photon46
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| Does anyone still miss the old Audiogon format? You can email members privately now, this feature was brought back some time ago. Just go to "Member Lookup," input the name of who you want to contact and you get a form to send a message to them. I've contacted a few members privately and it see... | |
| Favorite Pianists I always thought Claudio Arrau stuck a fine balance between virtuosity and introspective/philosophical pianism. I agree with most of what Yu11375 said, although I've rather liked Brendel's playing myself. I quite like Andras Schiff's playing as we... | |
| Speaker recommendation please, please, please Your potential candidates are all over the map as far as sound goes. I've only heard the last three on your list and they couldn't be more different. Without having developed your knowledge of what's available and how different brands sounds, aski... | |
| In what price range do I need to go for a Dac ? What do you mean by "better?" What aspect of the Simaudio is lacking and what sonic attributes do you want to accentuate? We all value different things, so if Esoteric's sound lights your fire, Audio Note isn't going to cut it, etc. | |
| Which stands for Joseph Audio Pulsars? When I visited their room at Axpona, Jeff Joseph was using some funky looking home-brew stands that either he or a friend made in a machine shop. They appeared minimal, functional, but not very attractive. I thought Jeff needed to find something t... | |
| Great Music/Bad Vinyl - 2010 Edition Aimee Mann isn't everyone's cup of tea but I think she's great. Her new album "Charmer" is another case of good music and crummy sounding vinyl. Gustavo Dudamel and the Vienna Philharmonic just released Mendelssohn's 3rd on the first Deutsche Gram... | |
| What do audiophiles listen in their cars? Snofun3, no reason to get reactionary about "sniffy" attitudes. It's really simple: if you like to listen to classical music (at an overall reasonable volume) the lower dynamic range of the music is drowned out by road noise even in a quiet car. Y... | |
| Why do my rolling stones albums sound bad? One Stone's lp that does sound very good is the 1995 Virgin "Stripped" release. The four sides of live recordings in small clubs all sound good and the performances, while not the best ever, all are well done IMO. Some reviewers have been pretty h... | |
| What do audiophiles listen in their cars? I'm with Mechans on this, car interiors are too noisy for me to even consider giving a hoot about listening seriously. My Acura TL's factory system is quite good enough for the sort of listening I do while commuting. | |
| Ebay LP Purchases The Ebay market is vast, every kind of seller exists there. I've bought many Ebay lp's and they've run the gamut from some with overstated condition that were a waste of money to great bargains. Basically, I think you can pay primo dollar for lps ... | |
| Grado Master Reference 1 I've been using a Master Statement 1 in rotation with an Ortofon Kontrapunkt H for the last year. Before that, I used the Reference Sonata and before that, the Platinum. Grado's have a uniquely sweet and harmonious mid-range and that accounts for ... | |
| Your First Concert was..... The first concert I went to was the Yardbirds with Jimmy Page on lead. This was right at the end before Jimmy took off for other more interesting musical adventures. They were playing in a small civic center in a hick Florida city and I think I wa... | |
| REL G2 or JL Audio F112 ..thoughts for 2 channel While Johnnyb53 has had experience integrating subs in more systems than I have, his experience parallels mine. With both Magnepan 1.6's, my ACI Talismans with integrated powered subs, and my current Tidal Piano Cera's, it wasn't any big effort to... | |
| " Great Jazz Clint " I think there are plenty of other forums on the web where one can discuss politics. I for one would rather see Audiogon as a place focused on music and audio discussions with unrelated social issues discussed elsewhere. Just my opinion, FWIW. | |
| Magnepan Bass, Dynamics and Subwoofers When I was using Magnepan 1.6's, I augmented them with a small Sunfire Super Junior sub to good effect. I crossed it over low, around 40hz. as I recall and didn't turn up loud enough to overtly call attention to it. It definitely gave the system a... |