loomisjohnson
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| Looking for suggestions i mostly agree with mesch--your b& w speakers are pretty good, while changing to tidal or qobuz would be a huge upgrade. as for your receiver (which looks like it does have 2-zone capability), i'm not sure changing to another avr would make a ... | |
| Arcam A65 with EMI driving me nuts… could be all sorts of things--cable routing, inadequate cable shielding, improperly grounding and ground loops from antennas or wall outlets, as well as bad caps or relays. since i understand you still get noise when you remove all the sources a... | |
| Denon AVR-X4700H & Vandersteen 2Ce Signature III. i'm not one of those all-avrs-sound-terrible guys, and i've owned or heard various arcam, anthem and denon avrs which have been surprisingly good for music. however, i'd be really surprised if your denon sounded better than your ayre integrated, w... | |
| RIP Tom Verlaine i cannot think of a pair of guitarists in a single band that come close to verlaine and richard lloyd (dickie betts/duane allman would be next on my list; perhaps the guys from the church?). last time i saw verlaine he kept complaining to the lig... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? mutton birds, rain steam & speed--plaintive jangly nz folkrock; closer in feel to the go-betweens than to the flying nun bands, but would appeal to fans of either. meat puppets, monsters--one of the great air guitar records dillard and clark... | |
| Looking for good speakers, soundstage not important +2 (or 3) for ohm--they're optimal for odd shaped room. revel are also very non-directional but need a lot of power. | |
| Improvement over 2002 Denon AVR-3802 for 2 Channel Music System for years i had a denon 4802 (one model up from the 3802) and it had a damn good amp section--i passed it on to a true audiophile buddy who was also surprised by how good it sounded. however, your revels need a lot of high-current power and i woul... | |
| eero mesh WiFi system for me, the mesh system was eons better than the hodgepodge of wifi extenders/signal boosters i used previously | |
| What are your top 3 favorite female singers? aimee mann, elizabeth fraser, hope sandoval might feel different tomorrow | |
| Why are so many people spending so much money to build “perfect” streaming system? @lalitk i'm more-or-less out of vinyl these days--my last vinyl rig was a technics 1200 with a garden-variety ortofon cartridge and a rega fono preamp and/or an arcam integrated. sounded fine, not transcendant, but i was never committed enough to... | |
| Why are so many people spending so much money to build “perfect” streaming system? i just got a wiim mini airplay2 on amazon for $89 and connected it to a $150 smsl su-6 dac. now, i'm not one of these all-digital-sounds-the-same guys, and i trust those dropping megabucks on their streamers are satisfied, but i'm hard pressed to ... | |
| HELP!!!! Newbie looking for a decent 2 channel power amp in the $1,000 range +2 on parasound, esp. the older hca line. odyssey is also a very good choice, as is used acurus. | |
| Purchasing barely used NAD gear nad is notoriously unreliable, although the 80s stuff you list is much less finicky than their later gear and also sounds good. the amp and preamp seem to go for $200-$220 each on ebay and the tuner for $50-60; depending on condition and whether y... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? drivin n cryin, "fly me courageous"--kevn kinney's a folkie at heart, and i never fully bought into his hard rock moves, but this is one of the best-ever air guitar records nonetheless greg sage, "straight ahead" subdued psych-folk from the ex-wi... | |
| Looking for new AV Receiver i've never heard huge differences in quality among the <$1k mass market avrs--i'd check out accessories4less, which has deep discounted prices on yamaha/denon and pick one that has the tech features you need. |