n80
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| Best CDs I generally not pursue rare or special CDs. Not that I wouldn’t but just haven’t needed to.I start at the dr.loudness-war web site:http://dr.loudness-war.info/This is a database of all types of media that gives dynamic range measurements by track,... | |
| What is they best album out there for showing off the sound quality of your system. Two Against Nature - Steely Dan | |
| Where to Purchase New Tubes for Audio Research Preamp? Stupid question. I have an AR LS-16. I'm sure it has the original tubes in it. What will I hear that suggests there is a problem with them? They look fine as do all the caps. | |
| Your favorite male soul voices Listening to Traffic now so another vote for Steve Winwood.....from the time he was 16 years old!But when I consider all of these I keep coming back to Sam Cooke. There is so much depth, richness, smoothness and ease. And I think one of his best i... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Traffic- Low Spark.....John Barleycorn next. Both on CD. Both well produced. | |
| what replaced your Aerial 7B speakers? Thanks for the explanation. Makes sense.I have not done that of course. But, this is a 90 year old house that we renovated about 8 years ago.Most of the wiring was original but was the old two prong type outlets. So when they added extra 3 prong o... | |
| Whats the deal? For any speaker larger than a bookshelf model I also see them as furniture. They are large. They sit in our homes often in plain view. They have a function. Why not be attractive? Most of want our furniture to be attractive.I have Aerial 7B Speake... | |
| Speaker Width? I don't think anyone is reading any of the previous posts. | |
| what replaced your Aerial 7B speakers? adg101, I’m still fairly new at this stuff. What do you mean by dedicated circuits? Do you mean your house wiring? | |
| Soliciting Member Perspectives: Levinson vs Bryston vs Audio Research I think the original owner of my system was aware of some synergy with Aerial Acoustics, Audio Research and ML. The components seemed to have been carefully selected and matched. My AR LS-16 runs into the Proceed via balanced XLR and drives the Ae... | |
| Cd's to make a come back in the future? " The system will sound a whole lot better in a relatively empty room"True. And for the serious audiophile just physically being in the room represents a conundrum. | |
| Cd's to make a come back in the future? The point is not a nostalgia road trip or to create some mystical ritual like dropping a needle. Why would that be any more pleasurable than pressing a button or watching a CD tray slide open?The point is that with a CD you _own_ great sounding me... | |
| Speaker Width? I knew better than to even open that one. | |
| Soliciting Member Perspectives: Levinson vs Bryston vs Audio Research @oldmandave :"but sadly find that my home geography suffers a severe lack of us"Relatively speaking I think our home planet suffers (maybe not the right word) a severe lack of us. | |
| I give up on new vinyl I’m not into vinyl but have had two opposite experiences with new vinyl purchases recently.#1: Astral Weeks - Van Morrison. Warner Brothers. 180g. Clear vinyl...not sure why. Sound quality is fine but there is a repeating pop during one of the son... |