loomisjohnson
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| Looking for inexpensive preamp i also found rotel to be a little unnaturally bright--i switched to an arcam, which is warmer/smoother. i'd think an arcam fmj preamap would match well with your setup. | |
| Need a SACD DVD player on a low budget. i've had bad luck with the denon 2910 and 3930; per mahler i'd look at pioneer elite 79av or 59av which are cheap used and reliable | |
| What are you streaming tonight? guadacanal diary's first record is something of a janglepop masterpiece--rem-ish, but with a sense of humor. the principal, murray attaway, als made a really good solo record | |
| Revel speakers - dealer scuttlebutt samsung has a market cap of 200 billion, so i suspect they could support revel if they chose. it may be they decided the line wasn't profitable, but it's more likely the dealer was talking out of his heinie. | |
| Help with an AV processor good advise from noble and the others | |
| Help with an AV processor there's no reason you cant use your oppo as a pre/processor--it'll probably outperform most of the mass market avrs or processors ou there. | |
| Amazon Launches Lossless "Hi-rez" HD Music Service the great thing about spotify is its discovery algorithm--it's uncanny how accurate its recommendations are. amazon's is primitive in comparison, although i notice it gets a little better the more i listen to the app. also, whereas spotify has rad... | |
| Favorite cover? t-bone burnett, diamonds are a girl's best friendthis mortal coil, i am the cosmostommy keene, kill your sons | |
| Rough Mix by Townshend and Lane roy harper, esp. hq. also michael head & the strands | |
| Amazon Launches Lossless "Hi-rez" HD Music Service just started my free trial--initially i find the UI inferior to and less intuitive than spotify but better than tidal. catalog seems deep, if not as extensive as spotify. ultra hd sounds great; hd sounds better than spotify, though it's not a nigh... | |
| Tool Fear Inoculum impressions i respect tool, but the new record was underwhelming--they meander instead of rock and the drummer overplays to the point of parody--he makes keith moon sound comatose by comparison. | |
| Recommendations for Vintage Speakers lots of good suggestions above, but i'd likewise go with the polk sda or srs, which are generally available for cheap and outperformed my ads 1290 and pioneer hpm100. the original (early 90s) kef reference are also vg. | |
| Update or Toss Technics SB-G300 Speakers from 1981? (link to photos) i can't speak to the turntable, but i've used the sb g100 speakers on my porch for close to a decade and cannot tell you how many times people have commented on how good they sound--clean, surprisingly detailed with voluminous tight bass. they're ... | |
| WAF Speaker suggestions sonus faber = high waf | |
| Sirus XM Radio i disagree that the content is lacking--the deep tracks, canadian and garage stations in particular are always intersting. however i fully concur that the sound quality is terrible, to the point of near-unlistenability. |