mapman
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| What makes for a "great" turntable? What about the size of the table in regards to being able to support longer tonearms for more accurate tracking of records start to finish?Aren't longer tonearms better in this regard in general? | |
| Rock: well recorded bass...60s/70s Band On the Run - Paul McCartney and WingsAwesome predominant bass throughout by McCartney. | |
| Last song on most LP's pressed with compression Vinyl flawed?Damn.Next you'll tell me Barack Obama ain't perfect either! | |
| Why the Blues Really Hit The Spot I think there is truth to the "misery loves company" assertion, but that alone does not tell the whole story.And I agree with Chashmal's observations regarding modern culture and corporate politics. Just look at the names of our sports stadiums an... | |
| How do Digital Amps Mfrs. compare in sound? Guido, yes, thanks.By the time I'm ready to jump, I'm sure there will be many new and improved offerings out there. | |
| How can you not have multichannel system Troglodyte?Sockit to me sock it to me sock it to me sock it to me sock it to mesock it to me sock it to me sock it to me!!!! | |
| 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... |