martykl
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| 2k$ speakers that meet my criteria? Three come quickly to mind - all different, one to the next - but any of which might do the trick.The aforementioned Vandy 2.The Emminent Tech planar hybrid.The Ohm 1000.Were I to hazzard a guess, I suspect that the Ohms will be the preferred choi... | |
| What is the Audiogon of music instruments? Sorry, I stated that "most" boutique luthiers sell this way. I should have said most of those with whom I have discussed this subject (a much smaller subset) sell this way. Didn't mean to overstate.Marty | |
| What is the Audiogon of music instruments? Funny how opinion is divided here. I am NOT a professional (far from it), but I would note that:A LARGE percentage of super high end guitars are purchased sight unseen because they are custom ordered - via telephone and/or internet (even though th... | |
| What is the Audiogon of music instruments? Sounds Real,We must know different musicians. They're worse than audiophiles on the GAS front. Gear Acquisition Syndrome. Old joke:Her Q: Dear, how many guitars do you need?Him A: Just one moreMarty | |
| What is the Audiogon of music instruments? Which instrument?Gbase is a major "guitar for sale" site, with other gear available as well. Not these extensive forums however.MartyPS If you're looking for a particular type of guitar, drop me an e-mail. I'm a collector and always keep an eye on... | |
| If you wanted to impress someone, which track? Along Map's line:The Theme From Shaft.Not audiophile and panpotted to within an inch of its life, but a pretty "showy" recording that usually gets the desired response.At the other end of the scale, the earlier recommendation of St. James Infirmar... | |
| Best '80s/'90s pop Evidently ,Bongo knows his burgers.BTW, Kind Creole's sidekick is also caled Bongo...Bongo Eddie.Have you ever seen those two in the same place at the same time? | |
| Best '80s/'90s pop Guys,The wife LOVES a band. Kid Creole & The Coconuts happened to be playing in LA (their first LA gig in app 15 years) right around my 50th - so we rented a room at the club (and - as it turned out - my party accounted for just about 90% of t... | |
| Best '80s/'90s pop BTW, Mac, my bride is from Minneapolis. More Prince, I guess.Marty | |
| Best '80s/'90s pop Thanx all.I'm just looking to refresh my memory. If I hire a cover band for the party, I want to tell them what to cover. OTOH, The English Beat (or what's left of them, i.e. Dave Wakeling and a guy who does a passable impersonation of Ranking Rog... | |
| Original Lps with cool posters..... IIRC,The album "Hallelujah" by Sweathog (world class band name) included a great poster that (I think) hung on my best friend's bedroomm wall through much of high school.Marty | |
| Why not horns? Csm,If you were trying to address my issue re: "hybrid horns" (i.e. almost any extended range horn design), I think that you may have missed my narrow point. Specifically, I was suggesting that horn loaded drivers increase their output more rapidl... | |
| Why not horns? I've had reasonably extensive experience with horns - I currrently own a pair of Zingali 3s and I auditioned 2 other brands (SAP and Avantegarde) at length before my purchase. Some years back, I decided to buy a low powered SET amp (I wanted to ch... | |
| Sub Question Kclone,To repeat and restate:If you put a crossover unit ahead of the main speakers it will reduce the burden on the main speakers' woofers by attenuating the bass signal they receive.If you put an (active) crossover unit ahead of the amp feeding ... | |
| Ohm Walsh Micro Talls: who's actually heard 'em? On a related note:Understandably, there is something of an obsession with "accuracy" in the A'phile community. The idea is great, but how do you ever really know what's on a record? That information doesn't exist as "sound" without SOME playback s... |