mariasplunge
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| Greatest C&W Band The stones are good. But really, in the end, their just a bunch of fairly well off white kids from british suburbia trying to emmulate the likes of chuck berry and the other black poor oppressed down and out bluesmen who really had "the blues." So... | |
| LPs, v. iPods - round 1 David, All hail to the no tv crowd. How many here can say that. mMaybe just you and me. After all, why enslave the mind with 1 and 0's when you can have the whole range.I'll sponsor you. I think I'll call this organization "have not a tv and felli... | |
| LPs, v. iPods - round 1 Its important to be flexible in both worlds. I own the pod. I own records. When I'm drivin in my car or out in my garden I listen to the pod, although mildly annoyed.When I open a 12 year single malt and put up my feet at the end of that day well.... | |
| Best "RedBook" player out there Audio aero capitole used. | |
| Insanely Expensive....and Worth Every Penny Insanely expensive by my terms, my audio aero prestige which I bought used for a reasonable but still unbelievable price in my world. I'd say however that it is indeed worth every penny. The one component that I would regret to let go.Of course, b... | |
| Neil Young at Massey Hall THIS IS THE REAL $%#@. Neil as I only wish I could see him. I would clearly define this as one of the most spine chilling wholeheartedly induced me and my guitar/piano must get this out before I burst performances. As, of course, Neil can do.If yo... | |
| lucinda williams live Mike I have not. HBut would travel far and wide to see her. IMHO she has a great ear for sound, as shown by the quallity of her recordings and she also has that raw energy that i really love. A great performer, so I'm told and you are confirming. ... | |
| Best drink while listening to your rig? Coors original with an egg and some calamato. Then and only then do I crank AC/DC | |
| added amp...now hiss from spkr's I've got it too through my ss mono blochs. Haven't tried to do much in terms of fleshing it out. I just considered it the nature of electronics. Mine is only audible with my ear right at the tweeter but does increase/decrease with volume control.W... | |
| Five "Golden Rules" of HiFi? 1. Don't go crazy money, research or otherwise2. Go outside when its nice.3. Invite friends over to enjoy4. Aesthetically pleasing is important5. Try to have as few wires as possible | |
| Opinions on SS amps Thanks for the opions folks. I haven't updated my system reciently, as I have been making changes and didn't want to up date until those were done. The bel canto and the marantz are no longer, replaced by audio aero prestige, a wonderful player. S... | |
| Room size and floor standing speakers Redwood. Thanks for the response. That is fanatastic. Now i wonder it that recommendation is based on putting the speakers on the short wall or long. I only have theoption of the long, as that is my room set up. On the subject of the B&W's, ye... | |
| SET amps and speaker sensitivity. Great thanks folks. I have a lot to learn. So is this where bi-amping comes into play. Can you bi-amp two lower output SET amps and pair those with less efficient speakers?Cheers,Peter | |
| Room size and floor standing speakers Thansk for the responses folks. I am considering some B &W's or something from the Focal utopia be line. obviously not the Grands, but maybe the Altos or novas. Should work ok right?Cheers,Peter | |
| SET amps and speaker sensitivity. Wow! great to have such an overwhelming response. The more I know, the more confused I get. I guess I am realizing that I might not even have a clear understanding of what an SET amp is. I am assuming (again an assumption) that not all tube amps a... |