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| Room Treaments - Where To Begin... Is your stereo in a dedicated listening room, or, living, shared space? Sometimes, you must compromise and are limited to what and where you can place things. Another good all around audio book, which mentions acoustics and treatments is Robert... | |
| Nietzsche and Runaway Audio Consumption Perhaps we “audiophiles “ owe Mr. N a little consideration. He might’ve been an audiophile? So often, when my Audiofoo buddies come over for a listening session, the first thing they do is blah, blah blah…talk about equipment, cars, etc… They ... | |
| Best speakers around $130k? Good question (because I’ve had the pleasure of listening to all the speakers I mention). Very difficult to choose from these 3. Looks, WAF and placement might help you decide. 1. Alsyvox with external crossover. Ribbon panel. Huge, crystal clea... | |
| How do you know when a stereo sounds good? When the stylus hits the groove of my favorite Howlin’ Wolf album, and my dog starts wagging his tail feathers. For digital, that’d be Steppenwolf. | |
| Gamut Lobster Chair That chair is only good for one tune. B-52s. | |
| Who are the Stand Up Guy's and Gals in this Audio Industry? J. Tull’s second LP. | |
| What are your top three live concerts of all time? 1. Bruce. Portland, OR2. Talking Heads. 1977 in a honky tonk, Eugene, Oregon. I’d not heard of them. My roommate said he’d by me a beer, so…3. Jethro Tull. Stand Up concert. Forum, Los Angeles. | |
| How Do You Learn? What was the question? | |
| Turntable versus tonearm versus cartridge: which is MOST important? I I agree with Raul. Assuming one has a GOOD table and arm- good tracking, steady speed…Then cartridge is most important. It all starts with the cartridge. | |
| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? “McIntosh are like elephants, nice to look at, but, I wouldn’t want to have one.”W. C. Fields | |
| Speaker Recommendation up to 70k My suggestion:Deises Roma, MBL, Ascendo. | |
| If there’s an audiophile exit ramp, this ain’t it… Enjoy the music. If it sounds bad* (you don’t enjoy music you normally enjoy) then change the music. If everything sounds bad, invite some audiophile friends over, and assess the system- what might need to change? Your friends can help. Maybe the... | |
| You own a store, you sell 2 brands, which? Pillium and Dieses. | |
| why do so many discussions turn contentious? Too much monkey bizniss... | |
| why do so many discussions turn contentious? What kind of a }^^><>|]{*+??!’jdr question is that!!! |