mapman
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| Upgrading - what amp to choose I'm listening to a Bel Canto C5i right now and it is killer...the real deal!!! | |
| How important is the amp? If you like what you hear and can hear differences when you tweak then I can't think of a good reason to change. Wait, oh yeah, because there is always something better!!! of course! You never know for sure sometimes unless you try.If you are cont... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Where have all the Bachs gone.....I suspect they are out there but lost in the confusing swirl of modern social conditions. Like most things social conditions were much simpler back in Bach's day. Progress, I suppose? | |
| Cadillac of Turntables? My Dual 1264 still running in my second system might qualify. Not just fully automatic but a record changer to boot. Of course nobody in their right mind would subject their records to a record changer. Well, maybe a Cadillac owner would. :^) I ow... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Its telling that there have been so many great blues singers over the years but its hard to say any are any greater or better than an original like Robert Johnson. If it happens, then its likely that what is being done is blues based but no longer... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Everyone has the right to sing the blues. But it would be nice if nobody ever had the inkling to actually do it. Will never happen in this world though I suppose. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Classical and other forms of "higher" music can nourish the spirit, but even to a larger extent than otherwise possible thanks to the blues.Its quite a synergistic relationship really. | |
| Jazz for aficionados The blues transcends politics and demographics.its a universal language. That's largely what makes it such a force of nature. | |
| High value, high efficiency speakers for SET amps Regarding the Audio Note speakers, I just saw a pair on higherfi web site that shows a retail price of $250,000.I didn't realize they could go that higher. Then again, the site is called "higherfi".Next time I hear AN-E at a show and like them, I ... | |
| Toe-in recommendation for stand mount monitors "Trust Your Ears". | |
| Toe-in recommendation for stand mount monitors "Get Better Sound" by Jim Smith would be the book to get in order to go about things best systematically if not sure. its a small investment to make to help get the best sound possible faster. | |
| Toe-in recommendation for stand mount monitors it should be an easy and easily reversible tweak to try it different ways and see what sounds best. There is no golden rule that always works. Everyone's rooms and personal preferences regarding what sounds best are different. What you hear matter... | |
| Any HE Speakers with Sonus Faber Sound? I suspect a SET amp in general will inherently provide more of the kind of sound you seek.With a SET, the challenge will be finding speakers efficient easy to drive and extended enough to compete with what is possible otherwise. With only a few wa... | |
| New Tekton Pendragons On The Way Al hit it pretty well, but also worth pointing out that the Goldenears contain powered bass drivers. That sets a high bar for potential bass levels that most any modest size high efficiency speaker in particular will likely never match on its own,... | |
| What I learned on Audiogon This Year Translation: I've found dbpoweramp, Picard, and PLEX to be valuable tools for building and maintaining a music library. I learned about dbpoweramp and Picard initially here, PLEX I found on my own actually.Has more to do with maintaining a large u... |