rbirke
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| Audio as a hobby Okay...more bike talkMy bikes -- there are currently 7:Road bike -- hand built Peter Mooney circa 1993 -- steel is realTouring bike -- last of the handbuilt Treks, circa 1986 -- a dozen countries, countless miles, no original parts left except fra... | |
| Suggestion for bedroom speakers soliloquy sat 5. small sealed box with same drivers as 5.0 and 5.3. | |
| Tube pre to use with Bryston 4BST Rogue 99. I used one with a 4B now with 7B's. Excellent. I'm sure the 66 would be good too. | |
| I can't really hear a big difference My experience is the same.Amps, huge differenceCables, big differencePreamps, some differenceCD Player, relatively little differencePhono is biggest difference of all. | |
| Top This Camper Van Beethoven's version of "O Death" Roy Rodgers "Happy Trails"Jim Carroll's "These are people who died" ("They're all my friends, and they died")Peggy Lee's "Is that all there is?"Talking Heads "Heaven" (is a place where nothing really hap... | |
| Jazz lovers. Any Dizzy Gillespie recommendations? there is a verve reissue (I have it on vinyl) with Dizzy and Ben Webster. It's my favorite Diz of all time. Check out the cut "Siboney." | |
| The most musical system you ever build? When I was 14, I had a Sansui 5000A receiver, a Dual turntable with a Shure cartridge, a pair of Sansui speakers with wood and cloth grills, all strung together with zip cord. I listened to it for years on end and was in hog heaven.Now I have Brys... | |
| The Amp Quits Agin -- Am I Missing Something? on the plus side, you couldn't ask for better service than you'll get from bryston if something is wrong. my former amp was a 4b and it did indeed have a problem. shipped and fixed in a jiffy, and all i had to pay was one way shipping to vermont. | |
| Big Difference With New Source? My experience has not been the same as Gthrush1. I've upgraded everything in my system at least 3 times. I found that the upgrades from a Kenwood cd to a Micromega 2 to a Meridian 508-24 were FAR less noticeable than the upgrades of (in order) amp... | |
| Best Female Rock Group Any Hole fans? My nominations -- band:1. Breeders -- new album kicks buttArtists (no particular order)-Liz Phair-PJ Harvey-Michelle Shocked-Natalie Merchant-Fiona Apple-Joni MitchellI'm sure I'm missing some.... | |
| Meridian CD Players I have the 508-24. It kicks butt. I also use rca's. | |
| Best SS 200 wpc amps Nobody mentions Bryston's 4B? A very powerful high-current number in the 200+ range. Available reasonably and with a 20 year unlimited warranty. | |
| Revel F30 vs Revel F50 vs Used Revel Studios I bought F50's. The next version of the Studios will incorporate the ceramic driver technology that the F50's use. The F50's got a lot of "trickle down" from the Studios. Also, IMO, the Studios are ugly. | |
| Which Preamp for Bryston 4BST. BP-25 or Rogue 66 I have the 7B-ST's and they perform very well with a Rogue 99. I imagine the 4B and the 66 will also be a very good combo. | |
| 508.24 Power Cable Suggestions? I have a JPS Digital cord. I used it on a Micromega before getting the Meridian. Overall, on both players, it was a quieter experience -- less hash. I also found the treble less bright. Of course, there may be some wishful listening going on.... |