newbee
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| It was 20 years ago today... When I feel introspective it’s kind of fun to look back at what I and others were talking about, or for that matter not talking about, back when I joined in 2001 to get away from the world events of the time. I started out using Audiogon to source... | |
| How Do You Live The Audiophile Life mijostyn, for most folks I think it is probably easier, and certainly cheaper, to put together a great high end system, than to find the 'right' woman. Try getting rid of a 'wrong' woman! And no one wants to take them as trade in's. :-) | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Too bad Moravec didn't record more music for the solo piano. I have his Brahms Intermezzo Op117, #2 and OP118 , #2. This recording (Vaia 1096) was my introduction to Brahms solo piano music. Tough to follow up on this. Fortunately for other pianis... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Thanks for the reference. I haven't heard Ormandy's version in quite a few years - I disassembled my vinyl system and gifted it all, records included, to my son in law. Now I have only CD's and this is not one of them. | |
| How Do You Remove CD Booklet/Artwork? I replaced the hard plastic boxes for soft plastic envelopes. Takes up about 80% less space in a dedicated 'drawer' filing system (I have an excessive amount of CD's). The envelope has has pockets on each of it two sides,one for the disc the othe... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados jim, IMHO there is nothing wrong with how you feel about poorly recorded music. I have many, well at least quite a few, records which I bought solely because of the quality of the performance despite the poor quality of the recording. I wanted to ... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Rachmaninoff's Vespers - FWIWRe music recommendations vs audiophile recommendations, to paraphrase rvpiano, one must be aware of your audience's priorities when making recommendations. Fortunately, in this case it really is a win/win proposition.S... | |
| What was in your first "real" higher end audio system? My evolution into 'higher' end audio finally arrived when I bought an ARC SP10II, an Oracle TT with a Benz Glider, an Accuphase T100 tuner, a Threshold SA 3 amp, and Thiel 3.5 speakers. Lots of stuff of various quality came an went before but thi... | |
| How has the Magnum indoor antenna SR-100 worked for you? I use one in my attic. I'm out in the country some 40 miles from a good NPR station and have a very sensitive tuner. I get excellent results with the antenna in a horizontal position pointed at the station. Not so much in a vertical position. | |
| The Forest for the Trees Another thought about 'audiophile angst' brought on by attempting to obtain maximum imaging as heard from the apex of a triangulated set up. How would true omni speakers work out? I've never tried due to the expense involved (amp/speakers) and t... | |
| Highly Questionable Music Suggestions. On point, I think, but not often addressed.If you don't know the music in a review how could you relate to the findings. A corollary, if you don't know the reviewer, his room and his stuff, how could his review be meaningful to you except in findi... | |
| Subwoofers - Front Firing or Down Firing - Which Sounds Best? Some where I read that the manner in which low bass propagates from a woofer reduces any meaningful differences between bottom firing or front (or rear) firing. I can't recall my source - | |
| The Forest for the Trees Perhaps for someone suffering from 'audiophile angst', a common disease around here I think, is simply to have three libraries, one for near SOTA recordings, one for near SOTA performances, and a third one, much much smaller, for SOTA recording/e... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados The last movement of Mahler's 2d symphony - the 'resurrection' part of the symphony for me. Turn up the volume for this! It almost stands on its own. Almost...... | |
| HELP! - Need a Repair Recommendation for my Raysonic Amp I have experienced your problem with several other amp's and each time, as suggested by oldhvymec, I lost a resistor in the bias circuit, replaced it and all was fine. FWIW there are quite a few manufacturers that use a 'sacrificial' resistor as o... |