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| Cary SLI 80 Signature Upgrade? I would just suggest that you live with your new gear for some time. Remember that you upgraded well beyond your initial budget already. As a newcomer what you may not be aware of is the fact that there is no end to this chasing of the carrot. You... | |
| ISO advice for completing first hi-fi system Faith - I hate to push you toward a larger expenditure but I know from experience that you would regret not buying the Cary now that you are convinced of its superiority. Unless it represents an irresponsible outlay, damn the torpedoes and full sp... | |
| Preamps better than Parasound JC-2 ? Let me just put a bug in your ear. The Jeff Rowland Design Group Capri S2 sells for approximately what you paid for the JC2-BP and offers the option of phono or DAC cards on board in the first input. Rowland gear is very strong in the areas of ref... | |
| Atlantic City casinos closing... So AC benefited from being the only game in town until it no longer enjoyed that distinction. Apparently being a one trick pony was its real cause of failure.In addition, it sounds like the investors just wanted to milk it to death while investing... | |
| Top 3 Most Overrated Artists contest in R&R. Dweller - I included Grand Funk solely and expressly for their pretentious faux magnum opus "I'm Your Captain". I feel revulsion just typing it. Unforgivable.Czarivey - It's the Hall of Everybody. Early inductees were entirely worthy but as time h... | |
| Top 3 Most Overrated Artists contest in R&R. Grand Funk Railroad. Grateful Dead.3 Dog Night. | |
| Atlantic City casinos closing... Did Sandy ravage AC? Did the hotel and casino owners get compensation for their bankrupt businesses? I understand N.J. has experienced corruption and cronyism at times. | |
| Atlantic City casinos closing... I visited Atlantic City just once circa 1971. It was only about a 2 hour drive for me and I was just wandering. My recollection today is of disappointment at how played out and worn down the whole place seemed. I assumed that I was seeing the skel... | |
| The Best & Rarest of all Stereo Gear Draco tuner. Fons CQ30 turntable. Symdex Sigmas.Amber Tuner.Kenwood KT 917.Klyne SH2a.Nagaoka Kilavolt No. 130Nagaoka Crystal Stabilizer GL 601Rowland Research 2080 amplifiers (pair)Rowland Research Strain Gauge board with Panasonic cartridgeAnoth... | |
| Audiophile Active Speakers? Maybe the mags have taken little notice of pro gear because these products come from companies who deal in fact rather than fantasy and because the pro outfits aren't interested in playing the monopoly game set up by the audio press.Likewise, I've... | |
| Atlantic City casinos closing... Bifwynne - I grew up in Pompton Lakes. Graduated from HS there in 1965. How about you? | |
| Walking Into A Brick & Mortar High End Audio Store Madam,This is the sort of pedantic nonsense up with which I shall not put.After Winston Churchill's secretary corrected a sentence in a letter she was typing because he had ended a it with a preposition, he returned it to her to be retyped. The ab... | |
| Walking Into A Brick & Mortar High End Audio Store Adam18 - You've got it bad. The audiophile thing, that is. The bell sounds best live ........... and always will despite any pricey mods or upgrades to reproduction equipment. | |
| Audiophile Active Speakers? Bob - What are you using as a preamp with your Neumann 310A? I've been considering the Grace Design M920 which has 2 analog inputs, and a host of digital inputs to the new Sabre DAC which has garnered enormous praise everywhere. It's a professiona... | |
| Headphone amps with remote volume controls Grace design M920 will replace your preamp, headphone amp and DAC, all for about $2200. It has an excellent remote control and 2 analog inputs, one fully balanced XLR pair and 1 RCA pair. You would need an outboard phono section.The M903 that was ... |