mr_hosehead
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| Paradigm or B&W? If you're serious about getting one or the other, then you really owe it to yourself to A/B them, too. I know there are plenty of places that carry both lines but just don't know if there are any near you. If nothing else, A/Bing sure helps reduce... | |
| Best speakers circa 77-79' Marantz MD-880's. I have no idea what they'd go for today or if you'd ever find a pair for sale, but from that era I think they were one of the best (especially for the $$$). Not hugely well known, but very highly rated and deservedly so. You'll p... | |
| Magnets on cables? Man, I don't know why I read any of this stuff. I hit that "highway to a higher power" and now I hafta go change my underwear...I guess this is kinda similar to the Bill Engvall line about "did you hit a deer?", only I musta hit the whole shlabang. | |
| Has any heard of rawshipping.com? What Albertporter said. Doubled. Google "reshipping" for your first eyeopening scare. Then Google Rawshipping.com or just rawshipping and be extra concerned - 'cause there's nothing there. Then peruse the www.rawshipping.com site and be at least s... | |
| Objects Between Speakers Welcome to room treatments...Yup, stuff between & in front of, etc. likely has some affect on the sound - the whole trick is what kind of affect & how much effect and do you care. Some things are just unavoidable - like, even your presence... | |
| Good inexpensive cables #1: truth in advertising disclaimer. I'm kinda an exotic wiring Luddite and have a serious preference for ABX results (it's kinda required professionally) so extreme wiring claims have to back it up with identifiable & measurable performance. ... | |
| Where will audio be in 10 years? Kinda the same, but different. CDs will likely be around almost exclusively just for compatibility, and in some circles will be (semi-)revered much like vinyl is today and for many of the same reasons. They came from back in a time when things wer... | |
| What power is required to drive Paradigm 100's Replying to questions with more questions...How loudly do you crank it up?How large is the volume of your listening area? Is it smaller and maybe an enclosed area w/ 4 solid walls, or is it larger with maybe a cathedral ceiling or larger openings ... | |
| Review: Yamaha S1500 universal disc player CD Player You know, I just stumbled across this exact same review over in AudioReviews.com - and we do mean the exact same text, don't we? I also have to agree w/ Herman & Prpixel that it would seem that the individual unit you purchased is defective (e... | |
| Best Genesis Album - your opinions please. Top 3? Selling England By The Pound takes #s 1, 2, & 3 on my list. I've listened to it fairly regularly since I first bought the album, later the CD, and now on vinyl again. Lamb, Trick, and whatever else could be used to fill out the list, bu... | |
| Odyssey Stratos, McCormack DNA 225 or Bryston4BST? Well, Hammergjh, Canucks0 never mentioned Hafler in his short list so I guess it took you to bring those up. And I gotta agree with you - 'cause the Odyssey is in the den and the DH-500 is in the "large room". Yeah, the Haflers are older gear, but... | |
| Odyssey Stratos, McCormack DNA 225 or Bryston4BST? What LJ said... Even though Bryston is on my short list of personal wants now, for the money getting a used Odyssey is awfully darned hard to beat. If you can possibly get a chance to A/B a couple of those then that would be highly recommended, bu... | |
| Non-audio related question about forum linguo Aroc knows the real answer. It's from l33t-speak, aka 1337, etc. Just do the google thing & you'll probably find gazillions of explanations. Only don't go too far w/ the searches or else you'll start calling us all "f00"... | |
| Speaker Wires on Carpet Well, I'd guess that the good news for a question like this is that there should be a measurable and repeatable test for this phenomenon. And, it doesn't even have to be a double blind test, although that sure would be an interesting (well, at lea... | |
| Paradigm Signature S4: Any info please And I had the exact opposite experience & opinion. I went listening Paradigm Studios & even some B&Ws - had absolutely no expectation to see much less hear Signatures, and very bluntly I thought they were all hype and a grab at the upp... |