rlwainwright
Responses from rlwainwright
| monitor or floorstander? I would go with the best sound (to YOUR ears) that you can find for the $ you have available. Keep in mind that this is probably not going to be a short-term purchase, I kept my last set of speakers for almost 20 years (!!), and I plan on doing th... | |
| Quality of recording vs Musical tastes I am guilty of both sins, and I'm damn glad of it. I was, early on, a big rock and roll and progressive music fan, and I still like to blow it out once in a while - when everyone else has left the house. But I do find that I am drawn more and more... | |
| Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list Ry Cooder - "Bop 'Til You Drop" - simply incredible! Ry produced this and did a marvelous job. Reputed to be the first all-digital pop recording, it is sonically superb and the band is tight and soulful. Ignore the cover (Ry looks like he just mai... | |
| Rap music on high-end speakers >> I see rap as a least common denominator <<There's the problem - "least". Rap "music" is the lowest form of musical expression. Black music is, as you correctly stated, based upon a call and response pattern - the great gospel music ... | |
| What to do... US Postal Money order not received. Use Certified Mail, Registered, Return Receipt Requested - this creates a chain of custody and is virtually foolproof. I have also had good luck with making COD purchases, the equipment arrives and I pay the nice man in the brown uniform... | |
| PARADIGM REFERENCE SPEAKERS I have a set of Studio 80s that I purchased used off this site and I am very satisfied with their sound. They are driven by an Adcom 6000 (5 channel amp, 100 x 3 and 60 x 2) mated to an HK Signature 2.0 preamp/processor and an HK DVD50. They are h... | |
| Rock and Roll System Forget the Heresy's - get KHorns. NOTHING plays louder or with more punch - and you'll *never* need more than 100 watts per channel. Your room *requires* a big speaker, the KHorns fit that bill and produce substantial bass output, too. | |
| Dylan on Drugs ? I have NEVER been able to figure what all the fuss was about Dylan. His voice is just about the worst ever recorded and the guy mumbles and shuffles thru his songs like a zombie on Prozac. Bogus. He does, however, know how to surround himself with... | |
| Top Ten Speakers of All Time? JBl L100, stacked ARs (!!), Klipsch KHorn, KEF 105, LS3/5A, Dahlquist DQ-10, Magnepan, Paradigm Studio 80, Mission 770 - and that's only 9. The JBLs and the ARs are here not because they are the best sounding, but because so many of us got started... |