loomisjohnson
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| LG V30 - Impressions? erik, i got my v30 about two weeks ago to replace my htc m10, which was a vg player. the lg is eons better so long as it's playing in external or high impedance mode (it automatically senses when your headphones are >50 ohm; otherwise you can u... | |
| Worst Rock Band Ever !!!! i also don't get the praise for foo fighters, whose music has devolved to generic, soulless arena rock. i gotta say, however, that the eponymous first album, which grohl played by himself, is a tight, ragged little masterpiece--he had a bunch of g... | |
| "Bookshelf" speakers designed to be placed near the wall behind them? i've frequently reccomended the rega rs1 (current model is the rx1, i think), which is absolutely impervious to placement and a great value. the step up from there would be the paradigm signature, which worked really well near-wall. | |
| What Matters and What is Nonsense interesting analysis. personally, i'd ascribe more importance to amp/preamp and to recording format, but i also agree with much of the rest. | |
| Robert & Alison-Raising Sand i was never blown away by the sonics, though i'm usually a big fan of tbone's productions, but i think the performances are great and that it's easily the best post-zep thing plant has done. the gene clark covers are absolutely killer. | |
| Looks like Tidal is doomed! there's been a series of credible stories about tidal fudging its subscriber numbers and skewing royalty payments towards its artist/owners, none of which bode well. i can see tidal getting acquired by a giant wishing to expand its streaming platf... | |
| Keep Adcom GFP-750 or Replace i would not sink more $$ into your adcom--for your stated budget you can find a nice parasound, ps audio or the like which should be a significant upgrade. the rogue also looks very compelling (i like their power amps), tho i haven't heard it myself. | |
| Oppo Ceasing production if only because there are so many billions of discs existing in the world there will be a decent-sized legacy market for physical media for the immediate future. however, i'd expect that market to shrink very quickly-- it's unusual to find a kid ... | |
| A Budget Amp Comparison fwiw, i picked up the sherwood 4105 receiver touted by michaelgreen ($19.99 on ebay) and it is a good sounding piece--impressively transparent, with good low end control and little of the brittle "digital" quality of typical low end ss gear. | |
| B&K Sonata M200 + Polk Rti A9’s i would expect a night-and-day difference, both because you m200s are more powerful and because they're higher-quality amps than those in your avr, which have compromised power supplies, less robust transformers, etc. typically i'd expect more lo... | |
| B&K Sonata M200 + Polk Rti A9’s i have the m200s ($450 is an excellent price btw) and they will be more than enough for your polks and a whole different level than your avr. | |
| What are the best entry level integrated amps and speakers? per roberjman, yamaha makes a very nice integrated--accessories4less has great prices on yamaha 501, 701, etc. (as well as on comparable onkyo and marantz, which are quite serviceable). they also discount focal and canton speakers, which would pai... | |
| Well now... 400$ Mark Levinson amp new... i can't address this particular clone, but from my experience with high-end headphones you should not underestimate the resourcefulness and genius of these chifi manufacturers--i've heard dirt-cheap knockoffs of expensive sennheiser, shure, etc. w... | |
| too bad Audiogon seems to have morphed to fussy, picky buyers to paraphrase winston churchill, agon is the worst system for sellers except for all the others--ebay is a total crapshoot and craigslist is overwhelmed by lowballers and outright scammers. from my experience, the substantial majority of buyers he... | |
| Energy Veritas 2.2 you see them on canuck audio quite frequently |