mrtennis
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| your favorite music its not the artist, its the type of music that is more important. i like funk (70's) and guitar/organ blues. | |
| Pick your poison...2-channel or multi? gentlemen: how many channels does live, unamplified music have ?let's trade in our stereo systems for concert tickets. | |
| Audio Icon/Idol - Who would you like to meet? i'd like to have a chat with stan klyne and peter walker. | |
| The Beatles vs. The Rolling Stones musiclly, the beatles from Revolver and thereafter are more interesteing to listen to. their use of classical themes and other instruments then guitars, keyboards and drums was very creative.thier lyrics were more amusing than many of the stones s... | |
| Preamplifier: Yes or NO ? it seems to me that an audiofile forum is a place where perosnal opinions and preferences are raised. in fact, people express their attitudes about many things.newbee, you ask a good question and you are straight forward. i like that.i will try to... | |
| Preamplifier: Yes or NO ? hi 9rw, i thought you gave up the hobby.i meant color, not "solor". yes you are correct. there is no proof. as i have said before all staements dependent upon perception are anecdotal and hence opinion--yours, mine and anyone else.i appreciate tha... | |
| Speltz Anti-cable needs break-in period? when you listen to cables over a period of time, you discern characteristics of the cable.here is my point. assume you have two pair of anti cables. pair one is passing a signal between components A & B, while pair 2 is passing a signal betwee... | |
| Preamplifier: Yes or NO ? preamps can add some "solor" to the sound. given the dubious sound quality of most cds and some lps, a preamp, especially a vintage tube specimen, is necessary to avoid ear fatigue. | |
| Quads - Just a couple of questions the newer quads are no match for the original quad esl.save your money. buy a pair of used apogee duetta signatures.i prefer electrostatic speakers to planar magnetics. however, the quads have gotten worse after they ceased production of the origi... | |
| Speltz Anti-cable needs break-in period? i have personally experienced a change in sound when i removed the anti cable interconnect from a link between digital source and preamp and connected it to another preamp and cd player. the cable has a minimal dielectric and needs additional hour... | |
| Amp recommendations for Maggie 3.6? hi audiokinesis:i have owned two different models of maggies, my friend has mg 3 and i have heard the 3.6s, numerous times, as well as the 20s and 20.1s. there is nothing warm and lush about magnepans. if anything, they tend to sound top heavy and... | |
| Speltz Anti-cable needs break-in period? it makes sense to me that a conductor needs hours of signal before it sounds its best.the 300 to 500 hours of signal required for break in is based upon the experience of another person who owns the interconnect and speaker cable.paul speltz will ... | |
| Purist, Legenburg or K-S? read my review of the legenburg cables on audiophilia.com .the review may be in the archives section, or under the heading "recent reviews" . incidentally i have 2 power cords which i would consider selling, if you are interested. | |
| Amp recommendations for Maggie 3.6? the 3.6 s have ribbon tweeters. such devices can be ruthless in their presentation. i have not heard any solid state amps which i can listen to for more than 15 minutes.i heard the wolcotts on the 3.6s earlier this year. that amp has characteristi... | |
| Speltz Anti-cable needs break-in period? the speltz interconnect and speaker cables need a minimum of 300 hours and preferably 500 hours before critical evaluation.i have the speaker cable and 2 pair of interconnect cables with bullet plugs.since the cable has virtually no dielectric, th... |