philjolet
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| Best Bookshelf/Monitor in $2000 range?? JM Reynaud Trentes are really really good and easy to drive, warm and super detailed at the same time with good balance and full bass. | |
| Lavardin IS Reference or IT - anyone heard? TAS also awarded one of the Lavardin integrateds a Golden Ear award about 3-4 years ago. I was looking into them myself at one point but now am so happy with my Audio Note Soro SE so if you have an interest in tubes at all I recommend one. | |
| HELP Which wall of new room to put system on? Try them both and let us know! | |
| Speakers Against Side Walls Maggies or Quads both work well very near the side wall. | |
| speaker cable that will soften the highs Acoustic Zen | |
| What do you listen to when no one else can hear it Clbeanz,Klaatu ain't bad but, maybe a gulty pleasure for me as well. | |
| Burned out Audiophile - Trying to Find some Zen I think if you find the sound you were looking for it is a lot easier to quit. | |
| What do you listen to when no one else can hear it also...Tom Waits - Mule VariationsDresden Dollsboth sound excellent and on the right days the music is terrific too, especially Tom Waits. | |
| What do you listen to when no one else can hear it Kublakhan, I saw Kenny G in concert, I hang my head in shame. The guy who talked me into seeing Kenny G than told me to see the Violent Femmes and also KD Lang (before they were popular) and I missed them because Kenny G was so redundant I did not... | |
| I bet you already know this one... but, the light bulb has to WANT to change... | |
| How do Adcom power amps sound? FWIW for a lower priced amp I would consider NAC, they honor the music and have consistantly gotten good reviews... | |
| Why I love analog, part II I remember when CDs first came out and I went to my buddies house and listened to the Sony player his brother bought him. It was so bright it could cut a diamond. It sounded so bad I waited almost 20 years before buying a CD player for myself.That... | |
| How do Adcom power amps sound? I own an Adcom 5300 and in comparison to my Plinius SA100 MKIII it was surprisingly not too bad with a fairly nice tonal balance and good power. Going back to the Plinius I went AHHHH!! and noticed it was way more refined and controlled but the mo... | |
| Sony DVP-S9000ES redbook playback I went from a Rega Planet 200 to the Sony 9000ES and preferred the Rega which was warmer but captured the musical tones better. The Sony was more extended and detailed but sounded more like typical HI FI to me. | |
| Anyone tried Magnepan 1.6's with rock music? I never thought so when I had 1000 watts in my 13 x 22 x 8 room... they had amazing bass that could almost pressurize the room. |