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| Cover songs that are better than the originals. Dave Matthews (Live in Central Park)--All along the Watch TowerRicki Lee Jones-- Rebel Rebel (although my wife disagrees with me)Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)-- Stevie Ray Vaughan. Jimi was on the right track, but SRV made it what it is. | |
| Might try a tube preamp I would buy a pre-owned Conrad Johnson ET5, right here on Audiogon and put a Telefunken 6922 tube in, or a Siemens 6922 tube in, depending on the type of music you prefer.All in, you'll be way under your budget, have great sound, long term reliabi... | |
| Does hearing the best in high end audio make your opinions more valid? The old AR turntable sounded pretty good, along with the Adcom amps and old Dahlquist speakers. Then came the CJ amps and preamp, and the Pass Labs Phono stage and the Rega Rp6. Way better, but not where I wanted to be. So, out went the RP6 and... | |
| Another Speaker Recommendation Request Skip the PSB T3's; they sound terrible. Muddy bass, but you can pay for the 3 woofers and disconnect one, if that works for you. The notion of that did not work for me. I am a huge fan of the old PSB's; and have a pair of the Stratus Gold I's i... | |
| LOOKING TO MAKE A TURNTABLE CHANGE, HOPEFULLY AN IMPROVEMENT My experience is that if you want great sound from LP's, you have to drop some serious cash to get there.I started with the Rega Rp6 with the Exact 2 cartridge, Pass Labs XP15 phonostage (Solid State) and Conrad Johnson ET5 preamp (tube) and Conra... | |
| Impressive Audiogon, Great Job! Folks,I am one of the customer's who really disliked the changes that Audiogon made to the website. I e-mailed Tammy and within a couple of days, the "search by price" function within a brand was fixed, and they were very gracious about my commen... | |
| Auditioned Magico A3 - VERY DARK... I listened to the Magico S5's and after about 2 minutes, I asked the salesperson "where's the bass?" So, everybody hears things differently.I also listened to the Audio Physic Avantera + and they were even more lacking in bass, in spite of their... | |
| CDs Vs LPs I like vinyl; just sounds better to me. I have about 400 CD's and about 250 LP's, some of which are duplicates. When I want the best sound, I always go for the LP. If I am sleepy, though, as others have mentioned, I go for the CD.I don't have ... | |
| What phono pre am I looking for? I have tube amps and preamp, and they match perfectly with the Pass Labs XP15, which is being replaced by the XP-17. Both are solid state-- I have the idea that tubes everywhere can get you to a place of too much of a good thing, so adding this s... | |
| How many of us really suffer from AUDIOPHILIA NERVOSA I like it; a DSM code for chronic upgrade-itis.I just finished listening to the Soundtrack from Annie, followed by some Adele, and then Everlast (The Life Acoustic) to balance things out. I listened to Rickie Lee Jones the other night.There are b... | |
| High End is Dead? I am fine with the question "Is high end dead?" I don't think the poster is picking a fight, but is making a point with his question.For me, this is the time of building my nice system. But, it took me until I was 55 before I could afford to do ... | |
| Getting the cartridge weight setting right... Rega RP10 I have the RP10 on a 3/4 birch plywood shelf that's about 24" x 40" and is glued and mitered into the rear and both sides of the component rack. It's pretty solid, but I have some thick rock maple stock around and may elevate the table by a coupl... | |
| Audio valuations The only thing that keeps an item from selling in any economy is that the price is too high for the market conditions. That could be from too few buyers, an off brand, an item on the back-side of its life span or that it's a buggy whip for sale.... | |
| Just Got My Oppo 205! Well, I have my Oppo 105D with the Modwright upgrades and it's among the best sounding CD players I have heard. Of course, most of what I have heard costs under $6,000. But, in that range, with the Modwright upgrades, it blows away all the CD pl... | |
| Preamp under $2,000 used I forgot to mention that the ET3-SE from Conrad Johnson operates with a single 6922 tube. I rolled the tubes at about 50 hours and have not changed them since. I was worried about changing tubes and the expense, but we are going on 2 years of he... |