loomisjohnson
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| HELP SUGGESTIONS FOR A BETTER SOUND i've owned the solos and still own the studios. the solos are a great speaker, but have a certain attribute, which is they're power hungry and really open up at higher volumes--they're not really optimal for polite, low-level listening. i agree wi... | |
| the greatest pop song ever? duanegoosen, great list--many of my faves. also:replacements--unsatisfieddwight twilley--sincerlyposies--dream all dayverlaines--death and the maidenchills--pink frostrolling stones--torn and frayedpaul mccartney--let me roll itbig star--whats goi... | |
| Have you heard of EMOTIVA? obviously the op wants validation for his purchase. we all need validation sometimes, so why the barbed responses?in any event, stickman, emotiva registers a fine company with good customer service. their power amps are commendably neutral and ver... | |
| set speakers large or small? samll. let the sub do its thing. | |
| Is Monster cable getting better? as someone who's never grasped much difference between well-made cables, i don't understand why monster gets slammed for "promulgating myths" or hyping their (comparatively) modestly priced products when virtually every purveyor of mega-buck cable... | |
| How do you like your store demo? a high-end dealer friend of mine told me that probably 2/3s of the customers who walk in his store are either gawkers or there to sample his wares with the view to buying it cheaper on the net. the other 1/3 are there with some real intention to p... | |
| harbeth p3esr or usher be 718 i just auditioned the ushers, whose aesthetics i've always admired. fantastic tweeter and high end which rivals focal as the best i've heard in its class. sounded great with acoustic music and female vox. however, on more dense/heavier rock stuff,... | |
| Entry level CDP there's really no comparison btwn the musical fidelity and the consumer-grade nad and marantz stuff--the mf is a really well-built, over engineered high end piece, while the latter are mass-market, mass produced stuff--sorta like comparing a lexus... | |
| Need help picking speakers for small room i saw someone here selling some energy verita 1.3 for $700--don't know the guy, but a really great speaker at that price. if you want new, i'd get canton gle (market down to $650 at accessories4less)--i've heard 'em at abt here in chicago and they... | |
| Need help finding atypical integrated amp if you reaLLY have you heart set on a one box solution, you could opt for a really good used avr like an arcam or b&k, which has all your requirements in a box and, truth be told, probably would sound about as good as the integrateds you're co... | |
| the greatest pop song ever? well, if we're debating best beach boys, i'd submit "surf's up", with "in my room" a close second. if we braqoden the category, i believe dylan called "tracks of my tears" the prettiest song in the english language, while robert christgau cited "w... | |
| Speakers for 3K the revels are great but need a ton of power--you won't be able to drive them with your avr, so i'd probably opt for the more efficient devores. (i personally haven't heard the pioneers, which get great reviews; i'd be intrigued to hear them as we... | |
| Newbie Help with Speaker Choices rancher--glad you got the energys and hope you enjoy them. for a sub, i'd buy a hsu stf--very musical and very good value at around $300--if you call them to order they'll generally knock off a few bucks. | |
| Small Speakers for Small Room, Close to Back Wall? i did a very similar search recently before settling on some focal cobalts. best near-wall speaker i heard in absolute terms was the paradigm signature s1; rega rs1 was also surprisingly good; i wasn't as impressed with the quad 11l or dynaudio xc... | |
| AAD Q50 Speakers aad is the latest venture of phil jones, who's something of a legend of speaker design--he was involved with acoustic energy, boston acoustics (when they were a major player) and platinum audio, and i think, soliloqy. his trademark is getting bass... |