the store go... | |
| Just a bit to bright Very good advice above, particularly from Kiddman nad Grannyring. Given that the speaker is something of an unknown element, it is a prime suspect. Also, different model speakers vary much more in sonic characteristic than do any electronic compon... | |
| Best bourbon? Buffalo Trace makes some of the great bourbons--Pappy Van Winkle, George T. Stagg, and William Weller being the ones I particularly like. Unfortunately, the price on certain selections has become totally crazy. A store in Washington DC sells the V... | |
| Cleaning Multiple records at once recipe... Automatic dishwasher detergent has a lot of grit in it to do the equivalent of sandblasting to do the cleaning because you are not there to rub the dishes. I do wonder if the use of such abrasives, and the possibility that some might remain lodged... | |
| Network Music Player or CD Player-Opinions Wanted I am a big fan of using a music server. The ease of access is much more than a matter of not having to get up every hour or so to change the music. I like the ease of browsing my collection on my iPad and "discovering" recordings I have long forgo... | |
| So......what do you use under your speakers? I find that one has to experiment to determine what is best. Usually, with concrete floors, it is best to couple the speaker to the floor (sharp-pointed cones), but, isolation could, in some circumstances, be better sounding. If you don't like the... | |
| Speaker cable made you say: I tried out and then bought Audionote Sogon speaker cables to replace NBS King Serpent speaker cables. The Sogon is more open on top and more detailed, while remaining smooth. The NBS is still a VERY good cable. I managed to get the Sogon at a fra... | |
| Most underrated composer of 20th Century? Just because a particular composer doesn't "speak to me" does not mean he "doesn't have much to say." It would be unfair for me to presume that I understand all that a composer is trying to express and what I got out of that particular composer am... | |
| Most underrated composer of 20th Century? I am wondering about the interest level of listeners in this thread in composers that are "way out" at the bleeding edge of modernism. For example, do people really love the music of Luigi Nono, or just find it interesting or hate it? I find him i... | |
| Most underrated composer of 20th Century? Just a week ago I heard symphonies by Eichberg and I liked them. I had not heard of this composer born in the 1970s. There is a lot of interesting music coming from a wide variety of sources. I even like some of what Golijov is doing, although it ... | |
| Most underrated composer of 20th Century? Frogman,Excellent comments. some of the most influential composers were certainly not the most popular (e.g.,Berg, Webern), particularly measured by current fashion. I like the composers you mentioned, particularly Frank Martin (mainly for choral ... | |
| Calling all Horn lovers I love the sound of the EdgarHorn system. The designer managed to minimize the usual horn colorations while preserving most of the immediacy and dynamics of great horn systems. It is unfortunate that there are so few of these systems out there, pa... | |
| Basis 2200 Bass Issue Even if you are using the same cartridge, it is VERY difficult to get identical settings when switching to a new arm/table. Small changes can have very large sonic consequences. Even a tiny VTA change will affect the apparent balance between bass ... |