mattybumpkin

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Rotel 1072: Deserving of product of the year?
My attempt at humor if you will... 
Rotel 1072: Deserving of product of the year?
Black sounds better, silver can be bright... 
Creek amp repair in USA
I would touch base with Roy Hall at Music Hall, he is the guy for all of USA and should be able to give you particulars for the Creek products.Regards, 
It's 2008
Cable-less systems..... 
mccormack or odyssey
I have a McCormack DNA-125 and have been quite impressed with it. FYI - Steve McCormack (smcaudio@aol.com)offers an upgrade path for the amp. I am looking forward to this option when I can afford it. Supposedly, the upgraded amps are quite competi... 
Best Budget Preamp, whats out there?
There is an Audible Illusions L-1 tube pre available right now on A'gon (no affiliation). I have one with my DNA-125 and it matches great.Regards, 
Favorite Music When Having Sex
Billy Squire - Stroke Me!Regards, 
poker anyone?
I think you just described Albert Porter's place ;.)Never been there though...Regards, 
Great country music recording
Any Lyle Lovett, he is great. I especially like his double set Step Inside This Old House. Hal Ketchum's Greatest Hits. Not the best recorded CD but really great music.John Berry's Greates Hits, awesome album sonically and musically.I have not hea... 
Is the McCormack DNA .5 that great?
I ditto the same as everyone else, I currently have the DNA-125 and have been very happy with it. One point above I will kind of disagree with is that it mates well with all gear. With preamps (tubes/active) you have to be careful of gain issues a... 
What's under your bookshelf speakers?
I also use the stick on rubber feet, I got them from Home Depot.Regards, 
Speakers for Creek 5230SE Int. Amp.
Epos M12, especially considering the price right now. I had the Creek with these and a Music Hall CD25 and the sound was excellent.Not sure what you are considering bookshelf though. If smaller, what about the new Epos mini monitor?Regards, 
Best Floorstanding Speaker under $1000 USD
Epos M15 (not the M15.2) are currently available for well under a grand, just a very good all around speaker (I owned the M12, which is the monitor version). They don't like "bright" gear though.Regards, 
Can we have an "Ask Sean" catagory?
When I envision Sean and his rig's, I think of the professor on Gilligan's Island. Half's of basketball's holding woofers made out of latex gloves and tweeters made out of soda cans, speaker wires made out of aluminum foil, a rubber band drive cdp... 
Purist Audio & Stereophile
I think cables that are considered "dark" are perceived as something they are not. To me, dark simply means that alot of that "noise hash" that you normally hear is simply not present. It does take getting used to though. I have demo'd the PAD Mus...