mapman
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| The times have savaged my system A vintage Yamaha cr-420 receiver can be had for much less used I would think and has clean low distortion sound about as good as any I have heard on any comparable vintage piece. The phono section is simply incredible on this unit! It replaced a v... | |
| verdict on class D amps? I'm wondering how good the new Wired 4 Sound models are compared to the Rowland, Bel Cantos and Spectrons of the world? | |
| Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps When she is on, I'd toss Belinda Carlisle in there also. | |
| Anybody heard of Girard turntables? Garrard, yes.They were popular entry level tables with higher quality, lower level magnetic cartridges back in the mid 70's and prior. Some may even use lower quality, higher output ceramic cartridges, I believe.Garrards were a step above the basi... | |
| What music do you want to play really loud? "Scorpio" - Dennis Coffey & the Detroit Guitar Band | |
| Floorstanders designed to be against the wall? I've read that Blue Circle is preparing to launch a model called the "Penny" which is a compact floor stander designed to be able to go close to the rear wall. It uses an OHM Walsh driver for wide dispersion in the midrange and is supplemented by ... | |
| Why is some vinyl noisy? Not all copies of a particular title on vinyl are the same. Despite their mystique, records can have quality control issues in their production just like any other consumer item.Also not all surface defects are necessarily visible to the human eye... | |
| Most agreed upon best speaker? Pedrillo, c'mon you know its MBL, right?Actually how about Avantgarde Trio's?They're big, shiny, dynamic and sensitive, if not omnidirectional. And they only keep company with the highest quality amps. What else is there? | |
| Most agreed upon best speaker? When I had cats, they seemed to levitate towards the Optimus speakers I had at the time.Oops, sorry, I misread the thread title. I thought it said most "Pee'ed" upon speaker. | |
| I am sick of cables Years ago, it used to be that vendors made their margins on speakers and accessories. There was in comparison little or no margin on electronics.I don't know if this is still the case or not, but it would surprise me if not. | |
| John Potis - Rest in peace BTW,A "Mark" is piece of slang terminology that is used in professional wrestling to identify one who is an unmitigated fan of a particular wrestler or stylistic element of the craft:Mark - " ....The term can ... be applied to a fan who idolizes a... | |
| John Potis - Rest in peace Trejla, Thx for the kind words.I'm a big Audiofeil mark. No need to make peace...... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? HEy, check out the pics I found on the Blue Circle site.http://www.bluecircle.com/index.php?page_id=8094IS that a Micro Walsh can I see perched on top of the new $4000+ Penny's? | |
| John Potis - Rest in peace Unless some copyright or other legal right of usage issue exists, I don't see anything wrong with using another person's endorsement of a product to promote a product. That's a most common occurrence in marketing and generally is a positive reflec... | |
| I am sick of cables My approach is the same with cables as with any other potentially large investment.I do some reading on what others have experienced with various products then start small (ie not too expensive) + typically used. If I am not satisfied, I try somet... |