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| Mockery of Audiophiles Steve Martin is a comic? Hell, there I was thinking he was a reviewer for one of the subjective mags. I beg to differ, the stuff on Gon seems way more funny. Some of the stuff on other audio sites too for that matter. Cable stuff usually has me in... | |
| Best Male Singers of the 20th Century Just looked up Kenny Rankin in the All Music Guide to Jazz. Thanks, I had never heard of him. A short quote from that book: "Kenny Rankin sings like Chet Baker would have if Baker had a voice." So I killed two birds with one stone: (1) found out t... | |
| Guitar beginner question Just a suggestion for a new guitar, Cort Matt Murphy model is nice, the p.u.s can be split to get both single coil and humbucker type sound. Body is in wood similar to mahagony in density, neck is comfortable (at leat to me) fretwork is nice. The ... | |
| Most Honest Audio Magazine? Mcne, I have not mentioned GOD, I am opposed to people who relegate science to some form of belief when, in fact, science seeks the best use of our cognitive abilities as humans to try to understand the universe (which abilities could very well be... | |
| my room sounds dead Your room is eeevevil and you should move right away. Anything dead gives me the willys. Maybe it is, in fact, possessed and you should get an exorcist. Seriously, I doubt the carpet is soaking up the bass. Since you mention electrostats, room pla... | |
| Has anyone heard the Sumiko This will be of no service to you whatsoever, but I have just bought a Sumiko phono box as a stop-gap until something better comes along (like an A-R PH3-SE) but I use a m.m. since I'm a lo-fi kind of guy, and running it into my AR LS8 Mk 2, it so... | |
| Where R U????? Just a stone's throw from Albany, if you have a very good, arm, but the mountains are in the way. South Shore of Montreal, P.Q. You should try to make it up here for the Montreal Jazz Festival. Your big Yankee dollar goes a long way up here. Keep ... | |
| Most Honest Audio Magazine? Mr. Cyrus is quite right. Only problem, his approach would undermine most high-end manufacturers and all of the cable mongers. I have now come to understand (Hallelujah!) that objectivity is only a ham-fisted sort of subjectivity: it is the subjec... | |
| Law of Diminishing Returns; where does it kick in? Mr. Bomarc is quite right in pointing out that this is based on a false premise. Mr. Classsicjazz proposes that up to approx. $78,000.00 MSRP, you are still getting value for each additional dollar spent: I don't think that the said law kicks in a... | |
| Digital front end for Bryston/Thiels?? I recently upgraded to an Arcam FMJ CD 23 and use Bryston 7B STs. My previous speakers were Thiel 3.5s and although I have not used them with the Arcam, their top end are a bit sharp and so I am convinced that the Arcam's bloom could only help. | |
| What is a good AC cord for M-L Aerius i's? Copper inside, Some sort of plastic outside, plug at one end for insertion into wall socket, something at the other end to connect it to your thing there. Always insist on made in Québec electricity, much purer produced with colder water which doe... | |
| Is my dealer lying to me? Subaruguru is closer to what I think is the proper hierarchy of things audio: the transducers are critical, to which I want to add that speakers are probably the "weakest link" (it's hard trying to sound female, British, annoying and nasal, in wri... | |
| Is my dealer lying to me? Celtic66 is absolutely right. I have experienced severe flak in this forum for saying that most audiophiles have a tremendous need to believe that $$$ = better sound 24/7. There are many "deals" out there in new equipment. Equipment whose price/pe... | |
| Out of Control Gallaine, your approach to my blurbs on this site is way too Jesuit for me. I have contradicted myself in the past, and certainly will in the future. In this case, though, I think I have been pretty consistent. What I have a hard time with is what... | |
| Most Analogue-like sounding Player 2k or less Arcam FMJ CD23, bought one recently. Sounds fine to me. Auditioned a Rega Planet briefly. Bought the Arcam. Dealer claimed the Arcam sounded more "analogue", which to my mind is a buzz word for "good". I did not buy it because of that, but, I gues... |