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| Loudspeaker under 3000 new or used Check out the Alon Acarian IV's ($ 1875 used) for a full range speaker that should like your BAT's. Alsothere are two NHT 3.3's for $ 2K and under used which I still prefer(slightly) to the 2.9's even if they do not open up as readily at low volum... | |
| DTS or Dolby Digital? The words 'no-brainer' apply, IMHO. My spouse and I jump for joy when a DVD is DTS encoded. Very few 5.1 soundtracks are in the same galaxy sonically as DTS. For example, listen to the DTS copies of Bone Collector, U-571, Titan A.E, and.. I rest m... | |
| Class B int.=Class B Pre/Pro??? Good question. My guess would be sometimes yes, sometimes no, depending on how well the two components integrate,you should pardon the pun. The tradeoff between a shorter, cleaner signal path(for integrateds), versus the superior isolation(in most... | |
| Do the Audio gods shine upon you? PCC, if you're insane, you have company. Things do sound better at night. As a musician, my best playing is usually at night. The less-competing-power-demand theory makes perfect sense. | |
| Best female vocals on CD If no one has mentioned the obvious, Tracy Chapman's first CD has great vocal work and not a bad song on the disc, unlike her later and weaker efforts.(material-wise- her voice always sounds great). Heck, I remember using it to A-B some B& W a... | |
| Help with speakers in 1500- 2000 range H-m-m-m, first question is, are you only looking at new, or will good condition used/demo/b-stock etc. work? If so, you have a whole lot more choices. Some more models in your range to check out: Vandersteens are more boxless than most, and the 2C... | |
| Favorite "Top Ten" Comedies? Young Frankenstein, Monty Python & The Holy Grail, Ghostbusters, Blues Brothers, The Mask, There's Something About Mary('I'm just f----ing with you'), Groundhog Day('They say we're young and we don't know..') Caddyshack('you musta been somethi... | |
| Best Male Singers of the 20th Century Jayboard, I stand appended, as it were. Randy Travis, Waylon Jennings and countless other C & W artists can lay claim to awesome voices - it is hard to fake it in C & W without the pipes. Note: Dylan's vocal work on Nashville Skyline/Blood... | |
| Best Male Singers of the 20th Century While jazz,opera, blues have been adequately covered here, I beg to differ with those who feel that rock means you don't have a voice. Au contraire. and folk has some great pipes as well.I have heard Marty Balin of Jefferson Starship and Gordon Li... | |
| Do the Audio gods shine upon you? Hey, let's not get into theological debates(other than as regards audio). I am guessing the term 'audio gods' was not meant literally, or to offend anyone. We all have our own beliefs - but we all believe in the gift of music and the equipment tha... | |
| Complete system for 10k (Audio+video) None taken. | |
| Complete system for 10k (Audio+video) Tke0810, any info re ISF certification would be appreciated. | |
| Best CD Player for under $750? Oops, I can't believe I forgot to give you a strong 'listen/shop' heads up on the Arcams. I have heard the alpha 9 in a good setup, and was favorably impressed with its lack of harshness and solid presentation. You can probably find some good Arca... | |
| Complete system for 10k (Audio+video) Thanks. It seems there are a lot of good ideas on the Audiogon threads. No one can hear everything, not even the reviewers/retailers. That's why it is so much fun to get clued into something you might overlook. BTW, I heard someNEO speakers, very ... | |
| 25,000 for the home theater If you want the 'big' picture, you will have to get killer deals to still have the 'big' sound. Is your priority screen size or audio? You can get a great sounding audio setup w/Revel speakers, a B & K processor/pre and a number of good amps -... |