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| it all sounds good, but..... Once you listen to LP's, it's tough to listen to other sources for natural sound.Either avoid LP's altogether, or give up. | |
| Phillip Glass Fans Well, that narrows it down! (LOL)All good suggestions. In addition (just to confuse you) he did the music for a Jean Genet play, "The Screens," in collaboration with Foday Musa Suso. Absolutely terrific CD. I saw the two of them perform it a few y... | |
| Need artist's name The song is probably "Mannish Boy," a Muddy Waters song. http://www.lyricsdownload.com/muddy-waters-mannish-boy-lyrics.htmlIf it's not Muddy Waters who did the version you heard, put the song title in AllMusic.com and go down the list of others wh... | |
| Help with understanding Stereophile test results. Rives Audio CD has a series of test tones compensated for the (formerly) Radio Shack meter. | |
| Wizard of Oz / Dark Side of the Moon Very funny, Viridian!I played Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" at the same time with Nine Inch Nails "The Natural," Disc 1. It amazed me how much they synched up so I had a few friends over to listen and watch. The accused me of programming the whole thi... | |
| Best short-lived band? Blind Faith? | |
| Sonus Faber Concertos There's a pair of Snell Type D up on audiogon right now for $750. Great full range speaker which would be a suitable match for one of the receivers you're considering. I think you would have to upgrade components to get the most out of the Sonus F... | |
| 30 Years, 5 Cities, Many Storms - Not One Failure I have had equipment destroyed by lightning strike, though it was many years ago. I have since added surge protection and power conditioning. Power conditioning is a matter of choice. I suppose surge protection is, too, but the difference is that ... | |
| VTL TL2.5 Preamp I previously used this successfully with a Levinson 27 and also a Levinson 333 amp. It is a terrific pre-amp for the price and there were no problems with it. It seems the used price has gone up. When I purchased it on audiogon a few years ago, th... | |
| Looks like I need another stage...suggestions? Did this person have good feedback? I've had a few anxious moments with some audiogoners, even with good feedback, but have only been burned a couple of times out of numerous transactions and, fortunately, very inexpensive deals. I'd write a frien... | |
| SACD anyone??? I have found that the best sounding SACD's are the newer ones recorded with DSD.Try Jorma Kaukonen's "Blue Country Heart," a fabulous sounding SACD and great band with Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, and even Bela Fleck on a couple of songs.As for classi... | |
| My Sony DVP-9000es is sick, please help You could try unplugging it for a couple of minutes to see if it resets. If not:I just had a problem with mine -- won't play DVD's or recognize SACD layer on hybrids. As per advice from audiogon member Dbphd, I went to the Sony website, http://ese... | |
| Best Cheap Speakers - New or Old A pair of Spica TC-60's just went up for sale on audiogon for $475. | |
| Best Cheap Speakers - New or Old The Spica TC-60's are in your price range and even better than the TC-50's (more bass). A small speaker that sounds big.Any of the Paradigm Mini Monitors are a great choice, too. The Paradigms have incredible bang for the buck -- great resolution.... | |
| Audio Alchemy DDE v.3 Dac problem Have you tried resetting it, by unplugging the power for a couple of minutes and plugging it back in?You can try calling DTG/SACO, who are connected with Perpetual Tech, which is the same people who made Audio Alchemy, and see if they can help. I'... |