loomisjohnson
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| My Parasound A21 review and VS Emotiva XPA There's an overall sense in audiophile circles that to be a truly "high end" products it must be expensive and made by a small, discreet manufacturer who eschews mass-market sales or promotion. Consequently, I think there's a lot of reflexive bash... | |
| Speaker suggestions - Pass XA30.5 $3500 heard the pass auditioned with dynaudio contour--sounded awfully good | |
| Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways an HBO documentary The series is quite watchable, and I like the focus on the more obscure players on each scene, but has anyone noticed how every new song the FF play at the end sound exactly the same? | |
| Best Rock Album of 2014 prince, plectrumelectrum--finally, an album for those of us who always wished prince would stop screwing around and just play his guitar.thurston moore, the best day--more atmospheric, less song- oriented than his earlier, folky stuffs, this sound... | |
| Bert Burns i'd love an office job like that--alas, i'm wholly bereft of talent. unsurprisingly, being in such proximity to to other incredible songwriters created a highly competitive frenzy. per carol king:"Every day we squeezed into our respective cubby ho... | |
| Bert Burns i've been reading "here comes the night," by joel selvin; nominally a biography of bert berns, but more a look at the 50s/60s ny songwriter/production milieu (brill building, atlantic records, etc.). not great literature--there's not a lot of char... | |
| Pass XA-30.5 and PSB Synchrony One +1 lowrider. the pass may be "only" 30w, but i've heard it effortlessly drive some demanding speakers, including big wilsons and dynaudio contour, and i'd be surprised if it wasn't a good match with the psbs--it's a great amp. | |
| Reliable cd changer for elderly music lover? cd changers are becoming somewhat of a dinosaur, and to my knowledge most manufacturers have stopped making 'em, though i believe sony and onkyo still do. frankly, i'd buy a used one--they're really cheap on ebay. i've always like integra; if she ... | |
| Best Cheap Speakers - New or Old great thread; lots of really good nominees. among the ones mentioned, the energy 22 are seriously great (the more modern energy c-3 are also really good). i'll suggest a couple of others:kef coda 70 (extremely impressive for their size/price--they... | |
| Movies that featured High End equipment in one of my faves, "american psycho" the titular character has h/k 700 electronics and what i believe are kef speakers in his apartment (in the book, they're duntech). they gear actually plays a role in the film, which is classic. | |
| PSB Tower Speakers - Amp Matching feeling especially hard-hitting today, i'd agree with all of the above. psb speakers are voiced with nad gear and typically auditioned together; when i've heard 'em they definitely had a nice synergy. i also gotta validate schubert--i've had terri... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? not really my genre, but "benjamin booker" is very good--raw, loose blooznboogie. nothing groundbreaking, but the kid's a natural and has a real way with the big, melodic hook. | |
| High End Audio Market Oppertunities expanding on the responses above, i'm not sure that a genuinely all-inclusive product exists--i.e. one box which plays/rips cds, has hd storage, does wireless streaming/bluetooth and is an integrated amp. properly priced and designed, such an anim... | |
| Wilco Fans / Solo Tweedy just heard it on spotify--sounds like less-fleshed out wilco demos (not necessarily a bad thing, since i've generally liked tweedy in direct proportion to how little he adulterates his songs). melodies are strong, though would occasionally benefit... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? my current fave:The weightlifter and a library tech you knowMade a big decision in the magazine rowI'll open my catalogue just enough to let you inAnd she'll drop beers like you drop vitamins"cathy's clown", by you am i |