paulwp
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| Best Component Ever, for the money I named this badly. Apparently the search engine uses the title w/o recognizing case. I'll throw another in for laughs, the Armstrong receiver. | |
| Best Male Singers of the 20th Century Adamanteus & Kevziek, I just went back and read Kevziek's comment, and agree 100%. That's why my vote for the single, sole, only best singer of the 20th C is Merle Haggard. I did like William Bolcom (sp?) a lot. Opera singers are a dime a doze... | |
| Best Male Singers of the 20th Century Er, um, I think that Mario Lanza was born the year Caruso died. Not exactly contemporaries. My guess was Gigli. | |
| Eva Cassidy It might be cynical if a big record company were behind it. A few cds produced by Eva's friend passed around, a dj here and there have played them, now there's a groundswell and several songs have been heard on first run tv shows. She was discover... | |
| Spendor, Harbeth...why so hot ? Another footnote, re the mini-monitors slighted above as "pretty good for the money." I am not familiar with the Spendor S3/5, but it has many fans. The Harbeth P3 I do know. It is superb. With good source, electronics and cabling, properly sited ... | |
| Recordings to die for - R R only Ok, Los Lobos, Kiko. | |
| Eva Cassidy Don't buy "No Boundaries." It is said to be "overproduced pop drivel that Eva surely would not have wanted released were she still with us today," and I understand that Eva's parents did not want it released.Buy The Other Side, Live at Blues Alley... | |
| Recordings to die for - R R only It's been a long time since Ive seen them mentioned, but do the Bonnie Raitt cds qualify? (i.e., Nick of Time, Luck of the Draw?) | |
| New Stereophile recommended list I find the list interesting as a starting point. But I've said before, it's distressing how hard it is to sell something that isn't on the list and ridiculous how fast things sell, unheard, when they are recommended. The difference between Class B... | |
| Spendor, Harbeth...why so hot ? Chas, Jmfb: I am surprised to be cited as a Spendor supporter. I'm not. I responded above to a question about "why" Harbeth and Spendor are being discussed a lot, and a response to that question that was misleading, just to say that both make very... | |
| Spendor, Harbeth...why so hot ? Jmfb, what is the UK retail price of the Spendor? (Bigger box and an extra driver to add to the cost of materials by the way.) | |
| Spendor, Harbeth...why so hot ? Charlie, they're talking about Spendors. Nobody will ever find the Harbeth Compact 7 dead, flat or lacking detail. But you're right that they are not designed to call attention to themselves, just to the performers you've invited into your listeni... | |
| Spendor, Harbeth...why so hot ? As Charlie implies, they are not "small monitors pretty good for the money." Both Harbeth and Spendor make a range of speakers. Both make LS3/5a size (shoebox) nearfield monitors that are very very good, but those aren't what the buzz is all about... | |
| I am stunned Chris, yes I suggested to Doug S that he try it on the last bi-wiring thread. It's as safe as leaving both straps in, which is safe as long as you dont cross positive and negative. Jon Risch, who recommends trying it says its system dependent and ... | |
| I am stunned I am stunned. By many of the responses above.Of course Liguy's reported experience tells us nothing about bi-wiring. At a minimum, Liguy, you could compare "biwiring" with the jumpers or shorting straps in place to traditional bi-wiring (taking th... |