pragmatist
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| does anyone sharpie thier CD's??? Naw,mark the edges of the cheap vertical piano with the Sharpie. It's the one that needs to be improved.But remember,if you use a Sharpie,you will have to tune the piano flatter to compensate.:-) | |
| The Worst Speaker you have ever heard. I won't pan a specific speaker,but the speakers I consider over rated are the ones with bloated bass,designed to appeal to people who listen to them for five minutes in a retail setting.My second choice is any tenured professor,who is going throug... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? I drive a two year old Ford Taurus,but I let the salesman talk me into these two upgrades:--a rustproofing package for five hundred dollars,and a set of high end spark plug wires for only five thousand dollars. | |
| Max Roach - You Will Be Missed Yeah the Max Roach/Clifford Brown Quintet(with Sonny Rollins)recordings are well worth listening to.And yes,Roach will be missed | |
| Materialism or Idealism is hope alive? And Request --Get a guitar or a piano.--Don't listen to reproduced music for one taxable year.--When you charcoal steaks,make sure you don't squirt lighter fluid onto hot coals. | |
| Need list of 92db speakers and above. No,I have not heard them. | |
| The most romantic jazz ballads, nocturn or blues Sketches of Spain. Miles Davis and Gil Evans. | |
| Obsessed with room acoustics Yeah,but you don't want to hear how much they charge.(smile)I'm not obsessed with it,but the more I'm around this stuff,the more important it seems to me.For me,and perhaps I'm fortunate to not have the ears to tell the difference,I use carpets,dr... | |
| How to start assemble a system I would start with the listening room and a budget.It seems to me that getting right the acoustics of the room first is helpfull,whatever else you select,in whatever order,for whatever amount of money. | |
| Five "Golden Rules" of HiFi? 1. Don't overspend. You can combine correct componants,appropriate for a particular room, and do well for a reasonable amount of money. You can spend spend an unreasonable amount of money,put together the wrong combination,and have something that ... | |
| Mid price receiver Your friend might enjoy Googling "Outlaw Audio". | |
| Anybody play any musical instruments........... A little bit of piano | |
| HSU or Dayton Titanic from Parts Express? I have not heard the Dayton sub,but on a related topic,I HAVE heard the Vifa two way from Parts Express.Subwoofers and boxes are not my thing,but it seems to me that the Vifa two way and the Dayton sub kits would be a good value for money spent. | |
| Audio Icon/Idol - Who would you like to meet? Being a bit of a history nut,I'd like to have met the guys from the old days. The ones that come to mind are Avery Fisher,Saul Marantz,Henry Kloss,and Manfred Schroeder.And I almost forgot Thomas Edison. | |
| musicianiship--when is it bad or good ? A good review might make me more likely to attend a live concert,but a bad one may not.I play a tiny bit of piano,and if a performer uses more rubato or a different articulation that I might,I figure no two performaces are the same.I prefer ensemb... |