philjolet
Responses from philjolet
| Dr. John I like Gris Gris, his first album.Allmusic says:The most exploratory and psychedelic outing of Dr. John's career, a one-of-a-kind fusion of New Orleans Mardi Gras R&B and voodoo mysticism. Great rasping, bluesy vocals, soulful backup singers, ... | |
| An honest opinion about upgrading? I did not mean to strike such a nerve with the OCD comment guys!Just a little something I realized about myself a while back... | |
| An honest opinion about upgrading? obviously you are getting a lot of different advice. I recommend you try different cables and maybe new tubes before selling anything as substantial as your amp or speakers. It is just plain easier to buy/sell wire or tubes than components. You ca... | |
| An honest opinion about upgrading? I think set up and cables would be the route I would make sure are up to snuff. You do not say what cables you are using but I have always thought wire was one of the cheapest ways to improve performance - in particular a Gabriel Gold Revelation M... | |
| The "Tiv" is on more than my stereo I agree the dollar to performance ratio is off the charts on the Tivoli radioOf course it is handier to use than my vacuum tube amp and manual tuner, the Tivoli is right next to my computer... | |
| How much weight can an upstair room can hold? you could easily get a ton of people (just 10 to 15 persons) in that room and not think twice about it.I would not worry... | |
| I want to try tubes, need suggestions garyjames thank you for taking the time to respond, they are both very good but I bet you are right. The Soro has an elusive quality, I could never tell if it was warm or neutral - just musical, the Stingray had a more indentifiable coloration and... | |
| Dahlquist DQ-10 and McIntosh MC240 ??? probably not enough power to light up the inefficient DQ10s but should be pretty sweet! | |
| Vandersteen Model 2Ce Signature II I think they are a solid value and good all around performer but, they have a lot of competition and it depends on what you want a speaker to do. I would prefer a Reynaud Trente in that room for instance (even though the Vandy is more of a full ra... | |
| Rolling Stone top 100 Guitarists - Howe/Van Halen Rolling Stone is just a stupid magazine - I bet there are hundreds of political angles to that (and every) article in it. | |
| I want to try tubes, need suggestions garyjamesdid you compare the Stingray and the Soro?I am just curious what you thought about the differences.I owned both too and always presumed the Soro was better but I owned them about 2 years apart - not at the same time.also fwiw the Stingray... | |
| I want to try tubes, need suggestions an Audio Note Soro SE or Oto are both really (really) sweet but low powered at 18 and 10 watts respectively. | |
| B&W Speakers After many listening sessions to B&W speakers (803N and 802D) I have an aversion to them. The midrange in particular is colored, a certain thickness (or the famous 'kevlar' sound) is distracting to me. Sorry to be discouraging but that was my ... | |
| High End and cables and tin ears.... It may be a good time to avoid the hi fi merry-go-round. Signal cables are pretty good from what I have read, just keep them and buy music instead! | |
| Oppo 980H - Power Cable Upgrade the VH is a good choice in general - you probably could not do better for the money... |