onhwy61
Responses from onhwy61
| The best speaker you ever heard? When a respected long time forum member states his opinion, espescially when that opinion is based upon multiple listening sessions, that opinion should be respected. You do not have to agree, but you should respect. | |
| Devialet Amplifiers Never heard of Devialet. Are they vintage? Will they match up with Altec VOTTs? | |
| Who is your overall favorite guitarist? Frogman, check your link. I always liked the foxes on the trampoline. | |
| Vandersteen Treo vs 3A Sig as upgrade My point about riding motorcycles and critical listening relates to the fact that at highway speeds the rider can experience SPLs in the 100-105dB level. I don't think it would be wise to do a component evaluation after two hours at that very loud... | |
| Who is your overall favorite guitarist? When asked Chuck Berry would readily acknowledge where he got the lick. Furthermore, a lick does not constitute a songwriting credit, the standard is lyrics and/or a melody. Berry borrowed a riff, what Jimmy Page did was a whole 'nother thing. | |
| Carbon Fiber Brush with Milty Gun? I doubt it makes a difference, but I use the brush last. | |
| Vandersteen Treo vs 3A Sig as upgrade A two hour motorcycle ride can unbalance your hearing. I wouldn't do any serious listening after a ride. | |
| Some Musical Truths My initial response to Roxy54 was "Why so serious?". But let me give a serious response to his comments.Firstly, truth is hard to pin down and have even a majority agree upon. I intended my remarks to pertain only to subjective truths. If it makes... | |
| Some Musical Truths American boy american girl most beautiful people in the worldit don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing | |
| Why Listen To FM Radio For Music Anymore At Home? A fascinating article about how poor rating measurements can effect the availability of music formats on FM. Apparently test tones are being embedded in the FM signal to determine what listeners are actually listening to. | |
| How an audio rack can enhance your amp/pre I don't read any "facts" in this thread. What we have instead is an extremely positive "review" of a product from someone with no Audiogon background followed by a very small number of people repeatedly chiming in with agreement. That's not facts,... | |
| My apologies to all... I think having your seconds contact his seconds and handling it like gentlemen would be more appropriate. It's clearly an affair of honor! | |
| Does anyone have any opinions on the Spendor? I bought a pair of S100s on two different occasions and ended up selling them both times. I ended up with a pair of 9/1s and I am very happy. | |
| Why Listen To FM Radio For Music Anymore At Home? Mitch4t, Frogman interacted with a human, not an electronic device. The human interaction may have less bandwidth, but it can be a deeper connection.I use an FM transmitter to "broadcast" music throughout my house. | |
| Why not accordion ? The Stalinist government of the Soviet Union were big proponents of the accordion and did much to spread its use and develop its repertoire. The accordionistas are one of his greatest cultural legacies. |