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| Box speakers that sound like Electrostats? Have any of you guys who think a Spendor sounds like a Quad, or like any electrostatic, in the midrange, ever heard a Harbeth? The Compact 7 is absolutely dead on flat through midrange fundamentals, crisp, fast and at the same time warm in the bas... | |
| tube preamps The CJ preamps would be my first choice, but they are fairly neutral, just a tad warm. If you really want to tame an edgy or hot amp, try a Sunfire Classic Tube Preamp. | |
| To Z or Not To Z - Systems Yeah, anyone who can afford one should have one, if only to tweak their cds. But, of course, everyone's room is a problem, except mine, where my speakers are absolutely flat, which is why I havent bought one. :-) | |
| Preamp Output Impedance for my Amp Any normal preamp should be fine. A ratio of 1:10 is usually said to be the minimum. Most preamps have output impedances in the low 100's, though Ive seen a couple that get up close to 2kohms. Even those should be ok. | |
| CES 2003 - Any Audition/Picture Requests? Actually, the THE Show website looks sort of underdeveloped for something that's happening this week, so maybe they will be somewhere at the Alexis Park. Did I miss something? | |
| CES 2003 - Any Audition/Picture Requests? Mike, Harbeth will be showing a speaker or two in the Fidelis AV room at the San Remo (The Home Entertainment Show, as opposed to the CES). | |
| Willing to be proved wrong. David, Elmuncy, the Little Rat I bought from Radio Shack only requires one nine volt battery, and it lasts a long time. No charger needed, just buy another battery. Honestly, it isnt very good compared to, for examples, the phono section of an old... | |
| Who is your overall favorite guitarist? DK, what is it with you and ukulele players? | |
| HELP Electrocompaniet stole Christmas Jeez, Ernie, $2000 plus your old one for a new model sounds pretty good to me. How much does the new one sell for? How much is your old one worth now that you've driven down the market value of used Electrocompaniet cdps? My guess is that Mike at ... | |
| Who is your overall favorite guitarist? After all that, still no one has mentioned Gabby Pahinui? For the younger set, try his son Cyril, or Keola Beamer. | |
| Willing to be proved wrong. This is not an endorsement, but to find/buy the "Little Rat" RS phono preamp you need to go to radioshack.com. You can search for "phono preamp" or I believe the catalog number is 970-1018. For $25, it isnt bad - I don't know of anything better fo... | |
| Men & Women & Bass Stereotypes and assumptions are funny. Most women I know who like men like deep voices, like Paul Robeson and Terry Evans, or the bass in the Fairfield Four. And the popular music I know of with the deepest and loudest bass riffs are cds by women ... | |
| Who is your overall favorite guitarist? Doc Watson is my overall favorite, but he would (and did) give the nod to Merle Travis. My other favorites are BB King and Jorma Kaukonen (did you know there was an entire album of different takes of Embryonic Journey?). | |
| HELP Electrocompaniet stole Christmas Man, I am itcing to get my hands on an Electrocompaniet. At first, I was only atttracted to their products because of their mellifluous brand name - if the name sounds good, the products gotta sound good is my theory. But now it seems, they are so... | |
| Parametric / graphic equalizer recommendations You were serious about your hearing? Doubly sorry. Brightness, which will irritate and make it difficult to listen to music, occurs in the upper midrange, from below 1 khz to maybe 2 khz (I am inclined to say even lower). Perceived brightness rela... |