loomisjohnson
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| Old Flagship Vs New Mid-Level Receiver if your focus is on tv/movies, i guess i'd opt for a current mainstream avr for the reasons above stated (arc, hdmi, modern codecs, etc). for unembellished music listening, however, the b&k is on another level--i always regretted selling mine | |
| How is this setup for Mog keep in mind that mog (while a terrific service)streams at 256-320k, which is not quite CD quality; even if you were to markedly upgrade your gear you're going to be limited by the quality of your source material. that said, your setup seems fine;... | |
| Lots of detail, great imaging, not much bass? rega rs1 sounds like they're just what you're looking for. | |
| Phil Jones' AAD 2003; any information? phil jones designed the original acoustic energy ae1 and boston lynnfield before moving to soliloquy, platinum audio and aad--i think he's now doing a line called phil jones sound. (he does move around a bit). he's a jazz bassist of some note, whi... | |
| The new Bob Dylan damn good for a first timer--"lightning bolt" is a classic. i dug the jivey skiffley/buddy holly stuff a lot more than the folky acoustic stuff, which registers as kinda precious and more donovan than dylan. his voice is obviously an acquired tast... | |
| Best Rock Album in 2013 neal, i don't speak french (i can barely speak english), but i'll give 'em some more time to sink in. all the cognoscenti can't be wrong. | |
| Best Rock Album in 2013 richard, a bunch of guys whose opinions i respect highly (yours included) have touted this phosphorescent to me recently. i confess that i don't get 'em. they seem to be mining the same territory as fleet foxes or grizzly bear, but not nearly as e... | |
| Top 10 Alt-country bands jond, i did check out this roddy wallston on mog and he's damn good--more hard rockabilly than altcount, but who needs labels, right? probably killer live. thanks for the tip. | |
| small speakers for small room the psbs and proacs are both vg but won't work at or near the wall. the regas, on the other hand, are impervious to placement and should work well for you. | |
| Top 10 Alt-country bands marty, i agree with you about bill lloyd (feeding the elephant is a power pop classic). also agree with ogsarg about wilco--there ain't much country left in 'em. the story i read is that after wilco put out its good-but-conventional countryish deb... | |
| Top 10 Alt-country bands good list. in addition to the others listed above, i'd add lucinda, richard buckner (my fave), blue mountain, driveby truckers, richmond fontaine and handsome family. also jason and the scorchers and foster & lloyd, whose "faster & louder"... | |
| Using a receiver as a pre-amp...many questions for a variety of reasons--shared power supplies, space and cost limitations, etc.--most avrs have seriously compromised amp sections and would benefit from adding an external power amp. also consider that many mfrs. claimed power ratings for avrs ... | |
| PSB Imagine T opinions..and how they fare vs Focal the smaller of the two, which i think is the t--they were $2k | |
| PSB Imagine T opinions..and how they fare vs Focal i auditioned both the imagines and the focal 826 (which i believe are slightly larger than, but have the same drivers as the 726) my choice would be the imagines, which are the kind of giant-killer you need to spend a lot more to significantly imp... | |
| Need multi-channel that's great on 2 channel frankly, i think you'll get more significant improvement by adding an power amp to your marantz (which is a well-regarded piece) than by replacing it with another avr (should be cheaper, too). |