loomisjohnson
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| Which good CD transports can be found in the used market? for a $100 or less on ebay you can get an older arcam dv88 or dv78, which make very solid transports and actually sound good as players | |
| Stay away from the nad my own experience matches most of the above posters--the pre-1990 nad stuff has been durable and reliable, while almost all of my post-1990 nad gear was problematic (though in fairness it sounded good when it was working). | |
| best matching full range speakers for sx880 pioneer (60W rms per channel) polk model 10--a hundred bucks or so on ebay | |
| Lesser known 2 way bookshelf Speakers from the 80's i just scored a pair of ads L470 mk2 for $5 at a yard sale and (bargain bias aside) i'm shocked at how good and modern they sound. likewise the ads L700, which i foolishly sold awhile ago. | |
| Parasound HCA-1500 or alternative i own both the rotel 990 and several parasound hca and would opt for the parasound, which have more oomph and low end. | |
| Pioneer sx-636 vintage reciever? i had the sx-737, which i believe is the same series/year, and it was freakishly good sounding, much more natural sounding than some of my pricier kenwood, sansui and marantz of the same era. i sold it on impulse to a friend and regretted doing so. | |
| Outdoor Garage Speakers my partner runs some yamaha 570, which weren't much more than a hundred bucks, and i was surprised at how good they sound--more low end than most outdoor speakers + a very wide stage. i'm sure you can spend more and get better, but they were quite... | |
| Your last concert was to see who and when? for my money, richard thompson's the greatest living guitarist, mindboggling on acoustic and just as good electric. | |
| $500 (or less) CD players to mate w/ Marantz PM8004 & Vandersteen 2C i'd keep your cd player, which is old school but should do fine as a transport, and add a dac--something like a mf v-dac or cambridge dacmagic would be a noticeable uprgrade | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report pernice brothers, "dimmest star" --one of the purtiest (and certainly saddest) songs of the last 20 years. chris whitley, "terra incognita"--a lot of this reccord drifts off into the ozone (i prefer his tighter acoustic stuff), but "weightless" is... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report notorious byrd brothers--their best by a margin, despite the near-absence of gene clark (who according to mcguinn did write the miscredited "get to you") and losing crosby halfway through (he supposedly felt slighted at the inclusion of the carole... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? teenange fanclub, "i was beautiful when i was alive"--a really strange, brooding tune by their brooding guitarist, raymond mcginley, whose songs are less immediately grabbing than his bandmates', but are ultimately more interesting.the jam, "in th... | |
| Tell Us about an Album That Took a Long Time to Grow on You surprisingly, it took me a while to grasp nirvana's nevermind--when i first heard it, it sounded overpolished and overtly commercial, as if to sanitize a punk band for mass consumption. i still have issues with the production (much preferring the ... | |
| Finding a matching center channel wdouglas, i just saw this on ebay:http://www.ebay.com/itm/112418687334?ul_noapp=true | |
| Finding a matching center channel i'm still using the cobalts in my bedroom system--as auxinput states, the cc800 pops up regularly on ebay (you can use the function which notifies you when one is listed). the cobalt line (which i've always liked) does have a different signature t... |