philjolet
Responses from philjolet
| Best Chicago area HIFI shop? Holm is very good but beware they are about 1 hour southeast of ChicagoPro Musica has been around forever and are indeed downtown Chicagoenjoy | |
| Recommended Amplification for Maggies 12 & 1.6 this has been gone over many times on Agon - my own experience with tubes on the 1.6 is that Rogue 120M did not have enough power and I could not afford a powerful enough tube amp for them and eventually sold both. I like to play music loudly so i... | |
| Audiogon speaker wire gurus, please help me sorry I misread... for the higher priced spread I recommend Audio Note wirethe best thing to do is try for yourself, buy used try it for about a month and sell if necessary | |
| Audiogon speaker wire gurus, please help me I think Alpha Core MI2 Veracity is the undisputed champ of econo wire and has been for years IMHO | |
| Joanna Newsom: Ys or No? this album has been the number one pick as album of the year for 2006 in at least ten different sources so I bought it and wish I had saved my money. I do like the music but her voice is unbearable for me...btw I prefer Bjork's singing voice | |
| Do the big Maggies play LOUD I had 1.6 Maggie and used an Innersound ESL amp with 600 watts and the ability to dump lots of current and they played very loud, but you need that much power to do so.... | |
| Does this speaker exist or am I being ridiculous? Gradient makes a speaker that is designed to go against the wall and has been considered among the most musical speakers available for years by audio reviewers... | |
| Help I have a radio in my tweeter ghostrider,they told me they were underfunded and was told the guy had an overpowered rig. I moved soon after so it was not a problem... | |
| Help I have a radio in my tweeter I used to pick up a HAM radio signal in my tube system. He was a block away with way too much output (according to someone who knew him). His voice came thru my stereo as loud as any instrument! Perfectly clear! The FCC did nothing when I called t... | |
| Acoustic Zen WOW and Sivel Ref 2 buy 2 mat ref 2 insteadthe WOW is bottom of the line for AZ and silver ref is top of the linemat ref is big step up from WOW IMOFWIW I would buy the Audio Note AN-V for $225 on Agon right now, it is better than any of the AZ stuff... | |
| Blue circle V audionote FWIW I have owned an Audio Note SoroSE for a few years now and have yet to put my finger on it's sonic signature. It is a piece of gear in my system that does it's job, that is, to be non-existant and invisible to my ears. A very good amplifier wi... | |
| magnepan mmgs-buy zero autoformers or stands 1st? the autoformers will tighten the bass and your amps will have more effective power too. They are fun to play with, you can change the impedance of the speakers to alter the sound. I settled around 13 OHMs and that is the most popular choice accord... | |
| Best "Rock/Pop" Debut Album? Led Zepplin did OK! :^) | |
| New Doors box set Bob Gendron of TAS says that Bruce Botnick, the bands original sound engineer, remastered and mixed this set and utilizes digital equalizers and digital reverb (to alter the original sound). This bothers me somewhat, hopefully there is not too muc... | |
| Amp Suggestions for B&W 801 Series 2 Speakers Musical Fidelity works well with B&W |