loomisjohnson
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| Review: Denon PMA-757 Amplifier very interesting review--it's good to see you address a product from the "forgotton era" of audio. there's a general conception that these 80s components were markedly worse than the beautiful, silver-faced stuff of the late 70s. certainly aesthet... | |
| No Audiophiles in Hollywood in "traffic", the psychopathic killer, after being kidnapped and tortured by the generale's men tells the generale that he has b&w speakers and makes his own cds--he says most people don't care but that it's very important to him. a moving tri... | |
| "Whatever Happened To The Audiophile?" according to the npr article, "high end" sales totalled $200m in 2010 (i'm not sure about the statistic; i've read $1 billion elsewhere). for all the talk about vinyl's resurgence, only 2.4m total units were sold in 2010. these are staggeringly ti... | |
| The Feelies are back waltersalas, is your user name a tribute to the guy from the silos (or are you the same guy)? very good band. in any event, i agree the feelies (despite their relatively sparse output) fully deserve to be mentioned in the same company as other 80s... | |
| Figure 8 to me, smith's greatest work was on his first three, lo-fi records. he always sounded ill-suited to the studio gloss of xo and figure 8--the songs were still there, but his voice and esp. his guitar playing was buried in all the production; it see... | |
| The Feelies are back i'll be the contrarian--i love 'em on disc, esp. good earth, but was underwhelmed by their live show--thought they played great, but were somewhat reserved and detached + had those long, momentum-killing pauses between songs. i did dig the dual pe... | |
| any early 80's alt/soft punk fans out there? The Bongos!!!That triggers some synapses. Great live band. | |
| Moving From AVR to Amp personally, i'd (at least initially) keep the onkyo and your very good existing speaker config and get a three channel amp to power the fronts and center--perhaps something like a parasound or wyred4sound--i think you find signicancant improvement... | |
| Please help newb put a system together mandd: i haven't a/b'd the inboard dac on the b&k with the well-regarded external dacs you've listed, although i'd surmise that the external dacs, being more modern standalone units, will sound better. however, (a) as a former b&k owner i ... | |
| Am I the only one who thinks B&W is mid-fi? b&w is certainly a polarizing proposition--unlike, say, psb or vandersteen, which everyone seems to like, people either love b&w or think they're overpriced/overrated. to my skewed ears, the curious thing about b&w is that some of thei... | |
| Please help newb put a system together mandd, if i understand your query, you're trying to get to a viable system with your existing speakers/sub, an ipod and a turntable. with those parameters, i'd get your used b&k 305/307, which has a good phono stage, amp section and inboard da... | |
| Recommendations for a used Receiver second the arcam. b&k 202/307/507 is the other obvious choice and should meet all your requirements. | |
| Sold Polk lsi15 now what? someone's listing a new pair of focal cobalt 816s for around $900--i've heard 'em against the lsi15s and liked 'em much better. also saw some totem arro for $750--nice speaker. no affilaition to either seller. | |
| my peachtree decco experience, your upgrade advice rather than replacing the decco, which is a nifty piece w/ a very good dac, first thing i'd try is adding a heftier power amp to the decco--maybe something like a parasound hca or b&k. it'll definitely change the sonics, perhaps for the better | |
| How can anyone afford this ? not to get all dr. phil-like, but it seems like the real issue is not how much it costs to buy a good stereo, but how much of your life you're willing to sacrifice for such goal. like booze or gambling, audophilia is something that can easily move... |