loomisjohnson
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| 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. | |
| Budget floorstanders - Sonus Faber vs. Revel vs. Focal coincidentally, i was using ads 1230s in my living room before switching to revel f30 and it was a massive upgrade | |
| Cd disc changers. i really like the integra cdc spinner, which is very reliable and good sounding--i have a couple lying around | |
| Luxman Tuner to buy go to fmtunerinfo.com, which has a whole page on luxman tuners and is ground zero for tuner reviews. | |
| Why No McIntosh Recommendations? my own take is that broadly speaking, you can get better sounding gear for less (you can also do worse). however, they have unmatchable aesthetics and resale value and i regard 'em as a good investment. | |
| I need help trying to decide which bookshelf speakers to purchase of the ones on your list, i was very impressed with the paradigm prestige + the dynaudio contour, though i don't know how they'd play with your nad (the dynaudio do need quite a bit of power). per jrpnde, however, i'd look seriously at psb, which ... | |
| R.I.P. Roky Erickson. there's an excellent roky tribute album called "where the pyramid meets the eye", which features zz top, rem as well as less celebrated acts. what's surprising is how broad his range was as a writer--he could pen a really pretty, conventional love... | |
| ADS L1290 Speakers cspiegs--i'm not surprised. the dsp a1 seems to have a good power supply but it's an avr and has alot of electronic circuitry and junk in the box--your sansui is likely a lot cleaner signal | |
| Used vs New vs Vintage vs Floorstanding vs Bookshelf vs ..... OMG! without knowing your budget or your other gear it's hard to make specific recommendations, but from the standpoint of the value, reliability (and probably quality) is in used, more modern speakers--you can find excellent stuff for 20%-50% of srp | |
| ADS L1290 Speakers the 1290s are rated at 90db and i never found them to be power-hungry--i ran mine with a 60w arcam integrated and a 70w rotel amp and they sounded very good (which isn't to say they wouldn't sound better with more power, but they are quite efficient) |