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| where to buy grado headphones? BTW Wirehead, I assumed you didnt make your choice by auditioning headphones at a store. If you did, buy from that store for Heaven's sake. If you decided on the basis of reviews or specs, Jeffl is correct that, at least the early, SR60's are/were... | |
| where to buy grado headphones? Reference Audio Video. They advertise in Stereophile and have a website. Search their name and find their website and phone number. Theyll give you a good deal. | |
| Music for "Tough Times" The Stone Coyotes, 50-something couple who've been in the business for 30 years, now a 3 person famly band with son/stepson. Wife Barbara Keith writes the songs, sings and plays guitar, husband Doug Tibbles plays drums and Doug's grown son plays b... | |
| Best speakers for classical music 2k ? For $5,000, I would guess that Alastair Gardner (Signals) at www.signals.demon.co.uk (get his email address and phone number and lots of information about speakers and components he carries) can put together a very good system for you including a ... | |
| Order of importance Briweve beat me to it by a few seconds. | |
| Order of importance Well, you got the conventional advice, I suppose. The truth is that good revealing speakers can sound awful with poor amplification, so the order of importance depends on what you're starting with. If I were in your shoes, and I assume you are hap... | |
| Tubes for modulus 3A ? Unfortunately, Sovteks. Some Tungsrams maybe - they sound better, but who knows about longevity. The Modulus eats tubes, has very high gain, and most of the really nice NOS tubes just wont last. Upscale Audio has some NOS Sovteks that he says are ... | |
| Best female vocals on CD Stereokarter, there are five Eva Cassidy cds, not counting the very latest, which should be ignored. "The Other Side" with Chuck Brown, "Live at Blues Alley," "Eva By Heart," "Songbird" - a compilation from the previous three, and "Time After Time... | |
| Room too small - any suggestions Pops and Charlie, Elizabeth has the answer. It may the reflections that I worry about because of what happens in my larger small room arent a problem for Charlie and wouldnt be for you Pops because you're so so close to the speakers. If that's so,... | |
| Best female vocals on CD Barbara Keith. Japanese reissue of WB lp, available through Amazon. No. 2, Barbara Keith on the Stone Coyotes cd, Changing of the Guard. Also Amazon. You probably wont find these in the stores. I mentioned Eva Cassidy a long time ago and several o... | |
| Room too small - any suggestions I would have recommended the Harbeths but I was really serious about a rolled off top end being better for such a small room. If your room is that small Charlie, then my guess would be (1) you amp is very soft on top and (2) you have curtains or s... | |
| Room too small - any suggestions You may be in luck if it's a padded cell. Otherwise you're going to have a lot of reflections. You need something rolled off on top I think. Most mini-monitors that are designed for near-field listening also have very good dispersion and will soun... | |
| Musicality" in a system? What IS that ? Frogman, we were both thinking the same thing at the same time. When I saw your comments, I thought, "rhythm, yeah that's the word I was missing." | |
| Musicality" in a system? What IS that ? Dynamic resemblance to live music. Gordon Holt said: "A personal judgment as to the degree to which reproduced sound resembles live music. Real musical sound is both accurate and euphonic, consonant and dissonant." (Stereophile, Aug. 1993) By euph... | |
| Cable "burning": Real or VooDoo ??? Jadem, 702's post is on topic. His opinion obviously is that DBTs are the only scientifically valid way to compare new and "burned-in" cables. I happen to disagree with him, an agree with you, but I think that in this thread his comments are on to... |