lowrider57
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| Tell us your worst audio dealer or mfr. experience. calvinj, did you buy the Ayon thru Audiogon and did USA Tube ship it to you directly? That's too much money to spend to be ignored.I ask because I just bought a preamp from them, the sale went fine, and the item was shipped from the manufacturer. | |
| When rap came out 30 years ago I thought it was just a fad Tostadosunidos, what's your definition of music and what's your definition of rock and roll?I'll paraphrase Justice Potter Stewart..."I can't define it, but I know it when I hear it." | |
| When rap came out 30 years ago I thought it was just a fad If you ask the roots themselves they have the completely opposite opinion. The are the intelligent side of hip hop.I can see that. My comments about the Roots pertain to their influences and musicianship. But Rappers today don't need or have any ... | |
| When rap came out 30 years ago I thought it was just a fad Agree, taters. I've seen them play here in Philly (their home town), and it's Funk/Jazz fusion. The rapping is part of the dumbing down of music for the younger generation. | |
| When rap came out 30 years ago I thought it was just a fad The Roots are a very talented band; I'd never include them in the category of today's Rap.They have their roots (pun intended) from Jazz, Soul, R&B, old school Rap/Hip-Hop, Rock with some multi-cultural genres thrown in. | |
| Denon to Parasound Don't go strictly by the specs, it is the sound that counts. The power difference between a 180wpc amp and a 200wpc amp will not be audible.Good advice.Speaking of specs, the fact that Parasound lists the current of its amp at 45 amps per chan... | |
| Integrating a new turntable into existing system and having sound quality problems... Clearly it’s defective. There is the Pro-Ject Debut Carbon DC model which has a better power supply and speed control.The Rega RP3 is a very reliable budget TT with decent build quality and an excellent tonearm. I’ve auditioned it, my only problem... | |
| Russian Tubes or Old "American" Tubes (built where ever)? Brent Jesse is dealer who has a very good page with a description of the sonics of each brand plus tube substitutes.http://www.audiotubes.com/6dj8.htm | |
| Tube preamp reliability vs SS? Not a contest, but I’m looking at the high gain specs of the Classic. CJ was on my short list when I was looking to buy. | |
| Denon to Parasound If your interest is listening to 2 channel music, then separates will beat your Denon receiver or any AVR. The Denon is built with circuitry to do multiple tasks, that’s fine for HT but not optimal for listening to music.Looking at the impedance c... | |
| Tube preamp reliability vs SS? articdeath, I didn't realise that the Classic 2SE didn't have a remote. In that case, if you are still interested in a tube preamp that mates very well with a SS amp, check out the new Atma-Sphere UV-1 priced slightly less than the Classic 2SE.htt... | |
| When rap came out 30 years ago I thought it was just a fad Someone earlier said that Rap took a wrong turn and I agree. I was listening to this style of music since the term "Rap Music" was coined as a genre. For me, it goes back to 1980ish with The Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" and Grandmaster Fla... | |
| When rap came out 30 years ago I thought it was just a fad If you're comparing Rap to Jazz, 80s and 90s Rap music was free-form, inventive, improvisational. There was a similar niche market.But now it's a formula like Pop music, it's mass produced for the younger generation and along with that comes the f... | |
| Why would anyone want 180g records ? Raul, that's a great point about record prices going up, not down. I think record prices will remain high due to record pressing plants having to maintain and upgrade equipment that has been put back into service, plus there are a number of new re... | |
| 50 hours of research = 1 amp for Totem Sttaf akg is right in that Totems are very often paired with SS amps and Simaudio is it's Canadian brother. But the Sttaf can go either way, SS or tubes, since it's an easier load than other Totems. As far as Rogue vs. PrimaLuna Prologue Premium, I know... |