r_f_sayles
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| Graham Phantom vs. Phantom II Syntax, I would not have a problem with you or anyone else for that matter giving their opinion or not about a concept, theory, product, what have you, but that's just it, your delivery shows extreme arrogance, a personal attack and is socially re... | |
| Graham Phantom vs. Phantom II It appears that we have a "clever" audiophile in our midst. You are so transcendent in your thought... Oh sage please,through a few pearls of wisdom to the swine that surround you, i want to "KNOW" the secrets that i have been denying for so long ... | |
| Graham Phantom vs. Phantom II Syntax, if you happen to be commenting on my previous post to your thread, I would like to add a little insight. Likes or dislikes play into it I'm sure. I admire the Swiss watch like fit and finish of the entire Graham line, it is truly very allu... | |
| Graham Phantom vs. Phantom II On the subject of the Phantom II and its virtues...I was wondering if anyone have experience with the Phantom II on an Avid Acutus Reference. After reading that Conrad Mas, the designer and builder of the Avid was not fond of and was not recommend... | |
| It Might Get Load - documentary good catch Riley804, Opps!"It Might Get LoUd"... and it did in a very nice way.Gdoodle, awesome! It makes me want to be nine years old all over again. Being somewhat more than nine at this point though gave me the chance to see Led Zeppelin during... | |
| beatle remasters on vinyl? I love the Beatles music still to this day (after innumerable plays) and the latest re-re-reissue is evidence of the value of this catalog, both to the provider and the user. Nothing of any value in this world is free. That's not to say of course ... | |
| Has anyone heard the Rhea Signature Series? Couple of years, completely different tube sets... I would speculate that they were probably on different rigs in different rooms also. Swampwalker, that's an interesting way of fairly balanced comparison. I'm sorry, yet I must take issue with you... | |
| Townes Van Zandt fans? So........... Does anybody know if the new shiny 180gm Fat Possum releases stack up to the sound of the original ones? You know how reissues go some times, I need not start to make the list of lousy, jump on the band wagon reissue junk out there. ... | |
| Pet Sounds: Most Overrated Album of All Time? Rich, I would agree. At least Archie and Buster are in a home of both music knowledge and appreciation.Audiohifila, My intent was not to rub anyones nose in it or to try to make someone love the music, which of course is impossible. It was though,... | |
| Pet Sounds: Most Overrated Album of All Time? I couldn't find the Billboard charts for May 1966. Here is a play list from Billboard Top Pop Hits: 1966-5 compilation albums released by Rhino Records to give some perspective of what was hot during the time of the Pet Sounds release. These are s... | |
| Pet Sounds: Most Overrated Album of All Time? You can't erase the fact that your listening today has matured and benifitted by forty some odd years of musical evolution (whether you were here and listening all that time or not) since these record had their inception.The hard part of understan... | |
| How much were vinyl records selling for? Records were about half of what they wanted for a CD.For some of us... we've watched as compact disc (red book) came, and hopefully we will watch as it soon leaves.I just couldn't give up my vinyl.It's ironic that ipods and servers will probably k... | |
| Blue Note 45rpm reissue Interesting news, word has it that Acoustic Sounds is no longer having RTI press their 45RPM Blue Notes... Hmmmm, I hear the test pressings are sounding good from their new supplier, but with Acoustech at RTI this could get very interesting. RTI h... | |
| Vinyl and SACD rule when it comes to... After almost half a century of being emotionally enthralled by the simple meditation of listening to a great musical performance and enjoying the benefits of what is earned from that, I found this brief (beginning) conversation by these industry f... | |
| Art Dudley's Audio Note AN-E SPe He Speakers I recently heard at great length the very pair of AN speakers that Art had on review in his home at the Audio Karma Fest this spring in the Detroit area. First off, both Art and I have been long time Linn Sondek Lp12 owners (mine since 1982) and I... |