mapman
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| Some irrefutable truths about rock and roll It was pretty much old hat in its pure form once The Beatles "Sgt. Pepper" album hit.Still a lot of fun though. | |
| Some irrefutable truths about rock and roll "Rolling stones are the most misunderstood band in history."Say what? | |
| Does treble response beyond my hearing matter? Fin,If the specs look good up to the limit of your hearing, you are probably in pretty good shape, no matter what might be measured beyond.When I was young, I could hear test tones up to 20khz. Now, at 54, only up to about 12-14 or so. That's typi... | |
| Does treble response beyond my hearing matter? On the grand scale of things, no. | |
| ARC or other Pre? Technology always only improves.Still there are good products and lesser ones always as well.ARC not "lively"? Not sure how digest that one. Even my modest sp16 is quite lively I would say. Many recordings simply are not however. | |
| Best blues guitarist, Clapton or Green The Fleetwood Mac tunes "Oh Well" pts 1 and 2 alone provides a nice sampling of PG's abilities as a player and is one of my favorite rock/pop/classical 1-2 punches of all time. It's all there! | |
| Modern Shahinian Obelisk "But I also thought at times my Walsh 3000's could sound a slight bit "dull" on the top end with triangles and cymbals. "No doubt OHMs can sound flat on the top end compared to many high end speakers. The Dynaudios I use concurrently on teh same s... | |
| What is going on No doubt there are those out there who view Audiogon and audiophiles who frequent the site as the place most likely to get top dollar for whatever it is they might be selling, especially if the useless "high end" label can be applied, and less com... | |
| Bel Canto and Wyred monos From what I have read researching McCormack, I would not doubt that the McCormack amp might come across with more warmth, tube like or otherwise, than some.For example Class D amps I use and have heard have some tube like traits in the midrange, b... | |
| What is going on "If it's worth too much to you; you get to keep it."Great line!!! Gotta remember that one. | |
| I'm gettin weak bass and dynamics in one speaker It could.Swap in a spare and see.ITs good to keep some inexpensive but decent SS gear around as spares for regression testing when needed. OR even just spare tubes in this case. ANything to help make a quick swap and isolate where the problem is. | |
| What to do with bad recorded CDs Hak,THis?Listening on my computer using decent earbuds, it sounds OK, on par with most similar material I could compare with. Nothing great, nothing horrifically bad.On a good system, really good recordings can make stuff like this difficult to li... | |
| D-Sonic vs Wyred vs .... Good question. I am interested to know how they compare also from anyone who has auditioned both. | |
| What is going on An even better question than about what sellers are asking is what people are buying/paying. Agon blue book price charts should have that information.Obviously, people will not buy used unless there is value in doing so. | |
| Modern Shahinian Obelisk Rp,I'm curious if when comparing OHm and Shahinian if you found that each sounded best in a different location?Omni/wide range speakers tend to be easy to set up for good results, but I find a fair amount of tweaking is needed to get the best resu... |