philjolet
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| Jadis JA30 - Quad ESL63 .. 4,8 or 16ohms? why not just try for yourself and hear the difference4 ohms will have a tighter but somewhat dryer sound | |
| Bruce at The Super Bowl.... Both Jennifer Hudson and Faith Hill had to submit a tape of their performances (for lip synching) 1 week before the super bowl as does everyone who performs there every year. I guess it is up to us to determine if they used it as this person on TV... | |
| Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps Joanna NewsomNOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!sorry awesome album but her singing is unbearable for me | |
| Floorstanders designed to be against the wall? Gradient | |
| Bruce at The Super Bowl.... it was a pretty good show, Bruce could not hit the notes but did enunciate (sp) the words well and Clarence Clemens was fun and spot on. The songs are so good that they carried the show without the E Street band needing to be perfect, bottom line ... | |
| speaker recommendation for low watt tube amp Audio Note | |
| Shipping Questions - First Time Seller you could try to sell it in your area. drive to meet someone half way so a shipper does not touch the box. it is worth trying. if you have to ship I would still put something around the outer box. when I sold my last amp I double boxed and then pu... | |
| Off brand hdtv sets..... I am a bit ashamed to admit I got rid of a 5 year old 36" Panasonic Tao TV for my 50" Vizio but could not resist the big picture experience even though the Tao had better color. | |
| how to use gain control on a preamp I read an article several years ago that said pre amps were optimized to play with the volume set at 12 noon. this was not regarding signal to noise ratio but another variable regarding circuitry. sorry I do not have specifics | |
| Audiophiles get NO respect the term metrosexual started on South Park (I think) and actually makes (some) sense - though specifics are sketchy - just another term to stereotype people | |
| Off brand hdtv sets..... the worse thing about my Visio 50" plasma is the worry that if it breaks I have to send it to CA to get it fixed (or replaced) performance wise it is amazing. I know it is bettered by other sets out there but it is so good I do not care - more mon... | |
| Audiophiles get NO respect You read GQ?HUH HUH, HUH HUH, (see above)but, to be serious, the GQ writer sounds like his head is filled with cement | |
| Tubed Pre question? for my money go all tubesI think if you go tube pre and ss amp you get a little of both and a never quite achieve the magic either can bringI see mixing the two a lose/lose situation - I have tried it but missed the tube liquidity and glow you get... | |
| bi wire question yes it separates the signal that is going to the tweeter from the signal going to the woofer. at the very least you double the cross section of wire going to your speaker.you will get many opinions on this subject and it all depends on the speaker... | |
| Any opinions about Audio note cartridges? I own the IQ2 and it holds its own against a Grado SonataIt is hard to compare them directly because I had them on 2 different TTs but my general impression is that the IQ2 is a bit more neutral with more bite (when it is present in the music) and... |