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| history of Vector Research 7000 Hi Alan:Your Vector Research is probably 20+ years old ... which is a good thing, given that the tuner sections of the older receivers were pretty decent. A rule of thumb with tuners ... upgrade the antenna before you upgrade the tuner, the differ... | |
| Circuit City is Closing, Liquidating Say what you will, but it is a bad day for our hobby when any audio store or any audio manufacturer goes down. It yells that people are just not interested in some facet or another of the business that would make you profitable. My guess is that i... | |
| Genesis 1970-75 I went with the redbook CD version of the Genesis 1970-75 set. I paid under a $100 for the set as I just didn't want to spring the $200 + for the SACD set, even though I have a dedicated SACD player. I grew up with this period of Genesis and I jus... | |
| Garrard RC88/4 maintenance Gino:That model of Garrard record player used a ceramic cartridge with a flip over stylus ... one side for 33's & 45's, the other for 78's. Not to be funny, but God knows where you would get a replacement ceramic cartridge these days. My dad r... | |
| London Howling Wolf Sessions There was a remastered, two cd set that came out a few years ago. CD Details .Regards, Rich | |
| Pet Sounds: Most Overrated Album of All Time? Audiohifila:Do you feel the same way about opera or classical or big bands or Dylan?It's a lot like sports. If you are a student of the game, you appreciate the legends of yesteryear and recognize that the stars of today are walking down the path ... | |
| Pet Sounds: Most Overrated Album of All Time? Jim:To the question that you posed to Jaybo ... how does record sales correlate to the quality and/or influence of the music? Look at the answer that I posted fifth from the top as to what sold big in 1966. It is interesting to note that the Dr. Z... | |
| quasi-omni, cheap speakers for a friend's new barn One of the best sounding systems in a large open space indoor venue that I experienced was in a beach side restaurant in Aruba that featured Onkyo receivers, Onkyo CD players, and multiple wall mounted JBL speakers. There are some similarities in ... | |
| quasi-omni, cheap speakers for a friend's new barn I don't mean to sound too ignorant on this one ... but is this barn for commercial use with a listening area set aside or is this one of those barn style houses that you might see featured as a season long project on a TV home renovation program, ... | |
| $5000 integrated budget: Please help me choose.... Komaki:I am running Opera Platea floorstanders with a Prima Luna Prologue 5 power amp and Musical Fidelity CD PRE 24 preamp/cd player. The listening space is roughly 350 sq ft. I agree that the Opera house sound can be sweet and warm sounding, but... | |
| Pioneer 1018 vs. Onkyo 606 Hi Soix:I haven't owned an HT receiver for a few years, but when I did I liked the Onkyo best (over Denon and HK). If I were to buy today and my budget were in the $700 or so range, I would go with the Onkyo 806. There was a particularly compellin... | |
| Pet Sounds: Most Overrated Album of All Time? Pet Sounds is not overrated at all. It was one of the few albums at its time that was visioned as a complete work. Before that time, only Sinatra (another performer not recognized for his musical smarts) was putting together thematic albums. The g... | |
| Primaluna opinions wanted I have had the PL2 integrated amp for almost 4 years and the PL5 power amp for 3 1/2 years, so I don't view the PL offerings as "flavor of the month" products. For the money, the PL products offer excellent performance and equally excellent reliab... | |
| Less noise during intense listening sessions. You could move to NYC or to an apartment house or to an apartment house in NYC and then breathing noise would be the least of the extraneous noise that you would hear.Regards, Rich | |
| Good Bookshelf Speakers B & W, Dynaudio, Paradigm Curt:Are you planning on putting these speakers on a bookshelf or inside of a bookcase? If such is the case, stay away from speakers that are rear ported, like the Dynaudios. Instead look to front ported or sealed type speakers. I ultimately went ... |