loomisjohnson
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| Smooth/Musical Bookshelves upto $1500 - $2000 totem model one, psb synchrony or dynaudio focus might fit your bill | |
| how much power esp. with your reasonably efficient speakers, it's the quality, not the quantity of power they're fed. the weak point of most avrs (incl. denon) is the amp section--one of the most significant night-and-day improvements i've made was bypassing the... | |
| Budget Chinese Tube amps - any good? i recently bought a yaqin for the same reason as the op states--to try tubes for cheap. as others have posted, build quality ain't great; however, it sounded surprisingly good--it made me want to buy better-built, snazzier tube gear. now, i enjoy ... | |
| Has LED caught up to Plasma? avguygeorge makes a good point--the demo material at the store are juiced-up bluray played in a brightly lit room, which may not be representative of how the tv will perform at home on broadcast (often non-hd) material. the stuff i watch (pawn sta... | |
| Has LED caught up to Plasma? i actually spent (too much of) the weekend looking at tvs with a friend and conclude thusly:1. the overall quality and technological sophistication of flat panels, esp. at the near-giveaway prices, is really incredible2. to my eyes, the top leds (... | |
| Musical, Warm and Smooth bookshelfs under 500 as per tgrisham, the von schweikert vr1 would be perfect for you--jazz sounds live on 'em. i'm not sure how easy you could score a pair for $500--they don't seem to pop up that frequently. rega rs1 do everything well and are very musical. for a da... | |
| Rega RS1 speakers compatible with Yamaha receiver? the regas are very good speakers; the fact that they'd sound better with a more refined amp than your receiver isn't a high end shouldn't discourage you from buying 'em--it always pays to buy quality and I suspect you'll want to keep the regas lon... | |
| KEF C95 Repair/Replacement Question according to the kef musuem, the uniq driver on the c55 is different than the one of your c95 (type 200_19 vs. 200_25), so it's probably not a good idea to swap 'em. since you like the kef sound, i'd look for the (90s) reference series (model 1, m... | |
| New amp recommendations just to be contrarian, (unless of course you want to sell it to me) i'd be really reluctant to replace your integra amp--it's a fantastic sounding piece which would cost something like $8k in today's bucks. to be honest, i've only heard it paired ... | |
| Mirage MCsi for surrounds? in general, rear speakers (esp. bipole/dipole types) are designed to project sound as broadly as possible, the idea being that you're surrounded by sound effects. front and center are typically designed to be more narrowly focused; in the case of ... | |
| I need advice on a good value for speakers the automatic assumption that everything's cheaper online is fallacious--in the auto business, for example, there's all sorts of data that shows that something like 75% of the time you get a better deal from your local dealer than by shopping on t... | |
| First foray into separate 2-channel amp, 200wpc mtrot, the above posters are all giving you good advice. to pile it on, your speakers are 91db@8ohm, which is pretty sensitive; i don't know why you'd need a monster 200w amp to drive 'em and you're much better served by focusing on quality than q... | |
| Name 3 under appreciated pop/rock drummers bobby elliott, hollies--supposedly all the other 60s brit bands sent their drummers to study him. listen to the classic hollies records--he's one swingin' catmitch mitchell, jimi hendrix--really wild, with real jazz chops; a perfect match for jimi... | |
| Review: Yamaha A S-2000 Amplifier very good review. elitists scoff at yammy gear (much like a porche driver wouldn't consider a honda), but they've been doing audio for a long time and have limitless resources for r&d--when they choose to trot out statement products the result... | |
| Make Internet Radio Sound "Better"? marcorber, i can't see where anyone told you to buy a stello 3--one member (not the one that you're apparently screaming at) merely mentioned he was using one to listen to 192kbps stations. in any event, if you're transporter doesn't have a usb ou... |