mapman
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| Best high end monitors? Try a tube pre-amp with any of those speakers. | |
| How do Digital Amps Mfrs. compare in sound? None of the Rowland amps are comparable? That's surprising.If can be bypassed, fine, but I would not see the point in paying for a high end integrated and only using the amp section.My local dealer only carries the 102 and its the more powerful, h... | |
| How do Digital Amps Mfrs. compare in sound? What model is the amp only equivalent of the Continuum 500? | |
| What makes for a "great" turntable? My 20 year old Linn Axis is neither lightweight nor the heaviest table, but it's the heaviest I've ever owned, plus it sits on a big, 60 pound, big honking solid oak coffee table that I picked up back then for $30 in a used furniture store down so... | |
| Speaker to match with Rogue 88 amp. I heard, Maggies, PSBs, and Ushers sounding great with the Rogue amp at my local dealer, whose systems demoed always sound very good to great, by the way. | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? The electronics do matter a lot in the equation but the cost of individual components is not always a reliable indicator of resulting performance. | |
| Why the Blues Really Hit The Spot Its true perhaps that there was never much money to be made in just singing the blues and money talks (and sings). But, a lot of acts did just that by taking elements of the blues and applying them to new forms of music that broadened the appeal o... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? Interesting that this is the first I have heard of the Decware radials. They haven't come up on other threads that I've read here that I recall.Not much inforamtion out there on the Decware radial speaks. Their site indicates the older discontinue... | |
| Rock: well recorded bass...60s/70s Electric bass was around for a good bit by the late 60s/70s.Bass overall was recorded as well back then as later as a whole I think.The difference is there were few recordings labeled "audiophile" or explicitly being marketed to audiophiles back t... | |
| Subsonic Rumble Solutions Stevecham,Probably because it would raise costs and even perhaps make the product less appealing to high end purists who do not like any extra circuitry mucking with their signals.I do find also that it is less of a real problem with many higher p... | |
| history of Vector Research 7000 I was never able to find anything indoor, even amplified, and I've tried, that worked better than the good old standard FM dipole antenna from Radio Shack. | |
| Guitar Hero or Rock Band: Admit You Play? I've done vocals and bass guitar on Rock Band with my 13 year old, who usually does the drums.Favorite songs so far: Highway Star and Gimme Shelter. | |
| history of Vector Research 7000 I sold vector research receivers briefly about 30 years back aT Tech Hifi in the NY/NJ metro area.It was decent sounding stuff and somewhat popular for a while as a step up from the Pioneers, Kenwoods and TEchnics receivers of the day for a bit. I... | |
| A turntable? I have an old Goldring cartridge on an old Dual 1264 hooked up to an old vintage Yamaha cr-420 receiver and it sounds absolutely phenomenal It is in my second system driving Triangle Titus 202s and an old M&K sub.This whole rig could probably ... | |
| Why the Blues Really Hit The Spot A purpose of music is to help soothe the soul, and a good blues tune simply and effectively addresses some common problematic scenario that many may face and hence relate to strongly. PLus, any particular master of the blues puts their unique spin... |