loomisjohnson
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| Building a music room personally, at your budget i'd cut out all the big boxes and go with wireless speakers like the ls50 wireless II (you can find for $1500 or so used)--they have a built in dac and streamer and you can add a sub and/or phono preamp + you can add add... | |
| Intg Amps: Hegel 590 vs NAD M33 Masters vs Gryphon Diablo 120 your hegel 190 is 150w, which is more than the gryphon--unless you're planning on powering inefficient planars in a very large room, i'm not sure you need more power, though i certainly understand the urge to change/upgrade. i would think you'd ge... | |
| The greatest Pop song yet written and recorded. years ago i posted a thread which posited that "five o'clock world" by the vogues was the greatest pop song ever created. it's certainly the greatest to feature yodeling. i'd also throw in neil young's "expecting to fly", which i never tire of. a... | |
| The greatest Pop song yet written and recorded. @jonwolfpell it was @tylermunns who took the time to post that list, but i believe ck wrote all of those songs, mostly with gerry goffin (who also wrote giant hits for diana ross, gladys knight, etc. without her). add in ck's "tapestry" songs plu... | |
| The greatest Pop song yet written and recorded. @tylermunns i haven't heard alot of your list--will be checking it out this weekend. thanks for posting. | |
| The greatest Pop song yet written and recorded. Currently, Porpoise Song by the Monkees. Waterloo Sunset is a safe fallback. | |
| Multiple DVD Players sony makes dvd changers which play as many as 400 dvds (you can find 'em for less that $200 on ebay)--all the other mass market manufacturers (pioneer, onlyo, etc.) have changers that will play 5-6 discs, also available really cheaply. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @puptent interesting list...thanks for posting | |
| HT Receivers Compared i just auditioned a bunch of avrs to replace my ancient (but good-sounding) pioneer elite. my thoughts at large: 1. i didn't hear a ton of difference between mid-priced ($1k) yamaha, denon, onkyo and sony ( i didn't try marantz)--they all had a t... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? i hadn't listened to moon martin for a long while, so i cranked up his greatest hits last night. reminds me a lot of steve miller--sorta generic, w/throwaway lyrics, but a knack for the big pop hook--a lot of these songs stay embedded in your cran... | |
| Jeff Beck, Blues De Luxe @bdp24 i agree with you on the greatness of steve marriott, who may be the best rock voice of the 60s/early 70s, but he was very obviously (if adeptly) aping his black influences. stewart, otoh, never struck me as especially derivative--if nothing... | |
| Jeff Beck, Blues De Luxe Bdp24, I'm surprised to hear you say that about rs...granted he's a sellout and, by most accounts, a true douche, but he was a great singer back in the day.... | |
| 2nd system for office, all-in-one integrated suggestions i've heard the cambridge evo and it's good....nad c368 is another option for an all-in-one unit--it has a phono stage and a streaming module. | |
| As A Youngster, What Unit Puqued Your Interest In All This? when i was young and stupid(er) i ran nice speakers with crappy mass market receivers. at some point i started wising up and got a nad 3155 integrated--not a great piece by today's standards, but much better than the junk i'd used previously. it w... | |
| Does it make sense to "ignore low ball offers"? the way i sees it, audiogon is (or at least used to be) a bastion of higher-minded gentlemen/gentlewomen who are supposed to follow a certain unwritten code. making stupid offers (or listing gear at outrageous prices) is a breach of the code which... |