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| Elvis - 30 Years Ago Today, RIP I first saw Elvis on the Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey summer replacement show for Jackie Gleason. It was 1956 and I was ll years old. I laughed so hard watching his gyrations that I almost had an accident. My 7 year old brother did not help either. He w... | |
| Mcintosh 501's with Magnepan 1.6 QR You did not mention how long you had the 1.6's. If they are "new" or have not broken in yet, the bass is pretty much absent in my experience. I have 1.6's connected to a McIntosh MC300 with 300 wpc. It took a year and a half of what was for me, a ... | |
| Opinion on McIntosh MCD 201 SACD player Greeni's question is still on the table. How does the Mac 861 universal player sound compared to the MCD 201? Does anyone make a bullet proof cd/sacd player that does not skip,strain and blow up (make sudden burst of white noise) like the Music Ha... | |
| Any advantage to using monobloc amps I would like to request an explanation of how monoblocks can have short speaker cables. Don't the monoblocks run to the preamp, which then connects to the speakers. Thank you for helping me understand. | |
| Music Hall Maverick, Is it any good Follow up on my repaired Maverick: Last night it stopped playing SACD's. Won't recognize the discs. Authorized repairer says it needs a new board. He advises that I stay away from SACD. Too late. Correction on my length of ownership: I bought the ... | |
| Recommendations for CD players to play SACDs Skip the Maverick. Check AudioReview.com's owner review section. | |
| Jolida JD100 Modified or Music Hall Maverick I have owned a Maverick since July 2004. It is very erratic. Loud sudden bursts of white noise. Audible electric hum with some discs. Now it refuses to play SACD. Looking at owner reviews AudioReview.com and one classified ad on a-gon demonstrated... | |
| Music Hall Maverick, Is it any good I have owned a Maverick for about two and half years. It has given me some serious headaches. On about a half-dozen occasions, without warning, the program stopped and the speakers exploded with a loud hissing. Did I say loud? I mean LOUD. I could... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Sacred: Sanctus from Charles Gunod's Mass in Honor of St. Cecilia as sung by Kiri Te Kanawa in her Ave Maria Album; Ave Maria, by Franz Schubert by numerous artists and orchestras; Gunod's Mass for St. Cecilia (in its entirety) Just as I am, burie... |