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quasi-omni, cheap speakers for a friend's new barn
Yeah, the 901's may well be his ticket to paradise for this application. 
What three cd's would one keep from collection ?
1) Beatles 1's2) The Duke: The Columbia Years 1927-19623) Sibelius Orchestral Works 
Stones: Sticky FIngers.....
I've never heard a really good one. Both CD and vinyl copies I have are mediocre. 
Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps
Angie Hart with Frente - "Open Up Your Heart And Let The Sun Shine In". That chick from Abba - "The Winner Takes it All"Billie Holiday in her prime. Ella Fitzgerald too.Many cuts sung by Cosette' in "Les Miserable".Yoko Ono's screeching usually gi... 
My LP couldn't beat my CD, until now
Tvad,I think you're right. Its just I find the love for the Technics table of late, and DD tables in general, a bit of a surprise.Not that they are not good and deserve some love at leat as much as other tables, more that it does seem so significa... 
good sounding low price speaker w/ front bass port
Also again consider the Triangle Titus 202 if space is a consideration.These things are tiny and front ported and fit within the top compartments of my two audio stands hiden behind a flip open front cover door. You would never guess how tiny thes... 
My LP couldn't beat my CD, until now
"Lloyddc, my point was and still is that the technics 1200 is not a highend table"I've never thought of Technics tables as high end either in general (I owned one once) until I started to hear recently about how great the 1200 is.Is it a current m... 
Internet radio stations that sound really good
Radio Paradise is good but you'll find there are many others out there equally as good or better.Enjoy! 
quasi-omni, cheap speakers for a friend's new barn
"i am sure his barn will get frigidly cold on winter nights when not in use."Buy used but in good working order on ebay then and don't pay too much. If/when the weather takes its toll, move on.FWIW I use a pair of standard issue wood cabinet Reali... 
quasi-omni, cheap speakers for a friend's new barn
If you can figure a way to do it, I'd pick up a pair of small older Ohm Walsh 1s or 2s on ebay and suspend them upside down and add a sub if needed.They will sound fantastic in a big open barn. I had mine in a similar large open environment once f... 
good sounding low price speaker w/ front bass port
I plan to give one of the Peachtree hybrid integrateds with DAC consideration for use in my second two channel A/V system with the Triangle Titus 202s + M&K sub when the time comes to replace my current 70's vintage Yamaha receiver that I curr... 
NO CES Updates???
"It's all about money; that's all the CES cares about."Really? 
Konfounding Kinks
The Kinks get a large % of the available listening time in my house. They were a venturesome group artistically and pushed a lot of limits in their day + a lot of their stuff including material from their artsy/higher concept days in the early 70'... 
Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em?
One more thing. If the low end does become overwhelming on the Ohms, plugging the port on the bottom to various degrees can help to alleviate it. 
Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em?
Agree with Tvad that larger drivers that also may extend a bit lower will generally work better near field as well as long as long as the room is not too small in which case the low end on the OHMs can become overwhelming according to some.