rlwainwright
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| What music have you been buying lately? Man, I went *crazy* at Christmas-time:"Willie and the Poor Boys" - CCR - 20 bit K2 super-master"Green River" - CCR - 20 bit K2 super-master"Bayou Country" - CCR - 20 bit K2 super-master"Cosmo's Factory" - CCR - 20 bit K2 super-master"Spartacus" - ... | |
| CD Players that deliver outstanding vocals Just make sure your next player is HDCD compatible, vocals are outstanding on these. | |
| Garbage in - Garbage out? Having worked in high-end audio for several years, I absolutely concur with Rel - the transformation of mechanical energy to electrical (cartridges) and back again (speakers) are the areas most subject to the introduction of distortion and spuriou... | |
| Static problem? Try this Well, I've been using the same Bounce sheet for a month now and it STILL works like a champ! I think I'm gonna have a special run of these made up with some printing on 'em: "Audiophile Static Busters" or something like that and then come back her... | |
| what are your favorite movie soundtracks. This one seems obvious - The Sound of Music, the two disc 5.1 edition, of course. And you even get a great movie, as well! | |
| Retail Buying - Reality Check I've been on both sides of the counter as salesman and consumer and here is my take: Some store owners are total jerks - I lost several sales when working at a high-end downtown DC boutique because my cheapskate boss thought that giving a $50 disc... | |
| Best Live Recordings:Performance and recording Hot Tuna - "And Furthurmore"The Other Ones - "Only the Strange Remain"These are both done in HDCD and sound incredible - staging, bass extension, vocal clarity are all *excellent*. As a bonus, you can find them pretty cheap (< $10) on the inter... | |
| Is this for real? This is just about the silliest thing I have ever heard. "Demagnetizing tone" - gimme a break! Just how in the heck do you demagnetize copper and silver (your wires, interconnects, etc.), they are not "magnetizable". And, even if they were, how is... | |
| Who is your overall favorite guitarist? Danny Gatton - all the rest are also-rans. Successor to the throne - Johnny Hiland. | |
| Round Two: Best Speakers for LOUD music and rock?? A pair of Klipschorns and almost any 100 watt/ch. amp should provide the kind of "realistic" volume levels you're looking for, and a lot cheaper than most of the alternatives proposed... | |
| The Crazy World of Arthur Brown >> Vincent Crane was the keyboard player and actually wrote the song. He split off and formed atomic rooster. <<And, if memory serves, the drummer was Carl Palmer (of ELP fame), who joined Vincent in Atomic Rooster. I saw Atomic Rooste... | |
| Static Problem Get some moisture into that room's air. I run a humidifier full-time in my listening room during the winter, makes a huge difference in the static levels. Feels better on your sinus passages and lungs, too. Also helps to keep the wood cabinets fro... | |
| Cable Comparison-Stage 1 >> I do try to establish an erudite atmosphere within my threads to promote a consumer only viral information sharing platform....<<I couldn't have said it better meself - this is *truly* a disease we have been infected with... | |
| "EAR VS Cables" >> and i am still confuse of which cable to buy..i ve tried(borrow) home depot cable Vs $1000 cable,to be honest,i can not tell the difference whatsoever <<You just answered your question - if you can't hear the difference, *why* would... | |
| thoghts about isolation. As regards the Shakti products for automotive use - the differences quoted (approx. 2-3 rwhp) fall well within the normal test variations expected of such equipment, hardly a ringing endorsement of the products. In addition, the 0-60 times that su... |