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| DIY Speaker Kits - Suggestions. 1. http://www.northcreekmusic.com2. http://www.madisound.comWhile I'm one of those panel speaker nuts,a friend of mine has a pair of Madisound Cygnets(sic) that are very good for the money. | |
| $1130 system for a musician, please : --An NAD 370 integrated amp,used,here on audiogon for under 500.--Magnepan MMG's new,575 used 400 plus shipping.--The cheapest circuit city/best buy loss leader disk player with a digital out. When you can afford to add it,add a Scott Nixon dac fo... | |
| Best monitor against wall http://www.northcreekmusic.comThey have two monitor type models designed to be placed close to a wall. Link through to Okara II. | |
| Can sibilance be eliminated? I would start with a recording of good singers recorded by good enginners,say Maria Callas or Deitrich Fisher Discau(spelling) or the Robert Shaw Chorale,to see how much of it is the other recordings you are playing and how much of it is your syst... | |
| Help Where to start with jazz????? Here are some representative works from each of the periods.Early Jazz--Louis Armstrong Hot Five or Hot Seven recordings.Swing--Ellington,Live at Newport.Bop--Charles Parker,OrnathologyCool--Miles Davis,Kind of BlueHard Bop--Coltrane,Giant StepsMo... | |
| Small and satisfying. Please help me. Yes. Go to the Mangepan site http://www.magnepan.com and link through to their home theatre system. | |
| Debussy Nocturns Cdimi,indeed,I meant the three nocturnes;I can't spell my way out of a wet paper bag. Thanks,I just ordered a copy. | |
| Do you play an instrument/sing? (Holds thumb and index finger about a centimeter apart.)I play about this much piano.For me effective practice/performance is having a mental image of the sound I want and then trying to achieve it. As the performance gets better,so does the ideal... | |
| Shipping out of the USA About a year ago,I had occasion to ship something to the British Virgin Islands. The BVI has outrageously expensive and complicated import duties.The person in the BVI to whom I was shipping had me send it UPS ground to an address in Orlando FL. F... | |
| Best amps for full range electrostatic loudspeaker I prefer low feedback,high current amps. The brands that come redily to mind(without spending an arm and a leg) are AVA, Monarchy Audio,and the amp/preamp section of the Magnum Dynalab MD-208,but that is just me;your tastes may differ.Allow me ano... | |
| Caribbean Music Recommendations In addition to Ragaee and Steel Drum music,remember that the best living tenor player,Sonny Rollins is from the USVI and you hear the calypso influences in his music. May I suggest his Don't Stop the Carnival,Hold 'Em Joe,and St.Thomas for Caribbe... | |
| Good Bass Sax recordings I don't know the bass sax repitoire but do know it is rare. Let me says something about baritone sax recordings.Gerry Mulligan was an excellent bari player and most of his recordings were from the age of vinyl.The traditional "swing" reed section ... | |
| If Money Were No Object... A Fantasy Question --An acoustically correct room designed by a good architect.--A Steinway grand.--Van Alstine fet/valve amp,preamp,dac. Magnum Dynalab Tuner.Good disk transport. Maggie 20's.--An extensive collection of classical and jazz software.--balance,50% Ben... | |
| "Emotionally involving" music and your system... Live music and reproduced music are two different things. The former is a time art;it exists on a time line and once performed,can never be duplicated. Perhaps that is part of the reason music is the most abstract art. The interplay among minds,of... | |
| Good, Inexpensive Sources for CD's http://froogle.google.com/ |