mapman
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| Rembering the 80s: College Rock 80's were mostly a musical recession for me once I graduated from college in '81.I have higher opinion of many things from that era these days though.THe local Jack FM radio station plays complete reruns of Casey Kasem's American Top 40 shows from... | |
| Jazz for aficionados There are some rap/hip hop artists and tunes that I enjoy as much as anything else these days, at least in limited doses.A musical trend is a musical trend. The only difference is the magnitude/extent and the perspective from which you observe it,... | |
| Help for a confused, sick newbie? Agree with Viridian, probably a step back in your specific setup.Personally though, I could live with a Cronus quite nicely though were I to build the system around it to match well, particular using more tube amp friendly speakers. It is a very g... | |
| Philly FM Radio and FM Tuner Redux Biffynne,Wired connection from computer USB port to DAC with USB input is one way.Also Audioengine and maybe others sells a couple of devices that provide a wireless conenction from computer USB out to DAC digital input. That is something I would ... | |
| Sadly missed manufacturers Nakamichi, for car audio in particular but their home offerings in their prime are missed as well. | |
| Philly FM Radio and FM Tuner Redux "I wonder if I can stream internet/cable FM radio off my FIOS connection."Definitely via any internet connection or service from any internet provider including Verizon/FIOS..You need a DAC somewhere. In computer already, outboard, whereever.Easy ... | |
| Sadly missed manufacturers Logitech (Squeezebox).That's the one I'm likely to have a need for at some point soon and I have not found a clear replacement for to-date, though there are candidates in the running.Tandberg I suppose though I have moved on from there as well.No ... | |
| Just a bit to bright "Sometimes it's just the recording."Yes indeed.IT's useful to get a metric/rough idea on what % of recordings sound bright, and which ones are brightest.Ideally only a minority should come across as bright. Then you go from there to try and make t... | |
| Cables more hype than value? I am about to try my first explicit power wire update experiment ever.The insulation on power cord to my DAC is a bit frayed near the connector, so I am using that as an excuse to replace it and see if I can do better.So I have ordered a $200+ Pan... | |
| Philly FM Radio and FM Tuner Redux Also worth considering is many stations provide high quality internet radio streams these days in addition to over the air broadcasts. From a technology perspective, internet streaming these days has a clear edge over traditional FM stereo broadca... | |
| Akai Speakers Akai had a lot of nice, solid if not outstanding products back in the 70's hifi heyday.Don't recall hearing Akai speakers specifically but some good value and nice looking receivers and other electronics.Akai RTR and cassette tape decks were their... | |
| Alvin Lee- 1 year later THose who appreciate Alvin Lee and Ten Years after might also be interested to know that their peers Savoy Brown and Kim Simmonds are still going strong, have a strong new CD release, and are currently on a small venue tour in US. I saw them last ... | |
| Why not horns? I think the m4.0t was the one mirroring a CJ amp maybe?I ran a 4.0t for a long time up until a few years back. It was definitely a unique sounding beast. I would say that it did tend to match up best with speakers that were more tube amp friendly ... | |
| Looking for advice on these speakers Charles, yes, I think it all depends case by case as usual when it comes to what is good or good enough versus not as good....a lot is always a judgement call plus no two combos are exactly the same.The key is always knowing what your goals are an... | |
| Looking for advice on these speakers What Al said but DR constraints likely extend to other genres as well with good quality recordings.HE speaker manufacturers often underplay this issue in order to demonstrate their speakers with low power SETs. Results are OK but may be limited dy... |