mapman
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| Pink Floyd I did see the Dead live once. Was greatly looking forward to it but was quite underwhelmed. It was a free concert at college graduation. Maybe that was part of it.I also saw Robert Hunter and the New Riders of the Purple sage live back in college.... | |
| Pink Floyd The Grateful Dead plodded on and on with a lot of mediocre performances and recordings for the faithful a lot more than Pink Floyd.Pink Floyd's output is a lot more concise and meaty than the Dead's.PF was at leat innovative in their day, FBOFW. T... | |
| Pink Floyd Most PF I have sounds good enough already.PF and audiophilia have always had a pretty decent relationship.Hey, but just because they sell it doesn't mean I have to buy it.Only a semi-yawn at this point | |
| how close in sound can a tube and ss amp sound ? TG,I see your point in that neither technology has a lock on all aspects of the "absolute" sound of live music.But both technologies do tend to have some unique strengths and weaknesses in general that tend to distinguish them so I think it is a f... | |
| how close in sound can a tube and ss amp sound ? Just picked up a pair of TAD 125 Hibachi amps for my second system and am giving these a whirl. These seem to fit the bill as an attempt to emulate tube sound with a SS amp.Too early to draw firm conclusions but I will say so far that these do hav... | |
| "God Bless the Child" on Idol? Sheesh, Lauren really got to lay it on thick to close yesterday's show with that song about mothers (the GOOD kind).I thought Scotty had it locked up with the Idol demographic, but maybe not now.... | |
| Review: Tube Audio Design Hibachi Monoblocks TAD 125 Amplifier I picked up a pair of these last week and got them hooked up last night into my family room 2 channel a/v system and got a little initial listening in.So far, my impressions are consistent with Jaymark and these seem to represent a fabulous value.... | |
| What is my next step to a better sound ? Useless to discuss changing anything until you say what you think the current deficiencies in the sound are and what you are wanting to hear that you do not currently.Have the people indicating the DAC is the problem actually heard it? I have not,... | |
| Biggest Baddest Audio Cables The only thing to keep in mind with DNM is that they are not shielded and I have found can pick up RF noise, for example if used with switching amps, in some cases more easily than typical shielded designs.Other than that, they are golden. | |
| FM tuners - Are they OBSOLETE ? Not obsolete in the sense of no longer having any real value or merit, as is the case say with typewriters since the advent of the home computer, but certainly of limited interest to most compared to the latest and greatest gadgets available that ... | |
| Album which you have listened to most? Shadorne,I'm a Jim Capaldi fan also and love the albums of his I have.I'll have to look that one up!His excellent solo recordings have really been overlooked over time it seems.Electric Nights is my favorite but perhaps largely because I know it b... | |
| Amplifier advice from Ohm Walsh 100 Mk. II owners I picked up a second hand pair of tad hibachi 2 amps that should arrive week.I'm trying them out as an upgrade in my second system driving a pair of Triangle Titus XS along with the sub. I'm expecting good things there. Not planning to use them wi... | |
| A warning to all about HUGE Subwoofers Of course no system is really high end and all that unless it's got the balls needed to destroy the house, right? | |
| Ohm Walsh 3/3000 upgrade comments....... I will say that I never found Carver sonic holography specifically to work effectively with the OHMs compared to others.Sonic holography was more of a spatial processing function, so in that case perhaps omnis might react differently than others. ... | |
| FM tuners - Are they OBSOLETE ? Soniqmike got it right.The only problem with internet radio for most is the possibility of giving up looking for the gems because of too many choices and limited time, much like what many experience with 100s of cable or satellite TV channels toda... |