mapman
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| Requesting info on Audio Kinesis ZEPHRIN Speakers I was interested in the Mapleshade stands until I saw the Isoacoustics. They are designed for pro use so no fancy materials with those but nice enough looking, similar functionality if used with monitors as floor stands, a fraction of the cost, ad... | |
| Bluesound, best value streamer? Best value I have seen is plex on Amazon fire tv box. Box costs less than 100 and supports high res audio and video via toslink and hdmi. Plex app to run on it is $5. Does not require Amazon prime to run plex. You can run plex on smart phones or t... | |
| Single driver speakers without the pitfalls? Its probably more than just the speakers. More amps can shine with what they do better when a flat extended low end is taken out of the picture. Very low power tube amps the most. You have to have very large and very efficient speakers, likely hor... | |
| What is the best USED Speaker Under $10,000 Who knows? So many good ones but nothing I know of that I would replace the ones I have with. | |
| Recommendations on Christmas Music?? Christmas with Chet Atkins. | |
| Recommendations for Arab and Mid-Eastern fusion. "The rough guide" cd series is excellent for sampling many forms of world music. Highly recommended.Putumayo label is another source I go to often. | |
| To Couple or Decouple? It's a very good question that I really had to think about. I would say decouple first then couple perhaps if all else fails. That's not to say that coupling might not sound better in some cases but each case of coupling will produce different res... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Good answer! | |
| Requesting info on Audio Kinesis ZEPHRIN Speakers Any east coast ak dealers? Baltimore would hit the bullseye. | |
| What is the best way to sell B&W speakers? Auctions usually benefit from a large number of participants. I would only use agon auction for something with potential unique value for many audiophiles. Most b&w speakers would not qualify. eBay would be abetter option due to large number o... | |
| Tube Preamp vs Solid State Georgelofi I'm interesting in trying a passive with 3 inputs minimum for under 500. What options would you recommend? Thanks. | |
| Ripping speed variation Rock fwiw with my gateway laptop running dbpoweramp the fastest rip speed I see indicated during ripping is 20x. Most discs seem to start ripping less than 10x fairly often then tend to get faster on later tracks. Not sure why that is but seems to... | |
| Requesting info on Audio Kinesis ZEPHRIN Speakers DukeThat's an interesting story to me. I have a small 12x12 sunroom that I have been challenged to conquer acoustically for years. It's my wife's room which limits options. I documented in my system thread recently adding a pair of isoacoustic mon... | |
| Jazz for aficionados Schubert I suspect Johnny cash is the best one stop shopping towards that end. More so than Bach even perhaps though hard to compare. | |
| Single driver speakers without the pitfalls? When in doubt powered subs done well are almost always the great equalizer. |