loomisjohnson
Responses from loomisjohnson
| What makes music so congested? if other recordings sound good on your system, it's gotta be the recording. fragile has been re-released literally dozens of times since it came out and i'd assume that some of the releases are better than others--alot of early 90s cds very poorly... | |
| Wireless Outdoor Speakers there's lots of wireless outdoor speakers around--acoustic research, bose, etc. many are designed to look like rocks, lanterns, etc. look at outdoorspeaker.com or outdoorspeakerdepot.com for your options; i've also seen 'em at lowes. | |
| Can my amp drive the Paradigm Studio 100s I have two Denon AVRs (rated at 140w and 110w) and find neither very stasfying for two channel music--as suggested above they may have enough power, but just don't sound good, esp. at the low end. Adding an external amp (in my case 120w Parasound ... | |
| The most haunting music you ever heard? to get slightly off track, my issue with daniel lanois is that he makes everyone sound exactly the same--whether it's dylan, emmylou harris, peter gabriel (hell, he even produced raffi), their records all have that hazy, gauzey sound that's sorta ... | |
| Outdoor opinions? the big issue for me with oyutdoor speakers is they typically don't have much low end--maybe a function of cabinet design. the polk atrium series do pretty well with bass; the psbs also have good specs and would be worth hearing. | |
| Anyone familiar with Pioneer HPM 100 speakers? $25 is a no-brainer. like mofi says, a big, bad, tons of fun rock and roll speaker--not the most detailed or transparent, but very dynamic and huge low end. going rate for these is $300-400, so you can always sell 'em if you don't like 'em. | |
| singers similar to Lucinda Williams (mofi makes a great suggestion regarding a lw pandora station). i'd put kathleen edwarrds as her closest acolyte (and very near her equal). gillian welch and eilen jewel are also in the same neighborhood. | |
| Top jazz trios piano, bass, drums on vinyl? i don't believe anyone mentioned the bad plus--purists will shudder since they're far removed from traditional piano jazz and tend to rock dynamics, but they're damn good. and available on vinyl. | |
| Very small Integrated and speakers used you can get an emotiva xda dac-with volume control for $199 + (per yyz) some powered audioengine 2s for around $200 or less--should be a nice set up within your budget. | |
| Sirius radio quality vs redbook cd player perhaps gratioutously, i'll add that although xm/sirius still advertise that they're "cd quality", they're not even close--they sound tinny and compressed even on great equipment. i'm inevitably surprised on the rare occassions i listen to fm at h... | |
| Prog Rock 100% agree with bdgregory on porcupine tree--it's prog for people who don't like the wankery and excesses of prog. the main guy, steven wilson, also puts out albums in his own name which are very good. | |
| Components that you regret parting with? mapman, valid point about my dentist--all i got out of the deal was a botched root canal. | |
| Components that you regret parting with? von schweikert vr-1 monitors--traded 'em to my dimwit dentist. great sound and build quality, essentially full range; still my favorite under a grand.b&k avr 305--thought i needed hdmi and other such technofoolery, so i swapped it out for a de... | |
| Should I buy PSB Image T6's for $800? good speaker--no real flaws. quite efficient, so your nova should drive 'em fine, and i'd expect it'll be a definite upgrade for you. msrp is $1199; i see 'em advertised new for $999, so $800 used registers as neither a great bargain nor a terribl... | |
| Weak Bass from my SP 1/2s i had the sp 2/3s, which i drove with as much as 150w of good ss power. i could never coax sufficient bass out of 'em either and always felt a sub was essential. |