loomisjohnson
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| The Hub: Just how bad is it in high end audio? on a certain level, it's hard to conjure up any sympathy for an industry which is so out of touch with customer needs and desires. mainstream manufacturers and retailers continue to foist big, complex, aesthetically unpleasing components on a buyi... | |
| The Hub: Just how bad is it in high end audio? in the good old golden age of audio, publications like playboy and esquire would regularly publish articles and images of stereo equipment as an integral part of an enviable lifestyle. the industry promoted the intrinsic sex appeal and aesthetics ... | |
| The Hub: Just how bad is it in high end audio? what strikes me is that what remains of the high end audio industry has done very little to broaden its mainstream appeal--in contrast to say, the wine or auto industries, virtually all audio advertising and/or writing (home theater excepted) is c... | |
| No reforming of Led Zep apparently i agree that plant no longer has that freakish vocal range, but i really dig his record with allison krauss--it's really well sung and well recorded; to my ears the best post-zep work of any of the original group.as a somewhat related aside, i ran... | |
| A major disconnect between the audiophile magazine bigaitch makes some logically unassailable points. expensive high end gear is a steeply depreciating commodity, much good, bargain-priced older gear might very well compare favorably to pricy new gear, and, especially since well-made components ar... | |
| 804Ds and bass performance i auditioned the b&ws against some magnepan 3.6s (perhpas an unfair comparison, but they are in the same price range). i honestly didn't like the b&ws either--it wasn't so much bass quantity as it was balance and driver integration--the lo... | |
| Lucinda Williams live "car wheels" is the one most people cite, and i agree it's a great record, but it's also probably her most conventional singer-songwriter fare. i prefer "essence" and "world without tears", where she more or less invents her own style--minimalist,... | |
| Lucinda Williams live i've seen her live a bunch of times and while i think she's a reluctant performer (too insular, a little stiff, doesn't really engage with the audience), her bands are always great and she always rocks--i especially like that she'll contort and st... | |
| The Hub: News, events, gossip - Sound by Singer to close as long as you're the exclusive purveyor of a desirable product, there's nothing intrinsically wrong or irrational with a no-discount/no-haggling policy. lexus and range rover built their brands this way (although they too have sucumbed to economi... | |
| The Hub: News, events, gossip - Sound by Singer to close i have no reason to doubt the many horror stories about this retailer, but remain confused as to how it could possibly have remained in business for 15+ years. who, specifically, is the market for haughty attitude and hostile service? is there som... | |
| What Speakers to use in a bar/restaurant environment i second the mirage omnis--i've heard 'em in (acoustically challenged) restaurant environments and they sound damn good. the real advantage to them is that they have that 360 degree dispersion--they really don't have dead spots. they're also seemi... | |
| Creek, Arcam, Cambridge - fullness and body fusion, your loyalty is commendable. if you're guy's done right by you, stick by him--a few bucjks won't change your lifestyle. | |
| Creek, Arcam, Cambridge - fullness and body 1. if you don't feel obligated to your dealer, check out sound by singeer, which is blowing out all the makers you're considering.2. having owned various cambridge, nad and (currently) arcam, i'd opine that in general arcam tends to a fuller, heft... | |
| Focal-JM Labs speakers focals are a very polarizing speaker--people seem to either love 'em or hate 'em. i agree with aball that their models are hit and miss, though they all have that magnificent tweeter. what's curious is that (to my purely subjective ears) their sou... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? whiskeytown--strangers almanac (quite great, actually)sonny rollins--road shows (eh...)the cure--seventeen seconds (underrecognized gem)sonic youth--eternal (very sonic youth-y) |