loomisjohnson
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| Speaker to mount in a bookcase - up to $2000 (somewhat long) the rega rs1 are always solid for your situation, but the best speaker i've heard within your budget for an actual bookshelf would be the paradigm signature | |
| Brightest but shortest artistic bursts in the sky moby grape's third album, '69, is arguably as good as the debut; the only skip spence song on the album, seeing, is amazing. i would also submit that twilley's solo debut, twilley, cuts the (unquestionably great) two albums w/phil seymour.as for b... | |
| On mid-fi do you hear much difference between Tidal and Spotify everyone should take this test before weighing in on the spotify vs. tidal issue:http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2015/06/02/411473508/how-well-can-you-hear-audio-qualityi'm embarrassed to admit that i only chose the lossless file on 4 out of... | |
| Budget Upgrade for 2.1 bookshelf system your speakers are slightly harder to drive, so you'd be well served with an amp that can handle more challenging loads. spearit is listing a nad d7020 for $599--it has an inboard dac for your computer and more juice than the d3020. no affiliation. | |
| Spotify expected to launch umcomoressed streaming from what i read it's merely gauging demand/testing at this point--they have no definitive rollout plans and the president expressed some concern about whether potential users would accept the delay/latency attributable to the higher bandwidth. it... | |
| Looking for a used AUDIOPHILE AV Receiver as per akg, the arcam sounds vg, and you can find "em within your budget, but there is alot of anecdotal scut about their reliability; likewise nad which sound fine when they actually work. i'd opt for anthem, which is significantly better made th... | |
| In ear headphones $150 or less go on the head fi site, particualrly the chinese iem thread, and you'll ge tmore recommendations and information than youy can absorb in a lifertiem. the current raves at the $150 mark are the lz a4 and the magaosi k3, but there are literally a th... | |
| New in 2017 maxenwid, two of my favorites--will look forward to both. ty | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report i've heard wussy, who robert christgau praises irrationally, but don't like them as much as the ass ponys--too dark and less melodic. the great thing about "electric rock music: is the genuine affection the singer has for all the freaks and losers... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report ruebent, i'm with you on electric rock music--it's brilliant. "hey grandma" might be the best song ever written. (ok, a little hyperbole) | |
| Balancing time for music: Discovery/acquisition vs. listening if, as you suggest, your main objective is to most efficiently discover music (as opposed to collecting discs, achieving the best possible sound, etc.), i'd opt for spotify premium--it has the largest library, excellent recommendation software and... | |
| Thinking about Schweikert VR I fantastic speaker--great low end and beuatifully made. relatively hard to find, which probably means their owners tend to keep them. | |
| 25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago. What does it mean? joe crowe, you're better informed than me, so i appreciate your input. what i'm trying to convey is that unlike the excrable bs&t, the early chicago was kind of interesting and punk--the horns were sort of a disciplined counterpart to the wild... | |
| 25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago. What does it mean? like most critics, i'd generally (and unfairly) dismissed chicago as aor drivel. however after listening to the steve wilson remaster i was curious enough to listen again to their first and third albums and was struck by how listenable they are. t... | |
| Review: Bose 201 Series V my peeve with bose is that they're ubiquitous in car audio and if (like me) you can't stand the bose system, you can't upgrade without spending megabucks on additional amps, signal processor, etc.--it's a proprietary closed system which doesn't l... |