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| New Dedicated Line - Almost No improvement I suggest you spend another several million and put up your own mini nuclear reactor for YOUR house. That way, you can run a single line for EACH outlet--if you still use outlets...I would connect DIRECTLY to the reactor, myself, but that's just ... | |
| Two audio components no one really talks about Uh. I mention "YOUR ROOM" in almost every post, but then again, I am sure you do not read every thread in this forum. Anyway, good to see it featured. Cheers! | |
| The Best Speakers in the World! Bambi and Thumper. | |
| Which pair of speakers changed your Hifi life? Magneplaners. Any other speaker changes the reproduced sound in some way. Do NOT take my word for it. Put a pair next to ANY other speaker and make up your own mind (given the room is appropriate and they are set up properly like any other spea... | |
| what’s a song cover that you think is better than the original? @sokogear Guess you missed my earlier posts. I was going to get after her Buddy Holly stuff, but I just can't say anything against any Buddy song. To me, as a person who was coming up at the time, Buddy and Elvis and Jerry Lee and Chuck are the ... | |
| New High End Audio Dealer in Midwest @blisshifi Feel free to contact me anytime at richopp@bellsouth.net and we can set up a phone meeting. Cheers! | |
| New High End Audio Dealer in Midwest @blisshifi Got it. I know it well. At my shop in SO FL back in the day, we were able to get both lines since no one else wanted them. Jim Ryder (yes, the truck people--the son) had McIntosh and had been with them for years. Even though he was ... | |
| New High End Audio Dealer in Midwest Best of luck! You are close to two of the best manufacturers in the business. If you have the right credentials, you can carry their lines in your store. BUT, you have to have sufficient capital to qualify. Contact both Magnepan and Audio Rese... | |
| what’s a song cover that you think is better than the original? And speaking of Jeff...pretty good stuff here...two major players...and he did WATCHTOWER as well... | |
| what’s a song cover that you think is better than the original? @bubba_buoy Yep, and Jeff Healey's version of Dylan's WHEN THE NIGHT COMES FALLING is pretty amazing as well. So was Jeff, RIP. Cheers! | |
| what’s a song cover that you think is better than the original? Just thought of another one--again, kind of HERESY as NILSON is amazing, but HEART's version of "WITHOUT YOU" on their great, but not well-known (contract-fulfillment) album MAGAZINE is amazing. Listening on Maggies will blow you away, especially... | |
| what’s a song cover that you think is better than the original? @xcool No huge argument from me, but both are wonderful. Here is another I just thought of--one of my all-time fav songs: ORIGINAL: Charles Brown--Please Come Home for Christmas (1960) REMAKE: EAGLES (1978), and NOT the "re-masterd" version (... | |
| what’s a song cover that you think is better than the original? This is TOTAL HERESY, and I apologize to one of my favorite vocalists, but Linda Ronstadt's ARRANGEMENT of Smokey Robinson's "Ooo, Baby, Baby" is really good. Her voice is spectacular, of course, and again, NOTHING against Mr. Robinson, who is on... | |
| Best power amp for Quad 63 You want more HIGHS with Quad's??? Well, my advice is a Phase Linear 700 from the old days. It is as shrill as they get, and with the shrillness of the Quad's, you should be happy. If you are my age, over 70, your high frequency hearing may be ... | |
| Best Stereo Upgrade Value That is not a logical question. The answer is, "IT DEPENDS." If you have a ROOM that is not conducive to listening, it is YOUR ROOM, which is the MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT of ANY system. Once your room is set, you will, as many here have suggested... |