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| Maggie 1.6QR vs 3.6R and Room Size Someone will correct me(please)if I'm wrong but I believe the 3.6s are one decibel less efficient than the 1.6s. That is close enough that the differences in amplitues, being fed the same signals, are not that big a deal. The 3.6s have "real" ribb... | |
| Your ''best kept secret'' speaker choice ? My horse is dead so it will feel no pain from being beaten yet once again.Magnepan. If you truly don't like panel speakers,Madisound. | |
| Jazz recommendations for a beginner? Early jazz: Louis Armstrong,Hot Five/Hot Seven recordings.(The recordings suck,but that's ok;the music does not.)Swing:Duke Ellington,Live at Newport.Bop:Charles Parker,OrnithologyCool:Miles Davis/Gil Evans,Birth of the CoolModern:Bill Evans,Sunda... | |
| Which recording best highlites your speakers?? This is germane to my maggie 1.6 qrs but also applies to conventional speakers.Technology has advanced to the point that timbre and frequency extreme is good even on fairly inexpensive speakers. In many instances,imaging is a matter of placement a... | |
| Review: Magnepan MMG Speaker fine review. I have not heard all the five hundred dollar a pair speakers but of the ones I've heard,the MMG's remain my favorites. | |
| Is less than 24 bits worth it? Let me disclose that I'm not an engineer. That said,I'd rather have a good,well made 16 than a 24 that has been rushed to market untested. | |
| What do audio shops need to do to survive ? Now,if you order something on line from Van Alstine or Odyessey(to name two reliable suppliers),it takes a while for it to be built and delivered. At some point,manufacturing technologies will advance to the point that the interval between order a... | |
| New Guy asking for help This is this and that is that and never the twain shall meet.I'd listen to this friend's system and that friend's system and objetivly ask yourself what you do and don't like(your friends won't be pressuring you to buy to collect a commission)). P... | |
| How can i ...... Perhaps a solvent? The first one to come to mind is nail polish remover, but a good cabinet maker would know better than I would. How about applying just a little overnight and see if that loosens it up. The punchline is to use little enough to no... | |
| Has audiophilia changed your music taste? No. My tastes have changed. I listen to fewer symphonies and big bands and more small ensambles. I believe my tastes would have evolved much the same way had I lived in an age prior to sound reproduction. | |
| Shostakovich...WHOA Dimitri Shostakovich worked during the Stalin eraold USSR. Some Russian composers left when the leaving was good;Shostakovich stayed. Of all the art forms that are subject to censorship,music is the hardest to censor because it is the most abstrac... | |
| Passive intergrated Amps http://www.avahifi.comlink through to the "control" amplifier. | |
| Question on shipping speakers without boxes. The local ups store(which used to be mail boxes) is as good as the local manager. If she/he has read all the manuals and has good workers,they will make boxes-for a price. They will cradle everything in styrofoam, wrap everything against mositure,... | |
| I need more Funk Miles Davis,A Tribute to Jack Johnson(side 2,right off)Miles Davis,NefertitiTaj Mahal,Live at the FilmoreBuddy Rich,Big Swing FaceDuke Ellington,Live at Newport | |
| Vivaldi fans lend me your ears for a moment... As yet another Vivaldi fan,allow me to recommend any of Vivaldi's concerti for 4 violins. If the "seasons",a series of four innerconnected violin concerti based upon the same thematic material,is an ice cream cone,the concerti for 4 violins is a h... |