martykl
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| Favorite album art? A few more that quickly come to mind:Ogden Nut Gone Flake by Small Faces First Led Zep albumNevermind NirvanaKiko Los Lobos Kiln House, Mystery To Me, and Tusk from Fleetwood MacLondon Calling The ClashLiving Stereo Marti Jones & Don DixonHapp... | |
| How diverse is your musical taste? I'm also a fan of stylistic diversity in music. It seems more common here on Audiogon than in most places, which is one of the joys of this community. While the world seems to be moving inexorably toward catering to narrow tastes, many of the memb... | |
| In re: MOG, and Anne Briggs Unless there's another song "Baby, I'm Gonna.." vs "Babe, I'm Gonna...." this may be a new record for conflicting claims.I'm pretty sure that the songwriting credit that I saw for the song was attributed to Anne Johansen. So I guess that there at ... | |
| Running a sub in 2 channel with dhc80.2 I assume that you're using Audyssey. If so, there shouldn't be any issue.When I set up my Onkyo 5508 (a near twin of the 80.2) I found that Audyssey would auto detect the set-up. It asks you to identify the sub or subs, then pings each of the othe... | |
| Examples of Out of Phase Recordings? "Open My Eyes" by The Nazz (Todd Rundgren) is a well known example. | |
| Upscale Audio -- Tubes and Reliability One more "Thumbs Up(scale)" for Kevin. I've done a lot of business with him over the years and have always had a great experience - which is, I guess, why I keep going back.Marty | |
| 1 Sub, 2 Functions Per Lloyd w/ one twist,You can use any sub you like with Velodyne's subwoofer controller called the SMS-1 (+/- $400). It provides digital room correction (DRC), a pretty basic low cut (80hz/6 dB per octave fixed) for your main speakers, a VERY fle... | |
| Home theater stands Billy Bags is a pretty well known operation. They're expensive, but the racks are high quality and they'll build to your spec if you wish:http://billybags.com/Good LuckMarty | |
| Sonus Faber Cremona M vs Verity Audio Parsifal Dtc,I've used my Cremonas with nearly a dozen different amps (Krell, Odyssey, ARC, Prima Luna, Cary, and several others). I'd agree that the Pathos limits the max effective SPL of the Cremona relative to the higher power SS units. However, I reall... | |
| Sonus Faber Cremona M vs Verity Audio Parsifal I own Cremonas (pre-M) and Parsifal/Encores. My take:These are two very different animals. The Verity has a notable hump in the mid/upper bass and a falling response from there right up thru the entire band. The result is warm and musical, if not ... | |
| What’s hot in monitors from $2K to $3K in 2012? You can probably find some variant of the Merlin VSM at the price point you state. They are a small-footprint floorstander that uses EQ to meet your low-end requirements.Good Luck,Marty | |
| Which sub to buy: JL Audio f113 or Velodyne DD18+? Pretty much agree with Bryon, but I'll state it a bit differently:If you go with the JL (a great product!) or other non/minimally -EQ'd subwoofer, I'd strongly suggest that you functionally add digital EQ/crossover to your system. Either look at t... | |
| Bookshelf speaker with electrostatic sound If you can find a pair used, these will come in north of $1k, but south of $2K. If that's close enough, I think they'd be hard to beat (probably because they're electrostats - of a sort):http://www.soundlab-speakers.com/ministat.htmGood LuckMarty | |
| Best rock cover songs, list your favorites A coupla oddball additions worth hearing:Richard Thompson (monster guitarist) covering Britney Spears' "Oops, I did it Again".Marshall Crenshaw (indie singer/songwriter) covering ABBA's "Knowing Me, Knowing You".On a different note, I just picked ... | |
| Ready to pull the trigger on a Marantz SR7005 I use a Marantz AVR in my family room, an Integra AVR in my HT room, and an Onkyo pre-pro in my main 2 channel system. Here's my take...The primary difference between these brands IMHO is that Marantz includes Audyssey XT in the 7005, while the On... |